
Town is rife with zeppo. Who has files on whom; who downloaded what and who have what, where. The cocktail circuit is abuzz and entertained with the follies and foibles of others.
In Marabella, just off the main road, there is a small village called Bayshore known by most as the notorious “Train Line”.
“Bim” and “Bam” are like Dumb and DOMA, Trinidadianisms for a pair of stumblers and bumblers, grumblers and mumblers.
If the dictionary says a “somnambulist” is someone who walks in his sleep and a “somniloquist” is someone who talks in his sleep, what does one call someone who walks and talks in his sleep?
US President Barack Obama’s first steps toward dismantling the 50-year old Cuban connundrum—a Cold War relic— has served to highlight the extent to which racism and racial discrimination in Cuba are becoming a growing problem for the two-headed Castro regime.
Posted on 01 June 2009
The fire-coloured flyer from the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) announced a symposium on “Social and ethnic stratification in contemporary Trinidad and Tobago”. Continue Reading
Posted on 01 June 2009
With shocking quickness, another year has gone by in a blur and I am suddenly seventy-six. Continue Reading
Posted on 01 June 2009
On Tuesday, May 6th 2009, Prime Minister David Thompson politely informed Parliament of the policy determined by the Subcommittee on Immigration set up in June 2008. Continue Reading
Posted on 01 June 2009
“Everybody blaming the government for crime, but nobody looking at what they as individuals doing about crime Continue Reading
Posted on 01 June 2009
Interest rates began the slid down with Scotiabank dropping rates by a half point, from 13 per cent to 12.5 per cent, following the lead of First Citizens Bank the month before. Continue Reading
Posted on 01 June 2009
Brrrr! Marathon morning at Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island and New York City is cold and windy. Continue Reading
Posted on 01 June 2009
Even in the best of the times, the task of economic management is never easy. During a recession, it can become a nightmare. Just ask Barack Obama. Continue Reading
Posted on 01 June 2009
Amid the whirlwind of scandal and bacchanal in the headlines, the tranquillity and solace of the Clayton De Freitas’ art was refreshing. Continue Reading
Posted on 01 June 2009
A broad range of persons in public life are to be honoured by the University of the West Indies later this year Continue Reading