The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) has investigated 150 fatal police shooting incidents resulting in 258 deaths from 2011 to March 2019. According to their statistics, the average annual number of police killings between 2013 and 2019 works out to about 34 deaths per year. Across the same time period in …

Years ago, one of my mentors advised me that as a then public relations professional, I could not separate my private life from my public persona—so I had to be on my guard at all times. There is timeless value in this advice and it is even more important as …

With Trinbagonians, you just cannot win. Let me explain. When I was over the pond—between the Middle East and Europe doing my Academy business—busy as ever, but finding the time to write about the injustices meted out to black people globally, but more specifically in our homeland. Some of the …

Question: You’re jogging through an area that is unfamiliar to you and notice a very animated show of anger and despair by people you do not know. Do you: A) Mind your blasted business and keep jogging; B) Politely ask what is going on; C) Very respectfully enquire if there …

“[…] Through a friend I was able to find out that Paraquat is in fact on the radar of three ministries: Health, Agriculture, and Local Government, because of its danger to the environment and also as a method for suicide. “[…] The residential Cocorite coastal area where the spraying is …

“[…] I was also very concerned on last Wednesday morning, when I heard [i95.5FM] Head of News Dale Enoch affirm—on the popular morning talk show he hosts with Tony Lee—that the Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) were never bought (by any government of Trinidad and Tobago). “[…] It seems implausible to …

It was a wild night in Manama on 16 November 2005 and a bunch of Trinbagonians celebrated the success of the Soca Warriors at a night club. Girls are in short supply at recreation places in Bahrain while local females are non-existent. But one young pannist got lucky as he …

This report was initially written by Lasana Liburd for the Trinidad Express newspaper and published there on 25 November 2004: It was not, as Birmingham City chairman David Sullivan pointed out, the ‘crime of the century’. The British Soccernet website claimed that the Blackburn Football Club, the site of the …

“[…] The MSJ is compelled to extend our solidarity to the mass movement in the US, not only because solidarity is one of our core principles, but because there are so many hundreds of thousands—indeed there are millions—of Caribbean nationals and their descendants living and working in the US. “They …

“Our hearts are with the American people as we mourn the tragic death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. I know the grief from this loss weighs heavily on our US Mission, our nation, and our friends…” The following statement on the killing of unarmed, handcuffed black man, Floyd George, by …

‘Riot is the language of the unheard’—Reverent Dr Martin Luther King Jr George Floyd’s death has sparked riots and reactions like I have not witnessed during my lifetime. Coming at a time when the many faces of racism and racist reaction had already brought the conversation to the front pages. …

So let me get this straight: Guardian boss Nicholas Sabga claims to be the voice for the man on the street—and not Wall Street either—Movie Towne owner Derek Chin is screening for the role of Florence Nightingale, journalists are supposedly less honest than politicians and about as transparent as the ingredients …