Author: Newsday

Jerome Teelucksingh AMONG THE denominational schools, the Presbyterian institutions are possibly among the most tolerant and accepting of cultures. This is partly due to the acculturation that occurred in Trinidad during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During that time Canadian missionaries were assisting and uplifting Indians and other colonists. Among non-Christians, the underlying […]

THE EDITOR: I was utterly embarrassed by what happened at Tobago’s Dwight Yorke’s Stadium on Tuesday night. Not by the Soca Warriors. The game ended in a draw and they earned a hard-fought point. Not bad at all, fellas. But I was embarrassed by one of the floodlights going out during the match. Not just […]

Kanisa George AS WE reach a certain stage in our lives, our perchance for active learning can sometimes start to diminish. And, of course, when you think about how demanding life can be, it’s easy to become stuck in a rut without much thought to anything outside of our often impossible routines. Truth be told, […]

TERRENCE HONORÉ AS WE seek to remove some of the ruinous remnants of our colonial past, we must be careful not to lose track of the realities that have shaped our destiny. Each occurrence affected another. The European presence and the resistance. Even so, coloniality has caused many men of notoriety to still stand mockingly […]

THE EDITOR: Building a wall is not a novel idea. Our homes have walls around them, for privacy, for protection, for security. Therefore, the animosity directed at Donald Trump in the US has to stop, and an objective analysis of his policies need to be done according to the end product’s quality. Border walls are […]

WITH ONLY weeks to go before the next budget, the impasse over a $2.6 billion misstatement in public account revenue remains unresolved. Most worryingly, questions relating to systems within the Central Bank have not been satisfactorily addressed. Minister of Finance Colm Imbert’s remarks in Parliament on September 9 did not clear up the fog surrounding […]

THE EDITOR: National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds has said the nation is experiencing “a severe level of crime.” The minister is, of course, correct, and he must be commended for having the courage to finally admit this alarming state of affairs. I write to offer the view that runaway crime in TT is the consequence […]

THE EDITOR: Guyana president Dr Irfaan Ali on September 5 announced that Caricom had put the dismal performance of Caribbean students in mathematics on its agenda. However, the measures that any country can take to improve its maths scores are limited by Caribbean students’ IQs. In 2024, only 36 per cent of students writing CSEC […]

CRIME is complex. As a result, there is a lot of disagreement over what is required to combat it. What we do not need for sure, however, is inflammatory rhetoric – unsupported by evidence – suggesting one group should be singled out for policing over others. Effectively, this is what we got last week from […]

AS TEACHERS, students and parents settle into the routine of a new academic year with all its associated anxiety and anticipation, those closely following the developments will realise that the education sector is severely underfunded. Despite the political optics and public relations attempts to deflect attention from the blatant neglect of the education system, it […]