One of the best nuggets of news to come out of this year’s Saint Lucia HOT Couture is that Queen Esther Joseph is onboard and planning to show two collections in the May 7 runway extravaganza. Queen is a … Continue reading → ...
I’ve been around a long time, but for most of that time, I used to be a bit of a recluse. I recall attending a New Year’s lunch at Mr. Wayne’s house and overhearing someone luminous ask, ‘Is THAT michael … Continue reading → ...
The last thing Eldon Simon, aka Kay-Lay-Lay, had on his mind when he arrived home from work in the early hours of Thursday April 24, was death—least of all, his own. Having worked the night shift as a security guard, … Continue reading → ...
St. Lucian-born poet and playwright Derek Walcott was just 18 years old in 1948 when he wrote Prelude. At 56, he has published seven volumes of verse in the United States, many of which are contained in his most … Continue reading → ...
Seventies model, Janice Dickinson, claims to not only be the world’s first supermodel, but also to have coined the term. However there is evidence that the phrase has been in existence since the late 1800’s. Which come to think of … Continue reading → ...
In case you missed it, Thursday evening’s Mr. Chairman with Dave Samuels was all about Saint Lucia HOT Couture, and what an hour and a half of riveting conversation it was. Co-Producer Mae Wayne was making her second appearance on … Continue reading → ...
When he permitted one unapologetic honorable member to refer to another honorable member on the opposition side as a poodle, did the Speaker inadvertently confirm the not-so-secret suspicion that our elected representatives are actually suited-up canines in the same cage? … Continue reading → ...
Notwithstanding last week’s Kumbaya road trip by MPs from both the UWP and SLP, the situation at the Sir John Compton Dam has undoubtedly been compounded by their own ineptitudes. There has been inaction on both sides of the … Continue reading → ...
The charred remains of a body was discovered in Cap Estate last night Police earlier this morning confirmed that a male was discoverd in the passenger seat of a burnt vehicle at about 11:30 pm Friday Night April 25. This … Continue reading → ...
A medical breakthrough in the United States has seen four women having new vaginas grown in the laboratory and implanted by doctors. All of the women had been born with a condition known as vaginal aplasia in which the vagina … Continue reading → ...
Have you ever looked up the definition of friend? If yes is your answer (and I doubt it is!), then I’m willing to wager you remember precisely what had prompted the search. I’ll bet it’s something you’d like to forget; … Continue reading → ...
In what has to rate as one of the most insensitive and outrageous demands on a Caribbean country, US government representatives have told the Bahamas government that it must drop “all duties” on US products entering the country as a … Continue reading → ...
I’m trying to find the right word, which should not pose any real problems for me because I am supposed to be a writer of sorts, but today the word escapes me. I mean, it’s not as if it’s a … Continue reading → ...
We spotted the following on the Facebook page of the prime minister as we were about to go to press yesterday. “Something unique and eventful occurred today. I thought I should share it with you. Earlier today, a team of … Continue reading → ...
The Prime Minister, quite rightly, has spoken: Our rivers must be protected, cared for, cleaned, and allowed to flow freely. In all likelihood, rivers have no feelings, and don’t really care what we do to them, or how badly we … Continue reading → ...
A well-known Saint Lucian female who recently described herself as a tourism worker is said to be receiving protection from local law enforcement. The woman who appeared on the HTS news this week, complained to reporters of receiving death threats following … Continue reading → ...
The latest word floating around the corridors of government is that the contracts of several Special Police Constables have not been renewed. The official reason? Lack of funds. According to usually reliable informants, some twenty special officers were recently transferred … Continue reading → ...
The Regional Police T20 Cricket Tournament bowled off here on Thursday with the Royal St Lucia Police Force supremely confident they can win it all. During a recent press conference at Police Headquarters (Chesterfield) attended by the top brass including … Continue reading → ...
St Lucians love to eat. Almost any life event can be tied back to some kind of food. Celebrating a birthday, inevitably you get a chorus of, ‘where’s the cake?’ Birth of a child? ’I passing for a drink.’ Funeral? … Continue reading → ...
Politicians are so damn predictable—and tribal. Either you are obviously with them (better to say, one of them!) or deemed against them. The only loyalty they recognize is the loyalty of thieves. It is the kind of loyalty normally … Continue reading → ...