Yes Ernest I remember when the UWP was in power. These are some of the things that I remember from 3 years ago
1)Fuel and Cooking gas was much cheaper than it is today!
2)The murder rate was 25% lower than it is today!
3)There was no 2.5% tax like there is today!
4)The cost of living was much lower than it is today!
5)We still owned Port Castries and the Soufriere Waterfront. 3 years later this is no longer the case
6)Roads all over the country were being repaired and were in a much better condition than they are today!
7)We were still exporting bananas to England. This is no longer happening today!
8)We were only a few months away from getting a brand new St Jude Hospital. 3 years later still no St Jude!
9)Phase 1 of the new Hewanorra International Airport was completed. 3 years later we cannot even begin phase 2. What a shame!
10)Vieux Fort was beginning to shape into the Pearl of the Caribbean. We got 2 new call centres employing over 800 young people. We also had an international horse racing track employing many young men who would normally be on the block. Cruiseship home-porting was also about to happen in the south. Today it is now an Escalated Crime Area!
Whilst you remain drunk on power enjoying the perks of being a minister, these are the realities that the common man has to deal with on a daily basis. Life might be better for you but for the majority of Saint Lucians things have never been worse! #WTF#PierreEhCare#PuttingYouWorse#SaveOurSaintLucia
Enough is Enough! We Need Water Now!” A Frustrated Citizen’s Plea
As a citizen of Saint Lucia, I cannot stay silent any longer. For too long, sometimes for over six weeks, we have been suffering from the sheer incompetence and mismanagement of WASCO under Minister Stephenson King. Every day, families are struggling to cook, clean, and simply live their lives because the most basic necessity, water is being denied to us.…
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