By James Stanislaus We should recall that it took almost eighteen months before Richard Nixon finally confessed his wrongdoings and was finally kicked out of office similarly to what is transpiring at home. There was no necessity for the housing minister to follow the path he embarked upon, but similar to the watergate pattern, politicians enjoying a role of power…
Today, the Parliament of Saint Lucia sunk to the lowest level in the history of fair Helen.On Day 2 of the debate on the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for 2022/2023, in an attempt to silence and prevent Leader of the Opposition Hon. Allen Chastanet from adding his voice to the days proceedings, the wicked and vindictive SLP Government prematurely…
The United Workers Party is appalled by the continued lies being told by the PrimeMinister Philip Pierre about the real state of the St Jude Hospital reconstructionthat his government found when it assumed office in July 2021. In statements published in the local media yesterday, 19 th . September, Mr. Pierre isquoted as saying that the project left the United…
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…
The Leader of the Opposition has, on behalf of the people of Saint Lucia, scored a victory over a flawed Parliamentary procedure related to the Speaker of the House, Claudius Francis’ handling of the Privileges Committee. On Monday October 25th 2022, the High Court ordered that the Defendant, Mr. Claudius Francis, in his capacity as Chairman of the Privileges Committee,…
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…
Leader of the Opposition and Parliamentary Representative for Micoud South Allen Chastanet has called for the resignation of House of Assembly Speaker Claudius Francis. This follows last week’s High Court victory by Chastanet in a case involving The Speaker. Last October Francis announced that Chastanet should appear before the Privileges Committee of the House to answer contempt complaints by two…