As the war drums of Labour Day vibrates violently in home-town Fyzabad, south Trinidad yesterday, this senior found himself asking himself: How come the labour movement has been able to remain historically embedded in a mind-set that speaks to subservience, poverty and lament in the face of the great abundance of resources available over decades …
Time for Labour’s War Drums To Beat Out Songs of Glory Read More »
Many Caribbean men who usually access Trinidad and Tobago trumpeter Errol Ince to re-create the Father they had lost in their personal experience, may be mildly surprised at the precious gift which has suddenly become available with revelations of the difficult events overcome by the same man whose soaring notes had given comfort to so …
The hearts of every Trini soared to wuthering heights in the national stadium on Sunday night (June 13) when John-Paul Rochford made it 4-1 in injury time to beat St Vincent and the Grenadines and seal the deal for Second Place in Group C in the Concacaf Nations League. Trinidad and Tobago are next in …
Young T+T Stars in a Winning Streak that Can Ensure our Future is in Safe Hands Read More »
As a Trinidad and Tobago citizen with all the world’s major ethnic blood lines flowing through my East Indian-looking body and my African state of mind, it has been some time now since I embarked on a search for The real meaning of the T+T Man . This is in the special context of his …
The Friends with Benefits Trinis Get for Too Much Ethnic Wine, Wood and Iron Read More »
A few short days after the NAR routed the PNM out of political power for the first time in 1986, only a few eyebrows were raised when South Express Chief Harry Partap was slipped in as a minister in the new government. In recent times, a significant number of media practitioners have continued to be …
Places Where Journalism and Integrity Do Not Always Mix Read More »
The exciting story of a simple Jehovah’s Witness named Winnifred Williams started on Charles Street, Cobeaux Town, Port of Spain where this enterprising woman who had run from her jealous Indian husband in Couva, took care of her three children by Pressing and Curling the hair of neighborhood customers while writing stories in a copybook …
Here’s Why Cutting Out Can Sometimes be a Good Thing Read More »
Will Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley – a very bright and level-headed intellectual by the highest standards – will Rowley be the Leader to shove this tiny twin-island Caribbean republic to take that quantum leap whereby we shall comprehensively transform the world’s current mind-set with Carnival as our main form of …
Why Rowley Must Stamp T+T’s Greatness on the World Map NOW! Read More »
While Sweet T+T remained a very cool, breezy day today, the astute population did not lose sight of how the region’s three consummate puppet masters were happily pulling their communications strings as one to keep the temperature from rising. For those who understand Keith Rowley, Colm Imbert and Stuart Young, this trio would have been …
What kind of effin mind could put God out of their thoughts and calmly attempt such a deliberate ,violent act of destruction against hundreds of thousands of innocent people in their own community, then possibly appear next morning among the protestors for better water facilities? This must be the harrowing thought with which the dedicated …
Trying Hard to Come to Grips with T+T People’s Most Confusing States of Mind Read More »
It was early on a Monday morning, as I dropped in at Cephas’ Bar on my way to collect my Pension Cheque, when I had the rare chance to enjoy some quality conversation with Cephas himself for a short while. Cephas is usually too busy behind his bar to have any time to talk in …
Nowhere in T+T to find a Peaceful Place to Retire Read More »
