Barbados: 16 and Under
THE AGE OF MEDICAL CONSENT should go below the 16-year limit which Minister of Family and Youth Affairs Dr Esther Byer-Suckoo is proposing.
This is being recommended by the executive director of the Barbados Family Planning Association, George Griffith.
Continue reading Lowering the Age of Consent
By Keith Smith
Thursday, June 5th 2008
trinidadexpress.com
I heard one of the talking heads on CNN, Tuesday night, talking with some relish – if not awe – of the fortuitous happenstance that sees Barack Obama winning the Democratic nomination (not that Ms Clinton doesn’t seem about to do her damnedest to prevent it, good sense, though, ultimately bound to prevail) on the anniversary of the very day that Martin Luther King gave his now legendary “I Have a Dream” speech.
Continue reading Through a maze of colour
By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe
June 05, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008, marked a special moment in the history of the United States of America and the contemporary world. It was the day when Barack Obama became the nominee of the Democratic Party to contest the 2008 elections in November. Some said it couldn’t be done; some said that the Democratic Party would never elect an African American as their standard bearer; some even said that even if he were nominated he would not live to realize his dream. They must have been thinking about Dr. Martin Luther King.
Continue reading Obama’s Achievement
Soulful Percy Sledge Serenades Mothers
TriniView.com Reporters
Event Date: May 10, 2008
Posted: May 21, 2008
Mothers and their loved ones filled the National Stadium on Saturday 10th May, 2008, to revel in the entertainment that was in store for them which was the dynamic and talented trio – International Soul Superstar Percy Sledge, legendary Calypsonian Slinger ‘Mighty Sparrow’ Francisco and dramatist and comedian Learie Joseph. The show, for the most part, was very successful and must be praised for its punctual start at 8 p.m. sharp. Most audience members arrived early and were able to partake in a show that was organized for them – especially the mothers. What was also surprising, especially since there were several other Mother’s Day concerts that night, was that the length and breadth of the stadium was occupied.
Full Article : triniview.com
By Vernon Khelawan
Sunday 13th April, 2008
guardian.co.tt
“We have not seen the last of the rising price of rice.” This is the view of president of the Supermarkets Association of T&T (Satt) Heeranand Maharaj.
“As a matter of fact,” he added, “we can expect continuing price increases in staples like flour, beans and peas. The price of peas for instance, has increased 260 per cent over the last year and the price is expected to move even further upwards.
Continue reading Expect price hikes to continue
By Raffique Shah
Sunday, April 13th 2008
BACK in the mid-1970s there was a very vocal minority of “Tobago secessionists” who ranted about the sister-isle being treated like a “bastard”, and who demanded its independence. Dr Winston Murray, one of its two elected MPs, designed a Tobago flag which he proudly displayed on his desk in the Parliament chamber. The secessionist lobby argued, with some justification, that the island was starved of resources, its residents not treated fairly by the central government in Port of Spain.
Continue reading A torch for Tibet…and Tobago
Newsday Editorial
Wednesday, April 2 2008
We are unconvinced of the need for Government to purchase the Tobago Hilton. What is involved here is not only the cost of the purchase, more than $200 million, but that additionally Government has had to approve the allocation of $45 million for immediate repairs although the hotel was constructed less than a decade ago. Was there not normal ongoing repair work over the years?
Continue reading Why Tobago Hilton?
By Raffique Shah
Sunday, March 30th 2008
ONE can easily learn to love Norway only for its majestic fjords that are almost unique to that country. But its beauty extends far beyond the landscape and seascape. Here’s a country that discovered oil off its coast at the same time Britain, Holland and others did in the North Sea. That was some 70 years after the first productive oil well was drilled in Trinidad. True, the quantities differed vastly: ours never exceeded 300,000 barrels per day (bpd), while Norway ranks 10th among oil producers at 3.2 million bpd. Its reserves are also far bigger than ours, both in oil and gas.
Continue reading Norway: good governance, better discipline
South Africa stunned by echoes of apartheid past after video emerges of white students humiliating black cleaners
By IAN EVANS
February 28, 2008
South Africa has come face to face with its apartheid past when a “shocking” video emerged of white university students force-feeding and racially humiliating five poor black cleaners.
The four students are heard referring to the old “Boer” college way of life during the footage, which saw the elderly workers being made to drink bottles of beer, run races, play rugby and then kneel and eat meat which had been urinated upon.
Continue reading Racist video sparks outrage in South Africa
February 26, 2008
socialistworker.co.uk
Esme Choonara looks at protests and riots as market madness threatens world’s poor
Millions around the world are facing a future of insecurity, starvation and malnutrition as the price of basic food soars. The price of maize, wheat, soya beans and rice – staples for the majority of the world’s population – have more than doubled in the last few years.
Continue reading Food price rises will kill millions