Columnist Sunity Maharaj considers the value offered by political manifestos to the electorate; and how the public might better utilise policy documents for better governance: With just two weeks to go to the election, there is not much that can be done with recently released party manifestos, apart from oooh-ing and aaah-ing, …
Read More »Guardian angel lifts skirt again; ad calls Kublalsingh a reptile
The Trinidad Guardian newspaper had observers covering their eyes again when the self-declared “Guardian of Democracy” published a photograph, presumably of activist Wayne Kublalsingh, with the headline: “Trinidad and Tobago discovers a human reptile.” Under the photograph ran the caption: “The Kub-lal. An unusual human reptile discovered here on the …
Read More »Hunger games: T&T’s conscience Waynes; Fuad brings down the House
Since when did Trinidad and Tobago become the set for the “Hunger Games?” In the past week, the two island republic’s inability to feed the minds and conscience of its citizens has made global and local news. Let’s just say when, as Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond …
Read More »Hwy Re-Route: PM puts greed over T&T environment
The Highway Re-Route Movement claims that Trinidad and Tobago faces an environmental tipping point in the fight to save endangered wetlands: Even as Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was boasting to the United Nations General Assembly on Monday that her Government emphasizes human development and not “concrete, steel and …
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