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 …
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MSJ: Our Caribbean diaspora suffers from racial injustice in USA; let’s make a stand
“[…] 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 …
Read More »US Embassy: Racist violence and discrimination ‘absolutely contrary to what US stands for’
“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 …
Read More »‘An issue for every single one of us!’ Shaka Hislop on the killing of George Floyd
‘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. …
Read More »Live Wire: Say wot?! MP Aboud raises eyebrows with dig at ‘nature’ of US protesters
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 …
Read More »Dear editor: Will the real Brent Sancho please stand up?
“[…] Is this the same [Brent] Sancho person as the former national footballer, who took Jack Warner’s all-powerful TTFA to court some years ago and subsequently levied on the umbrella body’s offices? And who, as leader of the levying group, took the trouble to ensure that he also took away …
Read More »Gilkes: Where denial meets ignorance; and where you can stuff ‘all lives matter’
Dem old people and dem does say: ‘when yuh neighbour house on fire, wet yuh own’. So I trying to wet mine, with this open rant to Lasana Liburd and my not-so-secret crush Dr Sheila Rampersad. Because we Trinis doh learn, we doh like to connect things and we love to live …
Read More »Daly Bread: Crapaud, millstones and talent; of Moses, Young and Lewis
The biblical Moses was hidden in the bulrushes by his mother, fearful of an edict that all male Hebrew babies were to be drowned. The bulrushes were the reeds along the banks of the river Nile. Despite his origin, Moses was saved and eventually became the person trusted to receive …
Read More »Dear editor: Why Fifa’s normalisation committee won’t help T&T’s football
“The real problem with the TTFA isn’t generally about the president of the TTFA. The problem is and has been the individuals representing the member associations. “[…] History speaks for itself about what our presidents have done because our democratic membership allowed it to happen…” The following letter to the …
Read More »Quarantined returnee tests positive for Covid-19; T&T gets first case in four weeks
Trinidad and Tobago has one new confirmed case of Covid-19. The infected person was revealed, according to Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh, to be one from a family of three who recently returned to the country and was quarantined at the TTFA Home of Football Wellness Centre in Couva. The …
Read More »Dear Editor: Why Cudjoe’s linkage of ‘unpatriotic’ Venezuelan stance to race is ‘sloppy’ and ‘poisonous’
“Attributing the Opposition’s awful stance on the Venezuela question to them being Indian is race-baiting, plain and simple. In the Caribbean, colluding and conspiring with foreign powers are hardly the sole preserve of Indians. “[…] Consider again the case of the late Prime Minister of Dominica, Eugenia Charles, who made …
Read More »Feeling lucky? NLCB, malls, inter-island travel and public sector re-open; next: barbers, churches and bars
“For those of you who feel lucky… don’t crowd the vendors but try your luck!” Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced today that phase three of the reopening of the local economy will begin on Monday 1 June, six days earlier than initially expected, with a number of add-ons. The …
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