RECENT findings by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) ring alarm bells for the global community: democratic …
Do Caribbean Countries Need a New Social Contract?
Another Taiwan tie-up: Once Bitten, Twice Shy?
ONCE again, a Saint Lucia government is appealing to Taiwan to help it correct alleged wrongs associated with the handling …
After School Fights: A Menace to our Local Education System
SCHOOL Reopened on Monday, September 4, 2023, for the academic year 2023 to 2024. And after school fights which prevailed …
One Day, The Tables Will Turn – Tanti, Tanto!
IT was my late good friend and Lucian playwright Stanley French who wrote a play in the seventies called ‘The …
A Nation in Decline
JOSEPH Goebbels was a German Nazi philologist and Minister of Propaganda in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. He appreciated and understood …
‘French Spring’ blooming bright in Africa!
Western analysts continue running-out of words to describe the growing number of peaceful and bloodless coups overthrowing decadent regimes across …
Some small island states seek climate justice in landmark case
ON September 11 in Hamburg, Germany, a significant legal proceeding began that could redefine the parameters of climate justice for …
CARICOM must avoid becoming a historical irrelevance!
SAINT Lucia’s VOICE newspaper on September 9, 2023 loudly trumpeted its latest clarion call – for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) …
To Serve and Protect – The Female Response
THE crime rate is a bitter song sung by everyone these days and even the off-tune singers receive raving reviews …
Crime and Punishment
ON the same day Shericka Jackson brought honour and glory to her beloved Jamaica, by winning the Women’s 200 metres …
Transformation will remain a figment of our imagination
NO doubt, one can remember your name, but not find it necessary to establish your legacy. As for Derek Wolcott, …
A Final Plea for the Saviour of St. Jude
ANYONE listening to the Parliamentary debate on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, would have been particularly proud of two noteworthy, talking …
Big Weekend for Global South as G-77+China meet in Cuba ahead of UN General Assembly 🌎
Saint Lucia and other CARICOM member-states are preparing to attend the upcoming G-77+China summit in Havana, Cuba, as the region …
Was the PM ill or well prepared for the job?
BOTHERSOME is about the only word we can think of to describe Fair Helen. That is indeed sad based upon …
We Need to Look in the Mirror, or Woe be Unto Us!
EVERYBODY defends their right to do as they please, especially when they are selling a commodity or a service. Prices …
No one shoe fits all, but SRI sandals fit all islands!
IT looked and sounded like every Caribbean island’s tourism and hospitality entity is The Best, but that’s not so. It …
Taiwan Tit-bits
THE great writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens – who was far better known as “Mark Twain”- once wrote that “travel is fatal …
The Caribbean should ban lethal autonomous weapons
AUTONOMOUS weapons pose a clear and present danger to the Caribbean. Action to ban them should be seriously considered now. …
Back to School: Government to Reform National Education Landscape
SCHOOL reopened on Monday 4, September 2023, for the academic year 2023 to 2024. And government is well poised to …
Towards a CARICOM Summit on Reparations!
Ahead of tomorrow’s (September 7) observance of the second African Union (AU)-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Day, the Regional Integration Unit (RIU) …