Suzy Kassem, is an American author, human rights activist, poet, cultural critic, and philosopher. Her artistic and intellectual commentary primarily …
A Nation in a Coma
Threats to Democracy: The Erosion of Judicial Independence
FROM Canada in the North to Argentina in the South, including the nations in the Caribbean, the nature of threats …
China’s Long March to Modernization – Part 1: From Chairman Mao to President Xi
OCTOBER 1 marked the 74th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), an over-seven-decades-long period that’s stretched from its …
A people with negativity on their minds
SO often you hear about social behavior that makes you wonder where are we heading as a nation. Despite all …
Food Safety and Food Security in Saint Lucia
A few decades ago, 46 years to be exact, I was studying Geography in India. World Geography at that! The …
Cruel and Brutal Acts Against Humanity: Recounting the Experience of Slavery
THE movement of our African ancestors from the west coast of Africa to the West Indies, and the eventual enslavement …
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 …