The recent spate of violence in Saint Lucia, marked by two double homicides over the past weekend, has brought the island’s crime rate to alarming heights. With 40 homicides recorded in the first six months of the year, the situation is becoming increasingly dire, warranting immediate and robust action from both the government.
Whilst Saint Lucians generally use murders as an indication of the crime rate, citizens also continue to report increases in robberies, burglaries, theft, stabbings and other forms of crime.
High crime, especially physical acts of violence places an additional burden on the already struggling healthcare system which has seen a reduction in financial resources. Saint Lucia is in trouble! #PierreEhCare#PuttingYouWorse#SaveOurSaintLucia
Minister Ernest Hilaire’s Incompetence and Questionable Integrity: A Recipe for Disaster
By James Stanislaus Minister Ernest Hilaire, responsible for the Citizenship by Investment Program (CIP), has been vocal in his criticism of the opposition’s condemnation of the program’s current state. However, his cries of foul play ring hollow in light of his own gross incompetence and questionable integrity in managing the CIP. Minister Hilaire’s integrity has been called into question due…
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