On September 23, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump used his address to the 80th session of the UN General Assembly …
Is the UN still beneficial to small countries?
Two Top-tier Caribbean Companies Get Free SVG Publicity!
It’s very interesting how Saint Lucia’s most-reliable construction company and the Caribbean’s most-successful luxury hotel chain can be put together, …
Firsthand Truth
“The truest account is the one etched on the soul through experience.” Rumors have a way of shaping perception, often …
In ‘Poli-tricks’ Saint Lucia style, Misinformation Is Key. So, Beware!
I listen to both sets of the local political hopefuls and wonder what is truth and what is deceitful. As …
Social justice: The key to shared prosperity
Thirty years ago, 186 countries met in Copenhagen for the first Social Summit for Social Development. The gathering was the …
Investing in Youth: Education Without Barriers
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” These words from Nelson Mandela remind …
Helen’s Plea for Climate Justice before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) | Part 4
4. Sharpening Our Arguments — The Written Comments (August 2024) A few months after we had filed Saint Lucia’s Written …
A call to support Taiwan’s participation in ICAO
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) convenes its Assembly once every three years. During the event, multilateral meetings and discussions …
ODE TO A MUM!
How does one pen an ode to ones mum? How do you write a final goodbye to or about someone …
Saint Lucia and the promise of a Biosphere Reserve
The global news cycle rarely spares us reminders of environmental decline: bleaching coral reefs, fragile wetlands under threat, and species …
Surviving Malicious Rumour
This commentary has been difficult to write mainly because I did not wish to personalise it. I dedicate it to …
Helen’s Plea for Climate Justice before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) | Part 3
1) Identifying the Obligations Owned Comprehensive without Being Sprawling In answering the first question – what are the obligations owed …
Party won’t save us, but good governance will!
Another season and a good reason to manufacture lies. The people no doubt are hoping and looking for free political …
Deliveries Always Better Than Promises!
Saint Lucia’s next General Elections will be very-hot! Like every Caribbean nation, it has its own elections characteristics, developed over …
Haiti Needs a Single Strategy, Real Money, and Political Discipline
I return to a focus on Haiti because it is too easy for the world to discard the situation in …
Gaza’s Children: Is This the Greatest Atrocity of the 21st Century?
The story of our century is being written in the cries of children. Their faces, fragile and luminous, should have …
Of Crocodile Tears, Con Men, and Voodoo
Maybe it’s a new vibe or gig in political campaigning ‒— when your campaign is on the rocks, or nothing …
Lowering Standards is Not the Way Forward for Our Schools
The recent Ministry of Education circular dated August 29, instructing school administrators not to send students home or deny them …
The Quiet Revolution in Education
The strength of any nation is directly tied to the quality of its education system. In this country, the Saint …
In the name of the father and of the son?
Theologians would attribute the social decay and spiraling of crime as a result of sin, which is articulated as separation …