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		<title>The Grande Anse Saga Continues &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 05:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An old adage advised that we “do what we can, where we are, with what we have”. This sentiment essentially captures the plight of seasoned farmers and those forced into farming by unemployment. These individuals are currently seeking their daily bread by whatever means necessary. A visit to the Grande Anse Estate on the north-east [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Should Women be Held Accountable for the Misuse of Child Support Funds?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2015 06:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Traveling on a public bus can be a source of inconvenience and entertainment. On board one often hears profane dialogues, daily bulletins on the latest sensational community business which did not make the news, and unpaid counseling sessions between drivers and passengers. While these may often be unavoidable annoyances to the person who is mentally [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Are We Really Serious about Turtle Conservation in St. Lucia?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2015 07:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The call for the management of turtle populations and the conservation of turtle species, which scientists date back to the time of the dinosaurs, is nothing new. This decade-long dialogue has been used to appeal to the minds of poachers and policymakers in the Caribbean but the hearts of many continue to be swayed by [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Garbage Trucks or Health Hazards?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2015 07:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I feel certain many reading this have been blasted by the dizzying stench of garbage trucks in the early morning. Some may even have found themselves stuck in midday traffic behind a City Council truck. The foul odour quickly invades transit buses, nearby offices and schools, and affects street vendors. Even sleeping babies are not [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Monster Creation 101 &#8211; When Parents Refuse to Parent</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2015 07:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The perpetration of the most heinous crimes can stir up undesirable feedback from parts of our society while inspiring in some of us the most passionate responses. The recent discovery of the body of Yana Auguste has prompted much dialogue in various spheres of our society: the feminist movements in our midst, the seasonal, outspoken [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Can slavery ever be compensated?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2015 06:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Can twenty million dollars erase the emotional scars of slavery and the arduous thoughts of our forefathers bending under the whip’s brutality and our African women bowing to the phallic wills of the perceived superior race? Can there ever be adequate compensation for racial wounds &#8211; present or past? Will we forget slavery’s sting at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Who Speaks for Eddie?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Valasse]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2015 07:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“There is no word, no label, no identifying moniker, I am not a widow, not an orphan, not childless But one child less…” Cheryl McDonald Who among us can adequately speak for the mother who has lost her child? Who among us can truly fathom the complexity of the love between a mother and a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Will the SLPA Woo the Taste Buds of St. Lucians?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2015 07:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The images of smoke being released from a barbeque grill or a remodeled drum garnished with seasoned treats often signal the approaching weekend in Saint Lucia. In every corner of the island, chickens receive their last rites – they are ceremoniously stripped of their plumage, chopped to the delight of customers, dipped in local seasoning [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Christmas In July For the St. Lucia Police Force</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2015 00:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Christmas came early this year for the Royal St. Lucia Police Force. On Friday July 24th 2015, Dr. Maurice Aboud. Forensics Lab Director of Caribbean Forensics Services, presented a Trace Evidence Kit to the Royal St. Lucia Police Force at a press conference at the Police Training School in LaToc. According to the Acting Police [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>St. Lucian Killed in Martinique</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Valasse]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 21:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A 23-year- old man from Saint Lucia has reportedly been killed in Martinique. Well-placed sources told the STAR that the incident occurred on Tuesday July 21. The young man who is originally from Pierrot, Vieux Fort has been identified as Christus Joseph. According to our source, his lifeless body was found gagged with four bullet wounds-two [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>We must settle for nothing less than zero tolerance of child sexual abuse!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alicia Valasse]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2015 07:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are still living in the days of old. We still duck for cover at the mere mention of organs of copulation, nudity and what we perceive as novel forms of sexual deviance and misconduct. Hard to believe, but we still mask the emergence of a pregnant figure with farcical tales of swallowed breadfruits, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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