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The opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) reaction to the government’s announcement of low interest, no down payment for housing is that it is not an original idea. In posts on the Internet the PNM is claiming that the policy was in place under the PNM since...

By LARA PICKFORD-GORDON There have been calls (vociferous, persistent, bitter and biting) for Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to take action and remove Minister of National Security Jack Warner from his portfolio. She should ask him to step aside until a determination is...

by Robin Montano When I first qualified as a lawyer I was taught a great trick in cross examination: put a question to a witness in such a way that no matter how he answered he would effectively admit whatever it was that you were trying to get out of him. A classic example of...

In an online post (copied to me) about the media, Ronald Bhola, quotes Professor of Government and the Press, Thomas E. Patterson: “Although the news has been compared to a mirror held up to society, it is actually a highly selective portrayal of reality. The news is mainly...

There has been a lot of talk in recent times about media freedom, media responsibility and democracy. One of the things that strikes me about it is that some media have a clear bias that extends from their commentaries and editorials to reporting the daily news. While I have no...

A Commentary by Surujrattan Rambachan Monday’s Express Columnist Mariano Browne has questioned the leadership of the Prime Minister with respect to the investigations by the FBI. In his column he has either conveniently ignored or deliberately forgotten the facts which are that...

by Guyana Chronicle SINCE freedom of the press gives the right of expression, does  it include the right of making statements in an unbridled manner, including those that are deliberate in their falsity, and injurious to one’s character, thus bringing one’s integrity into...

Commentary by Surujrattan Rambachan ROWLEY’S QUESTIONING OF PRIME MINISTER’S PRESENCE AT POWERGEN PENAL REFLECTS A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT GENUINE LEADERSHIP I must admit that I had a good laugh when I read in the Express that Opposition Leader Keith Rowley was questioning...

PROMOTING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, RECOGNIZING TALENT AND RESPECTING DIVERSITY – THE WAY OF THE  PEOPLE’S PARTNERSHIP – By Surujrattan Rambachan Bishnu Ragoonath in an article written in 1999 entitled  “The structure and philosophy of Trinidad’s local government” reminds us of a...

by Robin Montano The uproar in the Press to the Prime Minister’s allegation earlier this week that there are rogue elements in the media was entirely predictable. The media in Trinidad & Tobago are notorious for never apologising for anything they do whether right or...