“[…] Seek feedback about the performance of your councillors, ask the right questions and most of all ensure that people feel safe to share their views. Do not only focus on councillors and the Corporation’s Facebook pages as community engagement. Getting feedback allows for lateral and divergent views to enhance …
Read More »Gen’ D Arime! Arima names proposed cricket pavilion after Sunil Narine
The Arima Borough Council unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday to name a proposed pavilion at the Larry Gomes Cricket Enclosure at Princess Royal Park, Arima after iconic spin bowler Sunil Phillip Narine. Narine, who turned 36 today, is a retired West Indies cricketer although he continues to compete in …
Read More »Dear Editor: Kangaloo is “the president we need during these tumultuous times”
“[…] I have personally known Ms Christine Kangaloo for a long time. She is married to the son of a good friend who was also a member of the Friends of Arima Hospital Society—a small group that worked together in the struggle to get a new state-of-the-art General Hospital in …
Read More »Noble: As the rich stock up on guns and chariots, who’s looking out for our ‘Avahs’?
Emerging from the cocoon of self-isolation into the streets of West Trinidad has been a thing of wonder. Last week a Lamborghini, a million-dollar vehicle, was sighted in the WestMall carpark. Luxury vehicles of every brand, all less than two years old and costing more than three-quarter million dollars, have …
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