Following is the full text of Prime Minister Patrick Manning’s address to the nation on Thursday 20, 2008 My fellow citizens, I consider it most important that I address you at this time. Before however dealing with my main purpose this evening, let me give you the assurance that the government continues to do its … Continue reading PM: Tighten your belts
Newsday Editorial Thursday, October 9 2008 It is the height of irony that Government Senator Hazel Manning should be calling for parliamentary privilege to be reviewed. After all, it was her husband, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, who committed a most flagrant abuse of parliamentary privilege last week.
By Stephen Kangal October 08, 2008 Prior to the commencement of the TT/Barbados Maritime Boundary Arbitration I wrote in March 2004 to former Minister of Foreign Affairs Knowlson Gift advising that T&T should hold immediate consultations with our Venezuelan treaty partner with respect to collaborating on the defence of the maritime boundary that they jointly … Continue reading Why is T&T Not Talking to the Venezuelans
EDITOR: The dismantling of the fuel subsidy has begun, as was predicted by the Food and Fuel Forum, which for the past couple of weeks has been distributing a bulletin linking the dismantling to the upcoming signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
By Stephen Kangal September 24, 2008 Reasonable citizens and commentators are fast coming to the conclusion that PM Manning has pre-empted the yet-to-determined verdict of the people of T&T. He has now taken T&T, at enormous public expense, diplomatic hype and great bravado beyond the political point of no return on his proposed union with … Continue reading Point of No Return on Political Union
By William Blum September 05, 2008 www.killinghope.org Im sorry to say that I think that John McCain is going to be the next president of the United States. After the long night of Bush horror any Democrat should easily win, but the Dems are screwing it up and McCain has been running more-or-less even with … Continue reading Anti-Empire Report: Obama-Biden, Russia-U.S.
By Stephen Kangal August 20, 2008 Dharti Mata’s rich productive plains of Central Trinidad have suffered from yet another devastating blow to its hard earned agri- based patrimony. This follows upon the ill-advised and politically motivated cruel closure of the sugar industry of Caroni Ltd just when enviro-friendly sugar-cane -based ethanol emerged as the lucrative … Continue reading Raping the Patrimony of Central Trinidad
By Kasala Kamara San Fernando, Trinidad August 13, 2008 The government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and of most other Caricom countries has indicated that it is ready to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU). Initialling of the agreement took place on December 16th 2007. Citizens of Trinidad … Continue reading Law of Treaties and the EPA
By Clarence Toussaint August 11, 2008 This letter in response to Minister Martin Joseph’s call for harsher gun laws in Trinidad and Tobago. What do stronger gun ownership laws have to do with criminals trafficking in and using illegally owned firearms? These laws will only affect the law-abiding citizens who’ve applied for firearms permits through … Continue reading No New Firearms Laws Needed
By Stephen Kangal August 06, 2008 There are two major foreign policy challenges that are confronting our relatively new and untested Foreign Minister Gopee-Scoon during the next six months the eventual outcome of which can either boost or bust her hitherto short internship at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She must take judicious note of … Continue reading Foreign Policy Challenges Confronting Minister Gopee-Scoon