THERE will always be buyers of quick-fix methods and cure-all potions. That is indisputable. On the other hand, not all …
The Sad Case of a Snake Oil Salesman
St. Lucians Impatient For New Elections
THE situation facing St. Lucia today is such that the economic problems have gotten out of control. The general public …
SLP’s ‘Secured Leadership’ A Sick Joke
IT is now apparent that Stephen Lester Prescott, the faceless Labourite will not engage me in debate over his lavish …
The Bull That Tickles Our Fancies
IN my long life on this job of writing for people to read, I’ve always maintained that there are subjects …
The Gros Islet Highway – What Next?
I entered the University of the West Indies – St Augustine in 1980 as a young 18 year old. 1980 …
Gas Changes Looming
ABOVE and beyond the recent 30% drop in oil prices, there are greater changes looming on the horizon. For those …
Where Have Our Priorities Gone?
THE EDITOR, Today I had the bitter-sweet privilege to attend a funeral for a 14 year old boy struck with …
Sports Officials – Give Them Respect
WHAT can best be described as character assassination belted left, right and centre at individuals officiating in sports locally has …
Man Down, System Still Broken
THERE are some problems that will just never go away on their own. Even while we speak continuously about getting …
Move To Have U.S. Embassy In St. Lucia
IN April 2009, on one of his first trips abroad as president, Barack Obama visited Trinidad and Tobago for the …
Govt’s Should Block LIME – FLOW Deal
THE decision by Cable & Wireless (which trades under LIME in the Caribbean) to purchase Columbus International (which trades under …
The Naughty Generation
AM I the only one who is not only scared of the children of this new generation but scared FOR …
Between Births and Deaths, Christenings and Funerals
FOR some reason, we spend more time following deaths than births. Every day we (Not me, though!) tune-in to the …
A Gov’t of Actors, Not Doers
MY attention was drawn to a news item in one of last weekend’s newspapers, which reported that the government had …
Sagging Pants – Time For the ‘Pull up on Pay up’ Fine
CONVICTS prohibited from wearing belts often wore sagging prison-issued uniforms, and they carried that look with them once they were …
No Stopping Him….. He’s Back
IT was deliberately planted in my youthful head never trust a liar. ‘Liars are dangerous people; often dishonest crooks!’ And …
Remembering What to Never Forget
SOMETHING quite significant happened here this past Tuesday. On the very same day the world observed the 100th anniversary of …
Anti-Obama Forces Cloud Global Stability
WITH just two years effectively left in Barack Obama’s Presidency of the United States, the world suddenly looks set to …
Frederick Was Never On Preville’s Agenda
THE EDITOR: IT is odious and nonsensical to keep listening to those conspiracy theories which are being bandied around, insinuating …
Chastanet’s Triumph – Sounds From UWP’s Convention
AS we pass the halfway mark towards the next general election, and as aspiring political forces align and realign themselves …