The real blueprint to life

The Editor: It remarkable to hear that there is a possibility that DNA testing can be done and utilised in the administration of justice in Trinidad and Tobago. DNA a molecule called deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), which contains the biological instructions that make each species...
Posted On 13 Apr 2014
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Soft man transcends party lines

The Editor: I fully agree with Prof Selwyn Cudjoe in an article he wrote in one of our daily newspapers where he stated that the comments made by Ms Robinson-Regis about “soft man” in one of her speeches in the PNM’s upcoming  internal elections highlights the problem of a...
Posted On 12 Apr 2014
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Justice still to come

The Editor: I continue to look forward with anxiety to read in our daily papers the progress of cases such as Calder Hart’s. As the former executive chairman of Urban Development Corporation of T&T documents were found linking him and a company the Udecott board awarded $820...
Posted On 12 Apr 2014
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Modernizing our justice system

Dear Editor: I’m a fan of the CSI television series. I particularly admire how they use technology to solve crimes, especially how they use fingerprints and DNA to identify a suspect in short time. While I appreciate that this is a television series and none of what is...
Posted On 12 Apr 2014
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UNC awaiting new constitution

Party polls to take place after… The United National Congress (UNC) is awaiting the completion of the final draft of its new constitution before it commits to a date for the party’s internal elections. “We are still awaiting the final draft of the constitution and the...
Posted On 12 Apr 2014
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Judgement against former UTT Board

Judgement made against former Board of Governors of the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) The People’s Partnership Government on entering office in May 2010 took a decision to conduct a legal and financial forensic audit into the affairs of The University of Trinidad and...
Posted On 11 Apr 2014
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A new era of accountability

The Editor: In the recent times, we have been able to see a genuine turn in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) with the general saying that no one is above the law. For the past two decades, this was never so. We always heard clamouring that persons in high positions in our society...
Posted On 11 Apr 2014
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More accountability under People’s Partnership

The Editor: While the poor continue to suffer in Trinidad and Tobago, the rich are becoming richer and richer.  A few of them, simply by concocting a plan to defraud others. In our country, persons commit these white collar crimes because the culture has become one where no one...
Posted On 11 Apr 2014
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The dark days will return

The Editor: It’s strange how the citizens of T&T quickly forget their history. The death of Mr. Robinson has brought some of this back to life. When he was elected the prime minster of Trinidad and Tobago, he won convincingly 33-3. In 2010, the same happened with the PP...
Posted On 11 Apr 2014
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$48M Super-Fast ferry for seabridge

TRANSPORT Minister Stephen Cadiz yesterday announced Government has been able to lease a new inter-island ferry, MV Super-Fast Galicia, at a cost of $48 million for one year. In making this announcement at the post-Cabinet news conference at the Office of the Prime Minister,...
Posted On 11 Apr 2014
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