Allen Chastanet and the United Workers Party scored an important victory over the Labour Party in the Courts this week. In terms of the political situation in the country at this time, this victory was huge. It may not have overshadowed the rampant crime and violence of the past week, the murders, the holdups, the robberies and so on, but…
On more than one local radio station, they are calling us “Clown Country”. Other critics insist that Saint Lucia is not a “real place”, a reference to the extraordinary things occur in our space on a regular basis. On social media, the characterizations of Saint Lucia have been equally damning and disparaging with people expressing disillusionment, disgust and dismay with…
Who really is Saint Lucia’s Minister for National Security? Is there even a Minister? Based on his silence one would wonder why he still holds the position since he obviously doesn’t care. Incase you didn’t know, Philip J Pierre serves as Minister for Justice and National Security. Under his watch, Saint Lucia has been rocked by recording breaking crime including…
Hundreds of families across the constituency of Gros Islet lost the majority of their belongings during yesterday’s heavy rains. Many of them are complaining that a lot of this damage could have been avoided if the annual desilting of drains and rivers in communities such as Grand Riviere, Corinth, Bois D’Orange and Monchy hadn’t been stopped by Parliamentary Representative Kenson…
By Anthony Serieux Repeatedly over the past 18 months of rule by the St Lucia Labour Party, there have been articles and suggestions in the media that civil society organizations need to speak out against some of the ongoing developments in our country. Conversely, when the United Workers Party was in power there was never any need to make such…