Express Editorial November 13, 2010 – trinidadexpress.com As the country watched in fascination, former prime minister Patrick Manning showed signs of having been stung into replying to his successor’s revelations about the telecommunications intercepts perpetrated for five years under his rule . Until Friday, Mr Manning, now just another MP, had been mostly silent in … Continue reading On Mr Manning’s Secret Service
Clear and present danger PRESIDENT George Maxwell Richards, former Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma, his wife Kalawati, Government and Opposition politicians, trade-unionists, journalists and even some of their children were subject to secret surveillance by the Security Intelligence Agency (SIA), Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar revealed yesterday as she expressed a “deep sense of personal outrage” over … Continue reading They Spied on the President Too
Statement by the Honourable Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago in the House of Representatives on the interception of communications November 12, 2010
By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe November 11, 2010 I did not know Fazeer Mohamed well. He interviewed me on First Up once and did a good job although he was rude to me before the programme began. I chalked that up to the incivility that some of our public and private officials/servants indulge in most … Continue reading The Corrupting Influence of the People’s Partnership
By Sean Douglas October 22, 2010 – newsday.co.tt THE Rape Crisis Society yesterday called on Government to pass laws to hold parents responsible for sexual offences done by their children. “Some of the perpetrators of these heinous sexual assaults are teenagers and thus are not liable for prosecution.” The Society wrote to media houses to … Continue reading Hold parents responsible
By Raffique Shah September 26, 2010 “So, I expect you to tear into (Herbert) Volney’s anatomy in your next column!” many of my readers chorused all of last week. People were itching for me—why me?—to go after the judge-turned-politician, the greatest intervention since, let’s say, mouth-organist Cutty Joseph. Or Hardeo Hardath, a PNM “crapaud” who … Continue reading Here today, gone tomorrow
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER “That several members of her People’s Partnership administration have had a past history in politics and social activism as defenders and upholders of the rule of law and the independence and separations of all the time honoured Estates of a Democratic State as Trinidad and Tobago.
By Raffique Shah September 18, 2010 IN the midst of the never-ending cacophony that has come to characterise our politics, it was refreshing to hear at least one voice of reason coming from someone who holds high office. I refer to Chief Justice Ivor Archie, whose speech at the opening of the new law term … Continue reading Refreshing voice of reason
By Dr. Kwame Nantambu September 07, 2010 In normal, civilized and sane times, one can postulate a solid, airtight defence against the imposition of the death penalty for murder. No problem. However, times, albeit living conditions, in T&T are abnormal, uncivilized and insane to the nth degree; ergo, any defence against the death penalty under … Continue reading Hang them high, high. high and then some
By Derren Joseph September 01, 2010 There was a most interesting YouGov poll conducted a couple weeks ago on the website for the Economist magazine – one of my favorite publications. One of the questions asked – Whether or not you think the Islamic cultural centre and mosque should be built near the World Trade … Continue reading Our Strength is Our Diversity