Save the date….
3rd Caribbean Educative Arts Festival October 14th to 17th 2016 Saint Lucia Title: reparARTory Call for presentations There is arguably no major global discussion today that engages and emboldens the Caribbean as the Caribbean reparations movement. Not only does history remember the region as the dislocated home of the children of the victims of enslavement, […]
via CEAF 2016 Call for Presentations (CfP) — Repeating Islands
Fear illiteracy and misinterpretation of Biblical text…..
Pernicious traditional interpretations of the Biblical and Quranic story of Sodom and Gomorrah underlie much of the world’s homophobia. Brian Whitaker, former Middle East editor of the Guardi…
#FathersDay shopping – 10 last minute gift ideas
Dad’s love beauty too!
Last minute Shopping? Father’s day is here again and a lot of you are in a bind, trying to select the perfect gift for that special man in your life.(men say they are simple but we all know that’s a lie) Doesn’t it seem that every year buying a Father’s Day gift gets harder and harder? Especially in St. Lucia where options are very limited.
Because of this I went out and selected a list of top 10 beauty items men would love to have but will not ask for and where to find them in St. Lucia. I hope it helps and you select the most awesome Fathers Day gift. And the best part is they are all affordable!
Idea on how to put facial basket together.
Not many people think of putting a gift basket together of facial products…
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Will the undecideds decide St. Lucia election 2016?
After just 14 days of campaigning, Saint Lucians will take to the polls today to select a new government. The Electoral Department has indicated that 160, 465 people are eligible to cast ballots at 430 polling stations in the June 6, 2016 General Election.
Thirty-Nine (39) candidates will vie for seventeen (17) seats in the island’s 17th election since Independence in 1979. The major political parties, The United Workers Party and the Saint Lucia Labour Party, each have a history of winning eight national elections.
List of candidates in Saint Lucia’s 2016 general election
This election is generally accepted as being too close to call following disputed surveys by Peter Wickham of Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES) and Don Anderson.
Voter turn-out is expected to be moderate with inclement weather being a factor, despite campaigning that saw the country ablaze with colour and aloud with exhortations to vote on the last day before the official poll. There has been indication of a high level of undecideds who could influence projections thus far. 
Advanced polling was held on June 3 for Fire Service Personnel, Police Officers and for the the first time Correctional Officers at designated polling stations around the island. There was also an effort to arrange for clients and patients of institutions such as Victoria and St. Jude’s hospitals, St. Lucy’s and Comfort Bay Homes to vote.
Polling stations open at 6:30am and close at 6pm today.
Choice Television will provide full election coverage and comprehensive analysis throughout the day. Watch at home or on the go by accessing the livestream here – Choice TV39 livestream.
The full list of candidates, voters, polling stations and other official election information is available here at the Electoral Department website.
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