http://stluciastar.com/content Bringing the Truth to Light Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:19:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Derek Walcott paid a visit to the Grow Well Centre library to the delight of children and volunteers alike. In the above picture little Faith Danzie looks through children’s colouring sheets because she wants to show the famous poet/artist her “paintings”. Grow Well board member Paul Lorde briefed the Nobel ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/11639 [caption id="attachment_11636" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Sol EC employees in St Lucia did an outstanding job in the Shell People Make The Difference Real (PMTDR) program."][/caption] SOL EEC Limited, agents for Shell fuel and lubricants in the region recently re-launched a retail business program which enables and empowers retailers and their sales force ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/11635 [caption id="attachment_11632" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Swimmers display their trophies and medals from the Annual Soufriere Open Water Swimming Challenge."][/caption] The St Lucia Amateur Swimming Association (SLASA) successfully hosted the Fourth Annual Soufriere Open Water Swimming Challenge on Sunday in conjunction with the Soufriere Marine Management Association in the Soufriere Bay. The main sponsor ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/11631 [caption id="attachment_11627" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="From left, Bordelais Director Hilary Herman, Security Minister Guy Mayers, Police Commissioner Ausbert Regis and pathologist and keynote speaker Dr Stephen King."][/caption] Those attending the Course 30 Passing Out Parade at the St Lucia Police Force Academy on Friday March 5 looked on with pride as ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/11626 [caption id="attachment_11622" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Rolstan Pamphile (R) pulling begins to pull away from Manassah Ettienne."][/caption] Aided by a compassionate opponent, Rolstan Pamphile of the Choiseul Secondary School, dug deep over the final two kilometers to win the overall first place in the male division the 2010 Saint Lucia Secondary Schools Road ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/11621 [caption id="attachment_11618" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The St Lucia National Netball Association gets the support of Super J supermarkets for two matches in July. "][/caption] Super J Supermarkets has accepted the St Lucia National Netball Association’s invitation to be one of the main sponsors of the Americas Federation of Netball Associations [AFNA] Qualifier ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/11617 [caption id="attachment_11613" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Giovanni Ermay earned a silver medal in Martinique."][/caption]A contingent of St Lucian boxers returned home last evening after competing at a weekend boxing tournament in neighboring Martinique. The St Lucian boxers returned home with 10 medals—three gold and seven silver. The gold medal winners were Dalton “Hurricane” ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/11612 Still shots of the Grand Anse Beach paint a picture of the most desirable seaside location, but the beach itself holds its own deadly secrets. Known for being a great turtle watching spot, particularly from March until August, where leatherback turtles, the largest marine turtle in the world, come ashore ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/11608 [caption id="attachment_11605" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Therold Prudent, once Spider Montoute’s sidekick, now his competition! "][/caption] Lenard Montoute and Therold Prudent were destined to duke it out for the Gros Islet constituency, since they were boys. What no one could have predicted was that Montoute, a die hard progressive from a Labour background ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/11604 [caption id="attachment_11601" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="What is real justice? Has our means of addressing criminal behaviour taken us anywhere? And how has the hard line approach of the police helped our society? "][/caption] Imagine a St Lucia where police officers are heroes who children look up to instead of monsters they fear ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/11600