Time to reward our athletes too

The St Lucia Government recently honoured two of its leading sport personalities – cricketer and West Indies skipper Darren Sammy and high jump Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Levern Spencer – for the honour that their exceptional achievements brought to their country.
The two are reported as being gifted “packages of 10, 000 square feet of land and official passports” for their recent achievements.

Sammy’s exploits are well known throughout the