The high cost of Naipaul-Coolman
Published: Tuesday, June 21, 2016Compounding the failure to successfully prosecute whoever the real killers of Vidya Naipaul-Coolman may be is the initial report that prosecuting the ten people charged...
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Children need stability
David E Bratt, MDPublished: Tuesday, June 21, 2016The study is rather definite. As definite as any study can be. But there is little doubt. Frequent moves during childhood are bad for a child’s mental...
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Surging into the Deep
Published: Tuesday, June 21, 2016Kevin RamnarineI have great regard for many of the people who have served our country as either as Minister of Petroleum and Mines (as the job was once known) or as...
View ArticleAllow conscience vote on marriage age
Published: Tuesday, June 21, 2016This submission, I believe, will clarify the Islamic viewpoint on the issue of the proposed changes to the minimum age of marriage.I must first state that, among other...
View Article‘Police for police’ can’t work anymore
Published: Tuesday, June 21, 2016Director David West and the Police Complaints Authority should be encouraged to pursue legislative relief from criminal conduct of police officers for innocent citizens...
View ArticleDry taps in Caroni
Published: Tuesday, June 21, 2016Even as I write this letter this Father’s Day morning my taps are bone dry, but it is raining cats and dogs, accompanied by thunder and lightning. No doubt some...
View Article...and Cunupia also
Published: Tuesday, June 21, 2016I would like to believe that I am writing on behalf of the constituents of Munroe Road in Cunupia, who have been experiencing an uneven supply of pipe-borne water for...
View ArticleThieves and the corrupt walk proud
Published: Tuesday, June 21, 2016The words “thieving and corruption” ought not to be used loosely when it comes to politics and politicians, as their wanton use runs the risk of rendering them...
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The Brexit and the Caricom discourse
Published: Wednesday, June 22, 2016Last week I had an interesting conversation with a Polish-born friend on the United Kingdom’s (UK) referendum and whether it should stay or leave the European Union...
View ArticleKudos to the women who are fighting back
Published: Wednesday, June 22, 2016I would like to express my admiration and full support for the young ladies who are victims of a set of nameless perverted bullies who hacked email accounts and...
View ArticleSandals can totally change tourism
Published: Wednesday, June 22, 2016For many years now Tobago’s tourism has been in deep decline, and even before that it was only ever of marginal value. There are several underlying causes for this...
View ArticleCelebrating Eid as a village family disappearing
Published: Wednesday, June 22, 2016As the month of Ramadan draws closer to the end, memories of Eid in rural Trinidad come back to mind with images of a yesterday that was so much more beautiful than...
View ArticleNo govt serious about solving severance anomaly
Published: Wednesday, June 22, 2016It is true for both the UNC and the PNM that when in Opposition they have all the answers for the problems facing the country, but when power is transferred to their...
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Champs make Windies wait
...knocked over for third lowest ODI score 70 in openerVinode MamchanPublished: Wednesday, June 22, 2016Marlon Samuels’ brilliant 125 was not enough to see the West Indies through to the finals of the...
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NAAAs get tough for weekend trials
Rachael Thomspon-KingPublished: Wednesday, June 22, 2016Making the qualifying standards will be of utmost importance at this weekend’s National Association for Athletic Administrations (NAAA) National...
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A wish for tolerance
Caroline C RavelloPublished: Wednesday, June 22, 2016MENTAL HEALTH MATTERSTolerance is my belaboured point. If you’ve ever heard someone say of another in Trini parlance, “I cyah stand she, nuh. I does...
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No food, no teachers, violence in failing Venezuela schools
Published: Wednesday, June 22, 2016Maria Arias slipped her notebooks into her backpack, scrounged for a banana to share with her brother and sister, and set off for high school through narrow streets...
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Will Blair face ICC for war crimes?
Tony FraserPublished: Sunday, July 17, 2016An issue facing British civilisation and the International Criminal Court is whether they will force British Prime Minister Tony Blair (1997-2007) to face the...
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Paved with good intentions
Published: Sunday, July 17, 2016 Kevin BaldeosinghAdolf Hitler ordered the murders of six million Jews because he wanted the best for his nation Germany.This is a fact—not that the attempted genocide...
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BREXIT MEANS BREXIT
Hamid GhanyPublished: Sunday, July 17, 2016“I couldn’t be clearer. Brexit means Brexit. And we’re going to make a success of it. There will be no attempts to remain inside the EU, no attempts to rejoin...
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