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THE EDITOR: The Debe to Mon Desir section of the Highway to Point Fortin will serve thousands of commuters who are now forced to spend hours in daily traffic along the SS Erin Road due to the intense commercial activities in the areas of Debe, Penal and Siparia. The vast majority...

Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.” ― Victor Hugo (French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist and statesman) Dear Editor: In an interesting move by the Integrity Commission, they have initiated an investigation into a claim made on the platform...

THE EDITOR: This is an open letter to the interim political leader of the Independent Liberal Party. I recently read that you said the Chaguanas West bye-election was one you never wanted, a fracas we could have done without. I should now ask you, who called this upon the party,...

Jack Warner has some nerve in dragging other people’s names down the gutter as his was. The man needs to understand that people now want to see what you can bring to the table – your solutions, your policies, your vision. Kindly raise your standard of politics Mr. Warner many...

Dear Editor As a supporter of the PP Government, I am disturbed by the repeated accusation that there is a so called cabal in the government of Kamla Persad Bissessar.  Interestingly while this accusation has been made particularly by Jack Warner, media practitioners have also...

The amount of politics and inaccuracies surrounding Premnath Rampaul’s accident on the Chaguanas West by-election is indeed unfortunate. It takes away from the real issues, that there was an accident, a man was injured and that man needs to be treated justly and fairly....

I was overjoyed to hear Minister Clifton De Coteau announce the release of funds for immediate stabilisation works and restoration of “Mille Fleurs”. With one international bank and two foreign missions already waiting in line to lease the historic property from Government once...

THE EDITOR: I never heard anyone call the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago by his first name “Eric, Eric, Eric” No one referred to the second Prime Minister as “George, George, George” or the third as “Arthur, Arthur, Arthur”. Not even our fourth Prime Minister was...

THE EDITOR: Why is Jack Warner, allowed to break so many rules, violate the dignity of those who oppose him and thoroughly slander the character of his political opponents in his bid to capture the Chaguanas West seat from the UNC? I am referring here in particular about him...

I was in absolute shock and horror as I observed the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) party’s political meeting on last Tuesday night. I cannot believe that Mr. Warner would subject the country to that level of abuse and disrespect. I still cannot understand the rational...