“[…] Jason Holder’s miserly 65-run aggregate was, incredibly, the highest among all the West Indies batsmen [in India]. “The aggregates and associated averages of the West Indies top five batsmen were far more in sync with numbers that would be called at a Bingo game than with those that would …
Read More »Dear Editor: Got poetry?
“When was your last serving? Was your appetite quenched? Do you thirst for more? Of course you do! Well, let’s get right into the poetry, enthusiasts! “Have a taste of my unreleased poetry from my unreleased manuscripts I’ve left to marinate in time. Have your fill!” The following poems were submitted …
Read More »Dear Editor: Kamla dragging T&T through the mud; whose interest is former PM serving?!
“[…] Kamla Persad-Bissessar gleefully opines that T&T faces immense embarrassment and scrutiny from news media and international agencies over the horrific death of a migrant baby… How pathetic! “[…] The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and the editor of the Express can defend themselves from the false narratives proffered …
Read More »‘Strange fruit’ in Heights of Aripo; time to address our women’s pandemic of pain and powerlessness
“[…] The Heights of Aripo has long been used by criminals to dispose of bodies and evidence. In a bid to turn their neighbourhood into an unsafe haven for the criminals, the poor, frightened residents are requesting assistance and basic amenities. Nothing fancy, just streetlights, a police post and, maybe, …
Read More »Kangalee: What ESOP offer? Dr Rowley offered ‘ghost shares’ to ‘ghost workers’ at Heritage
“[…] Heritage is not a publicly traded company, so how can shares be offered to employees? The share offering Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley referred to with FCB is different, in that FCB is traded on the stock exchange. “Even if Heritage was a publicly traded company, there is no …
Read More »Dear Editor: Persad-Bissessar’s Coast Guard accusations were reckless and disgraceful!
“[…] Mrs Kamla Persad-Bissessar is a former prime minister of T&T, an experienced politician, an aspirant for the office of prime minister, and a senior member of the legal profession in T&T. “Yet she has convicted, without a trial, the officer of the Coast Guard who fired the shot that …
Read More »Dear Editor: Children, sport and Covid-19 policy; where the T&T Govt is getting it wrong
“[…] It’s very difficult for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to hide away the fact that their Covid-19 policies severely diminished the positive role sport and physical activities play in children’s lives. “In other words, bad Covid-19 policy is literally at the heart of the increased probability [that up …
Read More »McWatt and ‘Reds’ slam ‘Commess West Indies’ report on attendances at WI-Eng T20I Series
“[…] Over the five matches played at Kensington Oval, long regarded as the mecca of West Indies cricket, the total local attendance was only 45% of the reduced capacity. And this after the ticket prices for local, Barbadian fans attending the matches had been reduced by 50%. “By whose interpretation …
Read More »Dear Editor: ‘Easy for some to judge those for whom suicide seemed like the only way out’
“[…] After my sister, who was a year older, died at age 8, I thought it might have been better to take my life. I may have. If only I knew of a way to do it. Thankfully, the Internet wasn’t a thing back then or I might have googled …
Read More »Dear Editor: Doesn’t NIB chairman’s appointment violate NIS Act? Whose side is Govt really on?
“Patrick Ferreira has been appointed chairman of the National Insurance Board [despite being] chairman of Furness Chemicals Ltd, Furness Shipping & Marketing Ltd and Furness Personnel Services Ltd [and] CEO of Furness Rentals Ltd, Furness Properties Ltd and Furness Investments Ltd. “[…] Do you think that this business tycoon is …
Read More »McWatt and ‘Reds’: Bravo for India? Roach, 33, before Seales, 20? WI selectors are taking big gambles
“[…] Kemar Roach’s ODI stats are not in any way indicative of his abilities as a consistent and reliable wicket-taker. 124 wickets captured in 92 matches played equates to less than two per match. “There is absolutely no questioning the value that Kemar Roach has provided as the West Indies …
Read More »Dear Editor: Can trade unions really embrace Cuba yet ignore its vaccination practices?
“[…] What is the point, you may ask, of summarising the Cuban response to vaccination against Covid-19? “Well, let’s first look at some of the arguments against Government’s proposed policy of ‘semi-safe zones’ in the Public Sector, the expected legislation and its vaccination policy as advanced by T&T’s trade union …
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