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OPPOSITION Senator Jearlean John accused the Government of failing to tackle certain fundamental issues troubling this society, such as a pervasive alienation of thousands of rootless youngsters who were vulnerable to becoming victims or perpetrators of violent crime.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A Trinidad magistrate is expected on September 2 to give a ruling to an application by the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) George Busby, who has requested a...

The ultimate sin today is criticising a group, especially on moral grounds. We live in a nihilistic post-shame era. There are no permanent standards, just the shifting judgment of the crowd. We hav

The ultimate sin today is criticising a group, especially on moral grounds. We live in a nihilistic post-shame era. There are no permanent standards, just the shifting judgment of the crowd. We hav

I thank Wired868 for providing a forum for sensible discussion. I appreciate the engagement and contribution of its reader, Chambi Sey, to my column. Thankfully, he understood my point that we need

‘Bond, James Bond’ is an immortal catchphrase. No youth of yesteryear would forget Dr No and Sean Connery. In that first movie in the franchise, Sean Connery said his name is ‘Bond…’ then

Every society needs social commentators, those who can observe, summarize and articulate what is happening around them, bringing it to the attention of the public. The biblical prophets regularly called the nation of Israel to change their exploitative ways and show compassion and justice to those on the periphery of society.  While prophets are scarce, and poetry no longer moves the overly stimulated modern senses, musicians have taken up the baton, …

Trinidad's former health minister, Dr Fuad Khan has challenged Kamla Persad Bissessar, for the leadership of the main opposition.

A ‘harden’ child is a stubborn child who has to feel the wrath, usually in the form of ‘licks’, to understand the lesson. Trinidad is a ‘harden’ child—repeating its experiences without l

Everybody knows, but nobody knows. This is the state of our politics and the conduct of some Parliamentarians. In 2000, Jamaican singer, Shaggy, had a hit song, It wasn’t me, in which he denied i