Peter Josie

Peter Josie

AMAZING, SIMPLY AMAZING!AMAZING, SIMPLY AMAZING!

AMAZING, SIMPLY AMAZING!

    [dropcap]A[/dropcap]mazing; to be struck with wonder has emerged an often abused word by those whose vocabulary seems limited… Read More

8 years ago
A PAINFUL EXPERIENCEA PAINFUL EXPERIENCE

A PAINFUL EXPERIENCE

[dropcap]I[/dropcap] once prided myself in never experiencing physical pain even though I had suffered light, bearable emotional ones. Then seemingly… Read More

8 years ago
BE ON GUARD – PREPARING!BE ON GUARD – PREPARING!

BE ON GUARD – PREPARING!

The topic may well be regarded as appropriate for an ‘end-of-times’ sermon, in light of the severe hurricanes that recently… Read More

8 years ago
PRAISE WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOURPRAISE WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR

PRAISE WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR

                          [dropcap]I [/dropcap]confess that I am a child… Read More

8 years ago
GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME … OR, IS IT PETER PAYING FOR PAUL?GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME … OR, IS IT PETER PAYING FOR PAUL?

GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME … OR, IS IT PETER PAYING FOR PAUL?

I was frankly intrigued by last weekend’s STAR article titled Home and Away. Read More

8 years ago
WHAT MAKES ME GLADWHAT MAKES ME GLAD

WHAT MAKES ME GLAD

During the last several years Rick and I have had many conversations in which we teased each other’s brain on… Read More

8 years ago
DREAMERS, VISIONARIES AND THINKERS: The New Castries (Part Three – Final)DREAMERS, VISIONARIES AND THINKERS: The New Castries (Part Three – Final)

DREAMERS, VISIONARIES AND THINKERS: The New Castries (Part Three – Final)

Last week we agreed that accessibility and service ought to be the main features of the new Castries and that… Read More

8 years ago
DREAMERS AND VISIONARIES (Part Two) A Paradigm Shift . . . A New CastriesDREAMERS AND VISIONARIES (Part Two) A Paradigm Shift . . . A New Castries

DREAMERS AND VISIONARIES (Part Two) A Paradigm Shift . . . A New Castries

Art, whether theatre, music, painting or sculpture, is important because it helps explain ourselves to us. We learn from the… Read More

8 years ago
DREAMERS . . . and VISIONARIES (Part One)DREAMERS . . . and VISIONARIES (Part One)

DREAMERS . . . and VISIONARIES (Part One)

George Odlum, may he rest in peace, was never tired of reminding his inner circle that enlightened British citizens helped… Read More

8 years ago
LEST WE FORGET… Trials and Successes since Allen Chastanet became Prime MinisterLEST WE FORGET… Trials and Successes since Allen Chastanet became Prime Minister

LEST WE FORGET… Trials and Successes since Allen Chastanet became Prime Minister

I have consistently said that the easiest part of politics is campaigning for office. A fresh new voice opposed to… Read More

8 years ago
FAREED ZAKARIA: WHY TRUMP WONFAREED ZAKARIA: WHY TRUMP WON

FAREED ZAKARIA: WHY TRUMP WON

Fareed Zakaria is one of the few American television commentators I listen to. He often offers an incisive world view… Read More

8 years ago
LEST WE FORGET: REMEMBERING ELECTIONS 2016 AND A PEOPLE’S VICTORYLEST WE FORGET: REMEMBERING ELECTIONS 2016 AND A PEOPLE’S VICTORY

LEST WE FORGET: REMEMBERING ELECTIONS 2016 AND A PEOPLE’S VICTORY

By my reckoning it’s now one year since the Allen Chastanet government first met in a new session of parliament,… Read More

8 years ago
What is it about yard fowls and party hacks that so fascinates Rick Wayne?What is it about yard fowls and party hacks that so fascinates Rick Wayne?

What is it about yard fowls and party hacks that so fascinates Rick Wayne?

I have often expressed my admiration for Rick Wayne’s tenacity and commitment to whatever grabs his fancy. Still I have… Read More

8 years ago
TOURISM … THE THIRD DIMENSIONTOURISM … THE THIRD DIMENSION

TOURISM … THE THIRD DIMENSION

There are at least three dimensions necessary and essential to the success of the local tourism industry. Since its election… Read More

8 years ago
THERE’S NO STOPPING HIM… He’s Back!THERE’S NO STOPPING HIM… He’s Back!

THERE’S NO STOPPING HIM… He’s Back!

It was deliberately planted in my youthful head to never trust a liar. ‘Liars are dangerous people; often dishonest crooks!’… Read More

8 years ago

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck . . .

The wide criticism heaped on the opposition St. Lucia Labour Party for walking out during a crucial budget debate had… Read More

8 years ago

REVISITING THE SITTING OF THE HOUSE . . . of Feb. 11, 2014

It was not the first time since it achieved independence from Britain that the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia… Read More

8 years ago

A HAPPY AND SUBLIME PASTORAL LIFE

Then I was growing up, ages five, six and seven, there was much commercial activity around me. Everywhere one turned… Read More

8 years ago

OBSTACLES ARE THE PATH

In her book ‘The Senator Next Door’ Amy Klobuchar’s gives an account of her early family life and her climb… Read More

8 years ago

THERE’S NO STOPPING HIM… He’s Back!

It was deliberately planted in my youthful head to never trust a liar. ‘Liars are dangerous people; often dishonest crooks!’… Read More

8 years ago