Brown Eyes, Black Hair

Imagine scraping your eyeballs every few months and burning blue colour unto your brown irises because it is the social norm. This is the equivalent of what millions of black women around the world are doing everyday as they strive to look ‘neat’, ‘professional’, ‘put-together’, ‘sexy’, ‘elegant’, ‘complete’; all of which are supposedly impossibly with natural hair.

That foul smell...

Caribbean countries are all suffering the same fate – the forced return home of criminals from abroad, mainly from the United States. Known as “deportees”, they are sent back to the land of their birth after committing serious crimes and serving time for the worst offences in the countries they had adopted. They are “sent back” to these islands and forced,

Rudy Gurley Has Stories To Tell

TORONTO, Canada: Rudy Gurley is a businessman who writes, and, not being a member of the literati, he does not like book launches. He says that he wanted his autobiographical works A Caribbean Tale and Sent from Overseas to simply make their own impact on bookshops’ shelves. Then he got a phone call from Itah Sadu,

A Blatant Act Of Aggression

It was Lord Acton who said in 1887 that “power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Over the years I have pondered about those words as I see politicians or world leaders get drunk with the stupor of power. Notably names like Margaret Thatcher, Mugabe, Bush, Blair and some in our own country. There is a saying that,

Could there be Cause for Worry?

As the Political Leader of the St Lucia Labour Party said last Thursday August 8, the decision of the Government of St Lucia to reject the offer of assistance to apprehend persons involved in the drug trade is both surprising and disturbing. There can be no doubt that the pursuit of such persons must no be a No. 1 priority for Caribbean governments,

When school reopen.......

I deliberately refrained from making any public comment when the former Minister of Education, Hon. Mario Michel grandly announced the availability of a secondary school place for every child who had attained the age of transfer from primary to secondary school on this island. At the time no one would listen anyway; so what was the point of advice.

Rodney Bay Gradually improving

It has taken a Trinidadian Mr Mario Sadga-Aboud to enhance what has always been an eyesore at Rodney Bay. A strategic location has now been transformed into a clean and pleasing facility. Mr Mario Sadga-Aboud has accomplished a similar facility at the Mega Plex Cinema. The new management of the Lime Restaurant has also done a great job of cleaning up that corner,