HOW gratifying to hear such nationalistic sentiment from a diehard Labour supporter on the heels of a UWP electoral victory. …
‘I Too, Love My Country’
When Winning Is Too Important
FINALLY its over and we can all breathe a sigh of relief. So much shouting, so many political advertisements, so …
Poles and Polls Apart
SAINT Lucia General Elections 2016 has quickly come and gone, leaving astounding results — and several nuances. Voters have confounded …
Let Voices of Haitian People Be Heard
“INTERNATIONAL interests in Haiti, in addition to checking off an ‘elections done’ box, are largely defined by controlling emigration, maintaining …
Real Change, Not Chump Change
SAINT Lucians now have a newly-minted government and a Prime Minister in the person of Allen Michael Chastanet. The people …
Sorry Night For Independents
INDEPENDENT candidates and the minority Lucian People’s Movement received a scolding from voters in Monday’s general elections. Of special mention …
Compassion Offers Whatever Is Necessary To Heal
THE EDITOR: Within the circle of creation and destruction man must live harmoniously, with ebb and flow, in tune with …
Let’s Build A New St. Lucia
THE EDITOR: Congratulations, Saint Lucia! Many congratulations to Prime Minister Allen Michael Chastanet and his team of United Workers. Sir, …
How About A Ministry Of Arts?
THERE were many carrots dangled before us in this election campaign, I suppose as in all previous …
Haiti -No Moving Out And Moving On
THERE is a certain illogic in the reaction of both the UN Secretary-General and the US State Department over the …
Love Your Country, Choose Wisely
AFTER hearing the Prime Minister’s address, before he announced the elections, we decided to compare the two men and their …
Shades Of St. Kitts
THE EDITOR: The political climate in St Lucia now reminds one of that which existed in St Kitts before their …
Be Kind To Country And Ourselves
THE EDITOR: ‘’Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power’’. Saint Lucians, what can I say? It’s …
Faith and Confidence
By David Prescod AS the Prime Minister delivered his New Year’s address this year, he asked that we have “faith …
On Transforming Into Government
I TAKE it that by now there is left little doubt that, those who habitually read my weekly columns appreciate …
KNOWLEDGE
By Mary Julian Brice KNOWLEDGE is all about getting the information that is related to whatever you are doing, so …
Will The ‘Is’ Have It?
SUNDAY evening, on the eve of the 2016 general elections, the atmosphere in both political camps will be one filled …
I’m Undecided, For Now
IN just four days, Saint Lucians will make a crucial decision that will have a huge impact on the governance …
Stuck In An Ambush Election
By Kensley Peter Charlemagne I am trying to make up my mind as to where to vote this election. Hello. …
What Manner of Man….
GROWING up in little sleepy backward and largely illiterate Saint Lucia in the late forties and early fifties, young people …