By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe February 26, 2017 In 2011, shortly after the People’s Partnership was installed as a government, the GOPIO asked me to give a lecture on multiculturalism. I emphasized that Trinidad and Tobago will never reach its full potential unless all of us—black, white, Indian and African, protestant and Hindu—accepted our past … Continue reading Guarding Our Laws
By Raffique Shah February 24, 2017 (WARNING: The contents of this column are meant to inform readers, more so citizens of the USA, of their constitutional rights vis-à-vis those who govern them. They are not intended to incite anyone, anywhere, to take drastic action to remove any leader, even if he (or she) has become … Continue reading Americans’ right to revolt
By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe February 12, 2017 Last Monday, Dr. Keith Rowley embarked upon a tour to converse with his constituents. Symbolically, he began his conversation in the constituency of his most tone-deaf, most unavailable minister. Any astute observer of the political scene could have told him that crime, public safety and citizens’ distrust … Continue reading Beware of our Talents
By Stephen Kangal February 14, 2017 The late former Permanent Secretary of The Ministries of Legal Affairs/ National Security, Mr Leo Bertrand Seebaran passed away on my 77th birthday- Saturday 4 February 2017. He was fondly and respectfully conferred by residents the aristocratic accolade of The Baron of Jumbie Peace in grateful recognition and appreciation … Continue reading Leo Seebaran—Quintessential Caroni Man
By Stephen Kangal January 29, 2017 There was a quite visible and audible dearth in the House possessive of the requisite international relations expertise to analyze and dissect the internationally illegal imposition of US- domestic FATCA on T&T from a foreign policy/international law perspective. That important dimension after T&T has been an active international relations … Continue reading Can FATCA Pass the International Jurisprudence Test?
By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe January 29, 2017 On Wednesday 18th January the Senate passed the Miscellaneous Provisions (Marriage) or the Child Marriage Bill (2016) that prohibits twelve-year-old girls from getting married. It did so with the notable abstention of the UNC-led Opposition. Put simply, as Jennifer Baptiste Primus suggests, this bill prevents “hard-back men” … Continue reading Kamla’s Equivocation
By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe Jamuary 16, 2017 Poor Rolph, or should I say, brilliant Rolph. I do not wish to denigrate Dr. Rolph Balgobin’s name or rush to judgment about any of the charges that have been made against him. I expect justice to run its course since Balgobin has hired the best legal … Continue reading Poor Rolph, Brilliant Rolph
By Raffique Shah January 11, 2017 If fantasy could be magically transformed into reality, as Dictator-General of Trinidad and Tobago, I would harness the approximately $10 billion per year that is wasted on cigarettes, alcohol and gambling and put that money to productive use. But then I’d be a dead dictator before I could even … Continue reading We must do, or die like stray dogs
By Stephen Kangal December 23, 2016 There was a quite visible and audible dearth in the House lacking the requisite international relations expertise to analyze and dissect the internationally illegal imposition of US-domestic FATCA on T&T from a foreign policy/international law perspective. That important missing dimension, after T&T has been an active international relations participant … Continue reading How FATCA Infringes and Trammels Our Statehood
By Stephen Kangal November 16, 2016 When beleaguered and now politically isolated Finance Minister, Colm Imbert introduces on Friday a Gaming/Betting Control Bill 2016 in the House designed to regulate and bring under strict legislative jurisdiction a mushrooming and widespread but illegal Gaming Industry he must abandon his penchant for flaunting his boyish political immaturity. … Continue reading Imbert Must Credit Kamla for the Gaming Bill