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In an article published February 20 Jason Sifflet attempts to put National Pride under the microscope. He tells us about our ignorance in that we don’t know what to be proud of. He goes on to say that the things we should be proud of are the things that are being neglected: [...]
Followings weeks of speculation, it was now official the John Compton dam had dried up. The dreaded day of the announcement turned out to be Monday 7th June 2010. Wasco, the island’s agency for the production and distribution of potable water, had been signaling for weeks that the John Compton dam at Roseau, the island’s [...]
On behalf of the Government of Saint Lucia, I respond to an article carried in last weekend’s issue of the STAR newspaper. The article written by Maryanna Williams in the February 27th, 2010 issue of the STAR was headlined: “When Lateness is Rudeness”. The sad fact is that article, while pregnant with mischief, falls short [...]
I refuse to believe that in a population of 150,000 inhabitants, which would be lost in any of London’s Boroughs, or of New York’s communities, the issue of crime cannot be resolved. London has a population of ten million people and New York about as many, yet crimes committed can be resolved by the police [...]
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 [...]
Poverty is a very politically charged issue. Consequently, there is an ever present danger of the poverty reduction process being controlled by the government of the day. One way in which this could happen is by government diverting resources away from the poorest stratum of the poor and channeling it towards assisting those [...]
So you come from a small Caribbean island which has achieved nothing in the way of international notoriety or success. The biggest thing that happened on your island in the recent past was that they shot some episodes of The Bachelor here. You’re like a pretty girl on the world stage—no one can see past [...]
Why, after 31 years of Independence, are we still struggling to mark the annual event and its related activities? The uncertainty prior to February 22nd about whether the National Youth Rally would be taking place filtered through the day’s proceedings. For a start, the rally which was scheduled for 8am did not get going until [...]
I know I will incur the wrath of many apologists with what I am about to say. But like Gone With The Wind’s Rhet Butler “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
I am fascinated by the excursions into the realms of fantasy and hyperbole which some well-meaning persons have towards the Haitian people [...]
I was having breakfast in the restaurant of my favourite hotel when my attendant decided to engage me in a discussion. He asked what I thought about the state of leadership in the country. Quite an interesting question I thought—but not that simple to answer. I told him that I had to [...]
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