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AFTER 36 YEARS – TIME TO GET IT RIGHT!

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As a nation we are celebrating thirty six years of independence and yet there are issues relevant to our existence as a nation that still requires extreme correction. We have to start with the very name of our country, is it St. Lucia or Saint Lucia? Should there be an abbreviation or should the full name be written out in official documents. Your passport would have the words SAINT LUCIA on the front and  then the first page speaks to citizens of SAINT LUCIA. However on the same page it refers to the Ministry of Home Affairs St. Lucia. So even in the most official document to travel there is the apparent confusion. We have to begin to spell it right, there is no St. Lucia, and there is only one country in the Caribbean by the name Saint Lucia. Every Government Department and every official document should begin to convey this fundamental truth of our geographical history. It is time...

ON THE HEAD

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There is a reason behind the construction of your head. You have an ear on the right and one on the left. It says to us that we must hear two perspectives, and when the head assimilates the two perspectives, the mouth then speaks.

John Peters

100 YEARS

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One has to ask whether the last 100 years of slavery and the first 100 years after slavery were any different. If the answer is no then the Reparations Committees of the Caribbean are in a major conundrum.

John Peters

CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES COMMISSION REPORT – RIGHT?

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The Constituencies Boundaries Commission Report raises a fundamental issue of our democracy, whether it should be embedded in selection or representation. Should there be equity in electors per constituency or should it be based on equity of population? I am of the firm view that democracy starts with equity in electors and thus as far as possible, each Member of Parliament is elected from an equal pool of voters.  It cannot be based on equity of representation of population. This Constituencies Boundaries Commission was established on June 2012 with five members, two each representing the two major political parties and with the Speaker as Chairman. There are three lawyers among the five members. The Commission drew its authority from Section 58 (1) of the Constitution of Saint Lucia, and proceeded in the execution of their task on the principles set out in Schedule 2 of the...

GFL CHARLES AIRPORT AND TAIWAN’S CRASH

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Just this week the people of Taiwan suffered an unfortunate air crash where at least twenty six people died.  I join with every St Lucian who is thankful for the tremendous assistance Taiwan has offered St Lucia, in expressing our sincere condolences to the families and the people of Taiwan. Some weeks ago I was introduced to Cdr Bud Slabbaert and Pascal Mahvi, who both had expressed interest in my comments on the closure of GFL Charles Airport. I have been a strong advocate for the airport remaining as part of our infrastructure. Pascal Mahvi is well known in St Lucian circles for his endeavours in the tourism sector in Jalousie, and I was not aware that he was also an experienced pilot with over 4,000 hrs of flying fighters, transport category jets and turbo props. Pascal suggested to me that the issue of safety should enter the discussions. He posited that Aircraft accidents happen;...

ON WORSHIP AND PRAYER

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There is something that happens when there is fusion of prayer and worship,there is something awesome that is released, It is like nuclear fusion, when the two collide something entirely new is formed and light and energy are released.

John Peters