For fools rush in where angels fear to tread

The National Security Minister’s recent unrestrained language and conduct towards judges and unjustified criticisms of their judicial functions constitute an impermissible trespass into judicial territory. I remind him, only fools rush in where angels fear to tread. T...
Posted On 14 May 2023
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Seek a fresh mandate

I recently read in one of the daily newspapers that Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds said that 70% of society wants to see him fail. I don’t believe 70% of society wants to see him fail, but with a murder rate trending toward 600, the majority of the population is...
Posted On 27 Dec 2022
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Don’t Blame God for Rowley’s Dotishness

Prime Minister Keith Rowley at the PNM convention on December 4, 2022, announces a National Day of Prayer. He said the country must come together and pray for all the hardship pervading the land; crime and flooding seemed to be uppermost on his mind. Keith Rowley in his usu...
Posted On 16 Dec 2022
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Keith Rowley has betrayed the sanctity of Parliament

Dear Editor, The revelation by the Commissioner of Police that the emails which Keith Rowley, then Opposition Leader read in our nations Parliament, accusing the sitting Government of plots to murder journalists, were not authentic, is one of the most embarrassing and unbecoming...
Posted On 19 Jul 2019
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T&T owes Kamla a debt of gratitude

Kamla Persad-Bissessar did what many were not expecting… she and her MPs voted unanimously with the Government to ensure passage of the Civil Asset Recovery and Management and Unexplained Wealth Bill 2019. Many anticipated that when the debate on this piece of legislation resumed...
Posted On 09 Apr 2019
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Unity and Coalition are different things

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar has faced some stinging criticism relative to her declaration at the UNC’s National Assembly that the UNC can win the next general election on its own and without a coalition. A few points are perhaps worthy of consideration here. The...
Posted On 01 Feb 2019
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Three years of Rowley’s Rule

This is a particularly reflective time for Trinidad and Tobago having just observed our 56th year of Independence. This week, on September 7, Keith Rowley will begin his fourth year as Prime Minister of this country. I saw many comments from citizens who have been plunged into...
Posted On 03 Sep 2018
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A crisis of leadership

As we celebrated International Women’s Day this week it was my intention to comment on why it is important for us, as nation to continue to #PressforProgress. I intended to acknowledge how far we have come as a country, with more and more women holding leadership roles, a...
Posted On 16 Mar 2018
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Our country cannot survive much more of this incompetence and mismanagement

The Editor: The Keith Rowley administration will go down in history as the most incompetent and destructive government this country has seen in recent years. The single distinguishing feature of this administration is its arrogance and its unwillingness to accept that their...
Posted On 02 Mar 2018
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A State of Abject Failure

  We have found ourselves in a manufactured recession and the worst state of depraved living condition this country has ever experienced. The government’s failure to create and implement proper expansionary policies to stimulate the economy, has caused a ripple effect...
Posted On 18 Dec 2017
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