Philip J. Pierre: “Stronger enforcement and personal responsibility are also needed to solve the problem.”

Saint Lucia did not walk out.

“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,”

It’s a programme that we would not like to lose because it has done quite a bit for our country. But we are going to try to protect it.

But our programme benefits the people of Saint Lucia.