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Debate going on and all the representation is from Guyana, London, and East Africa, but no Trinis.

Trinibagonians, is winin cheating? Is your answer different if it’s woman winin’ vs man catchin’ a wine?

This is related to the previous thread. But since multiple countries seem to attribute a student's success to the school that they registered to take the exam. However, it is common practice that students actually are taking lessons at a different institution, or with a private teacher.

So in that sense the official results are not representative of the school.

For those with primary aged children, are they taking lessons and which subjects?

Feel free to ask ah Trinbagonian a question!

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Please keep criticism and derogatory remarks out of this thread, if you have an answer then respond, if you don't... then don't.

We see it every year - the SEA results are released; the top performers are listed, the surnames are usually of Indian origin, the pictures are usually of straight hair children, they are usually from Hindu schools.

The same talking points will come up on social media - "Look at the surnames", "Indian children as expected", "African parents not doing their jobs", "PNM education failed them". Then 2 weeks later everyone forgets about it, until the same thing happens again next year; wash, rinse and repeat.

So I ask, is the broadcasting of SEA results harmful towards race relations? What is its purpose? Originally I saw it as a means for individual hard working children and their parents to show off their accomplishments and have bragging rights for the rest of their lives. But in reality the nation does not seem to celebrate the individual children themselves, but instead uses the results in a tongue in cheek way to berate black people and remind them annually that "Indians are better". This is just the general vibe I get from it every year, and I don't think it's beneficial to the nation.

All it truly does is further worsen race relations, similar to elections, and it makes black people appear "less valuable" because people are going to believe they're less intelligent, would want to hire them less and would be less likely to form business partnerships with them, because annual "reminders" like these leave a lasting subconscious impression that may alter our views and decisions, even if we stopped talking about the results 2 weeks later.

This might be controversial, but I believe the whole nationwide broadcasting of SEA results should be stopped, because the effects it has on the nation are quite toxic, with one side benefiting from it while the other side just gets their image tarnished even further.

I believe hard working children deserve praise, but let's be honest with ourselves here; that's not what's happening across the nation. These effects are much bigger and far reaching than the individual children, and overall I believe broadcasting these results is causing more harm than good.

As the principal owners of Blue Waters remain in prison following their detention under Preventive Detention Orders (PDOs), state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has stopped serving the company’s bottled water on its flights.

Guardian Media was told the airline made the decision to discontinue using Blue Waters, which it has served on flights for over 15 years, last Wednesday.

Informed CAL sources said that the move was a significant one for the company because it caused a bit of chaos for the staff, as Blue Waters bottled water is served on all of the airline’s flights.

“Crews had to remove the labels of the water before they served. And some crews had to pour water into cups for customers,” an informed source said following the decision.

CAL is now serving Dasani, also a local bottled water by Caribbean Bottlers Trinidad & Tobago Ltd, which is a subsidiary of the Coca-Cola Company.

Guardian Media was told that the decision to switch water brands came from the board, which is chaired by Reyna Kowlessar. Neither Kowlessar nor other company officials could be reached for comment by Guardian Media on what triggered the immediate change by the company.

The snap decision meant that, unlike other procurement contracts which are listed on CAL’s website, given that it falls under the Office of Procurement Regulations (OPR), no tender was advertised or contract was issued on the company’s website as of yesterday.

CAL purchases large quantities of water from Blue Waters and according to payment documents obtained by Guardian Media, the company can easily spend close to half a million dollars a year on water. For instance, CAL spent $460,000 on water in 2024; it spent $264,000 on water from Blue Waters on some invoices seen.

Blue Waters, which has been around for the last 27 years, was established by Dominic Hadeed and is the dominant bottled water brand in T&T. It is exported to several islands across the Caribbean, including Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada and Guyana.

As of yesterday, Dominic Hadeed and his wife, Genevieve, the owners of the company, remained in prison without any charges being laid. They are detained along with their relative, Star Sabga, as law enforcement launched an investigation into an alleged conspiracy to murder Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and other senior members of her Cabinet.

On Friday, the couple filed for judicial review and a constitutional motion on their detention. Their lawyers claim their clients are being targeted by the Government, based on their ethnicity and an ongoing legal dispute over the termination of leases for State land.

According to legal documents, the couple also claimed that the move by the current Persad-Bissessar-led Government to extend the State of Emergency last month was unconstitutional, as it sought to target members of the Syrian/Lebanese community, a minority ethnic group and Dominic Hadeed personally.

They are of the view that Attorney General John Jeremie was referring directly to Dominic Hadeed during his Parliamentary contribution on the extension of the SoE. They believe that the allegations arose after Dominic publicly criticised Government policy in March and after the Cabinet sought to unilaterally terminate leases to State land held by his Blue Waters company in May.

“There is no and can be no evidence of any plot by the claimants to murder any person because there was no such plot. There is no basis for concluding that there was any evidence of any threat, real or perceived, against any public official,” their lawyers have claimed.

Attorneys for the Hadeeds also contended that Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander abdicated the exercise of his discretion in issuing the PDOs, as he failed to take into account relevant considerations, including the couple’s standing in the business community, their clean criminal records, the fact that they have three young children, the effect on their reputations and businesses and their medical conditions.

Hi hi. I just moved back to Trinidad after being away for like 20 years. I’m 30 now and making friends is difficult. Any clubs or community things you guys recommend to make friends? I like reading and art if that helps. Help a girl out lol
Thank you :)

Is anyone here in the Air guard? What are the daily duties? Would you recommend? What is the “career lifestyle” like in this particular branch?

I am no expert but one of the things I have noticed is Trinidads potential of having its own space port. 1 is its location as its very close to the equator making it easier to launch products into space. 2 is industry of refining and oil makes it ideal for rocket fuel. 3 is people we are English speaking population that are educated in fields that can be useful to the industry. What are your thoughts?