Aired May 15, 2013. Brian Lewis – President, Trinidad & Tobago Olympic Committee on ieTV Channel 1.
May 19, 2013
Jewish section of Mucurapo Cemetery, Trinidad
Jewish section of Mucurapo Cemetery, Trinidad, a set on Flickr.
A fascinating little side trip I took yesterday with Robin. The Jewish population of Trinidad has largely vanished as a result of the need to find marriage partners and fears of possible victimization arising out of the social upheaval of the 1970s. These names might be of use to genealogists.
May 3, 2013
Economist Dr. Terrence Farrell
I interview many people but Dr. Terrence Farrell, Economist and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of T&T is certainly one of the smartest. A very affable interviewee as well.
April 17, 2013
Interview with former TT Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj SC
Aired April 16th, 2013 on ieTV channel 1.
April 17, 2013
New Zealand – Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill – Third Reading
Very sweet. From the Huffington Post:
“People watching from the public gallery and some lawmakers immediately broke into song after the result was announced, singing the New Zealand love song “Pokarekare Ana” in the indigenous Maori language.”
MP Maurice Williamson may also win an award for one of the funniest parliamentary contributions I have heard.
April 8, 2013
Holocaust Remembrance Day
This was ten years ago but I think it is a strong testament to the resilience of humanity despite the worst of horrors and our ability to triumph and seize a better future despite the challenges. Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day – Yom Hashoah.
From the Jersusalem Post at the time:
The Israeli F-15s, originally invited to Poland to celebrate the Polish Air Force’s 85th birthday, were escorted during the flight by two Polish air force fighter jets. The ceremony ignored marginal protests and heavily overcast Polish skies.
In the cockpits, the Israeli aircrews carried the names of all those recorded murdered in Auschwitz on this date exactly 60 years ago. They had picked the names out of the records at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem prior to flying to Poland last week.
The jets, displaying the blue Star of David, flew toward the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp as slowly as possible, followed the railroad tracks leading into the camp and crematoriums and then peeled away.
April 6, 2013
Forensic Pathologist Dr Valery Alexandrov
Dr. Alexandorov talks about the case of the death of Curtis Marshall
