Back to the land:

One of the things I look forward to on most weekends is heading to the
market to fill up two strong bags with a variety of fruits and vegetables
grown at home in Trinidad and from other Caribbean islands.
I enjoy the smell of the market – freshly cut watermelons, sweet, fat
golden bananas and plantain bursting at the [...]

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Chavez’s unlikely ally:

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez may have found an unlikely ally right next door to him in the person of Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister Patrick Manning who last week slammed Washington for ignoring him, ignoring Trinidad and Tobago and ignoring the entire Caribbean.
The Bolivarian Revolution-hugging Chavez, the world’s most brutal critic of George W. and [...]

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The ‘terrorist’ look:

One of my uncles who lives in Boston prepares himself every time he reaches the US Immigration to be pulled over by security for questioning. Wearing heavy gold chains around his neck and wrists and carrying a briefcase, he felt he was identified for questioning because he fitted a certain profile, maybe of a drug [...]

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Chaotic state of world affairs

Over six years ago the world ushered in the 21st century. It was a new century embraced with a mixture of hope, fear and uncertainty.
Some held out an utopian hope that the 21st century could mean the start of a transformation of mankind into a kinder, gentler creature concerned about the famine ravaging some countries [...]

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A nation on the edge:

Race relations might be at its lowest in Trinidad and Tobago these days and we’re not even in an election mode.
Listening to commentators and callers on the plethora of radio stations in the country, there’s constant talk about “we” and “them” – by members of the two dominant ethnic groups in describing each other.
With no [...]

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Waiting for miracles:

Benny Hinn has come and gone and the blood, gut and gory continue unrelenting, refusing to bow even as this so-called powerful man of God prayed upon Trinidad and Tobago for a full three days.
On the eve of his arrival, the country was sent into another shock-wave (yes, we still have the ability to be [...]

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Walking the talk:

This column continues from two weeks ago when I wrote about the very tragic and brutal killing of six-year old Sean Luke in Trinidad. Two weeks ago I vented the anger that boiled and raged inside me and I suspect tens of thousands of people all over my country.
Yes, we all cussed the police who [...]

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Is the devil stalking this land?

In the middle of last week, standing in my kitchen, a preacher on radio was asking whether the devil was walking the land of Trinidad and Tobago. I didn’t wait to hear his answer but muttered angrily that the devil really seemed to be in control of the country these days.
The night before I had [...]

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So what’s next on CARICOM’s trade agenda?

 
I find it amazing that after all the brouhaha over the FTAA being so important to the economic space of the western hemisphere, that it now looks very likely that it is going to die a natural death, that is, if a miracle doesn’t occur and some life is breathed into it.
I’m also sorry that [...]

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New wave of politics:

A wave of political change has been taking place across the western hemisphere. Fragmented it may look but when one joins up the treads, it shows a particular pattern emerging.
The picture shows a revival of revolutionist leaders in the hemisphere, as though the ordinary voters are thumbing their nose at the establishment, getting rid of [...]

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