Commentary: It’s No Joke Minister de Nobriga
By Alicia Chamely WAHT do you call a pig that wears a witch’s hat and lives in the desert? A...
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Send Your Children to School
By Alicia Chamely THERE will be backlash for this, but… to all the parents who loudly disagreed with the reopening...
Things You Can’t Control: Snoring, Cake, a Pandemic
By Alicia Chamely LEARNING to live with things we cannot control or change is hard. Things like a neighbour’s drumming...
Donna, Walk in the Shoes of Hamper Seekers
"Take off your leather stilettoes and try on the shoes of those lining up for hampers." By Alicia Chamely DEAR...
My Little Daughter Uses the F Word
"If I spent my time smoking crack, getting into street fights, being disrespectful, spitting on police cars and stealing, my...
I’m Scared After I Had Covid
"I was scared I would lose my husband. I was scared my children would lose a parent." By Alicia...
I Fought Covid, I won
“It sucks you dry, chews you up, and then spits what’s left of you out into a dumpster fire.” ...
Children Will Test Every Nerve
By Alicia Chamely THIS week, while paying for something, I was asked if I had a Trinidad and Tobago...
I Got Vaxxed
By Alicia Chamely HEAR ye! Hear ye! I wish to inform you all that I, Alicia Louise Llanos Chamely,...
This Pandemic Feels Never Ending
By Alicia Chamely FOR anyone who thinks Trinidad and Tobago is the only one under Covid -19 restrictions, I would...
Our Children are Paying the Biggest Price
By Alicia Chamely TO quote the renowned poet Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam aka Akon: “Can't wait to get...
Oh Little Black-Hearted Nation of Mine
"The issue with Covid-19 isn’t its mortality rate. The issue is its high transmission rate and that many of...
Commentary: My Covid-19 Twilight Zone
By Alicia Chamely PRIME Minister Keith Rowley, sensing the tension brewing among his people, decided to placate his people with...
Commentary: An Annoying Week
By Alicia Chamely I am severely annoyed. This was by far one of the most annoying weeks for the year....
Covid-19: One Year Later
By Alicia Chamely I used to have reoccurring nightmares where I am driving around the Queen’s Park Savannah. Around and...
