Several Administrations in the past have attempted to intervene into the water sector with very limited success. Despite spending hundreds of millions over the last 20 yrs, our water sector is still in shambles. We intend to create three distinct zones of integration of our water resources. The Northern Zone will be from Ravine Poisson to Rosseau and will include the entire north and north eastern part of the island. Then there will be a South Western Zone that will cover from Rosseau to Chousiel, and a South Eastern Zone that will be from Laborie to Dennery. The intent is to create a level of integration of the water reticulation system. The majority of our tourism plant is based in the North of the island, our centre of commerce is in the north and 60 % of our population resides in this section of the island. Undoubtedly, a collapse of our water reticulation system in the north can...

Every citizen that has experienced a visit to Victoria Hospital will come out with one conclusion; that our health sector is in crisis. Despite billions of dollars spent over the last 20 yrs, we are in no better position in 2016 as we were in 1996. There has to be a revolutionary thought process involving disruptive transformation in dealing with our health sector. The first approach is to recognize that a functioning health sector is a triune of physical structures, functional equipment and trained staff. It is futile to pursue the construction of new facilities that cannot be commissioned due to the absence of equipment or staff. While it is laudable that we will soon have a new National Hospital and a St Jude’s Hospital completed in  2017, the fact remains that the Ministry of Health is not in a position to fully commission both hospitals due to lack of equipment and manpower. So...