By Raffique Shah June 22, 2013 I MONITORED this year’s Labour Day celebrations with mixed feelings. I was sorry to have missed the annual pilgrimage to the shrine of organised labour for the fourth year, but that’s another story. I felt a deep sense of nostalgia, a longing for the glory days when we rocked … Continue reading Labour pains
By Clint Chan Tack June 13, 2013 – newsday.co.tt OPPOSITION Leader Dr Keith Rowley yesterday accused Government of using last year’s flooding in Diego Martin as a smokescreen to award millions of dollars worth of contracts to its friends. Rowley, who is also Diego Martin West MP, made this charge as he debunked the earlier … Continue reading $49M rip-off
By Raffique Shah May 12, 2013 SHE had first contacted me a year ago, via a circuitous route, to relate a problem she faced at her Diamond Vale home and to see if I could offer any advice. Last week, the pensioner called again. Her problem remained unsolved. If anything, its impact on her health … Continue reading Suffering in silence
By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe [Celebration & Remembrance of Tony Martin, Wellesley College, Wednesday, May 1, 2013.] I met Tony Martin when I arrived at Harvard University in 1976. Although we were both born in Trinidad, we had not met each other prior to that time. Tony was born in Port of Spain, the capital … Continue reading Selwyn Cudjoe Speaks on the Life of Tony Martin
By Raffique Shah April 28, 2013 The issue here is not Jack Warner’s amoral attitude, his disdain for integrity in the conduct of public affairs. We have long established that Warner does not conform to the rules of the engagement, be it campaigning in an election, running a ministry or navigating the murky waters of … Continue reading Massacre of the moral minority
By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe Published: April 05, 2013 – trinicenter.com In the 1950s when I was growing up in Tacarigua, Trinidad, West Indies, there existed a large, faded mansion in the Orange Grove Savannah that had seen the last of its glories. It stood there as a colossus on this magnificent expanse of land … Continue reading Ignorant Negroes/Tyrannical Masters: William Burnley and the Caribbean Slave Experience
By Dr. Kwame Nantambu March 31, 2013 Within recent times, the public domain has been over-flooded with a plethora of accusatory statements by some among the leadership of the People’s Partnership (PP) government. Indeed, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has gone so far to adamantly/emphatically inform the nation that “rouge elements” exist in the media. And … Continue reading Negative Reporting: Afri-centric Analysis
By Richard Lord – March 23, 2013 www.guardian.co.tt/news/2013-03-23/ryan-report-laventille-crime-dagger-aimed-pos-belly Government is being warned to do “whatever is necessary” to silence the guns in the hands of the criminal element in Laventille. If those carrying the guns are allowed to run rampant, they could eventually train those guns on the capital city itself.
By Suzanne Mills March 17, 2013 – newsday.co.tt It’s nigh impossible to gauge precisely what Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley hopes to accomplish by forming an alliance with his former foe, ex attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj. We can deduce from the evidence Maharaj’s raison d’etre — he was beaten roundly and soundly in the … Continue reading Rowley’s revival of Ramesh
Out and About in Zimbabwe’s Capital By Andre Vltchek March 15, 2013 – andrevltchek.weebly.com For a change, I don’t want to discuss politics. I don’t want to debate whether big bad Mugabe is actually an African national hero, as many on this continent believe, or some brutal dictator, as we are told relentlessly by the … Continue reading Harare: Is It Really the Worst City on Earth?