By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe
November 27, 2024
Last Sunday morning as I sat in my usual pew at the back of St Mary’s Anglican Church in Tacarigua, a dear friend, Claudette Grant-Gooding, drew my attention to a booklet, “Inspiration for Spirituality XII: From Advent to Christmas”, that the Diamen Writers’ Circle (DWC) produced. Grant-Gooding teaches religious instruction and writes occasionally for the Diocesan newspaper, The Anglican Outlook.
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By Raffique Shah
November 27, 2024
Trinidad was a bountiful island. It once was almost self-sufficient in food production. Its economy for the past 50 years has been reliant on its oil, gas and petrochemicals. To truly understand how close we came to being a gem of a country, citizens of today need to know that during the Second World War (1939-1945), when we had no choice but to produce and consume more food than we could eat, we did it.
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