Rick Wayne

15 Years Later St. Jude Hospital still up in the air!

After all, he had “inherited” them upon returning to office in 2011. They were hired by his predecessors. By which… Read More

2 months ago

WILL ST LUCIAN YOUTH BENEFIT FROM JULIEN ALFRED’S GOLD?

Lately our young people have been under heavy fire. It’s not uncommon to hear, even from mouths less than fifty… Read More

3 months ago

Kenny Schools Colleagues during Appropriations Bill Debate: Nothing Happens before its Time!

Labour Party back-bencher and former prime minister Kenny Anthony addressing parliament on April 25. Almost from the moment he opted… Read More

6 months ago

When Local Lawmakers Sought To Choke Free Expression!

MARIO MICHEL WAS THIS WEEK APPOINTED ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE On May 3, freedom-loving citizens everywhere, journalists in particular, marked World… Read More

6 months ago

When The Juice Turned Sour!

The author on the comeback trail at Vince’s Gym (circa 1980) with Carl Weathers (seated) and the maestro himself Vince… Read More

7 months ago

WILL A NEW BREED OF SAINT LUCIANS TOLERATE A HOUSE BARBECUE?

Kenny Anthony (pictured left with the Labour Party’s original leader, George Charles): For fifteen years he was Saint Lucia’s prime… Read More

7 months ago

Long before Rochamel and Grynberg there was ‘the U.N. Funds Scandal!’

Charles Flemming: Saint Lucia’s former ambassador to the UN was widely praised for his sartorial elegance, but not for his… Read More

7 months ago

So Nice To Have Known You Lou!

I remember well that May morning when a receptionist at Weider buzzed my office to let me know someone downstairs… Read More

7 months ago

St. Lucia Bar Association in a tizzy over what some are calling ‘the proposed Hilaire Law!’

Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre (L) and Attorney general Leslie Mondesir. Last June the Privy Council issued its judgment on… Read More

9 months ago

Is Current House Speaker the thorn between ‘protecting the victory’ and former PM Kenny Anthony’s olive-branch aspirations?

Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre (left), for Senate president, now House Speaker Claudius Francis (center) and former PM turned back-bencher… Read More

10 months ago

St. Lucians Looking Forward to Promised Special Prosecutions!

DPP Daasrean Greene, left, and Special Prosecutor Robert Innocent. Will they deliver on government’s promises in 2024? (Photo of Robert… Read More

11 months ago

Those who seek to take away our right to free speech violate our Constitution and are borderline fascist!

In my government I tolerate dissent—up to a point. I allow dissent because I recognize that sometimes it can be… Read More

1 year ago

THEY ASKED THE EMBASSY TO LISTEN . . . THE EMBASSY LISTENED!

Richard Frederick rages from an SLP platform while Kenny Anthony and Philip J. Pierre watch poker-faced! For over a decade… Read More

1 year ago

Same old story save for the names and the recycled reptiles!

At the 19th Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly in June 1997, George Odlum was in fine fettle.… Read More

1 year ago

Machine Guns No Match For A Match!

In a recent dispatch to a writer friend from our days of California dreaming (several years ago he too had… Read More

1 year ago

Privy Council Orders Hilaire to Pay Court Costs to Chastanet!

L-R: Opposition Leader and former Prime Minister Allen Chastanet and Minister for Tourism, Investment, Creative Industries, Culture and Information Ernest… Read More

1 year ago

Accused of planting guns at crime scenes by one PM, local cops now face multiple allegations of sexual misconduct!

Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre (standing) with his attorney general Leslie Mondesir at the most recent House sitting! If only… Read More

1 year ago

Kenny: Politicians and Academics not in Harmony with the People’s Aspirations!

On February 28, 2023 the Philip J. Pierre government officially offloaded the Privy Council as Saint Lucia’s apex court in… Read More

1 year ago

GDP All About Policy Makers, Not About Putting The People First!

Every government program or policy should have the people as its basis or foundation. An English economist named William Perry,… Read More

1 year ago

When Local Lawmakers Sought To Choke Free Expression!

On May 3 freedom-loving citizens everywhere, journalists in particular, marked World Press Freedom Day. Here in Saint Lucia the day… Read More

2 years ago

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