A national day of Thanksgiving is not so far-fetched. After all, Thanksgiving is American, and we're clearly enthralled with America. American accents creep into our speech and music. American brands fill our stores, American films fill our screens, and American fast foods fill our bellies. We favour American apples, grapes, and pea...

Online shopping comes to the rescue of parents dreading traffic, out-of-stock, and high-prices for all the books and supplies their children need.TTschoolpal is an innovative _local_ business that promises to solve a major pain point for parents preparing to send their kids back-to-school: the cost in time, money, and aggravation of procuring eithe...

Imagine running a marathon with no finish line. That's what living through this pandemic feels like. And after enduring all the pain and sacrifices for over a year, not only is there no end in sight, but things are getting worse. There is a difference between managing and leading, and so far the govt has been doing the best they can to manage this ...

They say a fish is oblivious to the water it swims in and so might it be with us and liming. It's hard to explain something so ordinary and normal to us, and so we often take the easy way out and tell our international guests (hate the word foreigner) that limin' is hanging out; not like hanging out, but is hanging out. I'v...

 Miguel Ramnanan of Sangre won our WIN FIVE 2020.   He is pictured here with his winnings.  The WIN FIVE was a random giveaway from goodtalkTnT to anyone who answered a question about goodtalkTnT.  Extra entries were awarded for each social media follow and like.    The Prize was $500TT and was open to any legal reside...

 Quick! What comes to mind? What do you believe about manliness and do you think your beliefs are right? Are they shared by most men and women?  It's a Man's World That was a cliché, but it's becoming less true, and this makes many men uncomfortable.  A friend of mine took his two sons to Disney World a couple years ago and was quite...

 If your party lost, then very likely you're deeply disappointed or worse. To help make the disappointment easier to live with, here are some tips to help you cope and keep us all moving forward even with a Government you didn't vote for. Be Grateful   Take some distance from what just occurred and be grateful that we live in a ...

August 7th is international lighthouse day and Aug 10th 2020 is our national elections day. What does a lighthouse have in common with a country's elections? Perhaps Election Day is a lighthouse for our ship of state. To appreciate this consider the two ways we think of a Lighthouse. The first is distinctly Trini. Nothing past the Lighthouse "Town ...

Despite the resurgence of COVID-19, the response of the Trinidad & Tobago government was internationally recognised as effective, and while the COVID war won't be won without a vaccine, our government's initial battle strategy was sound. Imagine if the government treated the economic and social issues we face with the same degree of urgency tha...

Tolerance is one of our national watchwords but it doesn't mean you should tolerate intolerable situations. Maybe you hate your job, maybe you want to write a book, or be in a relationship. What's stopping you from doing something about it? Well, if you're afraid of getting criticised, don't. Everybody gets criticised. Martin Luther King, Mandela, ...

No question traffic, is a major aggravator in TnT, and dealing with it plus pot-holes and floods has many of us on edge. Just the slightest thing can result in road rage.  One day, heading North on the Uriah Butler, I was stuck behind a slow driver in the middle lane, but the right lane was slowly but steadily moving faster. I wanted to s...

 We talk a lot about respect, and at a personal level you probably know what it's like to feel disrespected, but have you ever wondered about what it means to give respect?  There are two parts to respect: The first is to admire someone for their abilities or achievements, but that's the easy part. It's easy to respect someone famous for ...

Let's Make TnT great again. You know where I got that from. But if you listen to the old folks there is a feeling that we've lost something. There was a time when we felt safe in our homes, when we respected our elders, our teachers, and we had a freedom here that we missed when we lived away. Not so much now. Today, where we go, when we go, even i...

Driving into the beautiful Ortinola estate, nestled in the Marcas Valley is like going into a different world. For three days, attendees of the New Fire Festival definitely had the chance to be part of a different very cool festival experience. With a line up of some of Trinidad's best and up and coming music acts; enlightening workshops that range...