The Assamba flap
TOURISM MINISTER Aloun Assamba has stirred controversy by a statement which, on the face of it, smacks of political tribalism. The Minister was initially reported as telling a delegates meeting of the PNP's Region Three that a civic committee...
Rednecks, greenbacks and bush
WHEN A Trinidadian says that something is like bush, for example, licks like bush, the like is not generally a verb denoting affection and the licks are not conducted with the tongue, even when the term good is applied to the licks. Licks in this...
The Republican convention
THE DEMOCRATS had their turn a month ago. Now it is the Republicans who are holding their convention, this time in New York. From the opening night, it was clear why the party made the unusual choice of holding its convention in enemy territory...
Catching the moment
IF WE are not careful, we could lose the momentum of national unity which was generated last week by the successes of the Jamaican team to the 2004 Athens Olympics, and especially because of the gold medals won by Veronica Campbell, Aleen...
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