en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2630806 Comments by ttgirl http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/OWherever-you-are-planted-you-can-bloomO-279733492.html#IDComment893267705 Congrats to this girl. I read the one with Marvin McKenzie and it impressed me that he achieved an open scholarship without having taken any lessons because he simply could not afford extra lessons. Then I read the one with the president's medal winners and the girl said something about it being difficult because she had to go to lessons after school. And I'm sitting there thinking, that's difficulty? Studying while shots are being fired outside, not having anything to eat, not having money to buy your books far less for lessons...that is difficulty. I truly believe the president's medal should have been given to someone who proved they can overcome these horrors and still succeed, not some spoilt brat rich kid who has everything in place to ensure their success. This girl did this on her own, without the best of everything to help her along. That deserves a lot more recognition that it got. Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:08:48 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/OWherever-you-are-planted-you-can-bloomO-279733492.html#IDComment893267705 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/woman-magazine/The-industrious-women-of-279640282.html#IDComment893203135 I would like to know where this place is or a contact number or something. You all can't just tell us there's a delicious doubles place and not tell us how to get there!!! Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:10:40 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/woman-magazine/The-industrious-women-of-279640282.html#IDComment893203135 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/SAGHS-gets-most-Open-scholarships-278866921.html#IDComment888337138 The sentence is fine the way it is. Saghs did not win the most open scholarships. They won the most overall. Hillview won the most open, which is what the author was conveying. The use of the word "while" is perfectly correct as the author says WHILE saghs won the most overall...HILLVIEW won the most open scholarships. "And as a result" CLEARLY cannot be used here. You are giving an English lesson where none is needed. Perhaps you should have read beyond the first sentence and you would have understood better. Sun, 12 Oct 2014 19:47:49 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/SAGHS-gets-most-Open-scholarships-278866921.html#IDComment888337138 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Analyst-Each-vote-worth-US100--278916871.html#IDComment888052677 Dude looks like a zombie in that photo. Sun, 12 Oct 2014 02:27:40 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Analyst-Each-vote-worth-US100--278916871.html#IDComment888052677 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Thinking-of-an-ice-cold-Smalta-278315631.html#IDComment885858175 Free advertising and promotion for Smalta and Crix. I can see the taglines already. "Smalta, the drink of choice for hunger strikers." "Crix, the rightest food for starving mad men." Tue, 7 Oct 2014 13:55:02 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Thinking-of-an-ice-cold-Smalta-278315631.html#IDComment885858175 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/BOY-DIES--IN-OBEAH--RITUAL-278139081.html#IDComment885083536 It was not a deceptive headline. It was a mistake. If I have a story saying the minister of health had dinner with his niece and put a headline saying he was having dinner with a "mystery woman", that is deceptive. This was not. It was a mistake plain and simple. geez. Sun, 5 Oct 2014 22:48:55 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/BOY-DIES--IN-OBEAH--RITUAL-278139081.html#IDComment885083536 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/BOY-DIES--IN-OBEAH--RITUAL-278139081.html#IDComment885081557 Editors are humans. Not robots. They make mistakes. What's important is that they recognized it and fixed it. You people are making a mountain out of a mole hill. Sun, 5 Oct 2014 22:42:17 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/BOY-DIES--IN-OBEAH--RITUAL-278139081.html#IDComment885081557 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/GOOD-GRANNY-SHOT--DEAD-278090811.html#IDComment884521884 Yes, That's why Bandy was murdered on sight. If it was really the police that killed him, they did Laventille and the whole country a service. Sat, 4 Oct 2014 15:21:54 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/GOOD-GRANNY-SHOT--DEAD-278090811.html#IDComment884521884 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/HANDOUTS-274421451.html#IDComment874814250 What allyuh smoke? I want some. Wed, 10 Sep 2014 00:53:15 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/HANDOUTS-274421451.html#IDComment874814250 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/3m-bail-for-ex-Windies-cricketer-on-incest-charge-271773231.html#IDComment866904427 Did you go to school at all? The guy raped his daughter, not some random girl. Identifying him would also identify her. Which is a crime. Which is what Express is avoiding committing. In the case of the "indian woman", she allegedly raped "a boy in freeport". How many boys live in freeport? A hundred? A thousand? Identifying her still leaves the public with no idea who the boy was. It had NOT A DAMN THING to do with race. It is about protecting the innocent. His picture would be posted if not for the fact that it would reveal who the victim was. Check yourself before calling the Express racist. Because the only racist I see here is YOU. Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:23:21 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/3m-bail-for-ex-Windies-cricketer-on-incest-charge-271773231.html#IDComment866904427 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/woman-magazine/The-TUN-UP-270558131.html#IDComment863402312 The Express features local women ALL the time. What's wrong with featuring women from around the Caribbean? Mon, 11 Aug 2014 01:08:13 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/woman-magazine/The-TUN-UP-270558131.html#IDComment863402312 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Fighting-crime-with-culture-269769181.html#IDComment861440965 I am not talking about the gun men and women. I am talking about the young people who form this group. It is refreshing to see young people doing something other than being idle. It's refreshing to see them taking an interest in cultural activities. I am specifically talking about the persons in the group who say the group is like family to them. They have a support system they do not have at home and if one youth turns to this as an alternative to finding support in a gang then the whole country benefits. I applaud the effort being made here. Why don't you organize some activities for youths in your neighborhood and make a positive contribution rather than sitting behind your computer screen negating everyone else's efforts? Tue, 5 Aug 2014 01:16:40 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Fighting-crime-with-culture-269769181.html#IDComment861440965 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Fighting-crime-with-culture-269769181.html#IDComment861411873 I don't see this as any kind of "repressive culture". I see it as young people having fun and making a little money while doing it. I fail to see the wrong in that. Mon, 4 Aug 2014 23:07:38 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Fighting-crime-with-culture-269769181.html#IDComment861411873 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Reparations--cant-be-ignored-269767551.html#IDComment861376556 You do know what repatriation is don't you? It is sending someone back to their country of origin. What would African-looking Trinis do with repatriation? I suppose they'd learn to love Africa. Mon, 4 Aug 2014 20:31:30 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Reparations--cant-be-ignored-269767551.html#IDComment861376556 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Fighting-crime-with-culture-269769181.html#IDComment861372809 I'm leaning towards the latter too. Mon, 4 Aug 2014 20:15:53 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Fighting-crime-with-culture-269769181.html#IDComment861372809 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Fighting-crime-with-culture-269769181.html#IDComment861372243 So you're saying a group of young people coming together to dance, sing and drum CAUSES crime? Well I don't know about you, but I'd rather they do that than use their free time to smoke, drink and terrorize the public. Mon, 4 Aug 2014 20:13:25 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Fighting-crime-with-culture-269769181.html#IDComment861372243 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/woman-magazine/Breastfeeding-in-PUBLIC-266837791.html#IDComment857164643 I've come to realize, due to your comments on other articles, that you are a chronic woman hater. I conclude it's either your mom didn't love you or women constantly deny you any nookie. Wed, 23 Jul 2014 18:08:27 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/woman-magazine/Breastfeeding-in-PUBLIC-266837791.html#IDComment857164643 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/woman-magazine/Slt-shaming-isnt-hurting-us-it-is-hurting-slts-267740911-267740951.html#IDComment857156921 No one is saying all those women didn't know what they were getting into or are innocent. But given that some of the photos posted look like school children, it is reasonable to assume that some were lied to and taken advantage of by grown hard-back men. Also, a lot of the stories are posted by bitter, vengeful women who just want to lash out at their exes current girlfriends. That isn't homewrecking. If a man legitimately left you and got a new girlfriend 2 months later, how is that the new woman's fault? How does she end up on that site? Give me a f*#%&ing break. Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:42:02 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/woman-magazine/Slt-shaming-isnt-hurting-us-it-is-hurting-slts-267740911-267740951.html#IDComment857156921 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/woman-magazine/HIV-positive-233891921.html#IDComment856009828 R.I.P Lorna Sun, 20 Jul 2014 19:39:49 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/woman-magazine/HIV-positive-233891921.html#IDComment856009828 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/woman-magazine/Slt-shaming-isnt-hurting-us-it-is-hurting-slts-267740911-267740951.html#IDComment856007613 Not a "worried s**t" as you put it. But a friend of an innocent girl whose photo ended up on that site and whose photo remains there to this day, despite the story being proven false. I am also a person with common sense enough to know not to believe everything you read online. Sun, 20 Jul 2014 19:29:23 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/woman-magazine/Slt-shaming-isnt-hurting-us-it-is-hurting-slts-267740911-267740951.html#IDComment856007613