- 17 July, 2025
SELVON CELEBRATED ON 100TH BIRTHDAY
LONG before ethnic politics struck Trinidad and Tobago, author Samuel Selvon promoted the ideals of shared communities.
The T&T-born author captured the essence of community life in a colonial era when the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway was being constructed.
IT’S OFFICIAL: A SAD AND CORRUPT LAND
TWO new studies by prestigious international agencies give sharp insights into the dark state of Trinidad and Tobago.
T&T FAILS TO MAKE TOP 137 HAPPY COUNTRIES
VIOLENCE-RIDDLED Trinidad and Tobago is not among the top 137 countries when it comes to happiness.
PASSING OF A MEDIA MENTOR
THERE was babble among colleagues in the mid-1970s about Express news editor Jerome Tang Lee. Tang Lee had arrived unusually late for work one Saturday, according to the chitchat, blaming traffic congestion.
PIARCO NOT IN WORLD’S TOP 100 AIRPORTS
The same agency, Skytrax, which named Piarco as the Caribbean’s best, did not include the Trinidad and Tobago airport among the globe’s leading 100 for 2023.
PM’S DISTURBING ATTACK ON JUSTICE
CONSIDER this.
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has attacked Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard for asking for more human resources to bring criminal accused to trial.
JEAN AND DINAH – AND WOMEN’S DAY
FOR the hundreds of defenceless Venezuelan women thrown into Trinidad and Tobago prostitution, last Wednesday was just another working day.
MALICOUS PROSECUTION IN FAILED PANDAY CASE?
THE age-old Piarco Airport corruption case involving former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday and others may have one more round in count. This time the former accused may bring a legal case of malicious prosecution.
WHAT MAKES NAPS SO SUCCESSFUL
ANOTHER academic year, another heap of scholarships for students of Naparima College! Naparima College, which schools male students, and Naparima Girls’ College, remain bastions of scholastic success, as evidenced by the annual crop of scholarships.
DOTISHNESS ON TOP OF INCOMPETENCE
In the midst of the great floods of 2022, there was clearly no monitoring and situational awareness, so the authorities were unprepared for the silt-ridden Caroni River breaking its bank. And when Rohan Sinanan made a roadway available to harassed commuters, it was the Priority Bus Route, which runs along the eastern corridor and, therefore, provides no relief to stranded southern commuters.
