The notion that religion plays an important role in childhood moral development is not necessarily true a new international study suggests. The study by a team of developmental psychologists from the University of Chicago published Nov. 5 concludes that children of religious parents may not be as altruistic as those parents think. A team led […]
At Joan Alexander & Friends’ 15th annual Soca Parang Lime last Sunday, T&T musical luminaries Joslynne Sealey and Etienne Charles exchange their respective CDs. Charles (Creole Christmas) made a surprise appearance to accompany show headliner Lord Relator. Sealey was in town to promote her CD Famous Arias. Alicia Sealey photo.
How have we come to accept the notion that the economy does not “need” the services of so many of our unemployed, under-employed and “unemployable” young people? Do we really agree that the exclusion of so many of our young people from the economy in today’s world is an acceptable form of “collateral damage”? Do […]
Dearly Beloved Mayor John Tory: You may recall I told you “I respect you,” after you ran and lost that election. You replied you respected me, too. One Love inna Toronto yard. And you may recall my coverage of your subsequent campaign (aside: one of my stories was so full of ‘kissy-kissy’ that the then […]
Right Reverend Claude Berkley, bishop of Trinidad and Tobago, spoke at the Church of the Nativity, Malvern, last Wednesday and shared his thoughts on the work of the church in that country’s diocese. Berkley, who was guest speaker for the 2015 Arthur Brown and Basil Tonks Dinner at the Church of the Ascension, was also […]
By Gerald V. Paul His Holiness Swami Vidyanandaji Maharaj, a recipient of the national award of Guyana, the Arrow of Achievement, has died. He was 79. Thousands from various parts of the world converged at the Cove and John Ashram, East Coast Demerara in Guyana to pay tribute to Swamiji, the first ordained Hindu monk […]
Los Pajaros kicked off the 11th Anniversary of the Los Amigos in style at the official start of the 2015 Parang Season. Others on hand last Saturday night at Rembrandt Banquet Hall included Tony Maestre and Friends and Moka. Next up are Joan Alexander and Friends, together with Trinidad and Tobago Heritage Group, present the […]
By Gerald V. Paul How does a Jamaican mother, on behalf of her daughter who is undergoing treatment at SickKids Hospital, thank The Caribbean Children Foundation (TCCF) team? “In our native tongue, we would say, ‘nuff respect and big up, to you all … thank you so much,” mom Julius Williams told last weekend’s 15th […]
By Michael Lashley As we confront the massive inequality in incomes and lifestyles and as our economy serves up horrible realities on the employment front, we have the additional good fortune of having a new prime minister, belonging to the younger generation, who is willing to listen and who, with our pro-active involvement as unrelenting […]
By Gerald V. Paul; As the Eyes Guy is re-reading Getting Back in the Game, a foreign policy playbook for Canada by the brilliant former Canadian ambassador to the UN Paul Heinbecker, I would like to welcome Eyesers to a new Canada: A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian. It’s a compelling vision for […]
