Ethnic heads on name-calling tiff: Leaders must do better

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Ethnic heads on name-calling tiff: Leaders must do better

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Head of the Emancipation Support Committee Zakiya Uzoma-Wadada. LEADERS should do better at fostering unity, president of the National Council of Indian Culture (NCIC) Dr Deokinanan Sharma and head of the Emancipation Support Committee Zakiya Uzoma-Wadada have said about the ongoing dispute over name-calling. Newsday spoke with both leaders on the tiff between the PNM and UNC stemming from the literal name-calling on political platforms. The genesis of the squabble […]

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