- 20 June, 2025
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 St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies, promoting Chinese soft power and the communist party line?
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 study.
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 2023 QS World University Rankings.
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 apart.
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 these times of national discord.
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 draconian Public Order Act of 50 years ago.
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 as the greatest writer in the English language?
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 popularity abroad.
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 in the House of Representatives by Oropouche East Member of Parliament Dr. Roodal Moonilal.
Weed is now growing and animals are grazing on the compound, and there are concerns about vandalism and disrepair to the facility.
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 held talks with the Ministry of Education, following which there was consensus on guidelines for the reopening of classes.
