There was a time not so long ago in T+T when many people were derided for having a Carnival Mentality. Stories now emerging out of far-East Japan about the huge success of that demure country’s Inaugural Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, have now completely shattered this old derogatory description as the exciting people of SweetT+T continue …
The haven where persons aged sixty and over can find a comfort zone It’s just after 8.00 pm on a Friday night and Siefert, having taken in all of the news on television, after quietly tucking in his shirt into his jeans, neatens his all -grey hair with his hands before making a turn to …
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GUNS ON THE STREETS Police are investigating the latest series of photos on social media, showing high-powered weapons in the hands of criminals. Police say they cannot confirm whether they believe these photos were taken in Central Trinidad, as suggested by some. The latest news about how a set of young gunmen invaded a …
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As long as the People’s National Movement can maintain its long stride across this always potentially deceptive twin-island Caribbean landscape, hope shall prevail for us to maintain ourselves as a people of glory. In this connection, there is no room for error. The enemy is always at hand, waiting to slash our Archilles heel. No …
For those who could “see”, a super-bright star hurtled resplendently across the sky on the night of June 1 2023 with the announcement that Dennis Francis, a Trini “of humble beginnings”, was elected to serve as President of the United Nations General Assembly, effective June 14, 2023. The collectively cool but robust response generated by …
A few weeks ago, the quiet life of an 87-year old female pensioner in south Trinidad was shattered when, at around four o’clock in the next morning, she was reportedly raped by a 24 year old labourer who had invaded her home The elderly woman told police that when she screamed to raise an alarm, …
WHAT CAUSES YOUNG T+T MEN TO RAPE OLD WOMEN WHO CAN BE THEIR GRANDMOTHERS? Read More »
News of the defection of three UNC (United National Congress) local government representatives to the PNM (People’s National Movement) came at a fortuitous time for the PNM since it was able to deflect attention from a very curious move attributed to POS Deputy May Hillan Morean who, in a Trinidad Guardian report by Rhondor Dowlat …
Why Hillan’s Frustration Cannot Stop a PNM Victory Read More »
A tumultuous wave of political sound and fury was unleashed in the city of San Fernando, (Population 20,000 approximately) south Trinidad on Thursday May 25. Prime Minister and People’s National Movement (PNM) Political Leader Dr Keith Christopher Rowley came out with all guns blazing in the wake of a Privy Council decision which – by …
Rowley and PNM Playing ah Mas Dong in San Fernando Read More »
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The five-minute clip of a young black-bad boy named Daniel on Synergy’s Breaking Dawn with Stephan Reis show this morning (May 18) served as a welcome reminder to viewers of what’s happening on the dark side of this usually passive twin-island Caribbean democratic republic. Without any frills or ceremony, the young man who seemed to …
