
A number of top cyclists from the region are here to compete in Sunday’s OECS Cycling Championships which is a gruelling 114km road race. St Lucia is hosting the event for the first time since 1987.
Thirty five overseas riders are expected here from Anguilla, Antigua, Grenada, St Kitts and St Vincent & the Grenadines. St [...]
June 29, 2009 | Posted in
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Does the St Lucian government really want to profit from heritage tourism? The bones of Amerindians at Cas en Bas will tell the story in just one day. On Friday morning the Government of St Lucia was expected to sign a memorandum of understanding that will tell just how far they are willing to go [...]
June 29, 2009 | Posted in
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Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1959 and died on Thursday June 25, 2009. As the world mourns the loss of this entertainment legend, the Star also pays tribute to this global icon.
Entertainment writer Toni Nicholas recalls his first two albums being Michael Jackson’s “Off the Wall,” and Prince’s debut album which featured [...]
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By Brandon Antoine
A difficult economic climate requires that businesses retain key talent to meet operational needs, that they employ strong governance to manage operational efficiencies and costs, and that they retain their relevance through competitive differentiation within their markets. If organizations focus on these three areas together and do not allow circumstances to overwhelm them, [...]
June 29, 2009 | Posted in
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“I never knew that there was so much open space, trees and things to see here!” remarked one of the participants who spent Saturday morning exploring the Southern part of St Lucia. Fourteen individuals, mostly members of the
St Lucia National Trust Southern Group were guided by historian, Dr Gregor Williams on a fascinating tour of [...]
June 29, 2009 | Posted in
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Have you noticed the way some citizens change their positions on issues that demand honesty? The issue of crime is a case in point. Where the regular citizen is concerned, can there be two sides when the issue is crime? Shouldn’t the attitude always be zero tolerance of criminality? Shouldn’t we all be demonstrating at [...]
June 29, 2009 | Posted in
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It is said once a man has bluffed you once take everything he says thereafter with a grain of salt. Is this the case when it comes to Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister, Senator Allen Chastanet’s latest comments on LIAT?
Castries East MP and former Tourism Minister, Philip Pierre, seems to think so. The MP [...]
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After several weeks of attending court on crutches, Vitalis Phillip has gotten some relief as his case finally came to an end on Tuesday. The 46-year old man of Monchy lost his leg after being attacked by three young men of the same community on July 22, 2005.
Phillip told this reporter his side of the [...]
June 29, 2009 | Posted in
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Kurt Maraj, the lone St Lucian rider, participated in the Fathers Day Race in Grenada over the weekend along with riders from Barbados, Antigua, Trinidad, St Vincent and the Grenadines and host Grenada.
Despite arriving at midnight because of flight delays into Grenada on Friday night, Maraj placed third in the Individual Time Trial on Saturday [...]
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Imagine having your car stolen a few feet from your residence and then one day later, getting a call from someone who said they’d possibly seen your car, but couldn’t be certain because it was barely recognizable as a result of it being almost completely taken apart?
This is a reality that more and more St [...]
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