Among the thousands of melodious songs spread into the magical Caribbean Christmas environment, one which has spectacularly carved a unique niche for itself over the past 70 years or so is a song by Nap Hepburn (born 1925)which starts: One Christmas Eve, Casually I was walking down the street One Christmas Eve, Casually I …
Indications that the battle against Crime may be far more effectively fought from deep within the heart, were presented recently with the victory by María Corina Machado, an opposition candidate who challenged Venezuela’s president in local elections here. This has led, according to one observer, to “cautious optimism among Venezuelans and international observers about the …
In that elusive moment when he found myself struggling to access the right word to fit the thought he was striving to express, the young official of the Disaster Management could only come up with the expression: Embracing! Enhance your Career and Your Life. Enroll for the Communications Masters Course at the end of this …
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She came on a wave of strong public acclaim which transcended her previous political connections with the People’s National Movement (PNM), but all of this good will was dashed out the window when newly elected President Christine Kangaloo used her high office to facilitate the dispensation of Silk to her husband and her brother. ‘What …
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The tearful cries of revered T+T-born cricket hero Brian Lara can be heard washing from the shores of far-away Jaipur, India to Cantaro, Trinidad as news of a close friend’s shooting death explodes in the once pristine rural village he remembers growing up in. “…it pains me to see what was once the most beautiful …
The problem of violence in schools in the early 1970s was more a matter of how much the teacher could beat male and female students who had no recourse for mercy from parents who usually approved or even encouraged the teacher. As a young student-teacher in those days, I – who had grown up with …
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As disturbing images of young girls fighting in the schools of Trinidad and Tobago, continue to regale the media, officials are understandably very disturbed. “Imagine students of different schools, in competition for which school could generate the most fights! Sadly, this is the unfortunate result of our collective poor socialization of our youth.”, observed National …
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Although it’s commonly accepted in Sweet T+T that Carnival allows license for anyone to leggo, dingolay and wine dong to de ground, a number of our more conservative citizens were left dumbfounded at the recent antics of one of this country’s world-acclaimed beauty monarchs whose ancient celebrity status impinged on her constitutional right to run …
The Army Youth Band had just completed its superb performance in the Finals of the Youth Panorama Competition at the Queen’s Park Savannah on Saturday night (January 14) when the commentator described their presence as hard. And while the observation was in reference to the band leader’s response to the allegedly stealthy insertion of the …
The shooting of the gardener at the Haleland Park home of Port of Spain Mayor Joel Martinez on Wednesday January 5, reminds us of the awesome responsibility held by our local government representatives and the many unknown hazards they face in serving their burgesses. Despite assurances given by Acting Police Commissioner Erla Christopher that Worship …
