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…
In the SLP Administration’s usual attempt to deflect attention away from their incompetence and maladministration, they have yet again resorted to blaming the UWP instead of taking responsibility for their poor governance and ill conceived policies. This time, the SLP has falsely accused the UWP of trying to undermine their diplomatic relationship with the United States, whilst taking no responsibility…
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…