Life in the Caribbean has many advantages, being located in the tropics. Unfortunately for us, we also have the problem of dealing with many disgusting and even life-threatening pests. Among the considerable number of creatures that fall under this category … Continue reading → ...
It’s only the second edition but the St. Lucia Manufacturers Association Awards Dinner is quickly making a name for itself as a must on the social calendar. The event, which is held every two years, recognizes excellence across several … Continue reading → ...
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to spend some time at a five-star complex, complete with its own lake presumably well-stocked with fish, its own farm growing organic vegetables and rearing organically bred pigs and chickens with … Continue reading → ...
The Saint Lucia Manufacturers Association Awards Dinner was held on Saturday March 8. The event, which is held every two years, recognizes excellence across several areas in the manufacturing sector. There were three divisions within each category; Gold, Platinum, and … Continue reading → ...
Have you ever ventured into or participated in something, not necessarily having the belief that you would actually be the overall victor? I’m sure you have. This year the Creative Industries Ministry introduced the Jèté Dance Competition, which saw Fundamentals … Continue reading → ...
For the better part of 2013, both Home Affairs Minister Philip La Corbiniere and Police Commissioner Vernon Francois had denied having any information supporting the STAR’s assertion that the US State Department had suspended aid to local police. Then on … Continue reading → ...
The Ministry of Health is keeping close tabs on a perilous situation which developed over the weekend at the Vieux-Fort Sea Port. According to Senior Medical Officer Sharon Belmar-George, on Sunday March 9th, a cargo vessel from Guyana arrived at … Continue reading → ...
No pun intended but it was a lively affair when The Lazarus Funeral Home Knockout Football Competition kicked off on Saturday at the Dennery Playing Field. The competition is a collaboration between the All Blacks Veterans and the Dennery Youth … Continue reading → ...
Several months ago, with popular disenchantment with our overseas missions at an all-time high and rising, the host of a local call-in radio program sought to clear the mephitic atmosphere that continues to permeate the operations of our countless … Continue reading → ...
Many years ago, I was driving back up the east coast highway after a day of school visits down south when a young man flashed by me on his motorbike. I recall thinking how irresponsibly he was driving; he had … Continue reading → ...
A good agricultural sector has been praised by economists all over the world as the key to the development and sustainability of any nation’s economy. As one of the leading retailers in St. Lucia, this basic economic principle embodies the vision … Continue reading → ...
Jordan Augier, Saint Lucia’s 2013 Swimmer of the Year, outpaced his US counterparts and competitors to make record breaking times at the Sunshine State Swimming Conference held February 19-22, 2014 in Orlando, Florida. With an impressive record of wins spanning … Continue reading → ...
Last week the STAR published the story “What sin has the George Charles Secondary School committed?” and in doing so, highlighted some of the problems the students who attend the school and others prior to them have endured. The students … Continue reading → ...
Pageantry is often referred to as a cutthroat industry, brimming with overly pretentious participants, hiding under layers of make-up, glitter, and ostensibly yearning for world peace. Flip the script and you have Amy Stephens, who came for our interview fresh … Continue reading → ...
Poorly written as too often they are, official media invitations to cover local government activities adhere to a particular format. An example, issued Wednesday afternoon: “Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Port Services and Transport, Hon. Philip J. Pierre, … Continue reading → ...
Our flashback photo of last week shows Sir John Compton with the island’s first Governor Sir Frederick Clarke. The Governor and Sir John had just finished plating a pair of trees in Constitution Park in Castries. On 27 February 1967, … Continue reading → ...
Years ago, I needed a new arched door; it had to be made to measure, so I contacted my joiner, a really nice fellow, reliable, skilful and relatively prompt. This happened so long ago that I was still in the … Continue reading → ...
If indeed it is true, as Robert Louis Stevenson believed, that the cruelest lies are often told in silence what then to make of those sworn always to speak out in the best interests of a nation—but do not? … Continue reading → ...
Police in Saint Lucia continue to grapple with gun and drug related crimes in Saint Lucia. In 2013 there were 173 firearms related cases and 470 drug related cases. The marine unit also had to contend with a high number … Continue reading → ...
Last year I found myself researching the cannabis laws in Washington State and Colorado for a couple whose dream it is to establish a testing laboratory for medical and recreational marijuana in their hometown of Seattle. She was a medical … Continue reading → ...