By Stephen Kangal December 23, 2006 Simultaneous with my recent objections to the notes of the tenor pan being elevated by the National Symbols and Observances Committee (NSOC) to the status of an exclusive cultural symbol to represent the distinctive Indian cultural presence in T&T in the medallion of the OTR and being snowed in … Continue reading Exploding the Pan National Instrument Myth
By Stephen Kangal In a reliable Guardian poll published on Thursday 2 November, ninety-five percent of persons interviewed accused Cabinet Ministers of being increasingly arrogant, insensitive and disrespectful of the polity that elected them. Consider the obscene and vulgar conduct of bad john MP Achong at the Chatham Youth Centre. Against his own Point Fortin … Continue reading The Arrogant and Insensitive
by Anika Gumbs-Sandiford, newsday.co.tt Saturday, November 11 2006 A domestic violence case led to the death of a mother of two who was bludgeoned with a truck tyre rim at her Barrackpore home yesterday. Police arrested a 30-year-old man for questioning about the murder. Rambhar Narine, 45, was struck several times to the head while … Continue reading Woman, 45, beaten to death
By Raffique Shah October 29, 2006 In debunking UN-fed statistics on poverty in Trinidad and Tobago in my column of last week, I suggested that we may be victims not so much of poverty as of wanton, wasteful consumerism. I pointed out, too, that the poverty line needs to be re-defined. Whereas 30 years ago … Continue reading Living on the edge
Response to the 2006 – 2007 Budget by the Hon. Leader of the Opposition Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar (M.P. Siparia)
Now there’s concern? By Corey Gilkes October 18, 2006 On October 6th, during an inter-faith service, President George Maxwell Richards gave a speech lamented the creeping influx of foreign values and cultures into our country. According to the Express newspaper, President Richards, “spoke of mass media images of ‘glitter and glamour’ and ‘easy living’ from … Continue reading President Richards’ Laments About Foreign Values
The text of Prime Minister Patrick Manning’s 2006-2007 Budget Speech as was presented in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, October 4th, 2006.
By Dr. Kwame Nantambu September 13, 2006 Thesis One of the most revered and nationally accepted, but Eurocentric, ahistorical, divisive and dysfunctional adages is the 31st August 1962 Inaugural Independence Message by then Prime Minister and historian Dr. Eric Williams, in part as follows: “There can be no Mother India, for those whose ancestors came … Continue reading Originality vs Nationality in TnT: Facing Historical Reality
Emancipation Day Special By Dr. Kwame Nantambu The purpose of this article is to delineate the intrinsic differences between Eurocentric analysis, world view and perspective versus the Afrocentric analysis, world view and perspective.
By Dr. Kwame Nantambu For some time now, certain groups and individuals have bandied about the notion, albeit accusation, that they have been the victims/targets of racial discrimination and racial victimization by the PNM government. However, while there may or may not be any evidence to build a prima facie case of discrimination and/or victimization, … Continue reading Race and Politics in TnT