http://stluciastar.com/content Bringing the Truth to Light Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:24:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WEDNESDAY STARLET [caption id="attachment_15316" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Photographed by Rick Wayne. Fashion by New York Closet located at Bois d’Orange. Make-up and hair by Krystle Marquis "][/caption] At 19 Cherissa Albertine was the youngest girl at our most recent photoshoot at the STAR Studios but that by no ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/15315 [caption id="attachment_15313" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="From left to right boxing coach RenaldoToledo, Lyndell Marcellin (boxer), Siona Huxley (swimmer) and Rosen Daniel following their arrival from the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. Missing Julien Brice (swimming) and Stephanie Lovell (sailing)."][/caption] The inaugural Summer Youth Olympic Games officially drew to a close in Singapore ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/15312 [caption id="attachment_15341" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="SLP leader Kenny Anthony with Deputy Leader Philip J Pierre. "][/caption] [caption id="attachment_15342" align="alignleft" width="135" caption="Fox talk-show host Glen Beck drew a crowd in the hundreds of thousands to a rally in Washington DC. Beck once referred to President Obama as a racist."][/caption] There is no escaping the ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/15340 [caption id="attachment_15346" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="From left to right Chairman of the Castries Football Council, Francis Daniel; Minister, Richard Frederick; Prime Minister, Stephenson King and Minister Lenard Montoute at Sunday’s reopening of the Vigie Playing Field."][/caption] The re-opening of Vigie Playing Field on Sunday afternoon was indeed a proud moment for the ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/15345 [caption id="attachment_15309" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Housing Minister Richard Frederick: last man standing! "][/caption] Three years ago today most people would have bet that Richard Frederick was going down. Less than a year after the December 2006 victory that put Flambeau back in office, Frederick was practically on the political chopping block. He ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/15308 [caption id="attachment_15305" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="54-year-old shopkeeper killed in Agard shooting."][/caption] It began like a usual Friday night at Agard.  It was supposed to be fun.  It was a bar-b-que after all.  Unfortunately that festive mood was cut short when around 9pm two masked individuals emerged from under a house in the ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/15304 [caption id="attachment_15338" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Former Tourism Minister Philip J Pierre (far right) with hotelier Butch Stewart and businessman Michael Chastanet."][/caption] Thomas Jefferson was certainly correct when he called for a crusade against ignorance as the best protection for a democracy, writing that, “No other sure foundation can be devised for the ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/15335 [caption id="attachment_15333" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Visually impaired but still rocking on! "][/caption] Language barriers exist throughout the globe.  Even in our 238 square miles of land, miscommunication is easy with different dialects of English and Creole from our bouillon of people living and working on island.  It’s difficult enough trying to function ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/15332 [caption id="attachment_15293" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Isidore Phillip Tisson (center) scored the only goal in St Lucia’s 1-0 semifinal win over St Kitts-Nevis. He was shot and killed Monday night after celebrating the impending trip to the finals. (NY DAILY NEWS)"][/caption] From all accounts it was one of the highlights of his ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/15292 Growing up in St Lucia there may be only a few St Lucians to whom the name Sesenne Descartes is a mystery. To be more precise, Dame Marie Selipha ‘Sesenne’ Descartes, ‘St Lucia Queen of Culture,’ a woman nothing short of a national cultural hero who passed away on August ... http://stluciastar.com/content/archives/15324