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THE EDITOR: I am a mother of three young girls from Laventille. since the army/police lock-down in the area last month, I have been able to finally sleep peacefully at night. The soldiers are courteous, polite and pleasant and do not whistle or harass my daughters like some of...

THE EDITOR: I feel a sense of deep loss after following Tuesday’s Senate discussion about the bill to allow soldiers to arrest criminals. The Upper House comprises three benches: government, opposition and independent. For a long while yesterday I could only make out two, as it...

I am no apologist for the Government as there are persons paid to do that, but I must agree with the Government officials who accuse the media of publishing only negative news. On March 19, I sent a letter to the editor complimenting the Chaguanas Borough Corporation on...

Listening to the Senate debate the Defence Act amendment has been an almost nauseating experience for me. I’m already convinced the Upper House is of vestigal value, or should I say, pusillanimous capacity. Just last weekend, a neigbour had some friends over when unsavoury...

The debate on the Miscellaneous Provisions (Defence and Police Complaints) Bill 2013 is on and well under way in the Senate. In their usual style of playing politics with the people’s business, the opposition has blatantly refused to support this bill. Thus, at least four (4)...

THE EDITOR: Balderdash! As a former professor of mine would say. What media war is the media referring too! Utter rubbish I say. Just like in a Tango, in war it takes two to mangle. When Hitler wanted to start his push for global domination, he created an insurgence with German...

In April 1970, during the height of their mutiny, a large convoy of soldiers led by Lts Rex Lasalle, Raffique Shah and Michael Bazie began riding out of Teteron for La Fantasie, St Ann’s, Port of Spain. Armed to the teeth, they were going to lick up the PNM leadership and...

I am not a fan of Minister of National Security, Jack Warner. I detest the way he always has an opinion on everything. However, I have a serious problem with the opponents calling for him to step down pending the determination of the allegations against him. Those who are calling...

Dear Editor Now that the dust has started  to settle with respect to the recent “media furore”,  it might be instructive to do an objective analysis of the approach of the media to this latest matter. It is interesting that even the IPI has been brought into the matter, so...

Dear Editor The regarding the statement by Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar regarding the media’s attitude to the Peoples Partnership Government  shows how thin skinned the media is and how much it will not examine its own behaviour with respect to the Government and in many...