With the increase in juvenile delinquency and crime amongst our youth, activists continue to search for ways to help curb these issues. Enter Youth on Fire, a group from Anse La Raye, who do not rely on resources, but rather … Continue reading → ...
Compared to the record crowd at Mindoo Phillip Park on April 30 for the opening of the 2014 Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival, the size of Sunday’s crowd did not match up. It was supposed to be the grande … Continue reading → ...
The following is a statement issued by Prime Minister, Hon. Dr. Kenny D. Anthony, on the resignation of Darren Sammy from Test Cricket: “It always gives me great pleasure to issue a statement which highlights the remarkable achievements of a … Continue reading → ...
There I was, on Sunday, minding my own business, sitting in my car with my brother and his fair lady, waiting patiently for the long line of cars before us to inch forward towards the turn-off for Pigeon Island and … Continue reading → ...
She saved for last her most biting statement. At the end of our hour-long interview, I asked what was the worst problem our economy faced. “Skills mismatch!” she said. Recently reelected Civil Service Association president, Mary Isaac explained: “The prime … Continue reading → ...
I like to think of designing as part of me, part of my blood, and part of my heritage.” Practically from the womb, designer Shazi John Chalon was being groomed in the family trade. With his Martiniquan mother a seamstress … Continue reading → ...
If Saint Lucia Hot Couture was the dazzling canvas for local and Caribbean designers to showcase their wares, the Trunk Show last Thursday was the literal pay off: the business end of fashion, if you will. A unique and valuable … Continue reading → ...
Last year the prime minister was so shook up about the fallout from the US State Department’s fast deteriorating relationship with the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force—and the officially acknowledged concomitant threats to Saint Lucia—that he made it the subject … Continue reading → ...
On Sunday morning, when thousands of other women were looking forward to celebrating Mother’s Day,” a 23-year-old hairdresser was receiving treatment at Victoria Hospital. A couple hours earlier she had been raped at gunpoint and subjected to other unspeakable abuses … Continue reading → ...
Savage and barbaric. Those were the words used by Nevis trial judge, Justice Lorraine Williams, to describe Alistair Isaac, as she meted out a 38-year sentence for his crimes of rape and robbery. Isaac has been categorized as a career … Continue reading → ...
Before I go any further, let me admit from the start that I have absolutely no idea what rules and regulations apply in the situations I am about to recall and relate. No idea whatsoever, so I may be whistling … Continue reading → ...
Rubinia Joseph is standing her ground, regardless. The embattled president of the Police Welfare Association continues to maintain she has not and will not hand over to a replacement, despite police commissioner Vernon Francois’ directive. Joseph insists the recent election … Continue reading → ...
As if already she had not taken too many bombs below her belt, this week the enfeebled Lady Caribbean Justice suffered yet another devastating hit, the consequences of which are unimaginably ominous. By all accounts a well-respected senior counsel, 58-year-old … Continue reading → ...
Trinidad’s senior counsel Dana Seetahal was not only killed, “she was assassinated.” That’s the strong sentiment coming from a family member who spoke to The STAR on Wednesday. On Sunday May 4, five shots rang out in the populated area … Continue reading → ...
His party had won the elections but a happy camper he was not. By his measure 9-8 hardly represented a useful House majority. Besides, it underscored egregious ingratitude. At what had been widely advertised as a post-election thank-you rally, … Continue reading → ...
The traditional throne Speech by the Governor General of Saint Lucia, Her Excellency Dame Pearlette Louisy, was delivered yesterday, Tuesday, May 06. During the address that lasted just over an hour, the Governor General highlighted the island’s susceptibility to natural … Continue reading → ...
Two sisters are helping redefine and give real purpose and meaning to the rebranding of the Saint Lucia Jazz Festival now- Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival. And they are putting up a united front. Chef Nina Compton and her … Continue reading → ...
The documentary film, Derek Walcott: Poetry is an Island, makes its cinematic debut here in Saint Lucia as part of the 2014 Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival. The film is being shown at Caribbean Cinemas on May 7th, 8th … Continue reading → ...
Last month Rise Saint Lucia Inc hosted the second annual Rise Film Festival. The festival is seen as an avenue for young people to portray their talents and to bring forward some of the prevalent issues that they are … Continue reading → ...
Yes, Jazz is in the air, and I had caught the sensation at least one month prior. From the first mention of the acts for the rebranded festival, I was somehow intrigued. Like many other Saint Lucians, I was eager … Continue reading → ...