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open today recognizing and thanking for support from peeps
reading on; Cools, Femmefatale, Forever J, Ysdel, freaknic
to name a few. I know their names, but I like being
anonymous (and playful). Nice to know you enjoy the read!!
And of course I encourage you other readers to write to me,
not for the praise but at least maybe some debate on issues,

Advancing
the Art Form Part II
The
future development, advancement and enhancement of St. Lucian
calypso nationally, regionally and extra-regionally, demands
that the artistes give particularly serious consideration
to getting together and functioning as a body that aggressively
represents and promotes the developmental interests of the
art-form, all year round. 
WATER
SECTOR REFORM
In
October 1997 during his Budget Address, the then Prime Minister
declared the government’s thinking on the Water and
Sewerage Authority (WASA), that the government of
St. Lucia was determined not to allow the Authority to continue
to be a drain on the central resources of the country and
moreover that WASA had to dramatically alter its approach,

Real
Social Transformation in Babonneau
The
community of Garrand came alive over the weekend with the
formal opening of the new multi-thousand-dollar Garrand Mothers’
& Fathers’ Hall. A delegation from the
Embassy of the Republic of China on TAIWAN headed by Mr Charles
Li were present at last Saturday’s formal opening of
the newly refurbished Garrand Mothers’ & Fathers’
Hall, 
First
UWI Open Campus Registration Underway
The
University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus began its
first ever registration of students this week. The
newest Campus of the University of the West Indies, the Open
Campus incorporates 52 education centres from across the region,
extending from Belize in the north to Trinidad and Tobago
in the south. Thousands of students from these countries are
registering online, 
22
receive LUCELEC Scholarship supplies
22
students are beginning the new school year with LUCELEC scholarships.
Of these, three are new entrants into the LUCELEC
Scholarship Programme, having performed creditably in the
Common Entrance examinations. The other 19 are continuing
in the programme and are attending various schools in classes
ranging from Form 2 to second year at the Sir Arthur Lewis
Community College. 
Parents’s
role in Education
The
introduction of free universal secondary education in St.
Lucia is a development which offers hope for the future of
the nation in many directions. This coupled with
other developments of years gone by have certainly brought
a large number of the population within reach of an education
which was denied their forefathers. It is, however, 
The
role of a paralegal
‘A
paralegal is a person who works under the direct supervision
of a lawyer, and who is typically responsible for researching
and managing the daily tasks for cases.’ The
above is a textbook definition of a paralegal which though
technically correct does not necessarily reflect the real
life working experience of every paralegal. There is much
more to being a paralegal.
DIGICEL
congratulates its bumper draw winners
As
part of its Better Life Campaign, Digicel held its first Grand
Prize Draw for the month of August with fantastic prizes being
awarded to five persons. Digicel extends hearty congratulations
to its Bumper Draw Winners: Ulrich Meixner - $300 call credit,
Syrina William – Movie and Pizza Night for 5 friends,
Justin Blanchard – 3 months Cable and Internet package
from Karib Cable,
DIGICEL
is giving away a Nintendo Wii in its new text to win promotion
In
the midst of all the excitement of the Better Life Promotion,
Digicel has introduced an innovative text to win
component where one lucky Digicel customer will win a Nintendo
Wii, a Sony Ericsson W380, plus $300 FREE credit! By simply
sending a text message, ‘WIN’ to the short code
7171, Digicel customers are automatically entered into this
draw,
Karib
Cable Launches Pure Digital Programming
Just
days after the introduction of 9 new channels including HBO,
Cinemax and Biography, Karib Cable is launching its NEW Digital
Packages which includes another 25 channels of PURE DIGITAL
QUALITY programming. Karib Cable is offering 4 main
packages. The FAMILY package with programming to suit all
ages especially the young ones, 
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