BANANA FOOTBALL

The row between the St. Lucia Banana Corporation (SLBC) and the Windward Islands Banana Development and Exporting Company Limited (WIBDECO), and in particular WIBDECO’s chief executive officer, Bernard Cornibert, has now moved beyond the boardroom and seems headed for a court of law. The SLBC, through its attorneys Peter Foster and Associates,

SLBC under Threat by new Banana Company

The St. Lucia National Fairtrade Organization (SLNFTO), the island’s only banana organization certified under the Fairtrade Labeling Organization of the United Kingdom to handle fruit from St. Lucian farmers, has deplored the most recent move by the St. Lucia Banana Corporation against the Windward Islands Banana, Development and Exporting Company Limited,

Police Officer Accused of Abuse of Power

Kervin Shane John is the father of two young boys, whom he said are 8 and 6 years old. He is a resident of Tabor Hill, Anse La Raye who lives in the same vicinity of the mother of his children. He told the following story which appeared on television: According to John he has never shunned his responsibility as a father, nor has he ever been charged with any form of abuse,

Wholesalers Plugged!

The Government of St. Lucia Tuesday moved to stop a practice amongst wholesalers that could have played a part in consumers paying higher prices on controlled goods despite the spiraling costs associated with almost all goods and services today. Prime Minister Stephenson King Tuesday in the House of Assembly introduced an amendment,

Political Union in the offing

Three CRICOM countries, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Grenada are apparently all ready to form a political union. Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Patrick Manning is reported to have disclosed that he is quite ready to embrace political union with any country in the Caribbean that is prepared to unite with his.