Opinions

By Kamal Persad(continues from Ethnic Imbalance in the Professions) Dr. Bartholomew has provided answers to the questions he himself has posed in his lengthy commentary on the decline of the...

Self-government for Tobago as proposed in the Bill before Parliament is now a subject for national discussion. While focus is on the constitutional, legal and administrative issues involved in the...

The narrative that the Indian migrant labourers were gifted lands by the State free and gratis and that the freed African slaves were denied this benefit has been a source...

On the occasion of the 176th anniversary of the first arrival of Indian immigrant labourers to these shores, I intend to comment briefly, through a couple of letters to the...

From agricultural diplomacy in the mid-19th century, to vaccine diplomacy in the third decade of the 21st century, the bond between Trinidad and Tobago, and India has progressed, This is...

By Kamal Persad- Issued 2021 Professor Courtenay Bartholomew has articulated his deep concern about the decline of the black professional class in Trinidad over recent years in a lengthy commentary...

Many countries proclaim that they conduct fair, free and legitimate elections yet the political directorates in these countries either at central or local levels are preoccupied with the manipulation of...

COVID 19 has now become the new buzzword from all tongues across the globe. But it is not a pleasing word, nor is it a word to give all mankind...

Canada has a problem with illegal guns coming into the country and being used in shootings and all manner of crimes. From what I hear, so has Trinidad, though they...

Trinidad and Tobago’s secularism is not fully rooted nor appreciated in the minds and consciences of the national populace. Put politics aside, we now focus on the religious diversity and...