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
by Ras Tyehimba October 17, 2006 Recently, I read in the media of the incident involving Anita Lutchmepersad, who was forced to leave her home because of the threatening abuses of a ‘close male relative’. After she left, he burnt down the house and drank detergent in an apparent suicide bid. According to one newspaper … Continue reading Male Arrogance, Abuse and Intimate Relationships
By Raffique Shah October 08, 2006 It is instructive that in a National Budget of $38 billion during fiscal 2006-07, the two proposals that have generated the fiercest controversies are the Finance Minister’s bid to clamp down on gambling and increased taxes on alcohol and tobacco. Retirees and pensioners have zeroed in on the less-than-caring … Continue reading Stop gambling? Manning must be crazy
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.
PM puts Immigration chief under heavy manners … meanwhile, illegal Nigerian and Caricom aliens running wild in T&T By AZAD ALI Chief Reporter, tntmirror.com September 15, 2006 PRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning has called on Chief Immigration Officer Herman Browne to stop the harassment of Chinese immigrants in this country.
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
By Terry Joseph Information recently released by the Ministry of Social Development’s Division of Ageing indicates that, in nine years’ time persons aged between 55 and 64 will outnumber those in the 15 to 25 bracket which, for some of us, is the best news in decades. According to division head Dr Jennifer Rouse, at … Continue reading Not the same old story
A perilous excursion into the distant past, starting seven whole weeks ago By Alexander Cockburn, counterpunch.org As the tv networks give unlimited airtime to Israel’s apologists, the message rolls out that no nation, least of all Israel, can permit bombardment or armed incursion across its borders without retaliation. The guiding rule in this tsunami of … Continue reading Hezbollah, Hamas and Israel: Everything You Need To Know