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Trinidad & Tobago: Flag It!

Janine Mendes-Franco — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:47:43 +0000

Trinidadian bloggers continue to weigh in on the exorbitant cost to taxpayers for a massive national flag: “The point is not only the credibility of the cost of the monster-flag and associated concrete but the reason we need a monster-flag during a recession and a white collar crime wave.”

Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados: Yuh Lie!

Janine Mendes-Franco — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:31:35 +0000

As Trinidad and Tobago's National Security Minister makes an inaccurate statement about the processing time for machine-readable passports, B.C. Pires is irritated that the media did not ask questions: “I’ve seen Trinidadians in action so I understand ‘boldfacity'. I don’t understand the people on the other side going along with the lie; because they are then themselves dishonest.”

Trinidad & Tobago: Silicon Reality

Janine Mendes-Franco — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:45:43 +0000

Taran Rampersad debunks “the Myth of a T&T Silicon Valley.”

Trinidad & Tobago: Traffic Solutions

Janine Mendes-Franco — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:58:03 +0000

Alien in the Caribbean has a few suggestions to ease Trinidad's traffic woes.

Trinidad & Tobago: Political Meeting

Janine Mendes-Franco — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:45:40 +0000

ttgapers.com reports that “Prime Minister Patrick Manning and Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday have agreed in principle that Trinidad and Tobago needs a new constitution”, but B.C. Pires is not convinced that was the only item on their agenda: “What you think they will discuss at the ‘Diplomatic Centre'? Matters of national importance? Or matters of narrow self-interest?”

Trinidad & Tobago: “Solo” Mio

Janine Mendes-Franco — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:30:42 +0000

Trinidadian blogger Club Soda and Salt shares his thoughts “on how to beat that nagging feeling of being quietly judged” when dining alone.

Trinidad & Tobago: Determining Racism

Janine Mendes-Franco — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:50:23 +0000

“The important thing, I think, is that if you don't want to be a racist, you need to focus on how you treat people, not on how you react to people”: Trinidadian Ian Ramjohn suggests that “in the end, it all boils down to what you're used to.”

Jamaica: Of Patties & Personalities

Janine Mendes-Franco — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:39:33 +0000

Francis Wade thinks that Jamaicans and Trinidadians can learn a lot from each other.

Trinidad & Tobago: Death Penalty

Janine Mendes-Franco — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:09:30 +0000

More discussion on the death penalty from KnowTnT.com, here and here.

Barbados: Do The Right Thing

Janine Mendes-Franco — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:50:45 +0000

“Even as we speak - the West Indies Cricket Board is planning its next step in the destruction of West Indies cricket”: From Barbados, B.C. Pires weighs in on the debate over who should lead the Windies cricket team.

Trinidad & Tobago: Death Penalty

Janine Mendes-Franco — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:45:02 +0000

“The term ‘death penalty' is a literary iceberg - two words that hide a huge amount of detail beneath the surface”: Know TnT.com examines the issue.

Trinidad & Tobago: National Pride?

Janine Mendes-Franco — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:29:03 +0000

Trinidad and Tobago bloggers react to news that a massive flag erected at the National Stadium may have cost TT $2 million.

Trinidad & Tobago: India Tour

Janine Mendes-Franco — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:19:57 +0000

Trinidad and Tobago's rapso ambassadors, 3 Canal, are preparing for an upcoming tour of India. Caribbean Free Radio posts a podcast with all the details.

Janine Mendes-Franco — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:29:26 +0000

“When it comes to swine flu, if the MoH sanitises our minds of the myths, there won’t be a need for special sanitisation of buildings”: KnowTnT.com comments on the Trinidad and Tobago health ministry's handling of the H1N1 situation.

Trinidad & Tobago: Politics & Race

Janine Mendes-Franco — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:43:29 +0000

“When it comes to race in politics, Trinidad and Tobago has a colourful past”: Taran Rampersad thinks it's time for a change.