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…
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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…
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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…
UTT lecturer not qualified to teach course
The new academic year began on Monday September 3, 2018 and students and faculty at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) have drawn an anomaly to my attention. At…
The plight of Petrotrin and UTT retrenched workers
As the spokesperson for the retrenched lecturers of UTT, I stand in solidarity with the displaced workers of Petrotrin. On May 11, 2018, about 60 lecturers were wrongfully dismissed by…
Support for fired UTT lecturer
Anthropologist Dr Kumar Mahabir was one of eleven (11) lecturers who were fired from the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) for no rational, justifiable or transparent reason. He was apparently…