It’s most ironic that even as this article starts with a reference to Perseverance as a way to Success, three young men were reportedly shot to death at the wake of another young man in Perseverance, central Trinidad, last Friday night. That’s because Perseverance – like the Maine killings – is certainly not the …
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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, …
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Now that our law enforcement personnel are finally achieving a step-up in arrests as they ferret out illegal arms users at the deepest levels of society, one of more painful negative outcomes is the case where policemen are unearthing the children of their own colleagues together with one of our country’s top cyclists, among the …
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With so many women occupying high places of authority in our twin-island Caribbean republic, many observers have been left wondering what’s missing. In the wake of arguments that women have the natural formula to endear themselves to the young criminals of our nation for example, it’s often felt that here is where the solution lies. …
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When you hear Merle Seyjagat Olton talk about the “sad reason I love making people happy’, you will quickly understand why Trinis are very good at laughing at themselves under the painful cloak of tears which is taken as par for the course in this land of music, dance and comedy. My first school was Arima …
As the endearing sweet sound of Nap Hepburn’s poignant demands of a fatherless little boy to his frustrated single mom still lingers in the post- Christmas atmosphere, sensitive minds cannot avoid drawing an analogy with the black alienated youths hurting on the fringes of life in the nation’s urban centers. Listen, mama I want you …
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Distressing news of places of worship being vandalized and sacred items stolen have been reported so often all over the world that many have become numb over these events. For worshippers at the Lakrani Ganesh Mandir in Penal last September, the trauma reverberated in the voice of the temple’s vice president Rekha Cassie when she …
Now that the Trinidad and Tobago Police (TTPS) has announced their plan to accept the low four percent salary increase proposal from the government, this much beleaguered country can expect a welcomed reduction in various problems that have been plaguing us for the past year, including violent crime. How so? An environment has been created …
Almost every time a man angrily shoots from the hip to empty his rage into a woman, it’s most likely a simple case of a failed erection compensating for limp affliction which cannot be reversed. The national lottery board Play Whe man seems to like playing 4 everyday in a game where loads of women …
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It was ironical that on the eve of T+T Calypso icon Dr Hollis Chalk-Dust Liverpool enlightening Dominic Kallipersad on FM Radio 95.5 on over a book he was writing about crime and youths, two men were caught scuffling over a car park space in San Fernando. In a sequential live flash of the camera, one …
