Local police continue to say they cannot confirm the charred body discovered last month in a burned-out vehicle at Cap Estate was Oliver Gobat, despite that a memorial in his name was addressed by the nation’s prime minister two weeks … Continue reading → ...
And so, I am in Europe on the second leg of my tour. An amazing thing happened to me today: I was told I could not pay with cash. The store only accepted electronic payments. I stood there like a … Continue reading → ...
Child maintenance cases are on the rise, but unfortunately for some men, they fall victim to some of their unthinking, jealous or vindictive child(ren)’s mothers. They aren’t bothered whether the father is working or has another source of income. The … Continue reading → ...
Organizers of the national carnival events and the government appointed Carnival Planning Management Agency will have to contend with a much smaller budget this year. At a special meeting on Monday it was announced that the carnival budget for 2014 … Continue reading → ...
For several weeks now the mass abduction of some 200 Nigerian schoolgirls has featured in the international media. On April 15, BBC World Africa reported “around 100 girls are thought to have been abducted in an attack on a Christian … Continue reading → ...
Curiosity, as the old adage goes, was the demise of the cat. It is also the driving mechanism which fuels one to try, and leads to the recognition of talents while giving birth to great ideas and accomplishments. This week’s … Continue reading → ...
I have left Saint Lucia, for the moment anyhow, so I may be a little late or out of date with my musings. Once you escape into the free world, the worries, cares and concerns of our little island seem … Continue reading → ...
Our Police are becoming a force to contend with on the sports scene. Recently the Royal St Lucia Police Force won the Commercial League Volleyball title and before that placed second in the Regional Security Services Cricket Competition held at … Continue reading → ...
It was a game-changing murderous assault on everything the nation considered holy. In the middle of a service at the Castries cathedral, worshippers as well as church leaders were bludgeoned with various weapons, doused with gasoline and set on fire. … Continue reading → ...
As images of the bloody scene on St Louis Street started to make rounds last Thursday, the instinctive reaction for many appeared to be that of horror. It was almost physically painful to imagine a human being experiencing trauma of … Continue reading → ...
On Friday May 23, 2014 from 9:00am the Saint Lucia Trade Export Promotion Agency (TEPA) will host a Music Symposium at the Bay Gardens Inn, Rodney Bay. The initiative is a collaborative effort by the TEPA and Filbert “Kayo” Salton, … Continue reading → ...
We were a mixed bunch of Walcott admirers entering Caribbean Cinemas last Friday evening to watch Poetry is an Island, the extraordinary documentary by Ida Does which had its premiere in late 2013 at TTFF. Nasha remembered the Laureate hero’s … Continue reading → ...
I can recall three years ago sitting on an HTS program panel to review the Saint Lucia Jazz Festival with host Teddy Francis. Louis Lewis, the Director of Tourism at the Saint Lucia Tourist Board; organizers of the festival, was … Continue reading → ...
The number of recorded cases of Chikungunya in Saint Lucia continues to rise. Saint Lucia recorded its first case of the mosquito-borne disease in the month of March, 2014, with the first male patient from the east coast testing positive. … Continue reading → ...
Have I told you the one about the fox being in charge of the chicken coop? Probably not, well, maybe, but I’m not even sure you’d appreciate the point. It seems to be such a regular thing in Saint Lucia, … Continue reading → ...
Mirror, mirror on the bathroom wall . . . You couldn’t help thinking of Snow White and the Seventeen (Seven?) Dwarfs as our admitted leaders without vision took some of us on a Thursday morning ride, perchance to discover together … Continue reading → ...
“So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in … Continue reading → ...
At some point during his Thursday morning contribution to the House budget debate the MP for Southeast Castries, Guy Joseph, referenced the government’s recent decision to “zero rate VAT on prescription medication,” while retaining taxes on, to quote the prime … Continue reading → ...
Lorraine Williams is a modern-day hero. In St Kitts and Nevis, she is being lauded for having handed a convicted, unconscionable rapist a 38-year sentence. This apology for a human being had carried out his egregious crime against his defenseless … Continue reading → ...
Football fans are in for a treat this weekend. What’s on the menu? Three football finals being played at Mindoo Phillip Park and the Micoud Playing Field. Today is the SLFA’s Under 17 Male Inter-District Football Tournament Championship. In the … Continue reading → ...