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THE EDITOR: Nothing wrong in speaking the truth. The Joe Biden administration was a complete disaster. Thank you, Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Here’s to the next four years. J KNAGGS St Ann’s The post Well said, Kamla appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.

Dr Rita Pemberton THE IMPACT of the union of Trinidad and Tobago was most immediately felt in the legal sphere, for it resulted in the termination of the laws of Tobago and the automatic application of the laws of Trinidad to Tobago. There was neither a period of preparation, explanation nor adjustment of the existing […]

THE EDITOR: The return of Donald Trump to the political forefront raises apprehensions about the implications for minorities, particularly black communities and immigrants, not only in the US but also across the Caribbean. His previous administration’s policies were marked by strict immigration measures and a rhetoric that many viewed as hostile towards marginalised groups. It […]

THE EDITOR: While Donald Trump tried hard to strike the right notes with acknowledgement of Martin Luther King’s legacy, his call for national unity, and his recognition of the contribution of black and Hispanic voters to his electoral successes, it was manifestly clear that he was deadly serious about putting America first and all that […]

THE EDITOR: Following Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s bashing of former US president Joe Biden and her glorification of new President Donald Trump, she should lobby for a job in the current US administration. For idolising someone like that who spares nothing to insult the female gender, Persad-Bissessar should be asked where is her dignity. ALBERT DIDIER via […]

Jerome Teelucksingh MANY PEOPLE in TT have relatives or friends, of Indian descent, who reside in Canada. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, these Caribbean migrants were “invisible” and often casually identified or referred to as “Indian” or “South Asian.” Among these early migrants in Canada was Kenneth Mahabir, a Trinidadian in 1908. In […]

DONALD TRUMP, 78, walked into the rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, having threatened to be a dictator from day one. But with an inaugural address that signalled his intention to marginalise and alienate all who do not support him, he went further. It is God, he said, who freed him from the […]

THE EDITOR: The Hindu Women’s Organisation of TT (HWOTT) is deeply concerned by the incidences of intimate partner violence, as well as the hateful acts targeting our community, which are already being reported in this new year. As reported in the media on January 6, the stabbing of a man by a woman at the […]

THE EDITOR: New US President Donald Trump promised on day one in office to deport all TT citizens living in the US without “papers” or permission to be resident there, along with all those in prisons. The crime situation in TT, which the government has not been able to control, even with a state of […]

BEFORE Martin Luther King Jr, before Malcolm X, before Black Power, there was Marcus Garvey. If the arc of the moral universe bends towards justice, then Joe Biden’s posthumous pardon of Mr Garvey on January 19 goes some way towards righting a wrong perpetuated against a true civil rights pioneer. None other than Dr King […]