Rethink prisons contraband situation
Monday, April 21, 2014Last Tuesday, an inmate was held returning to Golden Grove Facility from court with a knapsack holding 32 cellphones, 29 packs of cigarettes, 22 cellphone chargers and headsets,...
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No vacation from reading
Debbie JacobMonday, April 21, 2014There’s nothing like a holiday within a holiday to drive a very important point home: When it comes to reading, there is a very small window of opportunity that opens f
View ArticleMan’s activities affecting future of Earth
Marc de VerteuilMonday, April 21, 2014There are many moons in our solar system, but there’s only one moon written with a capital “M”. Our moon, Earth’s moon, the Moon.
View ArticleSnakes slaughtered in Tobago
Monday, April 21, 2014On Easter Saturday in Tobago, on a walk to Hillsborough Dam with a group of friends, we encountered the scene depicted in the photograph above. There were eight snakes altogether.
View ArticleDemand religious instruction be re-introduced in schools
Monday, April 21, 2014The various religious leaders, judging by their comments during the Easter season, were extremely critical of society at large and the Government in particular, with regard to...
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Creating an engineering council
Prakash PersadMonday, April 21, 2014Last week, I indicated that the typical UWI engineering graduate, generally, would have been given a good theoretical foundation of the engineering science that compris
View ArticleWho is the real bobolee?
Monday, April 21, 2014I looked on in amazement as Dr Wayne Kublalsingh was portrayed as the bobolee on Good Friday.
View ArticleRespect authority of CoP
Monday, April 21, 2014For the past three days some things have been bothering my mind.
View ArticleLogo disrespecting our children
Monday, April 21, 2014The actions and mentality of many T&T citizens are worse than Third World. A logo on a mini bus that transports children for the Memisa Institute.
View ArticleCross Crossing Interchange like a lunar landscape
Monday, April 21, 2014I would like to thank whoever is responsible for allowing me the privilege of driving on “simulated lunar landscape” also known as the Cross Crossing Interchange in San Fernando.
View ArticleGlobal economy: Manufacturing gains in US as China stalls
Tuesday, April 22, 2014Manufacturing will take centre stage in the global economic watch this week, with the US projected to fare better than the rest. Orders for American-made capital equipment such...
View ArticleThe power of touch
David E Bratt MDTuesday, April 22, 2014All people like to be touched, regardless of size of nose, texture of hair or breast shape. Island people or small town people, seem to like to be touched more...
View ArticleUltimate sport goal is gold
Brian LewisTuesday, April 22, 2014What’s the difference between bluffing and actually doing and lip service and genuine commitment?
View ArticleDon’t play with Ebola
Tuesday, April 22, 2014The Ebola virus, first discovered in 1976, is one of the most terrifying viruses known to modern medical science.
View ArticleSounding off on Creole Grenada Days 12
Lisa Allen-AgostiniTuesday, April 22, 2014Last Wednesday I wrapped the official activities of my writing residency with a gala reading at the St George’s University campus.
View ArticleIndia ruling party heading for routing at polls
Tuesday, April 22, 2014A NACTA opinion poll being conducted into the ongoing general elections in India that began on April 7 and that will conclude on May 12 shows the ruling Congress party heading...
View ArticleGovt paying lip service to tourism
Tuesday, April 22, 2014Although I am a San Fernandian, the Point Fortin Beach Resort is very dear to me, so that I was very surprised and amazed almost to the point of embarrassment to see the Minister...
View ArticleEstablish an ANR Robinson Chair at UWI or UTT
Tuesday, April 22, 2014The passing of former prime minister and president Arthur NR Robinson makes him, some say, T&T’s equivalent to Nelson Mandela for Mr Robinson endured similar attacks from his...
View ArticleInfluencing the flow of information
Tuesday, April 22, 2014How does one reconcile the issue of “sensitive” or “classified” information with the idea of the freedom of information?
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Momentum holds sway in Easter Guineas
Tuesday, April 22, 2014Jockey Brian Boodramsingh crosses the finish line aboard three-year-old Momentum to win the 1,800-metres NLCB Easter Guineas at Santa Rosa Park, Arima, yesterday. Photo courtesy...
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