ANGELS are said to dance on the head of a pin. Saints today are required to dance on thin air. …
Saint Lucia Restores Dignity To OECS Position on Venezuela
SAINT Lucia restored some dignity to the OECS on Monday when the island opted to abstain in a controversial vote …
A Nation Divided
THE dichotomy of our nation is in its history — seven times British, seven times French, La Rose and La …
Vindictive Or Vindication?
DOESN’T it just suck when you are faced with a situation where you are damned if you do and damned …
Venezuela’s Friends Hoping For The Best, But Fearing The Worst!
Ahead Of Secretive OAS Foreign Ministers Meeting In Washington Next Week. SOME keen observers of Venezuelan politics today have described …
Inglorious Empire: Parallels of Indian and West Indian Exploitation
THE yearnings for power and wealth of the stone-cold dead British Empire echoed amongst the older generation throughout the shires …
Europe and America Dodging Demands for Reparations For Slavery
THE recent furor in Grenada over whether slave history has a role in the island’s tourism promotion and this month’s …
(How) To Gain A Country – Part 2
THOSE who suggest that we have a right to any money arising from the sale of St. Lucian citizenships and …
The Politics of Church and State – Part 2
LATEST developments in Venezuela have again brought into focus the ongoing relationships not only between Church and State but also …
A Generation of Miscreants?
LAST week Wednesday, I went to the Gros Islet Secondary School for a Reading Month activity. The children at the …
It Was About Time
DON’T say that I don’t give kudos and praise when things are good and that I only focus on the …
Politics of Church and State
I always note that everything that happens here – and across the Caribbean — has an equivalent elsewhere in our …
Pigeon Island and the Nature of Saint Lucian Democracy
“I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”– Beatrice Hall …
(How) To Gain A Country – Part One
AS we persist with this examination of TAK, we emphasize that this examination is more truly of ourselves and how …
Press Released
WHAT the twilight says about the future of the media is certainly not lost in hyperbole or ambiguity, particularly in …
Politics of Government and Business of Governance
THE first round of the 2017/18 Saint Lucia Budget Debate brought into sharp focus the different approaches of the island’s …
St. Jude – We Like It So? – (Part 3)
“BE wary of anyone who professes to be a seeker of truth and the pursuit of such truth by others …
Debt Strangling A Caribbean Generation
THERE is a real prospect that, in dealing with unsustainable debt, 11 of 13 Caribbean small states would have lost …
Haiti’s Lifelong Tragedy Continues To Unfold!
THE US Department of Homeland Security has been advised to end by January 2018 temporary protection enjoyed by over 50,000 …
Statement by the Catholic Church on the DSH Project and other Social Issues
IN light of recent events affecting the citizenry of Saint Lucia, at home and abroad, with regard to the proposed …