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To say that overall the 21st edition of Saint Lucia Jazz was quite dull might be putting it bluntly or speaking mildly. There are several adjectives that I could use to describe the just concluded festival, but “exciting” and “great” … Continue reading →

I find it very disturbing to hear those doom and gloom preachers on national radio attempting to frighten, discourage and depress the nation with their messages of despair and dismay. Surely, this goes beyond freedom of speech and borders on … Continue reading →

I am not about to praise either side of the House for the content of the rather civil debate on St Lucia’s EC$1.4 billion Appropriations Bill. You see, while politicians red and yellow squabble with inert weapons of mass distraction … Continue reading →

President Obama’s recent public approval of gay marriages has provoked the religious bigots among us once again. In an exchange between two radio announcers on one of our local radio stations recently, the words: “it is just wrong, plain wrong” … Continue reading →

While the government is trying, via the most pessimistic throne speech in recent memory, to persuade the nation to tighten its belt, the government is doing the exact opposite. From the opening lines of the governor general’s speech, she warned … Continue reading →

By now it must’ve occurred, even to the conveniently deaf, that the palpable silence of the normally garrulous Labour Party leader on the subject more and more Saint Lucians are referring to as “this election’s most important topic” speaks volumes—and … Continue reading →

Sometimes talking to other people serves to remind you of how good you have it. Cliché as it may sound, no matter how hard you consider your life at any particular moment, someone else has very likely had it much … Continue reading →

Let us first of all establish one irreducible fact: there never was a Helen of Troy, any more than there was a god named Zeus who got it on with a mortal woman named Leda. The legendary beauty who inspired … Continue reading →

A tax for us all! Such is the mantra of the project office responsible for implementing the new Value Added Tax system to Saint Lucia. Theirs is a clarion call for the nation to rally behind their efforts at “simplifying … Continue reading →

It seems the people want to know why there has been little in the media about VAT. On Wednesday’s Newsspin some well known voices expressed concern that the issue was only now being discussed when it was hardly new and … Continue reading →