Inward Hunger Part 3 – Power, will be screened at the Kwame Ture Memorial Lecture Series and Film Festival this Thursday 18th July, at the NALIS, Auditorium , POS at 7pm. It promises to be an exciting evening as discussants to the film include Mr Ferdie Ferreira who was a stalwart of the PNM and …
The Association of Caribbean States (ACS)—a multilateral organization that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) conceptualized and helped bring into existence some 25 years ago – concluded its 8th Heads of Government Summit in Managua, Nicaragua on the 29th of March 2019, with the adoption of the historic “Declaration of Managua” and the confirmation of a visionary three year “Plan of Action”. The twenty-five Member …
The ASSOCIATION OF CARIBBEAN STATES advances with the DECLARATION OF MANAGUA Read More »
To mark Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day 2019, the Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad & Tobago extends solidarity and best wishes to members of the Baptist faith and the leaders and organizers who have inherited a tradition of struggle to keep an African-rooted faith alive. We congratulate the community for the tenacity which it has shown in …
Liberation Day Greetings to the Spiritual Baptist Community Read More »
The Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad & Tobago publicly extends its thanks to the Prime Minister and Government of Trinidad and Tobago for the grant of land to the Spiritual Baptist Community to build a cathedral. This lays the groundwork for the fulfillment of a long sought dream for a community that has had to …
In 2019, as the Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad & Tobago hosts its 26th Pan-African Festival TT in Commemoration of Emancipation, we have selected for our theme: Pursuing Recognition Justice and Development The theme pointedly incorporates the watchwords of the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent (IDPAD) January 1, 2015 – December …
2019 THEME STATEMENT: PURSUING RECOGNITION, JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT Read More »
This week the Cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago is scheduled to discuss and decide on proposals articulated in the public domain that pertain to Venezuelans currently living in this country (legally and illegally) and the thousands more expected to arrive. This comes as the United States and its allies continue to tighten a stranglehold on …
Venezuela refugee response should guide immigration policy !!! Read More »
The 30th Inter-sessional CARICOM Heads of Government Conference ended in St. Kitts last Wednesday – the 27th of February 2019 – with the staging of a Press Conference. And guess what was the very first question posed to the head table comprising Prime Minister Timothy Harris, CARICOM Secretary General Irwin La Roche, and Jamaican Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith …
A national Referendum on the issue of whether a Caribbean nation should disengage from the British Privy Council and accede to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the nation’s highest appellate Court is more than just a vote about a court of law! Rather, it is a vote that presents the national population with an opportunity to …
WILL THE ISLAND OF HEROES DELIVER AN “HEROIC” VOTE FOR THE CCJ ON 6 NOVEMBER? Read More »
On Saturday June 16th dancer, poet, chanter, story teller, community and cultural activist, Sista Ava, will become the first woman to receive the Keeper of the Tradition Award from the Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the annual Yoruba Village Drum Festival, which will take place at …
In keeping with the ongoing commitment of the Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago (ESCTT) to contribute to the entrepreneurial growth and development of the micro entrepreneurs, who participate in the annual Trans Atlantic Market and Trade Exposition at the Lidj Yasu Omowale Emancipation Village, as part of the national Emancipation celebrations, ESCTT will …
ESCTT host Training and Development Workshop for Micro Entrepreneurs Read More »