Rick Wayne

Rick Wayne

Love Gestures Can Be Lethal!Love Gestures Can Be Lethal!

Love Gestures Can Be Lethal!

His only public comment on the Gros Islet rebuff has been: “Shaking hands is a voluntary thing.” Read More

5 days ago
WILL A NEW BREED OF SAINT LUCIANS TOLERATE A HOUSE BARBECUE?WILL A NEW BREED OF SAINT LUCIANS TOLERATE A HOUSE BARBECUE?

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

Will we continue to tolerate government and statutory bodies that appear above the law? Government ministers who with impunity dismissively… Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 months ago
When Local Lawmakers Sought To Choke Free Expression!When Local Lawmakers Sought To Choke Free Expression!

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

11 months ago
When The Juice Turned Sour!When The Juice Turned Sour!

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

12 months ago
WILL A NEW BREED OF SAINT LUCIANS TOLERATE A HOUSE BARBECUE? WILL A NEW BREED OF SAINT LUCIANS TOLERATE A HOUSE BARBECUE? 

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

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

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

12 months ago
So Nice To Have Known You Lou!So Nice To Have Known You Lou!

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

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

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

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

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

1 year ago
St. Lucians Looking Forward to Promised Special Prosecutions!St. Lucians Looking Forward to Promised Special Prosecutions!

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

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

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

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

2 years 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

2 years 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

2 years 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

2 years 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

2 years 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

2 years ago