Editorial, Featured
CHANGING DYNAMICS OF FLUID POLITICS
Last week’s Local Government election effectively brings an end to the giddy season of campaign politics that has defined public life for the past four months or so.
Commentary, Featured
BUSTING THE PNM MYTH
One of the stock claims made by supporters of the People’s National Movement is that Trinidad and Tobago is better off because of the party’s governance since 1956.
Featured
Search on For Caribbean Laureates 2011
THE Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence is now open for nominations for the 2011 Awards in the areas of Arts & Letters, Public and Civic Contributions, and Science and Technology.
Economy, Featured
Dookeran’s Challenge BREAKING THE CYCLE
“Elections done, now back to work!” These profound words, uttered by a wit who had clearly been celebrating with a few drinks too many outside a bar in Couva last Monday night, brilliantly sums up the sentiments of the vast majority of the population.
Featured, Sports
THE STRANGLING OF FOOTBALL
At first glance, any claim following World Cup 2010 that Europe rules the football world would appear merely to be no more than a spontaneous reaction to the results.
Special
AN INDEPENDENT SPIRIT
Posted on 01 August 2010
In time, we shall be able to assess the life work of Dennis Pantin who passed quickly away from this side almost suddenly. Continue Reading
Sports
THE FORGETTABLE WORLD CUP
Posted on 01 August 2010
Who was the top player at the South Africa 2010 World Cup? Who won the Golden Boot? Continue Reading
Politics
GANGSTERS, POLITICIANS COCAINE AND BANKERS
Posted on 01 August 2010
The arrest of Christopher “Dudus” Coke in a road block in Jamaica on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 opens the possibility once and for all to reveal the full extent of the corruption of the politics of Jamaica and the Caribbean by the rulers in collaboration with the intelligence, Continue Reading
Sports
SPAIN’S TRIUMPH OF FOOTBALL AND FINANCE
Posted on 01 August 2010
On June 19 last, at the latest meeting of European leaders to discuss the gruelling recession facing the EU, Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero banged his fist on the table, Continue Reading
Sports
IVAN’S LE TOUR DE TOBAGO 2010
Posted on 01 August 2010
At 6.30 am on Saturday 3rd July 2010, the Corkie's Casuals Fraternity along with specially invited cyclists and supporters embarked on a 69-mile cycling odyssey dubbed, "Ivan's Le Tour De Tobago." Continue Reading
Commentary
SLAUGHTER OF IDEAS
Posted on 01 August 2010
In a column in the T&T Review of May 2010, I said the Manning administration would pay the ultimate price because with NAPA they had transgressed against the Soul of the Nation. Continue Reading
Sports
WHO IS THE WORLD’S WORST BATSMAN?
Posted on 01 August 2010
When I was young I showed an aptitude for games. Continue Reading
Special
ULTIMATE FAMILY MAN
Posted on 01 August 2010
We are gathered here to celebrate the birth and mourn the death of Dennis Pantin. Continue Reading
Special
CO-CONSPIRATOR IN THE STRUGGLE FOR CHANGE
Posted on 01 August 2010
In the last conversation I had with Dennis which was more of a brief monologue by me, given that by then he was very weak, I said to him that I had come to check up on my co-conspirator in the struggle for social change. Continue Reading
Culture
AN UNCONVENTIONAL MAESTRO
Posted on 01 August 2010
Carlton Alexander has the distinction of taking a band with its roots in Tobago to the pinnacle of the Medium category in Panorama 2010. Continue Reading
Special
FOR A BABY BROTHER
Posted on 01 August 2010
No words can truly describe how I feel about the untimely death of my younger brother, Dennis. But let me begin by offering my sincere condolence to his wife, Landy, who has bailed me out of trouble in my own time, and to Dennis’ children—Machel, Mariel, Gabrielle and Johann. Continue Reading
Sports
WHY GAYLE’S GOTTA GO
Posted on 01 August 2010
“I was not interested in playing Test cricket but the cricket board just asked me.” The words came out of the mouth of Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi but West Indies fans can be forgiven for thinking that the speaker was Christopher Gayle. Continue Reading
Arts
STATE OF CRISIS IN THE VISUAL ARTS
Posted on 01 August 2010
As we celebrate Emancipation Day, we should remember that our visual expression is a key component of our identity as a liberated people. Continue Reading
Special
THERE COMES A TIME
Posted on 01 August 2010
The man I called “De Pantin,” and who in turn called me “De Grant,” one week ago today crossed the Rubicon, to reach a station beyond reach of any affectionate calls one way or another. Continue Reading
Special
A TRANSFORMATIVE CONTRIBUTION
Posted on 01 August 2010
Professor Dennis Pantin was an exemplary Caribbean economist. Continue Reading
Special
AN ETERNAL FRIEND
Posted on 01 August 2010
If ever there was a true Trini, a true son of the soil, that was Dennis Pantin. Continue Reading
Special
A Man of the Polis
Posted on 01 August 2010
Dennis Alberto Pantin came to UWI, St Augustine, in October 1970 to read Economics. Continue Reading
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