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Guardian Columnists
Sunday
Anand Ramlogan updated 08/06/08

The Trinity Cross is about to be replaced with an award that would eliminate the friction and grumbling protests from non-Christians in our plural society...

Dana Seetahal updated 08/06/08

WITH the murder toll on a steady, dramatic increase during the last few months, the Minster of National Security has hinted at measures that may include legislation to counter the situation...

Dennis Pantin updated 08/06/08

“Development” and “developed country” are 20th century concepts. In this 21st century, the global quest is for sustainable development. There are several reasons for this shift. First, is the recognition that man’s impact on environment has lead to a negative feed-back loop as nature, like Montezuma, seeks revenges...

Denzil Mohammed updated 25/05/08

Since I was a child, I had certain dreams. I had visions of where I was going to be and what I was going to be like...

Dr Hamid Ghany updated 08/06/08

Last Tuesday, history was made in the United States when Senator Barack Obama clinched the nomination of the Democratic Party to become its candidate for the presidency in the election to be held on November 4......

Ira Mathur updated 08/06/08

The teacher was saying she was on her way to work at a girls’ school when she saw the day’s headlines at a traffic light “Hope is dead.” She was chilled. She understands the outcry. She teaches young girls every day....

Lennox Grant updated 08/06/08

The man who would be President of the USA has already won most votes as the likeliest target of a terrorist, racist or mercenary Jackal, as in the political suspense-drama movie of the same name...

Martin George updated 08/06/08

In Miami over the Indian Arrival Day weekend, I was mulling over the entire concept of our local Indian Arrival Day celebrations, and as always, I look for fresh new perspectives to bring to my readers, wondering how we can look at the idea of arrival from a different viewpoint. And then it hit me...

Peter Quentrall-Thomas updated 08/06/08

Check out the shoulder improvements to the C-R Highway between Piarco and Trincity. Have you noticed the concrete upstands to the culverts...

Simon Lee updated 08/06/08

Although a born sworn enemy of all species of political correctness, it caused some pain when my local beer of choice began masquerading as “a man’s beer...

Monday

Debbie Jacob updated 09/06/08

I cannot understand why parents, teachers and indeed government officials are not worried about the literacy issues of this country...

Fr Henry Charles updated 09/06/08

Already the term “historic” has become attached to Barack Obama’s victory in securing the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the US. And historic it is, from several points of view. But what immediately struck me on the morning after was the intensity of the global celebration...

Prakash Persad updated 02/06/08

The truth is a bitter pill to swallow. Is this why there was a furore recently about an advertisement showing a river lime and in which one of the limers was struck down with chest pains...

 

Tuesday

Dr David E Bratt updated 10/06/08

Shoes are social inventions. Children do not need shoes, something intuitively understood by most Trinidadian mothers, although some would say that necessity is the mother of understanding, if not of choice...

Pastor Clive Dottin updated 10/06/08

Governor Elliot Spitzer of New York is the latest public official to be caught in the ethical dilemma involving public life and personal privacy...

 

Wednesday

Clevon Raphael updated 11/06/08

In the midst of the euphoria, and not just at home, we should not forget those who contributed to Barack Obama’s magnificent electoral victory...

Tony Fraser updated 11/06/08

Are citizens of African and Indian descent participating sufficiently in the economy of T&T?

Thursday

Sat Maharaj updated 12/06/08

Indian Arrival Day message—Part 2...

Leela Ramdeen updated 12/06/08

As we prepare to celebrate Father’s Day, let us ask God’s blessings on those to whom He has entrusted fatherhood; that they may be filled with wisdom, patience, and strength to undertake their responsibilities effectively...

Greater Caribbean This Week updated 22/05/08

 

Friday

Peter Ray Blood's Pulse Column updated 13/06/08

The exciting news at Brian Mac Farlane’s mas camp is that reigning King of Carnival Jhawhan Thomas is returning next year to defend the title he won so handsomely in C2K8 portraying Pandemic Rage, from Earth: Cries of Despair—Wings of Hope...

Selwyn R Cudjoe upadted 13/06/08

The calls have come fast and furious. Newsday has demanded: “Minister Martin Joseph must go!”

Gillian Lucky updated 13/06/08

With detection rates at an all-time low and no significant strides being made in the fight against crime, the question on the mind of every law-abiding citizen is: what next?

 

Saturday

Attillah Springer updated 14/06/08

I’ve always hated exams...

Gail Alexander updated 14/06/08

PNM MP Anthony Roberts’ cell phone had no business being on during yesterday’s House of Representatives session...

Lisa Allen-Agostini updated 14/06/08

While Minister in the Ministry of Finance Mariano Browne confidently assesses from statistical evidence that crime has had no effect on economic growth in T&T, our eyes and ears tell us otherwise...

 

 

 

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