On Sunday afternoon the bodies of two men were brought to Victoria Hospital morgue. Both were victims of gunshot wounds. One was a police officer, the other was unemployed. The police officer, 27-year-old Lester Remy was attached to the CID. He had joined the Royal St Lucia Police Force when he was only 17. He is described by colleagues at the Major Crime Unit as a dedicated officer who loved policing.

On buses, in cars, at the local watering holes, radios are tuned to this year’s Budget debate. St Lucians appear to be listening intently to what our elected representatives have to say about Prime Minister Stephenson King’s 2008/2009 plan for the country.

From the UN Scandal to last year’s Bruce Duane Tucker exposÈ, who better than Rick Wayne has in-depth details of Rufus Bousquet’s tenure in politics? It is fair to say that after 30 years as a journalist Wayne knows better than most our current and past crop of politicians. Famous for pushing the proverbial envelope Wayne’s expressed opinions on issues of day are almost guaranteed to spark controversy.

SHE Caribbean magazine—with it’s sultry covers that have featured some of the hottest models and celebrities—stands out as being the only magazine focusing exclusively on the Caribbean woman. Some of the most talked about SHE Caribbean covers have featured the ever so dreamy Jamie Foxx, a simply stunning BeyoncÈ Knowles, Caribbean it-girl Rihanna, among other stars. SHE Caribbean magazine is also known for helping to launch the careers of now famous Caribbean models.

Word is that there is more trouble brewing at the Ministry of Health and it has everything to do with Health Minister Keith Mondesir’s relationship with his staff. Readers will not soon forget that Ministry of Health personnel staged an unauthorised sick-out last year in protest over Mondesir’s running of the ministry. Then there was Mondesir’s publicised problems with his permanent secretary Darrel Montrope.

The constituency of Vieux Fort South was filled with thousands of red shirts on Thursday as the St Lucia Labour Party held its second political meeting for the year. Speakers for the night touched on the issue of increased gas prices, cost of goods on the supermarket shelves, infighting in the current UWP administration and the issues facing farmers. But it would also be a night of shocking revelations from the Party’s political leader Dr Kenny Anthony.

The theme of the United Workers Party’s 35th annual conference of delegates on Sunday was ‘A people united, a nation secured’—at any rate, on paper. However, where the current Compton is concerned, the UWP as it stands in the absence of her father is anything but united.