“[…] Coming out of the Covid pandemic shutdown, there were a few tournaments that allowed for a return to play, namely: Ascension tournament (catering to senior men), NLCL U19 Community Cup, Tiger Tanks U20. “[…] Nowhere in that list of tournaments is a TTFA-run or organised tournament or league. We …
Read More »Dear Editor: Sport and social activities can address Enterprise crime spike
“[…] What we see happening did not erupt over night. This is a result of neglect of the community and the youth by those tasked with the authority to assist, like their local representatives, MP, and the Mayor. “[…] One must understand that involvement in sports and social activities reduces …
Read More »Dear Editor: Martin Daly SC should explain finer points of Vincent Nelson’s indemnity deal
“[…] I would also like Mr [Martin] Daly SC to explain, in his column, why he thinks that the DPP took the correct decision to discontinue, for the time being, the charges against Messrs Anand Ramlogan, SC, and Gerard Ramdeen—having regard to all the documentary and other information in the public domain, …
Read More »Dear Editor: Nelson legal quagmire started with Al-Rawi’s procedural error
“[…] The Vincent Nelson situation was not an intricate, and perplexing state of affairs nor was it complicated or difficult. From the very beginning, when Mr Nelson ‘outed’ others for an alleged legal fees kickback scheme, the former Attorney General ought to have frog-marched him out of his Chambers to the …
Read More »Dear Editor: What would be cost in blood of Dr Deyalsingh’s plea to arm “the citizenry”?
“Dr Varma Deyalsingh has suggested ‘arming the citizenry’ with guns when he addressed the 3rd Sitting of the Senate […] on 13 October 2022… He was cursorily cautious to include with ‘proper checks and balances’. Knowing what those proper checks and balances would be and how to keep them ‘proper’ …
Read More »Dear editor: Gobar! How will raising minimum wage cause inflation, when it’s already here?!
“The Minister of Tourism, Randall Mitchell, has said that increasing the minimum wage will cause inflation… This is a ton load of gobar. “We are presently suffering from the highest inflation rate since the turn of the century. Is it caused by increasing the money supply? Or is it because …
Read More »Dear Editor: Revisiting the good hair, bad hair debate and its dangerous prejudices
“[…] What the video creator is clearly signalling is that a prerequisite for good hair is solely based on texture and length… These disruptive and prejudiced attitudes and mindsets must be confronted because they inform other discriminatory practices. “[…] There are real life consequences to these dangerous prejudices…” The following …
Read More »Kangalee: Gov’t bamboozling nurses with bonus while they suffer on short-term rollover contracts
“[…] Many [health care workers] are working under short term contracts—some as short as three months—[and] have been subjected to continual rollovers of their short term contracts and who have been employed continuously for 15 years and more. “[…] Instead of abolishing the short term-rollover contract system, coming up with …
Read More »Dear Editor: Effective inclement weather policies will address inconsistent national responses and save lives
“[…] If it was unsafe for schools to stay open, why were the non-essential businesses allowed to stay open with the workers exposed to the same risk? “[…] We must consider whether these weather alerts are reaching the population—especially in rural areas—and are they being understood? […]” The following Letter …
Read More »Dear Editor: T&T Gov’t disrespected Beijing 4x100m team by not properly acknowledging their gold medals
“[…] Trinidad and Tobago is now in possession of three gold medals at the highest level of the sport, which is the true measure of the performance of athletes. “Our failure to properly recognise the 2008 Olympic 4×100 metre champion athletes is incomprehensible, despicable, unfair, unjust, improper and a disservice to …
Read More »Dear Editor: It’s a glaring omission not to award ORTT to “Kitch” and 2008 Olympics 4x100m team
“[…] Kitch was not a medical doctor, a lawyer, an engineer, a banker, or someone with ‘Dr’ before his name. However, his sterling contribution to this country far surpassed [that made by] many who hold such academic accolades, and have in the past received the ORTT. “[…] Another glaring omission is the …
Read More »Dr Rowley: “We are a fortunate people to be the owners and beneficiaries of these islands!”
“[…] On this day as we celebrate its birth, we can point to its many social ills, the current crime wave, the short-comings in our infrastructure, the buckling and impeded education system, our institutions, our faltering work ethic, disregard, in some places, of the environment, etc. “But on the other …
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