Foster Families In Haiti – One Girlā€™s Story

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LES CAYES, Haiti, CMC ā€“ ā€œI want to become a professor one day,ā€ says Sabrina. The little girl is seven years old and has a smile that radiates from ear to ear. Full of energy, she lists her favourite topics at school ā€“ reading and maths ā€“ and her favourite movie ā€“ Walt Disneyā€™s ā€˜Frozenā€™. Nothing in her sparkling demeanour hints at the shadows of her past.

HECTIC ARC WEEKEND – 49 Yachts Expected at Rodney Bay Marina

Image: ARC+ Laumare crew taking in a local beverage on arrival (Photo: WCC)

STAFF of the Saint Lucia Tourist Board (SLTB), World Cruising Company and Saint Lucia Customs and Excise will be kept active this weekend to welcome 49 yachts from the ARC+ and ARC arriving at the Rodney Bay Marina. Felix Taburiaux of World Cruising Company spoke to The VOICE just before press time on Friday, saying: ā€œItā€™s going to be a very busy weekend for us at the IGY Rodney Bay Marina.

New CPL Record – 134 Million Viewers This Year

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CARIBBEAN Premier League organisers announced Thursday that the Twenty20 showpiece had once again exceeded global viewership figures for the just concluded season, with a nearly 44 percent increase over the previous year. According to figures, this yearā€™s tournament enjoyed an audience of 134 million, a significant rise over the 93 million viewers that tuned in for the 2015 edition.

33 Get Football Coaching

Image: Coaches show off their certificates at the end of the five-day course. (Photo: Anthony De Beauville)

THE objective of any Saint Lucia Football Association/FIFA development activity is to ultimately improve the football experience of those who wish to play the game or train individuals who want to see an improvement in the game in Saint Lucia. These were the words coming from FIFA Instructor Kim Poulson at the end of the five-day Basic Coaching Course for 33 prospective coaches from across the country.

Disasters And Our Economies

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THIS week I saw photos of the devastation in St Vincent due to heavy rains. This was the second event within two months, the first causing major flooding of the Airport Terminal. While Dominica is still recovering from Tropical Storm Erika, they also had to deal with more damage over the last 5 months. St Lucia also felt the effects of Tropical Storm Matthew this year. Over the last 25 years all of our OECS States have suffered damage due to natural events that if valued today and applied to their public debt would be now declared debt free.

The Metaphysics of Corruption

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CORRUPTION is a perverse, universal and debilitating phenomenon that reflects in some measure the essential finitude of homo sapiens. It is an aberration that is in contradiction to the construct of perfection, and as such is a necessity in the very process of creation. Its aetiology reposes in the human condition that in itself is consequent and immanent to the process of ā€œbecomingā€ as opposed to ā€œbeingā€.

Love, Sex and Horsehair

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OUR discussions today, and next week, are really only brief looks at some of the things which influence our understanding and acceptance of who we are. For those of us coming of age in the ā€™60s and ā€™70s, the main thing on everyoneā€™s minds then was colonialism and a rejection of the role which Britain had played in our lives. We were young, and we were rebels, because that is the job of youth: to challenge, and to question.

A Matter of Faith

HOW dedicated are you to the virtue of faith? It is our task to keep faith in our lives. Our faith of course, is in God, and so we need to have faith in our lifeā€™s mission. When we trust and have reliance on anything at all, this is part of our faith. When we show our faith to others, they begin to trust us faithfully, and so there is a lovely relationship that comes on.