https://youtu.be/wGwvooeDuXg

the oil pressure reading low….sad

The eggs were produced 60-plus years ago by the government. Beetham Gardens, Sea Lots, Laventille, La Brea, etc., were ignored by the then PM; he left them in poverty and squalor, as they are today.

Then the government gave them 10 days of work per month by gang leaders that paid the existing member of parliament a monthly stipend.

Today, sadly, T&T reaps the benefits. 😡

@sgtdjones

Didn't the same government of 60+ years ago provided free education to all and sundry, without any form of discrimination? No one was barred from such opportunities, and it had major positive consequences for certain sections of the population. Their fortunes were changed, and it was only because those leaders of that 60+ years ago, and beyond, were never as bad minded as those who attempt to discredit them each day.

@Besar

Please stop posting crap.

When an Indian built schools, he called them cow sheds. Did he offer taxpayer money to help rebuild them?

He gave the Roman Catholic money to build schools.

The outlawed the Baptist religion that has roots in Africa. They had to worship in secrecy or be arrested, but he supported the white man's version of Christianity.

What free education? The fcking taxpayers' money. paid for such!!!

Was it Eric's money?

While in Trinidad, Morton saw the condition of indentured Indians who had been brought from India to the island by the British, starting in 1845, to fill in the labour gap left by the abolition of slavery.

"He saw that the indentured Indian workers were not being served, not being cared for by any Christian group, that there were Presbyterians who were working with the Black community in Trinidad and with the Indigenous people of Trinidad. But no one was working with the indentured Indian workers," Bush said.

The Education Ordinance of 1899 sought to assist the lower class by including a clause which exempted those families who were unable to afford the cost of education and children of indentured immigrants.During the 1890s, Grant spearheaded the movement for free education. He believed that the government should assist those schools with an attendance of at least 150 pupils and that education to the third standard should be free.His concerns did not fall on deaf ears, because in 1902 fees were abolished. By 1900, there were 60 CMI schools serving 7,557 East Indian children, from an East Indian population of 85,000. During this period, the mission could boast of having 70 pupil teachers, 52 certified teachers and 16 graduates of its training classes.

One of the most outstanding and enduring characteristics of the mission was its educational outreach. Schools were established in such outlying villages as Barrackpore, Fyzabad, Rousillac, Santa Cruz, Cumuto, Biche, Plum Road, Cunaripo, Cumuto and Lengua.

It's obvious you dont know much about Canadian missionaries that built schools for the Indians.

its obvious you know little about Naparima College history.

Canadian Presbyterian missionaries, most notably the Reverend John Morton and the Reverend Kenneth James Grant, built numerous schools for East Indian indentured labourers and their descendants in Trinidad in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These institutions were initially known as Canadian Mission Indian (CMI) schools. 

Legacy Schools: The work of the missionaries laid the foundation for several of Trinidad and Tobago's most prestigious high schools today, including

Naparima College

Naparima Girls' High School

Hillview College

St. Augustine Girls' High School 

The mission was a major factor in the rise of an educated Indo-Trinidadian middle class, though their work also contributed to the erosion of some traditional Indian cultural and religious practices.

How did he improve Laventille, Sea Lots, Beetham Gardens, and La Brea? They still live like in the 1960s today....

Poverty-bound and squalor, even without water 24/7, today, but an idiot gets a million-dollar pension, and citizens get $3500 per month.

@sgtdjones

I must be engaging with someone real young, and not aware of the history. As far as i am aware, the British colonial government outlawed the Baptiste religion in 1917. That ban went on until 1951, when it was repealed. Eric Williams came to power for the first time in 1956. And, i can put that to you, without cutting and paste. Straight from my head.

in each of those islands, there is a history of colonial education. Most of the schools in the English speaking Caribbean have colonial roots, and almost the same history. Missionaries are not unique to Trinidad.

I can see that you are misguided. I really wanted you to expand on the misguided and vile reference to Sea Lots and Levantille, Beetham Gardens etc.. Give the complete narrative as you have been indoctrinated. Say what you want to say in full. Then folks would know why I challenge you. And, after that, I will give you the full history, and demonstrate how it connects to the fake Venezuelan scenario today. And, I would not be cutting and paste to deal with. A lot of folks don't understand your constant rant about Lavantille, Beetham etc.

Go and read your history. Again, the Baptiste religion was outlawed by the British colonial government in 1917. In 1951, thanks to the struggles of people like the late Elton George Griffith and others, the ban was repealed in 1951, even before Eric Williams became Chief minister for the first time. he did in 1956.

The outlawed the Baptist religion that has roots in Africa. They had to worship in secrecy or be arrested, but he supported the white man's version of Christianity.

The above is what I noted ...look at your diatribe...crap.

Shouter Baptists in Trinidad and Tobago had to wait 37 years before they could lawfully practice their religion and another 40 years before a public holiday was granted to celebrate the ban placed on them in 1917.The first promise of a holiday was made by former prime minister Dr Eric Williams during the 25th anniversary celebration of the repeal of the ordinance at Woodford Square, Port of Spain. Why didn't he give them money for a school?

Three former prime ministers made similar promises, but it was not until Basdeo Panday, heading the UNC government, that a holiday and land was granted to celebrate March 30 as Shouter Baptist Liberation Day.

@sgtdjones

"The outlawed the Baptiste religion that has roots in Africa. They had to worship." You meant "they outlawed". You are just dishonest, having found so wanting in knowledge.

By the way, sometimes, based on the political environment at the time, and in this case, the racial environment, sometimes it is not as easy for a black leader to grant the holiday. Even if they promised, they had to wait for the right time. it was good politics for Panday to grant the holiday, because as an Indian, he had nothing to lose. He could only gain, because not all Baptiste understood the intricacies of the issue as I explained. If you want evidence of what i said, just look at the negative reaction by the other race when Rowley went about placing the steel pan on the Court of Arms. If it was Kamla that did that, no such reaction would result. Maybe she was upset at the lost opportunity to put another fast one on us.

By the way, you don't like Shouter Baptistes, you are just happy to use their cause to divide and rule.

And, just for the sake of clarity, and context. You were referring to the government of the 1960's. You referred to it as "they" throughout your message, and you accused them of outlawing the Baptiste religion. You were obviously found out to be generations wrong, and chose to use a typo to deceive us. Anyone reading your material would understand what your were trying to say. Eric Williams happened to be the leader of that 1960's government you viciously misrepresented.

The outlawed the Baptist religion that has roots in Africa. They had to worship in secrecy or be arrested.

Quote me properly.

Why didn't he give them a day of honour or land to build a church, etc....

No, he kept the Africans suppressed by noting I can put "a frog, and they will vote for it."

That's what your father of the nation said as he kept the African population in poverty and squalor.

Look at what he did to the one percenters; why didn't he support his ilk by giving them such opportunities?

He crushed them during the Black Power march...

Wonder why the fcking idiot killed himself.😡 😡