
Do you know someone suffering from a mental illness? Think carefully before you answer. Mental illness is a term that describes a broad range of mental and emotional conditions. Mental illness also refers to one portion of the broader ADA term mental impairment, and is different from other covered mental impairments such as [...]
March 8, 2010 | Posted in
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It was a proud day for those in mental health care and an emotional one for those suffering with mental illnesses as Health Minister Dr Keith Mondesir declared the St Lucia National Mental Wellness Centre open on March 1.
The two and a half hour grand opening ceremony was held on the hospital’s grounds at [...]

Seventeen-year-old Lorden John Dominique met his death at a New Year’s party at the Indies Nightclub in 2008. It was Tuesday January 1, 2008 and the party was dubbed “Naughty or Nice.” Dominique arrived about 11:40pm. By 11:50pm, he was involved in an altercation and by about 12:30am on Wednesday January 2, [...]
March 3, 2010 | Posted in
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After a hard work week, everyone deserves to unwind. The weekend is the opportunity to forget the stresses of life and just enjoy a drink with a friend or head over to the club to let loose.
In the north, Rodney Bay and Gros Islet are the most popular night spots as tourists and [...]
February 26, 2010 | Posted in
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Lawyer Alberton Richelieu is representing a St Lucian man accused of a 2008 murder in Canada. Richelieu is no stranger to extradition cases, having represented Fabian Cherubin in 2009 when he was accused of kidnapping and murdering a French woman in Martinique. Cherubin was later sent back to face the charges.
This time, Richelieu represents [...]
February 17, 2010 | Posted in
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Worldwide there are cries to empower youth because “they are the future.” With globalization, it is becoming ever more difficult to find a job and secure it for a lengthy period. Every market and field is more competitive and rest assured, should you falter, there is always someone ready and willing to fill your [...]
February 17, 2010 | Posted in
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Ninety-eight police recruits sat in on an ongoing murder trial at the Criminal High Court on Tuesday February 9. Dressed in khaki bottoms, knee-high black socks, immaculately polished black shoes, blue shirts tucked into their trousers with their berets tucked neatly into the shoulder folds of their shirts, they sat listening attentively to the [...]
February 12, 2010 | Posted in
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Last year, the STAR reported that a St Lucian man is wanted by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for Murder. According to the RCMP, on the night of February 22, 2008, the individual in question and several other males went to a Toronto residence where one of the males engaged in a conversation with [...]
February 12, 2010 | Posted in
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Nesbert Charles [name changed] stood unrepresented before Justice Kenneth Benjamin on Wednesday October 14, accused of Arson. He wore a dirty white polo shirt, torn at the seam of the right sleeve, sloppily tucked into his washed out black dress pants.
As the remanded Charles stood awaiting a date to be set for [...]
February 10, 2010 | Posted in
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No more can Bouton be the butt of every joke. This quaint community can be found in a turnoff on the way down the Soufriere Hill from the west coast and it is both blessed and cursed with being one of the few untouched areas of development in St Lucia.
The gap to Bouton conceals [...]
February 8, 2010 | Posted in
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