I was invited by Sandals Resorts International (SRI) last Sunday to an end-of-year appreciation event organized for the local media’s …
Stumped for Words – By Sandals!
Samoa Disagreement
Backdrop During my sojourn through the labyrinth of multilateralism, I had a healthy disdain for powerful, wealthy countries and international …
Breaking the OECD hold on global tax governance
“THE Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is nothing less than a Club of the world’s wealthiest countries which …
The Dollar-and-Sense Difference Between Breadfruit and Maple Leaves
I like Warren Buffet, who’s seen as having worked so-hard to make so-much-money so-easily, that he’s considered the go-to and …
Putting Our Children First
The Rationale FOR some time now, I’ve been searching for a mantra of sorts around which we might coalesce as …
The Open School on: How to Help Students Reach Mastery in Learning
WELCOME students to another lesson in the Open School for the second term for the academic or school year 2023 …
We’re too jammed between First and Third World mentalities
IT matters not what happens to the rest of the world, when it comes to development each country seeks to …
Letter to the Editor
DEAR EDITOR, It is now common knowledge that the Government of St. Lucia is in the advanced stage of finalizing …
HOW MANY MORE MUST DIE? 13,300 dead on International Men’s and Children’s Days in Gaza
In six weeks (42 days), human beings were killed like flies and wiped-off the face of the earth by-the-minute in …
Support Taiwan’s Participation in INTERPOL as an Observer
Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people lost their jobs because of the lockdowns and have been desperately …
Guatemala: Lessons in the Fight for Democratic Integrity
It was a prophesy foretold – the eruption of violence in the face of attempts to disqualify from office a …
Palestinians Die by Thousands while World Leaders Fiddle on the Roof!
While the world talks, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) is intensifying, broadening and deepening its bombardment of Gaza by day …
Basic Needs Fulfilment and Economic Growth: Prime Minister Stands Firmly Behind Model
The Prime Minister of St. Lucia, Hon. Philip J. Pierre is standing firmly behind the fulfilment of the basic human …
Piton Maltèt, Gros Ek Petit (Part 2)
After receiving a few calls seeking clarification on parts of my commentary on this subject, I have decided to provide …
Let’s stop pelting political stones at each other!
Often, I try to listen to the existing government as they lay out their policy plans and also take in …
Netanyahu biting the hands that feed Israel’s war machine
With elections on the horizon next year in the USA and the UK, the Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak administrations …
The Gaza War, APEC Summit and Memories of a 78-year-old Peace Accord
ON the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1945, after the eternal human destruction by …
Piton Maltèt, Gros Ek Petit
BACKGROUND Over the past six months or so, our princely Pitons have been in the news for all the wrong …
Tourism Matters!
ACROSS the region, November is being observed as Caribbean Tourism Month. This annual observance was introduced in 2011 and seeks …
“All for Ourselves and Nothing for Other People.”
IN his 2016 book, Who Rules The World? Noam Chomsky, aligns himself with those committed to the higher values and …