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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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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Prosperous days ahead for T&T

Dear Editor: It is very comforting to read of the the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest country report for Trinidad and Tobago. They predicted robust growth for the T&T’s economy in the region of 2.5% for 2014. This reinforces the economic policy of the...
Posted On 05 Apr 2014
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Bright future for TT

THE EDITOR: The Central Statistics Office has revealed that Trinidad and Tobago has now recorded its lowest Unemployment rate (3.7 percent) in its history. This is a most commendable feat of the Government, but since it’s not negative news, has not been highlighted in the media....
Posted On 29 Mar 2014
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National Operations Centre a success

THE EDITOR: I have been privy to several talk shows between Mr Garvin Heerah, from the National Operations Centre and various hosts from the different morning programmes on television. They have discussed the countless methods the Centre is using to execute security measures in...
Posted On 13 Mar 2014
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Where are the neutral constituencies?

Attention people of Penal! The Opposition Leader has declared your province to be bereft of class and activities associated with anything of national interest should not take place there.
Posted On 22 Feb 2014
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