Alvin Charles

When Will Our Leaders Stop Dancing Like Trained Monkeys?

The growth of the British Empire was fueled by colonialism, and the British monarchy was instrumental in the establishment, expansion,… Read More

2 years ago

PHILIP J. PIERRE: ‘MY PAST HAS BEEN HONORABLE . . . I AM NOT A RAT!’

A recent lunchtime conversation with friends did not play out in customary fashion. Our regular news spin sessions have always… Read More

5 years ago

Who Will Lift Us Out Of Our Predicament?

There are few things the two main political parties agree on. By now it’s common knowledge they do not see… Read More

5 years ago

WHY THE SLP WILL NOT WIN THE NEXT ELECTION!

The dissonant muffled percussion of political disquiet could once again be heard and felt throughout the length and breadth of… Read More

5 years ago

The Father of Local Bodybuilding has Left the Building!

The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that… Read More

5 years ago

CAN WE TRUST THE WORDS OF OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS?

Always remember . . . Rumours are carried by haters, spread by fools, and accepted by idiots,” Ziad K. Abdelnour. Read More

6 years ago

RAISE YOUR VOICE . . . BUT DON’T BE SURPRISED WHEN ANOTHER IS RAISED IN RESPONSE

The island’s lone southern hospital, the St. Jude’s Hospital, no stranger to controversy, is once again the subject of a… Read More

6 years ago

Gross Deceptive Product?

On 14 April 2011 then Prime Minister Stephenson King, during his budget presentation, stated the following: While the recession was… Read More

6 years ago

DIFFERENT SPEAKER . . . SAME UNRULY PARLIAMENT

On Tuesday this week Mr. Andy Daniel was sworn in as the eighth Speaker of the Saint Lucia House of… Read More

6 years ago

FEAR GRIPS SMALL COMMUNITY AFTER MYSTERIOUS DEATHS

Doctors, nurses, police and environmental health officers, all on the ground in a small community, asking questions in the course… Read More

6 years ago

READ THIS BEFORE YOU CONCEIVE A CHILD

In preparation for writing this article I interviewed restaurant cashiers, street-side vendors, store attendants and a bar porter. Read More

6 years ago

NEW MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN SAINT LUCIAN TOURISM PRODUCT!

It seems simple enough. Hit a teed-up ball with a club; wait for it to stop moving, then hit it… Read More

6 years ago

DO BLACK PEOPLE ABHOR THE SKIN THEY ARE IN?

Ever wonder why so many black people seem to abhor their black skin and nappy hair? I imagine many of… Read More

6 years ago

THE GREATEST LIE ANY POLITICIAN EVER TOLD . . . AND THE MEDIA IS IN ON IT!

Just about every Monday since being elected a little more than a year and a half ago, prior to its… Read More

6 years ago

What Really Went Down At Bordelais Last Week? How Soon A Repeat Performance?

The maxim “justice delayed is justice denied” is so often heard in Saint Lucia without follow-up action, it may by… Read More

6 years ago

Relatives of Christian Husbands Will Remember the 2018 Chamber Awards— Not Necessarily With Fondness!

The ninth annual St. Lucia Business awards gala event is in the books, so to speak. Last Saturday Saint Lucia’s… Read More

6 years ago

Remembering the forgotten Saadia Byron!

I got a text from my cousin that she was missing from Thursday night. The last call that they got… Read More

6 years ago

CHANDEL MOL STRIKES BACK

We begin our tale in 1982; a tale of machinations, triumph, misadventure and betrayal. A middle-aged Chandel Mol, described in… Read More

7 years ago

Even FOOLS HAVE OPINIONS

If the way 2018 began is any indication, we are in for a hell of a year. Months of speculation… Read More

7 years ago

WHO WILL GUARD THE GUARDS ON OUR STREETS?

Prior to any occasion when many of us tend to be in the grip of the various spirits of Saint… Read More

7 years ago

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