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The Closure of Caroni (1975) Limited

Published on May 19, 2013 in Food, General T&T, Indian, Labour, Media, Opposition Party, People's Partnership, PNM, Politics and UNC. 2 Comments Tags: Anand Ramlogan, Attorney General, Basdeo Panday, Caroni Ltd, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Politics, T&T Govt, UNC.

Politics before food

Sugar and Energy Festival Street Parade – October 09, 2005

By Andre Bagoo
May 18 2013 – newsday.co.tt

THE CLOSURE of Caroni (1975) Limited and consequent devastating impact on the agriculture sector and TT’s food security, may be directly linked to political considerations surrounding the then PNM government’s fear of a repeat of the 18-18 general election deadlock of 2001, Tourism Minister Stephen Cadiz said yesterday.
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Mishra pleads for Govt to stop Indian trade fairs

Published on March 22, 2013 in Business, General T&T, Indian, Media and Race and Identity. 14 Comments Tags: Abuse, Indian High Commissioner, Malay Mishra, T&T Govt, Trade.

By Camille Bethel
March 20, 2013
Originally printed at
www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Mishra_pleads_for_Govt_to_stop_Indian_trade_fairs-199283991.html

Indian High Commissioner Malay Mishra is calling on the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to stop the Indian trade fairs that are operating in this country.

Speaking at yesterday’s business forum held by the High Commission of India, in collaboration with the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce, at the chamber building in Westmoorings, Mishra said the Indian government distances itself from the activities of the “so-called” Indian trade fairs.
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Ethnic Stocking

Published on December 13, 2012 in General T&T, Indian, Jamaica, Media, People's Partnership, Politics and Racism Watch. 38 Comments Tags: Politics, T&T Govt, Winford James.

By Winford James
December 13, 2012 – trinidadexpress.com

Parliament Until I heard the term from a WinTV reporter, I had never heard “ethnic stocking” before. The reporter called to find out what I thought about the Jamaica Observer’s observation in its editorial of December 11, that ethnic stocking was a very serious issue in Trinidad and Tobago and that, worse, it was a “centripetal” force “tearing the increasingly fragile political coalition that constitutes the Government of Trinidad and Tobago” and “(o)ne of the egregious aspects of corruption”.
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Let Charity Guide Our Utterances

Published on November 15, 2012 in General T&T, Hindu, Indian, Politics, Race and Identity, Racism Watch and Religion. 16 Comments Tags: Neil Parsan, Raffique Shah, T&T Govt.

By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe
November 14, 2012

Sometimes in our enthusiasm, we say extraordinarily silly things; such as the mutterings of Dr. Neil Parsan, our Ambassador in Washington, D.C. What is one to do with the following statement: “The Indian diaspora is a formidable force in Trinidad and Tobago, the largest numerical representation in the entire Caribbean; the most well-to-do and culturally strong and progressive ethnic group in the uniquely plural society of T&T.”
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Gopeesingh’s Son ‘Planasses’ Man

Published on September 28, 2012 in Crime in T&T, General T&T, Indian, Law, People's Partnership, Politics and Violence. 32 Comments Tags: Abuse, Crime in T&T, Politics, T&T Govt, Tim Gopeesingh.

Gopeesingh: It’s my son
Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh yesterday confirmed that the man depicted in a video assaulting a man with a cutlass is his son.
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Question of origins and Indian Indentureship: Updated

Published on September 12, 2012 in Africa, China, Culture, General T&T, Indian, Labour, Race and Identity and Racism Watch. 4 Comments Tags: Indentureship, Kwame Nantambu.

By Dr. Kwame Nantambu
September 12, 2012

In the aftermath of the celebration of Indian Arrival Day on 30 May 2011 in T&T, this article focuses on certain origins and the historical dynamics of Indian Arrival. These origins include the Asian-Chinese Dynasty, “Ganges” river, Indian originality and the label “Indentured Servants.”
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No compensation for slaves

Published on August 29, 2012 in Africa, Business, Education, General T&T, Indian, Labour, Race and Identity and Racism Watch. 37 Comments Tags: Abuse, African.

By George Alleyne
August 29, 2012 – newsday.co.tt

The argument has often been put forward by politicians and would be politicians that persons of Indian descent own a far greater degree of property in Trinidad than people of African descent, because they had saved and used their money wisely.

It is an attempt to create misunderstanding between the two major ethnic groups. What led to today’s disparity in land ownership is well documented and rooted in Trinidad’s colonial past. The end of slavery in 1838 and the movement by freed slaves to urban and suburban areas and away from the sugar estates, with which they had for so long identified with their suffering, meant that the sugar planters had to source new labour.
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Keshorn Walcott

Published on August 22, 2012 in Africa, General T&T, Indian, Politics, Race and Identity, Racism Watch and Sports. 4 Comments Tags: Keshorn Walcott, Selwyn R. Cudjoe, T&T Govt.

By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe
August 22, 2012

I do not envy any of the honors or pecuniary rewards Keshorn Walcott received. He deserves them all. It is an extraordinary achievement to bring home a gold medal to a country of 1.3 million persons when countries as large as Nigeria and India with a combined population of approximately 1.6 billion persons did not win a gold medal. Keshorn should be showered with our congratulations and our prayers for a long life and continued success. The government should be congratulated for recognizing his contribution to our national pride.
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Against All Odds

Published on August 14, 2012 in Business, General T&T, Indian, Politics and Racism Watch. 4 Comments Tags: Abuse, African, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Selwyn R. Cudjoe, T&T Govt.

By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe
August 14, 2012

Just about when Kamal Persad Bissessar was celebrating the achievement of Trinidad and Tobago athletes who performed at the Olympics 2012 in Great Britain, I received an email from an African sister from Brothers Road. About ten years ago she had created a small company in that remote part of the country and was trying hard to make the best of herself. She wrote:
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When Race Trumps Reason

Published on July 18, 2012 in Finance, General T&T, Indian, People's Partnership, Politics and Racism Watch. 20 Comments Tags: Central Bank, Jwala Rabarran, Politics, Raffique Shah, T&T Govt.

By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe
July 18, 2012

You work at an institution for ten years; you begin to like that institution. You grow to admire the intellectual caliber of the men and women who work there and you embalm those precious memories. Ultimately, you reverence that institution as a place where standards matter and excellence is the order of the day. You read Terrence Farrell’s Central Banking in a Developing Economy: A Study of Trinidad and Tobago, 1964 to 1989, you appreciate the origin of central banking in the nation, pre and post-independence. You realize the stature of the men who served this nation as governors (sadly there are no women) and you feel a sense of pride in your nation’s achievement. You realize that no matter what its limitations are, it tries to reward excellence signaling to the nation’s young men and women that achievement matters.
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