By Raffique Shah March 28, 2010 Lest I am accused of consorting with the ‘drugs mafia’, or worse, being a drug lord posturing as a journalist, I need to be very careful how I couch my words in this column. With Prime Minister Manning on the warpath against enemies more imagined than real, the last … Continue reading Mad Man-ning on the rampage
Calder Hart has resigned from Udecott and all other state boards in Trinidad and Tobago. HART RESIGNS ALMOST two years after allegations of corruption were first made against him, Calder Hart yesterday resigned as the Udecott executive chairman and as the chairman of four other state boards he had been appointed to under Prime Minister … Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: Calder Hart Resigns
WE WANT ANSWERS, MR. PRIME MINISTER By Andre Bagoo March 05, 2010 THE CONGRESS of the People (COP) yesterday called on Prime Minister Patrick Manning to immediately account for his failure to take action against Udecott executive chairman Calder Hart in light of fresh evidence linking Hart to a company his board awarded $820 million … Continue reading Hart family ties to UDeCOTT contracts
So wha bout the politics now? By Corey Gilkes March 02, 2010 www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/blog On the 24th January an interesting but not unexpected shift in the politics occurred when Kamla Persad-Bissessar was voted in as political leader of the United National Congress dethroning the charismatic veteran leader and founder of the party, Basdeo Panday. This paved … Continue reading Well a Woman is Almost There
By John Pilger February 10, 2010 – johnpilger.com Why are so many films so bad? This year’s Oscar nominations are a parade of propaganda, stereotypes and downright dishonesty. The dominant theme is as old as Hollywood: America’s divine right to invade other societies, steal their history and occupy our memory. When will directors and writers … Continue reading Why the Oscars are a Con
EDITOR: The Laws of Trinidad and Tobago have been broken by the open removal of Mangrove forests on the Mucurapo foreshore next to the car park where the City Corporation park their trucks. Why has the Mayor or the CEO of the City Corporation not yet been arrested and charged or fired for incompetence and … Continue reading Disorderly Governance
Sending in the Marines By Judith Scherr January 29, 2010 – counterpunch.org THE FRENCH COOPERATION Minister Alain Joyandet accused the U.S. of “occupying” Haiti rather than helping in the wake of the devastating January 12, 7.0 earthquake. Doctors Without Borders and officials from the Caribbean community expressed similar frustrations, as US military personnel controlling the … Continue reading Q & A with the State Department on Haiti
By John Pilger January 27, 2010 The theft of Haiti has been swift and crude. On 22 January, the United States secured “formal approval” from the United Nations to take over all air and sea ports in Haiti, and to “secure” roads. No Haitian signed the agreement, which has no basis in law. Power rules … Continue reading The Kidnapping of Haiti
D-Day for UNC Political mud-slinging. Nightly public meetings. Walkabouts. Picong. Intrigue. Election Day By midnight tonight, T&T will know whether United National Congress loyalists, who have stood steadfastly by their leader, Basdeo Panday, through his travails over decades, will finally turn their backs on him, ushering in a sea of change in the political landscape … Continue reading UNC Election Day
By Viv Smith Socialist Worker FOUR DAYS AFTER the disaster in Haiti, the media shifted its attention from images of suffering to those of looting. Talk has turned to keeping “law and order”. Haitians are increasingly depicted as savages. But the real savages and looters are the US ruling class. Instead of helping to rebuild … Continue reading Haiti: the real looters are sitting in Washington