Philip J. Pierre: “I can tell you we have some of the most severe penalties, like life imprisonment. I don’t think many people know that.”

The position is we’re going to protect the people of Saint Lucia…We’re going to protect our financial system.

“Sales are not profit… When you have a good day, and you see things looking nice, don’t push your hand in it. You have to pay rent, you have to pay for the goods that you sell… You must treat it [vending] as a business,”

The facility also exists to assist existing home owners with financing for home repairs, extensions, renovations, drainage, retaining walls and the implementation of renewable energy solutions and rain water harvesting.

In accordance with their right to self-determination and UN resolutions, in particular Resolution 3236 of 1974, the people of Palestine should be allowed their own State and full membership of the UN, alongside the state of Israel.