By Raffique Shah March 05, 2024 When I was informed last week of the passing of the man known universally as D’Prive—ex-Private Winston Nurse—I went into an introspective mode for just about a minute, and then my mind drifted to The King. Not Charlo or any other monarch. This king is the lead character in … Continue reading D’Prive who was a King
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe February 20, 2024 “A Quest for Truth” was delivered on Monday Night February 19, 2024, at the UNC’s forum on crime. The Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, leader of the UNC, other members of the panel, distinguished members of the UNC, ladies and gentlemen and those who are present at the Chaguanas … Continue reading A Quest for Truth
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe December 11, 2023 In 2013 the people of Tacarigua waged a valiant struggle to prevent the UNC government from establishing a sporting complex on the Orange Grove Savannah, now called the Eddie Hart Savannah. The plan, developed by Sport Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SporTT), a limited liability the Ministry … Continue reading Protecting our historic legacy
By Corey Gilkes December 03, 2023 – coreygilkes.wordpress.com Calypsonian/Philosopher Brother Valentino sarcastically sang how the average Trini “doh care if Ash Wednesday fall on Good Friday,” alluding to an acquiescent, happy-go-lucky, carefree culture of conformity in the face of exploitative authority figures. This can be a good thing sometimes, otherwise plenty places coulda (and shoulda) … Continue reading Calling Arsonists to Quench Fires? Careful, Guyana
By Raffique Shah November 21, 2023 I thought, not hard and for long, I need add, but for long enough to determine, well, if Police Commissioner Erla Christopher could fire the first round of heavy artillery that had the effect of jolting her audience into full alert, which is not normally associated with this “Commish”, … Continue reading Crime and rewards
By Raffique Shah September 27, 2023 It was a chance encounter with one of only a handful of books on the contemporary history of Trinidad and Tobago that triggered memories of another time, another day. I refer to the late Owen Baptiste’s publication, Crisis. Owen published that book in 1978, shortly after he quit the … Continue reading The true Bloody Tuesday story
By Raffique Shah August 15, 2023 A wave of emotions almost overwhelmed me. Yesterday Saturday she will have marked her seventy-sixth year on Earth. There are signs of aging, of course, but not too many that they will have diminished her beauty. Age has also come with some of the infirmities that accompany it, but … Continue reading Love That Endures
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe August 06, 2023 On June 27, 2022, Margaret Heath, a member of William Hardin Burnley’s family who once owned the Orange Grove Sugar Estates, sent me an email. It read: “Dear Professor Cudjoe. I thought you might be interested to know that my brother, as executor of my mother’s estate, … Continue reading Emancipation Foibles – Part 2
By Margaret Kimberley BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist July 28, 2023 The U.S. is committed to invading Haiti but needs Black “leaders” to give them cover. They pressured Caribbean nations to be the face of intervention and called on Rwanda’s Paul Kagame to be the African diaspora front man. It can be argued that … Continue reading Kagame and Other Stooges Do U.S. Bidding in Haiti
By Clint Chan Tack May 15, 2023 – Newsday FORMER commissioner of police (CoP) Gary Griffith on Sunday slammed CoP Erla Harewood-Christopher for her claim that 100 legal guns have been used in crimes. Harewood-Christopher made the claim in a sworn statement filed in the High Court two weeks ago, in response to a lawsuit … Continue reading Former commissioner rubbishes top cop’s gun stats: Not so fast, Erla