Don’t claim freedom-Practice it

In the Caribbean every year we celebrate Emancipation Day. We go through the motions as if to satisfy some deep need within us to prove that we are free. Some of us celebrate that day of the abolition of slavery on August 1st, others do so on the first Monday of that month and still some of us celebrate during our carnivals.

Decision Making is Paramount in a Leader

Over the last year and a half stock markets have been in turmoil due to the price of oil rising sharply and almost beyond control. We have all witnessed that oil has risen from 37 U.S. Dollars a barrel to a record high of U.S.147 dollars a barrel. At present it is fluctuating between 123 and 127 dollars a barrel, no one knows how high it will rise.

Cell Phone Robbery

I have always blamed Cable & Wireless and Digicel for the rash of mobile robberies, the number of which erupted along with the explosion of mobile phones in Saint Lucia. Last week, with news of the recovery of a cache of stolen items (including a number of expensive cell phones), by the Gros Islet police, the topic was on everyone’s tongue.

SLP considers Legal Action

The Saint Lucia Labour Party is considering legal action against the Government of Saint Lucia for its decision to include a private residence of Keith Mondesir as part of Tuxedo Villas to qualify it for concessions. This decision, says the SLP, is illegal because it was taken to prevent the Customs Department from taking legal action against Keith Mondesir,