April 5 2011 – newsday.co.tt THREE members appointed to the Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday admitted that the issue of racial imbalance within the ranks of the Police Service is an issue that must be dealt with. But just not now.
THE EDITOR: At its recent Convention, the Peoples National Movement has demonstrated that its inner and intra relationship politics is backward, undemocratic, pathetic and exposes its negative/self defeating cult of the Absolute Leader. Patrick Manning is no longer the PNM’s Political leader but he still determines the policies of the PNM. Even though he was … Continue reading PNM’s Backward Politics
By Azard Ali March 23 2011 – newsday.co.tt WHEN doctors performed a second operation on Chrystal Ramsoomair to prevent bleeding in her womb, two arteries cut during the surgery were not stitched back and the young Carapichaima mother bled to death.
5 Doctors Suspended By Clint Chan Tack March 15, 2011 – newsday.co.tt FIVE DOCTORS and four nurses of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G) Department of the San Fernando General Hospital (SFGH) have been suspended, pending a full investigation into the death of Carapichaima housewife Chrystal Boodoo-Ramsoomair at the maternity ward on Carnival Friday, March 4.
By Selwyn R. Cudjoe March 09, 2011 Oh what a difference an election victory makes. For time immemorial we were told by some that the steelband could never be considered as the national instrument—there was always the dholak—and that carnival was not really the national festival. They always sought to convince us that devali was … Continue reading Plebian Carnival
By Dr. Kwame Nantambu March 05, 2011 Monday, 28 February 2011 will not only live in infamy but it will also be recorded as one of the darkest days in the history of public policy decision-making process in T&T. This historic, albeit unforgettable, day witnessed the opposition PNM voting against the constitutional amendment to resume … Continue reading PNM’s Retrograde Death Penalty Politics
By Stephen Kangal February 21, 2011 After 49 years of an ethno-nationalism-based and driven Independence and four distinct nationalist-leaning regimes what is the prevailing status quo on cross- cultural relations/diversity management that now impels us in T&T to want to chart a new culturally-sensitive and responsive way forward (multiculturalism) instead of continuing along the unjust … Continue reading Ravages of Ethno-Nationalism
And “His” Servants By Corey Gilkes February 09, 2011 Yes, that’s what I said. As if the articles on monogamy and extramarital relationships weren’t scandalous enough, I gone now and dive cross the line into blasphemy with talk about the sex of god. In our society – which for the most part retains a romantic, … Continue reading Re-Examining the “Sex” of God
By Suzanne Mills February 06 2011 – newsday.co.tt Hindsight they say is 20/20 and so I wonder if the police who disobeyed the order of the TT government to attack the Muslimeen with full force later felt any regret. They may not have been pained by guilt pangs over their cowardice and treachery, but with … Continue reading 1990 20/20 Vision
By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe January 27, 2011 One year ago Kamla Persad-Bissessar was elevated to the leadership of her party. In May of last year she was elected prime minister of the country. Since then she has shown herself to be incompetent; of questionable intellectual maturity, and deficient in judgment. As we enter 2011, … Continue reading Kamla’s Casual Carelessness