Comment: Very thought provoking articles. Well done Valencia. I find the comments by 'manly' sickening. No wonder our society is so messed up. So much juvenile delinquents and crime and violence. The children are acting out the neglect by these 'sperm donors' who show no respect for their mothers. Women together we need to rise up and demand respect from these Kittitian men. Let us stop being sex tools for them. No commitment. No sex.

Comment: So true. Let both parties talk about the issues, talk about solutions to the problems we are facing. They need to refrain from personal attacks against each other, and ask their followers to do the same. This is getting out of hand. We need to act like civilised people.

Comment: Manly Man - you sound like a lot of misguided 'men' in our society who think that manhood = having a lot of women and sex, and having a lot of children running around too, that you can't support. That is not manhood - that's IRRESPONSIBILITY. If being a 'man' is what you say it is then I would rather be without one.St. Kitts men don't know what it means to be a man - most of them dont have any strong role models to show them what responsibility is so their idea of manhood is totally wrong!

Comment: Interesting topic! I look forward to seeing Part 2, so that we can see some discussion on the statistics presented here. I believe that one of the main reasons black communities have so many social problems (like poverty and crime), is our weak family structure, especially absent fathers and single mothers, which affect a lot of our children negatively. Other races have stronger family structures and their communities are stronger as a result. We need to learn from that!

Comment: The layoffs were inevitable. With an occupancy rate of less than 30% in some cases during peek season, warranted some sort of action. HOWEVER, I am totally against the manner in which this was done! How on earth you are going to wait until the employees arrive that morning and escort them over to HR and have law enforcement officers escort them over to there lockers?? What are they slaves??? Have we no regard for thenhuman element? And Mr. PM; u are a pathological liar... u lie so often you don't even remember what you say and along with your fellow cabinet colleagues, I have no faith in your leadership. You knew what was happening especially with law enforcement officers being summoned to the scene (your ministry). And if according to what you are saying, it would therefore mean that the labour laws were breached and some action would have had to be taken. The labour department should have received 30 days notice minimum! Until this day, we haven't heard your administration condemn the manner in which these employees were re leaved from there services and it is SAD! It is about time we appoint a leader who is competent, honest and just who is willing to serve the people with integrity! We atleast deserve that!

Comment: hey didnt i just read another article where the PRIME MINISTER of our nation said he didnt know anything armmmmmm hellllllllloooo. Come on i went to school for a reason. who all u think ppl be eh to come give us all this nonsense. i am suppose to be the biggest labout supporter but that is not sticking by me. Time for a change man whatever the change may be. We need something different. If only PAM were ready they wld surely get my vote this time buth tsk tsk tsk

Comment: To "Realistic": Guess what. The Marriott has just recently purchased the Angelus Hotel. They are NOT in the process of down-sizing as you are claiming. On the contrary, they are expanding their business here in this country and they are doing it openly and unashamedly even as they kick our fellow citizens out on the street like dogs. Nobody deserves to be treated with such disrespect. We are wise to Marriott's tricks.

Comment: All over de world ppl are being laid off, busines close down some declare bankrupcy, are their govt to be blamed for that. Marriott lay off ppl in St thomas a guess we PM is to blame cause he kno bout that too. General motors, chrystler and other US companies lay off thousands of ppl.GM will be closed for 11 weeks dis summer to cut cost. what make SK imune to what is happening worldwide.I guess if pam get in power and dey cant give de ppl what dey promise them it will be dugie fault too.

Comment: Everyting da go bad in dis country dey blame de PM a wonder y,is it because election is in de air and pam want power.It seem like is de PM start de global recession, so blame him for every thing bad it cause Why dont pam tell us wha dey goin do to make a difference and stop cussin de govt.How de goin make de financial crisis diferent r dey goin to pump dey millions in de economy or start to make dey own money. Its a worldwide ting so no party can make it different Pam need to stop misleading ppl

Comment: I am happy for renee but i hope people realize that not only renee is from sandy point renee is a production of marriott st kitts and nevis didnot give her that opportunity marriott did