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Papa Vader (Left) wins calypso monarch
After 17-years of futility veteran calypsonian Invader unseated the Mighty Pep to become crowned the Calypso King of St. Lucia for 2010.
The seasoned campaigner won the title with two popular radio friendly songs “Leave me bitch alone,” and ‘Stay in your section,” which delighted the audience at the Mindoo Phillips Park.
Former monarchs Herb Black, Minel, and de Educator came in second, third and fourth respectfully.
In the end Vader said that it feels good to be King again.

Ricky T (Top Right) ”three-peat” Caribbean Soca Monarch
There was a buzz in Socaland that the reigning Caribbean Soca monarch Rick T of St. Lucia had lost his edge as a clutch performer. But the enigmatic Rick T quick put all doubts to rest as he won his third consecutive Caribbean Soca Monarch by dominating the field with his new his song “They can’t stop me.” The Mindoo Phillips Park was swamped with ardent spectators for the event which featured some of the biggest name in the soca genre in the region.
St. Lucian artiste dominated the field with DJ HP capping the second spot with “Pa Melee.” The dynamic duo of Grenadian Mr. Killa and Lucian Super Man HD came in third. Eight representatives from St. Vincent and Grenadines, Grenada, Dominica, Guyana, Montserrat and St. Lucia participated in this year’s competition.

St. Lucia has new AG
Lorenzo Rudolph Francis took the oath of office at a formal swearing ceremony to become St. Lucia’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General last week. Francis replaces the beleaguered Dr. Nicholas Fredericks who was fired effective July 16, after a series of legal missteps.
Prime Minister Stephenson King said that Francis who is a practicing Barrister is eminently qualified for the position having served many years in the public service and legal profession.
It is a known fact that Dr. Fredericks has been an embarrassment to the government by committing too many basic errors. His staff had labeled him as being stubborn and refusing to take advice. The Tuxedo appeal brought into focus his performance as Attorney General as the government lost an appeal to this ruling.
It’s rumored that the Prime Minister had asked Dr. Fredericks to submit his resignation as early as November last year, but he held steadfast. At a Commonwealth sponsored parliamentary retreat in late June, Dr. Frederick’s tenure as Attorney general was the major topic of conversation with widespread consensus that if he wouldn’t resign he should be fired.

Statement Released by Dr. Nicholas Fredericks
July 21, 2010
Attorney Generals in the Caribbean are often scapegoats. Sometimes they are sacrificial lambs to the slaughter. And this is because they carry out orders, the result of which may cause embarrassment, the very order that the Attorney General have advised against, orders that the public wouldn’t be aware of.”