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 …
Desperately Digging for Love in the Rusty Golden Years Read More »
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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In open confirmation that he rued the day he successfully championed Gary Griffith for the position of Trinidad and Tobago Police Commissioner in August, 2018, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s statement suggested there is more in the mortar than the proverbial pestle when he told Naparima MP Rodney Charles : “As Chairman of the National …
Whenever people of Trinidad and Tobago wish to conjure up a figure that represents the epitome of bold-face, they can easily refer to Watson Duke, Past President of the Public Services Association, current member of the Tobago House of Assembly and – according to his projections – the next Mayor of Port of Spain. That’s …
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Considering the decidedly dignified and classy manner with which she first assumed office as steward of the highest position in the land on March 18, 2018, it should be no surprise that President Paula Mae Weeks might have been caught trying to slip away from office. So while the nation busies itself with the advent …
Just before Trinidad and Tobago achieved Independence in 1962, a young, stuttering primary school pupil named Austin Jack Warner obtained one of the very few open government scholarships to attend Presentation College, a prestigious secondary school run by the Roman Catholics in Chaguanas, central Trinidad. In doing so, he broke the proverbial glass ceiling of …
Since common expressions such as : The Sky is the Limit and Que’ Sera, Sera (“Whatever will be, Will be”), have become of such casual value, that they now slip off our tongues like bits of empty, meaningless debris fit only for the proverbial dustbin. That may be one of the reasons why our young …
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A large number of Trini expressions are well known to predict the outcome of certain deviant behaviours with a great degree of accuracy. Take this one, for example: Every hog have their Saturday. Commonly used by mothers when giving a stern warning to recalcitrant boy children, these admonitions eventually end up with the nonchalant delinquent …
So George Lamming, the Caribbean literary giant who has walked a similar journey with titans like Vidya Naipaul, Sam Selvon, Michael Anthony, Edgar Mittleholzer and Earl Lovelace, took his last step out of this earthly realm into the upper world about a day ago. There will never be enough tributes to satisfy the voracious appetite …
Once looked upon as the black knight of Caribbean football, Austin Jack Warner born 1943 and now approaching 80, is now similar in status to what former Police Commissioner Gary Griffith liked to call a “cockroach” as he hides in a small corner, hopefully out of sight of the USA’s bright Extradition torch light. The …
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