Since its founding in Bretton Woods in 1945, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has acquired a somewhat shady reputation for …
The IMF’s New Groove
Budgetary Tautology
It’s Time For Change. In my days at primary school, I was introduced to the word – tautology. The word …
Economic Adjustment And Growth
It’s Possible To Have Both. The front-page headline of The Voice of 16th May, 2015 – “RIGOBERT FLAYS P.M. – …
Guyana: I Saw It Coming!
On the same day that Guyana’s People’s Progressive Party (PPP) stalwart Ralph Ramkarran stormed out of a party meeting in …
Immigration, Police And Customs
Let me first commend former Commissioner of Police, Ausbert Regis on his contribution to RSL’s 90 Minutes programme. He was …
Day of Reckoning Is Coming
The Editor The SLP administration and their supporters need to focus on St. Lucia’s failing economy and unacceptable levels of …
‘Kennynomics’ – A Bitter Pill To Swallow
Kudos to former Prime Minister Stephenson King and economist Claudius Preville for their very enlightening appearance on the Hot Button …
Citizenship – We need not fear!
Last year, our Head of State announced Government’s intention to establish a Task force which would examine the case for …
Taiwan and Saint Lucia Tissue Culture Lab a Plus For Agriculture But We Need To Press Further Ahead
The Government of the Republic of China (ROC) Taiwan has been true to the Chinese saying: ‘give a man a …
Tourism Not A Guessing Game
The performance of only five of the 14 independent Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are recorded in the 2015 Travel and …
Sir Dunstan St. Omer – A Great Work Of Art
FOR the seven years I’ve been in the media, I’ve learned that the rules and guidance I found in journalism …
Teen Suicides; Boys Need Help Too
IT is a tragedy for our society when any child takes his or her life. The death of 12 year …
Re-ignite The Orange Protest
THE EDITOR, MONEY matters. It does even more to those without and who are trying to get their hands on …
No More Talk; We Need Action
THE EDITOR: With all due respect, Mr. Editor, how much more dialogue do we need to tell us what is …
From Hollande With Love!
I felt (and still feel) bad that the Western leaders driving the European Union (EU), chose to stay away from …
A New Kind of Revenge
JUST when I thought that I’d heard it all, a conversation that I overheard on Friday afternoon threw me way …
Guyanese Voters Showed Maturity In Face of Frustration
IN what turned-out to be a very close general election the twenty-two and a half years reign of the Peoples …
Anatomy of Hope
MOST Saint Lucians know that the Throne Speech delivered by the Governor -General Dame PearletteLouisy in Parliament is written by …
The Billion Dollar Man And His ‘Gorgette’ Budget
“BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Assembly do adopt the Report of the Standing Finance Committee on the Estimates …
The Three St. Omers I Saw From a Distance
THE following are mere re-collections of Dunstan St. Omer, whom I observed from various distances, over 50 years. I first …