DEBBIE JACOB THE TRULY good people in this world flutter through our lives like butterflies. Their beauty feels ephemeral. We can never quite grasp their altruism, but we certainly can remember and cherish the goodness they offered. In this cruel, unpredictable world, Kathryn Stollmeyer Wight exemplified selflessness and love. When she died on February 16,
Wishing For Wings founder, Newsday columnist and prison reform advocate Debbie Jacob says she has been unofficially prohibited from entering the prisons or interacting with inmates. However, Commissioner of Prisons Deopersad Ramoutar denied the claims saying he has dozens of requests on his desk and Jacob’s, like many others, are under review. Jacob told Sunday
DEBBIE JACOB WELCOME TO Carnival 2023, our joyful road to recovery after the 2020 covid19 pandemic that managed to cancel and then scale down our beloved celebration. Carnival 2023 makes a bold statement. We are back, and “No, no, we ent goin’ home,” as Christopher “Tambu” Herbert, co-lead singer of Charlie’s Roots, sang in one
DEBBIE JACOB I DIDN'T believe in the Soca Monarch competition when William Munro first announced his plan, but I will make a flag to wave like no one else in this country if the competition survives and overcomes this year’s cancellation. Thirty years ago, Munro and I had many confrontations over stories I wrote asking
DEBBIE JACOB IT'S HARD to imagine a calypso tent without Dr Gordon Rohlehr sitting in the audience. The University of the West Indies (UWI) English professor emeritus and calypso expert died on January 29 at the age of 81. He had been an exemplary professor known for his work in analysing calypsoes, which he said