Calling Arsonists to Quench Fires? Careful, Guyana

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

The true Bloody Tuesday story

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

Emancipation Foibles – Part 2

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

Kagame and Other Stooges Do U.S. Bidding in Haiti

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

Former commissioner rubbishes top cop’s gun stats: Not so fast, Erla

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

A Wasteland of Hubris

By Raffique Shah March 20, 2023 You will think that a political party anywhere in the world that commands the lead stories in at least two national television newscasts per week; add for measure twenty-plus radio stations, most of which are ethnically weighted in favour of the party’s support base; three daily newspapers that go … Continue reading A Wasteland of Hubris