“[…] If the government sold oil directly or indirectly to Venezuela they did not breach any national law and, according to the Charter of the United Nations, they did not breach any international law… “Apart from our moral and humanitarian obligation to Venezuela, our own self-interest is involved…” The following …
Read More »‘Unscientific, xenophobic and asinine’! Anil slams Conte’s cheat slurs at Bolt and Jamaica athletes
“[Usain] Bolt was subjected to the exact same stringent testing measures by WADA, IOC and JADO as other international athletes. “It is idiotic, small-minded, myopic and racist to even attempt to suggest that somehow an immigration officer in Jamaica has a greater proclivity and ability to assist an athlete in …
Read More »Dear editor: Why is TTPS not following the law in their request for personal data?
“At first, the questions seemed reasonable: name, age, address, place of work, position… But then I was asked weight and height. “[…] Why has TTPS not said they are collecting this data and why are they violating the Data Protection Act, which was partially proclaimed in 2012?” The following letter …
Read More »Marlon Morris: Does T&T have ‘pandemic response success criteria’ beyond flattening the curve?
“[…] From the onset, the pandemic response success criteria—how we determine success in our handling of the crisis—must be identified with clear timelines and key performance indicators. “Is the success criteria primarily medical and public health-related or social and economic as well? It appears that the key or only goal …
Read More »Life in quarantine: ‘It’s [maintaining] your physical health while feeling the loss of your mental health’
“[Life in quarantine is] policing your co-residents because your health depends on them as much as it depends on you… It is being ostracised by those you thought were friends and being ‘befriended’ by some who are not. “It is trying to keep your physical health while feeling the loss …
Read More »Dear Editor: ‘Irresponsible’ to hold swim camp during outbreak; Anil: Kids safer there than at home
Ricardo Rampersad: “What kind of leadership and example is it for these experts to allow kids to partake in a gathering with 26 swimmers and at least three experts, bringing the total to 29? “[…] What was even more disturbing is that the president of the Amateur Swimming Association of …
Read More »Dear Editor: My daughter deserves spot at Carifta games after ‘devastating infringement’
“[…] I assumed that an exception would have been made for Kayleigh. Apart from the devastating infringement that cost her the race on Saturday, she is the national champion at that distance and over the last year, she had run faster times than any under-17 or under-20 athlete in the …
Read More »Dear Editor: ‘Iron sharpeneth iron’! Dishonest politicians created a ‘bandit factory’
“Today, because of greed, every institution in our twin island Republican nation is in a state of collapse, through neglect and lack of the necessary resources to maintain them. Yet we choose to bury our heads in the sand like the ostrich, and pretend that we are not living in …
Read More »POS Acting Mayor: No decision on Kwame Ture Street yet; but here are the benefits of it…
“[…] Interestingly, I reside at Oxford Street and have lived there for the 34 years of my life. On one occasion years ago, I noticed some persons who appeared to be tourists, walking along Oxford Street and staring around as if they were searching for something. “When I asked if …
Read More »Dear Editor: Why Oxford Street to Kwame Ture? Why not a First Peoples or East Indian name?
“I have noted that the Deputy Mayor of Port of Spain Hillan Morean told an Emancipation Day audience that the Port of Spain City Corporation plans to rename Oxford Street after Kwame Ture, Trinidad-born Pan-African activist. “[…] Why change to mainly African names and not equally to the First Peoples, …
Read More »Dear Editor: Warning on President’s Image is unconstitutional and threat to freedom of expression
“For the President to issue a Policy that restricts livestreaming, broadcasting and publication of her name and image without permission is a direct threat to freedom of expression and freedom of the press. Unlike those constitutionally entrenched rights, there is no constitutional protection for the President’s name and image.” The …
Read More »Dear Editor: State’s belligerence to FOIA requests drove up my legal costs, not greed
“Had the information been disclosed upon my request the State would not have incurred any legal costs… It was the Minister’s and Cabinet’s refusal in the first place and belligerence in the second place that cost the State over $400,000 in legal fees and not my attorneys trying to milk …
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