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While there will be leading political figures in attendance at the state funeral for the late former prime minister Basdeo Panday today, none of them will be speaking at the

After a long and patient wait in the sun and rain, mourners were allowed to view the body of former prime minister Basdeo Panday at the Southern Academy for the

An era has ended not only for Trini­dad and Tobago but for the Ca­rib­bean. Basdeo Panday be­longed to the cohort of post-in­depen­dence Caribbe­an lead­­ers that included Michael Manley, Edward Seaga,

Basdeo Panday rose in the 1970s to become the ­transformational leader of a social and political movement that had started much earlier. With colonialism ending, various sectors of a plural

“[…] Yes, Basdeo Panday was much kinder to certain individuals and organisations than PNM ever was or will be, but the political and economic status quo remained while he played golf with the elit