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Sweet E captures Secondary Schools Calypso CrownSweet E captures Secondary Schools Calypso Crown

Sweet E captures Secondary Schools Calypso Crown

Esther Richard (above) was moved to tears after she received her trophy and crown.  Although they may be much younger… Read More

4 years ago
GOOD BOUFF AND QUICK LIMEGOOD BOUFF AND QUICK LIME

GOOD BOUFF AND QUICK LIME

Where are you liming today? Recently, there was newspaper headline in Trinidad about the prime minister and a female… Read More

4 years ago
Country & Western for Independence 40Country & Western for Independence 40

Country & Western for Independence 40

In 2018 article titled The Caribbean Has a Crazy Country Music Scene and It’s in Saint Lucia, Jason Fitzroy… Read More

4 years ago
Let the Saturnalia Begin!Let the Saturnalia Begin!

Let the Saturnalia Begin!

Last year’s Carnival season opened with particularly “immoral” (which is how saturnalia is commonly defined) bang. Sprinkled with sexual… Read More

4 years ago
REFLECTIONS: FrankfurtREFLECTIONS: Frankfurt

REFLECTIONS: Frankfurt

It must have been 1971 when we first attended the Frankfurt Book Fair at the invitation of our Swedish publishers… Read More

4 years ago
BUCK DODGERS IN THE 21ST CENTURYBUCK DODGERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

BUCK DODGERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

It used to be penny for your thoughts but now the price has gone up to a buck—not a… Read More

4 years ago
Looshan Life from the Perspective of a Resident Non-national!Looshan Life from the Perspective of a Resident Non-national!

Looshan Life from the Perspective of Resident Non-national!

It would be much more beneficial to everyone to acknowledge that no faction is all good, nor all bad. This… Read More

4 years ago
Young People must be Involved in the Creation of their Immediate and Long-term Future!Young People must be Involved in the Creation of their Immediate and Long-term Future!

Young People must be Involved in the Creation of their Immediate and Long-term Future!

I caught the first two episodes of People Solutions Ideas hosted by James Fletcher and Embert Charles. Both featured young,… Read More

4 years ago
FRC Holds Vigil At Mount Pleasant To Mark Anniversary Of FireFRC Holds Vigil At Mount Pleasant To Mark Anniversary Of Fire

FRC Holds Vigil At Mount Pleasant To Mark Anniversary Of Fire

To mark the first anniversary of the fire that destroyed its headquarters and all its holdings, the Msgr Patrick Anthony… Read More

4 years ago
Vigil planned on anniversary of FRC FireVigil planned on anniversary of FRC Fire

Vigil planned on anniversary of FRC Fire

The Msgr. Patrick Anthony Folk Research Centre (FRC) Headquarters at Mount Pleasant was gutted by huge fire on March… Read More

4 years ago
Lucky BOSL Customer Experienced Carnival Journey of a Lifetime!Lucky BOSL Customer Experienced Carnival Journey of a Lifetime!

Lucky BOSL Customer Experienced Carnival Journey of Lifetime!

The Grand Prize Winner of the Bank of Saint Lucia VISA Trinidad Carnival Promotion, Ms. Adeline Jean, recently returned from… Read More

4 years ago
International Women’s Day: Revisiting the PastInternational Women’s Day: Revisiting the Past

International Women’s Day: Revisiting the Past

As Sir Winston Churchill once said, “The farther backward you can look, the further forward you can see.” With Women’s… Read More

4 years ago
40th Independence Proved What A United St. Lucia Can Do!40th Independence Proved What A United St. Lucia Can Do!

40th Independence Proved What A United St. Lucia Can Do!

What was most breathtaking about Saint Lucia’s celebrations for the 40th anniversary of Independence was not the fireworks display, or… Read More

4 years ago
We Gatherin’ 2020We Gatherin’ 2020

We Gatherin’ 2020

In coincidence with this year’s Independence Day on February 22, hundred miles away, Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced huge… Read More

4 years ago
More to Miss Independence 2019 than her crown!More to Miss Independence 2019 than her crown!

More to Miss Independence 2019 than her crown!

The young woman who walked away last Friday with the Miss Independence 2019 crown is more than just pretty… Read More

4 years ago

Saint Lucia Summer Festival 2019 Launched

The 2019 Saint Lucia Summer Festival launched its third season on Friday, January 25th, 2019 at The Harbor Club in… Read More

5 years ago

Professor Claire C. Robertson presents books to FRC

On Tuesday, January 22nd, Professor Claire C. Robertson of the Ohio State University presented number of books to the… Read More

5 years ago

Packed calendar for Independence

Former House Speaker Rosemary Husbands-Mathurin has invited Saint Lucians to fast for Independence. The chosen theme for the 40th anniversary… Read More

5 years ago

A Nobel Laureate Festival for Everyone

I have been the coordinator of the Nobel Laureate Festival since 2014 when I represented the now defunct Radio Saint… Read More

5 years ago

Can you guess what was Derek Walcott’s favourite breakfast?

Sigrid Nama was arguably Derek Walcott’s closest companion for just over thirty years. Read More

5 years ago