Advertisement

This Week's Polls - VOTE NOW!

Should Prime Minister Stephenson KIng call early elections?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...

Do you think Philip J Pierre's comments on Allen Chastanet were race based?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...

Are you afraid that you will become a victim of crime in St Lucia?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...

SMALLTALK Cutie of the Week

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...

Advertisements




Suggested Sites


Author Archive

Is there any prize money for Carnival winners?

Is there any prize money for Carnival winners?

We’re really not sure what it is! Maybe it is because all participants have come to the consensus that since it was such a “lapo” carnival that no one really expects to get paid. Or maybe some are still waiting to be detoxified from all the spirit of Saint Lucia that was on offer in [...]

RICKY-T: DEH CAH STOP HIM!

RICKY-T: DEH CAH STOP HIM!

Ricky T is back in Saint Lucia after two successful performances in the region and is now preparing to take New York by storm where he is expected to make several appearances during the Labor Day weekend next month. The first of Ricky T’s regional performances took place in the British Virgin Islands mainland territory [...]

Rooster Gone Gold!

Rooster Gone Gold!

In June of 2009, Windward and Leeward Brewery launched a brand new product on the Saint Lucian market. Its name; Rooster Select. The drink is described as an extra smooth full-bodied dark brew, with a distinctive dry roasted lower bitterness taste, light malt aromas and caramel flavours.
Nine months later and the drink struck gold and [...]

THE RETURN OF NEAL PARKER

THE RETURN OF NEAL PARKER

Last week, former police commissioner Ausbert Regis who was transferred from his position last month, had his first day in court to challenge a decision by Prime Minister Stephenson King to remove him as the top cop with a transfer to a post within the office of the Prime Minister. The change had come after [...]

Calypso and Soca Masturbation

Calypso and Soca Masturbation

Picture this: Labour Day 2002, New York City. The annual West Indian parade which draws thousands to the streets for the annual Caribbean carnival, is witnessing once again the ground troops chipping across Eastern Parkway to a song called “The Bomb Song.” In it there is a catchy hook line “Boom, the world trade centre [...]

Government coughs up money for bacchanal

Government coughs up money for bacchanal

This year there has been more meetings than actual events when it comes to “Looshan Carnival” 2010, leaving more than just a bitter tastes in the mouths of many over the event which supposedly has a tag line “nothing sweeter than that.” Money and the financing of the event have been at the centre of [...]

Will King bend over for Calypso Association?

Will King bend over for Calypso Association?

Just when we thought that just maybe Prime Minister Stephenson King had taken a cue from Pep who sang “I eh bending for no man again,” never mind the fact that there might yet be a few more choice songs about him this year, it would seem that the Saint Lucian leader has yielded once [...]

CDF still struggling with Carnival!

CDF still struggling with Carnival!

In 2007 carnival aficionados and organizers were thrilled at the announcement that for the first time in its history Saint Lucia’s carnival would receive a major financial boost to the tune of EC$1 million dollars. Added to that, the Saint Lucia Tourist Board which seemed to have looked down upon the festival with scorn and [...]

Teddyson: the road to mainstage

Teddyson: the road to mainstage

I texted him after his Saint Lucia Jazz performance last Friday May 7, at the Pigeon Island National Landmark, to inform him that he now deserved that spread in the STAR that he had insisted on about a year ago. He called back laughing and humbly accepted the congratulatory remarks about his performance ahead of [...]

Laura Izibor falls in love with Looshan cocktails

Laura Izibor falls in love with Looshan cocktails

There seems to be a continuous disconnect between what obtains for public relations in the real world and what passes for the marketing of Saint Lucia. Time and time again we have missed or simply chosen to ignore the star power behind the utterances of any celebrity who have visited the island. Who am I [...]

Log in
© 2009 Star Publishing Company. All Rights Reserved.