The Redevelopment of the Union Agricultural Station

The Union Agricultural Station has been allowed to deteriorate over the last four years during the reign of the previous Administration. This was primarily due to the impending relocation of the Station to Roseau in light of the Cabinet Conclusions (935 of December 15, 2003 and 508 of July 25, 2005) which allocated 12 – 15 acres of the Union Agricultural Station,

Discovering the real Cuba

For years I have wanted to see for myself why Cuba for so many has remained a hallowed place. The glory days of Hemmingway and friends have long gone and reports from the U.S.A. about the country are not at all flattering, but the curiosity of the world to see Fidel Castro’s Cuba before the old fox quits the scene, remains; and I was one of those curious people.

Bubbling On Exile Street

I read Robert Lee’s musings on the Election Day spent in Boguis. Red cats’ tails, red bougainvillea, red mealy bugs and all. I sat with friends and partners. On an utterly serene afternoon at Laurel’s, Paul and Hilary walked me through the campaign’s highs and lows. Later, Lyttleton’s brand of insight into what really counts – finding that profound thrill,

Choice, not Circumstance, determines Success”

This year’s graduating students of the Sir Ira Simmons Secondary School have been told that as future leaders of St. Lucia, it was incumbent upon them to preserve their country. The charge came from Mr. Chester Hinkson, the Country Manager of Scotiabank in St. Lucia while delivering the keynote address at the School’s Graduation ceremony last week.

Voluntary Counseling and Testing - A Strategy to improve Mental Health

Mental health is something most of us take for granted. Its importance should be highlighted more clearly in light of HIV/AIDS. The impact of HIV/AIDS on the mental health of St. Lucians often goes unnoticed. Given that at the beginning of January 2008 there have been 656 reported cases of HIV/AIDS since the first case in 1985;

Crimes against property

There are two elements of any crime: the actus reus (the criminal act) and the mens rea (the guilty mind). A crime has not been committed if one of these elements is missing. Crimes against property are such a wide area of law that it would be impossible to cover it here; however, a number of the topics have been highlighted that fall under this category.

The Biggest Spirit in Carnival

St. Lucia Distillers has formally announced that St. Lucian Spirit will be its signature band for the 2008 National Carnival Parade of Bands to be held in Castries on July 22. The company is already the band’s long standing Title Sponsor under the Bounty Rum brand. As part of the official sponsorship cheque hand over event on June 9, representatives of the Band,

Scientists warn of Coral decline in the Caribbean

In recent years previous studies of coral reefs were carried out on a small scale and in specific areas and therefore the magnitude of the problem remained unknown. In 2003, Isabelle Côté a biologist at the University of East Anglia in England together with four other colleagues from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research compiled and analyzed,

Bousquet goes to Venezuela

A four-man delegation led by Minister of Trade, Industry, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Investment, the Honourable Rufus Bousquet, left the island yesterday (11th July, 2008) for Venezuela, to attend the Fifth Summit of Heads of State to discuss the Petrocaribe Initiative. Minister Bousquet is deputizing for Prime Minister, the Honourable Stephenson King,

Digicel Gives the Best to the Best

CASTRIES, ST LUCIA, 11th July 2008 – Digicel awarded the successful winner of Groovy Soca Monarch Finals, the very talented and popular Herb Black, a high performance slider Samsung G600 handset. Twenty Groovy Soca artistes battled it out against the reigning Groovy King, Teddyson John, for the prestigious title of Groovy Soca Monarch 2008,