Tag: Trinidad

Now that Divali is upon us, I am hoping to hear the announcement of some goodies for the Hindu community from the government. For example, in San Fernando Hindus have ...

The Prime Minister’s Diwali speech on October 11 evening in Siparia was among the finest of her hundreds of speeches over the last 30 years she has served in parliament ...

Human Fight Poem by Brian Ramphal We fight amongst nations, We fight in corporations. We fight our own family, We fight our neighbors casually. We fight for land, for faith, ...

Based on ongoing engagements with large sections of the voting population by this writer, Dr Vishnu Bisram for the NACTA Polling Organization, Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar continues to enjoy ...

Reference is drawn to news reports in Trinidad media on unjustified, ’wasteful’ expenditures by CAL on marketing (advertising, promotion, branding, etc.) over the last two years. Some $60 million was ...

“The Old Demerara Harbour Bridge”   The Old Demerara Harbour Bridge we did cross, That’s the one that may now gather moss. Behind the scene, came the Big Boss, To ...

Coinciding with Dussehra, the High Commission of India in collaboration with the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Surabhi- an Indian community ladies group affiliated to the High Commission, and members of ...

Reference is drawn to news item in Guyana media on commemorating the new iconic bridge named after former President and now Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo. It is richly deserving for ...

It was a well-crafted and excellently speech by President Irfaan Ali at the UN on Sept 23. It was masterfully, cogently, and powerfully delivered. It was one of the President’s ...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar of Trinidad and Tobago has been criticized for her September 26 UN speech that endorses the American plan of targeting narco-traffickers in Venezuela and the ...