The Editor, The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) needs to come clean with its staff, students, and general public about the terms of exit, among other things, of its outgoing President, Iraqi Sarim Al Zubaidy. On Friday, 7 February, Board Chairman, Professor Julien, released a memorandum that Sarim Al Zubaidy was no longer in active service from Wednesday 5th
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Amit befitting the name of his website caribbeansignal.com has expanded monitoring of key events to neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago. This is important surveillance for Barbados given Trinidad’s nexus to Barbados. David, blogmaster There have been at least 43 murders in Trinidad for the month of January. The data presented below was collected and compiled from the online editions of the
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There has been a lot of chatter in the news lately about the large oil deposits found by Guyana. Barbadians and Caricom neighbours wish the South American republic well and must be concern about recent reports the deal with Exxon is a bad one. It is shocking that Exxon would seek such an exploitative deal in one of the Western
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Submitted by James C. “Jim” Lynch, Captain, retired Good day, Ladies and Gentlemen… I already know that the worst among you will hit the delete key before you get halfway through this email. But if you do so, feel free to acknowledge to yourself that you truthfully don’t really give a pinhead of a damn about your own people, locally
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The blogmaster has been observing the blowback to the visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Jamaica where a few countries in the region were invited to participate. Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s triggered the exchanges when she announced what any sensible person in the region should support. I am conscious that if this country does not stand for
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Submitted by Captain James C. “Jim” Lynch (retired) 12 January, 2020 PM Antigua PM Barbados PM Dominica PM Grenada PM St.Lucia Please read my professional take on LIAT before acting… Honourable Prime Ministers… There is a strong case to be made – indeed, the case has been presented for at least the last 20 years – that LIAT should be
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Submitted by Bimjim January 9, 2020 LIAT announces the appointment of a new Board of Directors and the election of the Right Honourable Professor Owen S. Arthur as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Following the Company’s Annual General Meeting held in Antigua on Monday 16th December 2019, a new Board of Directors was elected, and the Right Honourable
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