Invest in the future, Plant a tree

This belly ache has nothing to do with politics but the pain is nonetheless severe. However, there are many important issues present on our island which should be of concern to us but which we simply ignore. (By the way, here’s a quick quiz question: How does one know that CWC is over?

Warm and Friendly Relations

As St. Lucia joins hands yet again with the Republic of China (Taiwan), not in any rudimentary fashion, but rather in a deep heartfelt manner rooted way back in the mid 1980’s, one can’t help but recognize that St. Lucia, once considered to be self-sufficient in a number of agricultural products, can no longer lay claim to that fact.

05/05/07

Jazzing up Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia Jazz. It seems hardly a year goes by without some conflict surrounding the event. Like the tourism industry with which it has become synonymous, the music festival is always compelling Saint Lucians to weigh its cost against its benefits. Once again, the country is asking, is it worth changing our way of life, abandoning our very culture, doing irreversible harm to our natural history and environment, for the sake of a few tourists dollars?

Statement by Dr. Vaughan Lewis on Recognition of China

The time has come for good sense to prevail in this matter of diplomatic recognition. It has been going on since the General Election and must now be quickly brought to a conclusion for the long-term good of our St. Lucia.
In 1996-1997, I was myself Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, when Taiwan was still the entity recognized by the government of St. Lucia.
But now, ten years later, we cannot impose the conditions of yesterday, on the realities of today’s changed world.

Digicel - Irresponsible or false marketing?

Digicel offered me a promotion via text on Tuesday, 1st of May offering double the value my first top up between ‘to-day and Wednesday 2nd of May’. However, when I did top up my account on Wednesday the 2nd of May, this promise was ignored. On speaking to two customer service agents at Digicel it was explained to me that Digicel had decided to double my top up made on Monday, the day before the promotion was sent to me via text message. By the way, this particular top up was significantly less that the one made during the promotional period.