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IS UWI’S CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE SPREADING CHINESE PROPAGANDA?IS UWI’S CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE SPREADING CHINESE PROPAGANDA?

IS UWI’S CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE SPREADING CHINESE PROPAGANDA?

IS the 10-year-old Confucius Institute in Trinidad and Tobago spreading Chinese propaganda? Is the institute, which is based at the…

2 years ago
THE BIG UWI RANKING PUZZLETHE BIG UWI RANKING PUZZLE

THE BIG UWI RANKING PUZZLE

THE multi-campus University of the West Indies is not named among the world’s top 1,497 tertiary institutions, in a just-released…

2 years ago
T&T UNIVERSITIES SHUT OUT OF WORLD’S TOPT&T UNIVERSITIES SHUT OUT OF WORLD’S TOP

T&T UNIVERSITIES SHUT OUT OF WORLD’S TOP

Neither the University of the West Indies nor the University of Trinidad and Tobago has made it to the comprehensive…

2 years ago
NAIPAUL’S LION HOUSE FALLING APARTNAIPAUL’S LION HOUSE FALLING APART

NAIPAUL’S LION HOUSE FALLING APART

THE famous Lion House – celebrated in author V.S. Naipaul’s seminal book A House for Ms. Biswas – is falling…

2 years ago
SELVON’S ‘BRIGHTER SUN’ IS THE RACE HEALING T&T NEEDSSELVON’S ‘BRIGHTER SUN’ IS THE RACE HEALING T&T NEEDS

SELVON’S ‘BRIGHTER SUN’ IS THE RACE HEALING T&T NEEDS

SAMUEL Selvon’s timeless “A Brighter Sun” has been converted into a compelling dramatic play that could assist in healing in…

2 years ago
Legal action against teachers… Legal action against teachers… 

Legal action against teachers…

THE Government’s late-night legal action to block teachers from boycotting classes over their pay row is a throwback to the…

3 years ago
STILL WAITING ON NAIPAUL TRIBUTE STILL WAITING ON NAIPAUL TRIBUTE 

STILL WAITING ON NAIPAUL TRIBUTE

Does T&T fully appreciate the singular scholarly gift of Naipaul, a Nobel Prize winner who was dubbed by Time magazine…

3 years ago
THE CASE FOR SCHOOLS VACCINESTHE CASE FOR SCHOOLS VACCINES

THE CASE FOR SCHOOLS VACCINES

MANDATORY Covid-19 vaccines for school children may be a controversial measure in Trinidad and Tobago – but is growing in…

4 years ago
SAN JUAN LUCK IS NOT RAMAI TRACE LUCKSAN JUAN LUCK IS NOT RAMAI TRACE LUCK

SAN JUAN LUCK IS NOT RAMAI TRACE LUCK

Since then, no construction works have been undertaken in spite of heartfelt appeals from parents, public placard protests, and queries…

4 years ago
UNIONS’ DIFFERENT STANCE ON SCHOOLS’ REOPENINGUNIONS’ DIFFERENT STANCE ON SCHOOLS’ REOPENING

UNIONS’ DIFFERENT STANCE ON SCHOOLS’ REOPENING

TTUTA has been insisting on strict guidelines for in-person studies. BUT wants face-to-face teaching. After a standoff, the T&T body…

4 years ago