By Raffique Shah September 07, 2020 Early morning Independence Day. I switch on the television, remembering that there would be no military parade this year, thanks to Covid-19, the Great Destroyer. So what is there to watch? On CNC3, I catch the last few words of the Prime Minister—rerun of an interview he’d done with … Continue reading Opportunities lost
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe July 21, 2020 I have been following the “the polytricks” taking place in Guyana, a land that “has been a torn and tortured terrain with divisive seeds sown in the colonial waters” as Sir Hilary Beckles described it (Express, July 13.) It’s not an overreach to say we are witnessing … Continue reading Making a Truce with Reality
By Raffique Shah May 26, 2020 If there is substance to the saying that in every crisis there are opportunities, then the COVID-19 pandemic has delivered spectacularly, if only we the inhabitants of the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago would recognise them for what they are, grab them, and infuse them into the post-pandemic … Continue reading Do not squander this opportunity
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe May 25, 2020 PART 2 “All that is needed on the part of the Negro to attain his rightful place [in this society] is to embark on a wild binge of destruction and plunder.” —Trevor Sudama About five years ago several Eric Williams scholars were invited to investigate Eric Williams’s … Continue reading The Lie…
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe May 18, 2020 If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. —Abraham Lincoln I thought the expeditious manner in which the Prime Minister and his party handled the coronavirus pandemic rescued their fortunes and gave their supporters reason to believe … Continue reading Young’s tragic blunder
By Stephen Kangal March 30, 2020 The PNM Government in categorically refusing to arrange entry/arrival home of 35 of our elderly nationals and having forced Barbados to quarantine them somewhere at their own expense when they arrived at Grantley Adams Airport from South Africa via the UK is in flagrant violation of customary law on … Continue reading Inhumane Treatment of Our Elderly In Barbados
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe March 24, 2020 I am not a particularly religious man (spiritual is a better adjective to describe my theological persuasion), so I do not believe that God sent the coronavirus to teach us a lesson. However, we can learn a lot from our present challenges. Lesson One: We must become … Continue reading Surrendering ME for the WE
By Raffique Shah February 17, 2020 As I savour some of the best offerings from this year’s Carnival from the comfort and safety of my home, I cannot help but think of the thousands of performers and revellers out there who, even as they immerse themselves in the gaiety of the festival, must ponder the … Continue reading Pan Potential
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe November 20, 2019 ‘Oh Lord, how manifold are thy works: In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.’ -Psalm 104 GROWING UP in St Mary’s Anglican Church, Tacarigua, I took pleasure in singing the Anglican hymn, ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’.
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe November 5, 2019 It was a light drizzle, or so I thought. Two weeks ago I was making my way to City Gate to get a maxi taxi to take me to Tacarigua. The drizzle turned into a downpour and then the deluge started. Like many fellow travelers, I sheltered … Continue reading Poisoning Minds and Sickening Bodies