THE recent Caribbean Development Bank/ Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Report on Saint Lucia’s economy, while it confirmed the obvious also …
Twenty Lost Years
IMF – World Bank Talks a Rare Opportunity
THE October meetings this year of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington DC present …
Fear
ARE you one of those who has lots of unpleasant experiences, and as a result of this you become afraid …
Short Memories
THE EDITOR: Some people have short memories. The UWP and the people of St. Lucia gave Kenny Anthony two years …
Of Narrowcasting and Narrow Minds
While we’ve been waxing poetic about how the world (thanks to a unifying global media) has become a global village, …
The Word Is ‘Inspiring’
THE EDITOR: I was especially proud to be Saint Lucian on Tuesday evening during our Prime Minister’s significant press conference. …
Stop This Foolishness
I have not heard enough about the traffic disaster that occurred in Castries last Friday all because some unconscionable member …
A Tale of Costly Twists and Missteps
IN my writings on what I term ‘matters forensic’ I usually incorporate a local slant so as to provide greater …
Letter from America
A quest for continuous knowledge plus a liking for politics explains why the 2016 presidential elections in the USA are …
Hats off to Our P.M.
By Sons and Daughters SO, the verdict is in: “It was one hell of a slam dunk!” We’d gathered round …
Fixing Our House
FOLLOWING the general elections of June 6 this year, we have been caught up in a renewed debate of what …
Amazing Dis Grace
WHILE we’re not looking, or at least not paying attention, amazing things have been taking place in our country. Some …
A missed Opportunity
THE EDITOR: The MP for Castries South missed a wonderful opportunity to work with the Minister of Health (and the …
Give Me A Child — I Will Return You A man
THERE are several versions of: ‘Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man.’ …
LIAT – The Enigmatic Airline
WHEN Winston Churchill described Russia as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside of an enigma”, he could easily have …
Deputy Speaker – The Fall of the Curtain
Save for a slight amendment, I wholeheartedly agree with the conclusion arrived at in Dr. John’s article in the STAR …
Are St. Lucians Stupid?
RICK Wayne often times refers to us a bunch of illiterates. Sometimes I take offence to his malapropism. If you …
The Scourge of Putinism
SO you wake up a hybernating bear and that’s what you get: Vladimir Putin! When Boris Yeltsin announced his resignation …
Deputy Speaker
Making a Mountain Out of a Mole Hill THIS is the seventh article since the impasse in the House on …
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
THE caption is the title of a tune from a 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical, recorded as recently as 2014 …