EXPOSING a fallacious argument ought to bear no relationship to the origin or presenter of the argument. The application of …
Debunking Anti-Chastanet Fallacy
Rumblings of a Nation – The Forensic Laboratory
PART TWO. THIS week’s comments are on the inescapable tension between emotion and reality in reopening the forensic laboratory. No …
Local Media on Brink of Extinction?
WHY do I have this niggling feeling that I should be watching my back because I can feel the laser …
The Lessons Of Panama And Its Papers
THE names of persons implicated in the leak of the so-called “Panama papers” on April 3 reads like a who’s …
About Last Sunday
By Alexis B. Montgomery LAST Sunday, when the SLP converged on Cul de Sac to launch newcomer Joachim Henry it …
A Candle Waxing Tears – Part Two
IN the first part I deliberately superimposed Rick Wayne’s talents and achievements upon the spirit of the plaintive melody of …
Parallel Worlds – Part 1: Education
At least 50% of the children leaving our primary schools cannot read, write or do Arithmetic. Why are they being …
Between Debt And The Deep Blue Caribbean Sea
THOUGHTS of a Caribbean dream holiday instantly conjure up clichéd images of swaying palm trees, sparkling turquoise blue seas and …
A Teachable Moment
THE EDITOR: I really must protest! My favourite newspaper let me down rather badly last Saturday and brought me untold …
Oh No Leo!
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THE EDITOR: Saint Lucians are rightly celebrating Darren Sammy and Johnson Charles, and West Indies World Cup T20 victory. Many …
Rumblings Of A Nation – The Forensic Laboratory
‘IT is your lab, Saint Lucians, and it can work – if permitted to. Demand that it be allowed to …
Where Are The Voices To Speak up for ‘Helen’?
THE EDITOR: Soon after the 1997 election which saw a Kenny Anthony administration sweep the polls, I was offered a …
Reason To Be Concerned
THE EDITOR: There is a disturbing undercurrent in St. Lucia that media personnel are under a form of scrutiny by …
A BLOW FOR FAIRNESS
THE EDITOR: DOES anyone realise that elections would have been called already if the UWP had not had the guts …
April To Remember
APRIL has been a good month for me this year – and it has nothing at all to do with …
This Station Makes Me Sick
SOMETIMES, I wonder if I am the only one who gets disgusted by what I hear on radio, more so, …
Commeth The Hour, Enters The Man
THE EDITOR: About ten years ago when West Indies had tried everything and were at their wit’s end to turn …
airbnb and Caribbean Tourism – EQUALISER, DESTABILIZER or PARTNER?
BEYOND the impact of the Zika virus, the opening of Cuba to U.S. travellers and the warnings of an economic …
Let’s Nurture The Other Champions
OKAY, so who else is at work today with a sore throat from screaming too much over the West Indies …
Caribbean Banking – Defending Rights, Resisting Unfair Practices
IN January coincidental to my assuming the Presidency of the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States (OAS), I …