With whom should UNC join? (Part 1 of 3)
There is much discussion on whether the Opposition United National Congress (UNC) should contest the next general elections alone or join with others in a coalition. UNC Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar…
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PNM likely to lose next elections
Although due in 2020, general elections in Trinidad and Tobago seems to be in the air. The signs are loud and clear. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s recent two-night yagna…
Charrandas Persaud: The Gandhi of Guyana
Love him or hate him, Guyanese Member of Parliament (MP) Charrandas Persaud had the courage to stand and swim against the political rip currents of the Essequibo River. And for…
Trinidadians blamed for Guyanese political crisis
The People’s National Congress (PNC)-led coalition government in Guyana has refused to resign after it was defeated in a no-confidence motion in Parliament on Friday December 21, 2018. As expected,…
Petrotrin cries felt by fired UTT lecturers
The heartbreak felt by ex-Petrotrin workers was the same that was experienced by retrenched University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) lecturers who were sent home earlier this year. On May…
TSTT retrenchment – Bad memories for ex-UTT lecturers
On Thursday November 15, 2018, the sad news broke that 503 workers from the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) were being sent home. The news was déjà vu…
Celebrating 18 editions of our Divali magazine
Divali festival souvenir magazine 2018 Indo-Caribbean Cultural Centre Co. Ltd. (ICC) is pleased to announce the publication of its latest souvenir magazine for Divali 2018 in Trinidad and Tobago. The…
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Anniversary of the Hosay Massacre in San Fernando
Tuesday will mark the 134th anniversary of what historians have described as perhaps the bloodiest massacre under British rule in Trinidad and Tobago. On October 30th 1884, 22 Indians were…
The National Budget presentation on UTT
There are only three (3) sentences on the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) in the T&T’s Government’s 2018/2019 national budget. These three sentences constitute one paragraph in a Budget…