http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries RSS Feed for TRINIDAD - Commentaries en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 03:58:06 GMT 2013-05-23T03:58:06Z en-us http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/With-due-honour-208585071.html This week’s celebration of 60 icons of independent Trinidad and Tobago was a sterling event in the ongoing commemoration of the Independence Jubilee. Over the course of a few hours, we were privileged to witness this unparalleled pantheon of patriots, men and women whose contributions of intelligence, commitment and sacrifice have been decisive in creating the Trinidad and Tobago that is ours to enjoy today. Thu, 23 May 2013 03:58:06 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/With-due-honour-208585071.html 2013-05-23T03:58:06Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/A-different-Arrival-208584901.html WE will soon celebrate Indian Arrival Day, when we remember the arrival, struggles and triumphs of the people from India who came here as indentured immigrants between 1845 and 1917. Thu, 23 May 2013 03:58:06 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/A-different-Arrival-208584901.html 2013-05-23T03:58:06Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Young-black-males-and-Independence-experience-208584741.html One of Dr Williams’ main preoccupations on becoming Prime Minister in 1962 was the colonial educational structure …. The children were told that on their young shoulders would rest the future of the nation. Thu, 23 May 2013 03:58:06 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Young-black-males-and-Independence-experience-208584741.html 2013-05-23T03:58:06Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/A-closer-look-at-Caribbean-fathers-208584571.html In different cultural communities around the world, researchers and policymakers have drawn attention to the contributions of fathers to the economic and psychological well-being of children. Thu, 23 May 2013 03:58:06 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/A-closer-look-at-Caribbean-fathers-208584571.html 2013-05-23T03:58:06Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Tackling-the--bullying-problem-208415871.html While bullying among young people is certainly an ill which should be eradicated, passing a law to that effect may not be the best approach. Wed, 22 May 2013 12:15:11 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Tackling-the--bullying-problem-208415871.html 2013-05-22T12:15:11Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/TT-and-Guyana-poll-politics-208415801.html WHILE the three-year-old People’s Partnership Government of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was yesterday preparing to defeat an opposition no-confidence motion, the 18-month-old administration of President Donald Ramotar in Guyana was pondering the timing of a general election that now seems unavoidable later this year. Wed, 22 May 2013 02:23:05 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/TT-and-Guyana-poll-politics-208415801.html 2013-05-22T02:23:05Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Spinning-top-in-mud-208415711.html It would be putting it very mildly to say that I was seriously taken aback when, within days of Indian High Commissioner Malay Mishra relating a humiliating encounter with an immigration officer at Piarco International Airport, a near similar experience was revealed by British High Commissioner Arthur Snell. Wed, 22 May 2013 02:23:05 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Spinning-top-in-mud-208415711.html 2013-05-22T02:23:05Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Sinking-with-State-enterprises-208415581.html The appointment of a new board will not save Caribbean Airlines (CAL). We must change the basis on which the airline operates. Wed, 22 May 2013 02:23:05 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Sinking-with-State-enterprises-208415581.html 2013-05-22T02:23:05Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Post-Caroni-Ltd-food-farming-still-in-limbo-208236791.html In the aftermath of acrimonious parliamentary finger-pointing in Friday’s debate on the closure of State-owned Caroni (1975) Ltd, the Express report yesterday of artisan farmer Chrisford McLeod specialising in supersize dasheen production encourages hope for private-sector initiative in agriculture. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:17:12 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Post-Caroni-Ltd-food-farming-still-in-limbo-208236791.html 2013-05-22T11:17:12Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Checking-in-at-CAL-208236711.html After a week dominated by Caribbean Airlines (CAL), brace for more. This is another case of the media pushing the Government to act using information the Government had the means to know. Minister of Finance Larry Howai offered a weak apology for CAL’s corporate governance troubles. That’s just the beginning, and whatever the accounting changes Howai will engineer, CAL’s problems are likely to linger for a while. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:17:32 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Checking-in-at-CAL-208236711.html 2013-05-22T11:17:32Z