THE movement of our African ancestors from the west coast of Africa to the West Indies, and the eventual enslavement …
Cruel and Brutal Acts Against Humanity: Recounting the Experience of Slavery
UN Security Council Votes to Prolong Haiti’s Agony!
The latest United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Haiti passed on Monday, October 2, 2023 was pregnant with passwords …
Love Not Unconditional
The title of today’s commentary may be confusing to some. So let me explain. We will be familiar with the …
Guyana-Venezuela: the path to peaceful resolution
RECENT intimidatory and aggressive statements issued from Venezuela in the name of President Nicolas Maduro, the Government of Venezuela and …
Africa, CARICOM and Haiti – Where Black Lives Still Matter!
I’VE long held that after Grenada in 1983, the next US-led military intervention in the Caribbean would most-likely be in …
Freedom to Press if the Secretary is Right
“ONE of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press, is the freedom not to read it”, a quote …
The Open School on How to be An Effective Teacher: The First Days of School
WELCOME students to another week in the Open School for the first term of the academic or school year 2023 …
Promoting Sustainable Development for Future Growth
SAINT Lucia has come a long way from being just another Caribbean Isle known widely for its lovely beaches, sea …
We can’t progress on sympathy
TOO often, policies are enacted, yet the enforcement is left wanting. We know that government sets action in motion and …
A Government Steeped in Hypocrisy
HOWARD Dean, a former Governor of the State of Vermont and a former Democratic Party candidate for the Presidency of …
St. Jude Hospital Today: Between Chalk, Charcoal and Head-Cornerstones
If you listen to the Opposition’s loudest mouths, you’d swear absolutely nothing is happening here -under this government. But that’s …
Do Caribbean Countries Need a New Social Contract?
RECENT findings by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) ring alarm bells for the global community: democratic …
Another Taiwan tie-up: Once Bitten, Twice Shy?
ONCE again, a Saint Lucia government is appealing to Taiwan to help it correct alleged wrongs associated with the handling …
After School Fights: A Menace to our Local Education System
SCHOOL Reopened on Monday, September 4, 2023, for the academic year 2023 to 2024. And after school fights which prevailed …
One Day, The Tables Will Turn – Tanti, Tanto!
IT was my late good friend and Lucian playwright Stanley French who wrote a play in the seventies called ‘The …
A Nation in Decline
JOSEPH Goebbels was a German Nazi philologist and Minister of Propaganda in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. He appreciated and understood …
‘French Spring’ blooming bright in Africa!
Western analysts continue running-out of words to describe the growing number of peaceful and bloodless coups overthrowing decadent regimes across …
Some small island states seek climate justice in landmark case
ON September 11 in Hamburg, Germany, a significant legal proceeding began that could redefine the parameters of climate justice for …
CARICOM must avoid becoming a historical irrelevance!
SAINT Lucia’s VOICE newspaper on September 9, 2023 loudly trumpeted its latest clarion call – for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) …
To Serve and Protect – The Female Response
THE crime rate is a bitter song sung by everyone these days and even the off-tune singers receive raving reviews …