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What distinguishes the leadership of Kamla Persad Bissessar from Rowley 1.     Vision for the nation: Prosperity for All vs Prosperity for a selected few 2.     Heart for the children of our nation:  Children’s Life Fund, Laptops for Children entering secondary school...

Dear Editor: As we enter into the election year, the attack on the PP Government will intensify. In fact in my lifetime coming through from 1966 onwards, I have never witnessed a government under as intense scrutiny as the Kamla Persad Bissessar administration. Mind you, there is...

There has been a clamour in some quarters for me to have taken immediate action in relation to allegations made against Minister of Sport, Anil Roberts. I have demonstrated in the past on many occasions that I do not hesitate to act in addressing any matter. But I am also...

THE EDITOR: Last week my younger cousin, who is attending the University of the West Indies and is currently in the second year of her programme, started her stint as an On the Job Trainee (OJT) with the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure. Nothing remarkable there. However,...

STATEMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON THE HYATT ARBITRATION DELIVERED IN THE SENATE ON TUESDAY JUNE 10, 2014‎. When I assumed office as Attorney General, I inherited a virtual avalanche of legal claims totalling billions of dollars. It required careful and skilful management to...

Senator the Honourable Fazal Karim, Minister of Tertiary Education and Skills Training (MTEST) paid homage to many former Caroni workers at the formal opening ceremony of the National Energy Skills Centre (NESC) Woodford Lodge Technology Campus on Friday May 23, 2014.  During his...

Dear Editor: Colm Imbert, on Friday 6th June, 2014, while making his contribution in Parliament said that we need a need a wise old man for the position of Governor of the Central Bank. How myopic could this statement be! What does age or gender have to do with it? I ask this so...

Today the Court of Appeal comprising Chief Justice Archie and Justices of Appeal Bereaux and Smith dismissed the appeal of the Appellants, all former members of the Board of Directors of the University of Trinidad and Tobago, against the judgment of Justice Kokaram whereby they...

Dear Editor: I absolutely abhor disrespectful youths. I hate to see young people walk into a room without saying the necessary salutations, wearing hats inside a room and not respecting their elders, just to name a few. I lament the fact that our nation have allowed this slide to...

Dear Editor: It is amazing how so many learned individuals could be making such illogical, damaging statements around our foreign exchange situation. Continuing down this road may lead to irreparable damage to our economic system, and could be considered highly reckless and...