By Stephen Kangal
January 07, 2017
It is with deep sadness that the national community and the T&T diaspora received the news of the untimely and premature demise of the late Anand Yankarran, the veritable baritone singer of the chutney genre of music.
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By Raffique Shah
January 04, 2017
IF asked what is the number one problem facing the nation as we enter 2017, the overwhelming majority respondents would say violent crimes, especially murders. My beleaguered fellow citizens, having survived another bloody year during which killers showed utter contempt for law and order, see a slide into anarchy looming large.
But I submit that the perilous state of the economy is the biggest threat to national stability, and the Government’s apparent inability to formulate strategies and plans to resuscitate it is the gravest danger the country faces.
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By Dr. Selwyn Cudjoe
January 01, 2016
WHEN I was a boy I wanted to go to Queen’s Royal College (QRC), not because of its academic standing but because I loved the khaki jackets its cadets wore.
I thought it was cool as I imagined myself in that uniform.
Years later I learned about its academic excellence when Eric Williams returned to Trinidad as one of its most famous graduates.
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