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“Admittedly, fireworks are visually spectacular and, in countries which value every citizen’s rights, families can view amazing firework displays for a limited period of time in a safe venue. “But the indiscriminate use of fireworks is hurting people and it seems as if our government—both present and past—is waiting for …

“Armchair criminologists and political pundits, who are evidently clueless as is demonstrated with crime plan after crime plan, seem hell-bent on creating panic where none is warranted over the deportation of criminals, which is another example of selling fear to the masses to benefit a few.” The following Letter to …

Fixin’ T&T has repeated its call for President Anthony Carmona to resign if he cannot extricate himself from a TT$78,781.09 cheque written by the Office of the President for Savitri Singh—which is the same name carried by his mother-in-law. The sum, according to the cheque, was payment for the “cost …

“I don’t know what or how many promises the government has delivered over the past 14 months. But that’s understandable because no one has communicated what the government intended to do so we don’t know how to measure progress.” The following Letter to the Editor on the accomplishments of the …

Over more than a decade, my columns have contained an explanation of what I discern to be the deficiencies of the systems by which we are governed and reference to some possible solutions. These columns also seek to show the link between those deficiencies, leadership condonation of them and the …

“The impact of social media on the bottom line was to be expected; negative impact on the traditional advertising model has been observed globally over several years. “What has been equally apparent is the painfully slow and piecemeal approach taken by management at national media houses to invest in new …

“Trump/Hillary, same difference; six of one, half-a-dozen of the other; Left Wing, Right Wing, same cobo. One just uses nicer words because she’s a career politician.” The following Letter to the Editor on the US election was submitted to Wired868 by Corey Gilkes of La Romaine: “Got to stay ‘way …

It might be the first time in the history of global politics that Russia elected a United States president. But that would probably be an over-simplification on last night’s election results. In an era that places a premium on financial prudence, long term planning, skilled diplomacy and environmental awareness, the …

United States Ambassador John L Estrada, who was born in Trinidad, has confirmed that he will follow established protocol by tending his resignation as the United States prepares to usher in a new president. However, Estrada did not congratulate or even mention his adopted country’s new president elect, Donald Trump, in a press …

It is 2016. Do you know where Jean and Dinah are? And why? It says a lot for the Mighty Sparrow that sexagenarians and teenagers alike—and all the age-groups in between—often answer that question in the affirmative. Round de corner posing; bet yuh life is something dey selling… In Calypso …

I entirely agree that the Cabinet reshuffle announced last week is not likely to produce better or cleaner Government. Our governance structures and processes are out of date, unreformed, tainted with partisanship and in some cases riddled with corruption. They lack public trust. By analogy to Chalkie’s “The Driver Can’t Drive”, …

“They don’t want the people who made the sacrifice to control the commanding heights of our industry. They claim we can’t handle money. We don’t know how to do business. They say we don’t possess administrative skills. “But when we look at all the other businesses, especially those fortunate to …