On January 9, the people of Trinidad and Tobago witnessed the cremation of a former prime minister of T&T, the honourable Basdeo Panday. The Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and
THE EDITOR: This is sweet TT where you can, within reason, say and do anything you want. This reasoning is dependent on the season. Consider the Carnival season. You can dress as naked as you please, attend fete after fete after fete and wine right down to the ground. Why? Because in Lent you will
AN INTERNATIONAL Conference to mark the 50th anniversary of what has become known as the “Black Power Revolution” in Trinidad and Tobago will be held at the St. Augustine campus of The University of the West Indies (UWI) on Thursday and Friday of this week, April 20-21. It will be held at the Daaga Auditorium on the campus, named in honour of one of the leaders of that historic event, …
In TT in the late 1960s and early '70s, despite independence, it wasn’t largely believed that an Afro-Trinidadian had the acumen to run a business, hold positions of corporate power or even a managerial position. This was how Langston Roach Industries chairman, Langston Roach, now an inductee in the TT Chamber of Industry and Commerce
By Renwick Rose Though we are all aware that the ravages of time will eventually bring our time on earth to a close, yet we cannot help but express profound sadness at the passing of one dear to us. This feeling is even stronger when that person has made a significant contribution to the lives of his brothers and sisters, not only in his own homeland but of oppressed peoples …