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Ramlogan updated
16/03/08
The death of two-year-old Luke Marshall will soon
be forgotten by everyone except his parents and family...
Dana
Seetahal updated
16/03/08
At
last Thursday’s post-Cabinet press briefing,
Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Mariano Browne,
made certain pronouncements that can provide no assurance
to the average citizen that the quality of their lives
will improve...
Dennis
Pantin updated
16/03/08
In September 2006, news broke that Prime Minister
Manning took a “test ride” in a Bombadier
private jet. In response to a public outcry, the PM
(with a general election pending)...
Denzil
Mohammed updated 16/03/08
I
found it odd at first that thunder began rolling
as soon as I stepped onto the lush church grounds
in Central Trinidad. But I was fine with it; convectional
rainfall, I guess. It was only when lightning suddenly
struck and a frangipani spontaneously...
Dr
Hamid Ghany updated
16/03/08
As
Trinidad and Tobago prepares to inaugurate President
George Maxwell Richards for a second term tomorrow,
it is useful to locate the office of President in
some kind of historical context...
Ira
Mathur updated 16/03/08
If there is one appointment I applaud in this still
honeymooning government is that of Esther Le Gendre
as education minister...
Lennox
Grant updated 16/03/08
Readers
who might have recognised similarities between words
in this space last Sunday and those appearing before
were eventually confirmed in their suspicions...
Martin
George updated 16/03/08
But
all yuh darm farse an’ out of place
Why all yuh ain’t say dat in front meh face
All
dis fuss an’ confusion an’ noise
An’
picong from Panday an’ de boys
Jus’
because ah make a calculated bet
An’
decide to buy me a private jet ...
Peter
Quentrall-Thomas updated 16/03/08
We really do have some disgusting adults in this country.
I spent a day on Manzanilla beach recently, and was
shocked that even after all these years of adult education,
there were empty bottles...
Simon
Lee updated 16/03/08
The fact I’m sitting on a hill in St Ann’s
overlooking a sullen Gulf of Paria in no way conflicts
with my presence in the Himalayas, listening to the
valley-echoing basso profundos of the Tibetan Buddhist
monks of the Sherab Ling Monastery...
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