Stuart Young, the Port of Spain North/St Ann’s West MP, has replaced the late Franklin Khan as minister of energy and energy industries with Fitzgerald Hinds taking over the portfolio of national security minister. The decision was announced this afternoon via a press release by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, …
Read More »Dear Editor: Why can’t the commissioner of police handle criticism?
‘[…] not only is the Threatener highly dangerous, he certainly lacks the maturity of thought to be able to handle critique and criticism …’ The following Letter to the Editor was submitted to Wired868 by Mohan Ramcharan from Birmingham, England: I’m going to start off this letter in an unexpected …
Read More »Daly Bread: Falling into Daunte’s inferno: police violence in the US and T&T
Daunte (pronounced Dante) Wright, aged 20, is the latest black man to be killed by a white police officer in the United States. The matter that first drew the attention of the police to him was minor. A questionable explanation has been given for the shooting of Daunte. The police …
Read More »Noble: Economic expectations and emotions; T&T’s unique challenges must factor into analyses
The recent utterances of a UWI economist about our economy (‘dire straits’) had me scampering for a Lloyd Best quote: ‘Palpably, we lack the pegs on which to hang ongoing events, and which would allow us to convert arbitrary detail into a systematic pattern, arithmetic into algebra, the specific into …
Read More »Khan ‘left undeniable mark on the political landscape’; Hosein honours late energy minister
“[…] Minister [Franklin] Khan was a mentor and close friend of mine and many others, always available to listen and give advice. My friend and brother in service, I will truly miss our conversations and those wonderful moments of laughter…” The following press release on the passing of Minister of …
Read More »Demming: Gov’t must act on sexual harrassment and gender-based violence
Womantra and 2Cents movement have both survived firestorms of social media criticism that they allegedly mishandled accusations of either sexual harassment, gender-based violence or sexual grooming perpetrated by persons in positions of leadership. Ironically, both organisations are engaged in much-needed work that can fundamentally change our cultural landscape, but they …
Read More »Dear Editor: Scrap iron proposal can earn forex for TT, Dr Rowley must think outside box
‘[…] [The scrap iron] sector has been disregarded by officialdom, perhaps because it is not a fancy or glamorous business, operated in the main by small business people who are socially unrelated to the traditional elites… ‘[…] Dr Rowley’s leadership will be judged [on] whether or not his government has …
Read More »Daly Bread: Taking a stand
Stung by the high voter turnout that was able to trump Trump, some Southern states of the USA—under the political control of Republicans—are taking steps to restrict the ease with which voters can vote before Election Day, as well as the use of absentee ballots and drop boxes into which …
Read More »Noble: The cost of our polarisation—where ‘do them back’ gets us
In a week shortened by the long Easter weekend, we ended up exhausted and battered. While our neighbours in St Vincent contend with a raging volcano, we wreck our society. They would lose their livelihoods, and some will need to be evacuated outside of the country. We are voluntarily destroying …
Read More »Daly Bread: Suspending my disbelief; vaccines, THA spending and ‘gambage’
Dinah Washington was an artiste at the very top of more than one genre. In one of her classics, she sang: ‘What a difference a day makes/Twenty four little hours/Brought the sun and the flowers/Where there used to be rain…’ Listening to songs pitching hope of rainbows and brightness ahead …
Read More »Dear Editor: The lessons of Easter—redemption and renewal in a pandemic
“[…] The Easter message says ‘Yes we Can!’ There can be redemption and renewal! We can find our way out of the pandemic, though it will take time and patience. “The more troubling problem is not the medical challenge of keeping people safe and alive; it is how do we …
Read More »Camille: All mechanisms in Parliamentary Standing Orders remain intact, despite Opposition complaints
“[…] Let me also point out that even though because of the Covid-19 restrictions the speaking time has been reduced, we have not removed any of the mechanisms provided in the Parliamentary Standing Orders—whether it be Questions, Motions, Privileges and the Standing Orders themselves—that regulate the operation of the Parliament. …
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