Commentary

March 1, 2023

T&T needs Universal Health Coverage to face ‘CNCD’ challenge

By Dr Kenwyn Nicholls In Trinidad and Tobago, the major disease burden is chronic noncommunicable diseases (CNCDs): heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung disease, […]
February 14, 2023

Letter to the Editor: “My sister’s life was Christ-centered”

I have shared 88 of my 90 years with my sister Maria. She died recently, went home, as Sr Paul Dominic OP. I knew her well, […]
January 20, 2023

“Caribbean people love Scripture” – a reflection on Sunday Word of God

On Sunday, January 22, 2023, the Catholic Church celebrates Sunday of the Word of God. The goal is to celebrate, study, and disseminate the Word of […]
November 23, 2022

Addressing the secular Church

By Fr Martin Sirju The Church is facing precipitous decline, with sharp drops in practising populations. Figures that we used to see within a generation are […]
November 10, 2022

What price for progress?

By Matthew Woolford I am old enough to remember when Trinidad and Tobago was a positive place in which to live! Growing up we had three […]
October 5, 2022

Pearl Parkway, my village in de ‘Vale’

By Matthew Woolford A maxi taxi driver once told me that Diego Martin was a village and the East-West Corridor to Arima was ‘country’. This was […]
September 28, 2022

A bridge over troubled waters

By Matthew Woolford Much has been said about Queen Elizabeth II and the British Crown since her passing on September 8. Professor Uja Anya of Carnegie […]
September 22, 2022

Local priest reflects on the late Queen Elizabeth II

A personal reflection by Fr Robert Christo, Vicar for Communications I remember the pomp and pageantry, and lining the streets as a young boy, when she […]