Mob rule? Bun Dem!
Chant: “What we want?” Crowd response: “Justice!” Chant : “When we want it?” Crowd response: “Now!” That in a nutshell sums up t...
12 June 2020
Mob rule? Bun Dem!
Chant: “What we want?” Crowd response: “Justice!” Chant : “When we want it?” Crowd response: “Now!” That in a nutshell sums up t...
05 June 2020
George Floyd Murder – An affront to African Liberation
In what has been one of the biggest affronts to black people the world over, four white police officers in the city of Minneapolis, USA, blatantly an...
22 May 2020
One hand can’t clap!
Whatever we try to do, COVID-19 and its damaging effects continue to dominate our day-to-day lives on a global scale. There is no news bulletin and ha...
15 May 2020
Mother’s Day under COVID – 19
I had another Mother’s Day, always a very special occasion for me, without my dearly beloved deceased mother, but, I tell you what, I am far from b...
08 May 2020
‘POWER’ was the slogan, ‘BLACK POWER’ – Part 2
Following the publication of the first part of this article two weeks ago, I was confronted by a couple readers who couldn’t understand why, in the ...
30 April 2020
Don’t turn pandemic into ‘Panic Dem’
comments on pandemic issues by Renwick Rose – (Note to readers: In light of the ongoing COVID threat, I crave your indulgence in postponing the se...
24 April 2020
“POWER” was the slogan –“BLACK POWER!” – The 1970 Black Power revolt in Trinidad and Tobago
Introduction: On April 21, 1970, Dr. Eric Williams, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, faced with mounting social and political unrest, responded ...
17 April 2020
‘Groovy’s passing reminds us of unrecognized contributions
No matter how hard one tries, it is impossible to escape from the tentacles of the latest pandemic to engulf the world, COVID-19. Almost 100 per c...
09 April 2020
Shades of 1979
As I write this column, the House of Assembly is in the process of discussing, debating and hopefully approving a Supplementary Appropriation Bill tri...
03 April 2020
Economic disruption a major challenge
The fight against the relentless coronavirus pandemic dwarfs all else on the global stage today. In the process it continues to shatter myths, mistake...
