Saint Lucia's National Green Party leader, Andre 'Pancho' de Caires, believes 2023 will bring unprecedented challenges. 'I would think it would be more challenging than previous years because we can see what's on the horizon,' de Caires told St Lucia Times. He referred to the COVID-19 situation in China, where the first COVID-19 case was reported in Wuhan City in December 2019. The NGP leader recalled that shortly afterward, the virus reached Italy as people travelled. He asserted that COVID-19 is not over. 'But I will not signal to the Saint Lucian people that we have anything to fear because