This evening the spotlight is on HOT Couture, the funky fashion and of course the super sexy models who will be ripping the runway. And while most of the attention will probably be on the girls, the guys are … Continue reading → ...
I think Ayana got it right on Mr Chairman when she said Gibson Charles is just a great guy. The chiseled god striding towards Gros Islet on the banner outside The Johnsons Centre is definitely as good-looking and ab-endowed in … Continue reading → ...
Once, quite some years ago, well, to be exact, in 1993, my gardener turned up for work as usual, but without his trademark cheerful early morning greeting from the courtyard. “I wonder what’s wrong with Andrew this morning,” enquired my … Continue reading → ...
It was by no means a World Cup victory, but based on St Lucia’s past performance against regional opponents, winning the Windward Islands Senior Football Tournament in Dominica was cause for celebration and then some. The victorious St Lucia team … Continue reading → ...
Saint Lucia’s first culinary ambassador Chef Nina Compton arrived in Saint Lucia on Sunday May 4 to an official welcome reception organized by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Industries and the Saint Lucia Tourist Board. Chef Nina, daughter of … Continue reading → ...
With Saint Lucia HOT Couture only five days away, we’re previewing a few of the regional designers who will feature in the “Island Vibe” fashion extravaganza at The Johnsons Centre in Rodney Bay. From Caribbean household names to trailblazing up-and-comers, … Continue reading → ...
The 2014 Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival opened on Wednesday before a massive crowd at the Mindoo Phillip Park. Scheduled to start at 8 pm, by midnight the venue was packed to capacity with hundreds more on the outside … Continue reading → ...
Even recent events can cause one to pause for thought. Apparently, one evening last week, two shots and an explosion were heard at Cap Estate. The police were contacted around nine o’clock and arrived on the scene some time later. … Continue reading → ...
On the heels of the grand promise of jobs, jobs, jobs, the government convinced the country that it has the found the Holy Grail to create those jobs in the establishment of the National Initiative for Creating Employment (NICE). Didn’t … Continue reading → ...
There has been no good word concerning the whereabouts of 19-year-old Linus Constantine. He disappeared soon after celebrating his birthday on March 24.Though the police have refused to connect the missing man with the unidentified corpse discovered on April 15 … Continue reading → ...
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time passing? Where have all the soldiers gone, long time ago? Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards, everyone. Oh, when will they ever learn? Oh, when will they ever learn? … Continue reading → ...
Derek Walcott’s documentary film “Poetry is an Island” makes its cinematic debut during the 2014 Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival. Dr. Leanne Haynes offers a review. “I have an immense longing for St. Lucia when I’m away, I think … Continue reading → ...
The names Joe and Julian are not household St. Lucia names as yet, but if the Gods continue to smile on fair Helen, then soon they will be. Joe and Julian are the names of St. Lucia’s premier volleyball players. … Continue reading → ...
My fellow Saint Lucians: We have had the misfortune once again to witness in our House of Assembly a display of raucous boasting, of spite, pettiness and general bad behavior, all passing for the presentation by the government of … Continue reading → ...
It must be easy to have the life of a model. Especially a male model. A chiseled jawline, abs of steel, and women clamouring to reserve a spot in the proverbial little black book. At a recent photo shoot featuring … Continue reading → ...
We have been reliably informed that police are on the verge of an arrest and laying charges in the Gobat case. All efforts to obtain police confirmation have proven futile. Don’t miss Rick Wayne’s, “Why are local journalists always the … Continue reading → ...
I have no way of knowing precisely what Paul Simon was thinking when he wrote You Can Call Me Al, in particular the line about his not wanting to “end up a cartoon in a cartoon graveyard.” For several years … Continue reading → ...
On the evening of Friday, April 25, fire personnel responded to a report from the Cap Estate area: a vehicle was on fire. They were busy trying to extinguish the flames when one fireman discovered a charred body in the … Continue reading → ...
For many of us, the word ‘atlas’ takes us back to school days. A large book of maps . . . the world at a glance. Global. Out of the community of Choiseul hails a different type of atlas, which … Continue reading → ...
It’s Wednesday, the middle of the week. But already it feels like the weekend with town abuzz about the opening of the 23rd edition of the Saint Lucia Jazz & Arts Festival, which will be held at the Mindoo Phillip … Continue reading → ...