By: Dr Christiana Best June 20, 2025 “Justice too long delayed is justice denied.”—Martin Luther King Jr. Of all the roles I’ve played in my life, and there have been…
Category: OPINIONS
COMMENTARY: A Call for Renewal: Why Reconstituting the Senate Is Key to PNM’s Recovery
By: Paul Sarran June 17, 2025 The mess following the PNM’s electoral defeat is not just a moment of political turbulence; it is a turning point that will define the…
COMMENTARY: Keith Rowley’s fall from power, as Prime Minister and PNMs Political Leader has been as dramatic as his style of leadership was chaotic.
By: Capil Bissoon June 1,7 2025 In an article in yesterday’s Sunday Express, former Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is quoted as saying, “We must pay the price for Kamla’s…
COMMENTARY: Antigua – Barbuda hosts the OAS at a crucial juncture for the Americas
By: Sir Ronald Sanders June 13, 2025 The 55th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) will be held in one of its smallest…
COMMENTARY: School Violence and Missed Opportunities: A Call for Preventive Solutions Through Youth Camps
By: Paul Sarran June 10, 2025 The rise in school violence across Trinidad and Tobago is a symptom of a much deeper issue, a long-standing disconnect between policymaking and grassroots…
COMMENTARY: REMARKS BY DR. CARLA BARNETT: THE OPENING OF THE 60th MEETING OF COTED
By: Dr Carla Barnett June 10, 2025 It is a pleasure to welcome you to Guyana for this Sixtieth Meeting of the Council of Trade and Economic Development (COTED). Welcome…
COMMENTARY: Message from the CARICOM Secretary-General World Environment Day 2025
By: Dr Carla Barnett June 6, 2025 The theme for World Environment Day 2025 is Beat Plastic Pollution. The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr Carla Barnett, has issued…
COMMENTARY: Same old T&T politics after UNC win
By: Paul Sarran June 3, 2025 In the wake of Trinidad and Tobago’s 2025 general election, a familiar debate has resurfaced concerning the practice of appointing unsuccessful election candidates to…
COMMENTARY: CARICOM Secretary-General’s remarks at the Third CARICOM-Colombia Ministerial Meeting
By: Dr Carla Barnett May 30, 2025 CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett delivered remarks at the Third CARICOM-Colombia Ministerial Meeting, which was convened on 28 May in Cartagena, Colombia. The…
COMMENTARY: Environmental integrity is the focus of CARICOM’s efforts to secure a sustainable future for our Region – CARICOM SG
By: Dr Carla Barnett May 27, 2025 Dr Barnett delivered an address at the closing ceremony for the Capacity Building for Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in African, Caribbean and Pacific…
COMMENTARY: Echoes of Her Voice: Reclaiming Family, Memory, and Identity Through Oral History
By: Christiana Best, Ph.D. May 23, 2025 My journey into oral history began with a sense of quiet desperation—a need to recover what was slipping away. Long before I trained…
COMMENTARY: Kamla sparked national controversy with death penalty call
By: Paul Sarran May 20, 2025 Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s renewed call to reintroduce the death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago has sparked a national conversation rooted in law, morality,…
