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Ideal
place for traffic lights
I do not know who is the authority responsible but it seems
to me that an ideal place for traffic lights is at the corner
of Damian and Warren Streets in Woodbrook. I personally witnessed
two accidents there is the past month.
Raymond Charles
Diego Martin
Great work at Miracle school
On July 10, I accompanied my 12-year-old cousin to a concert
labelled “An Evening of Love and Harmony,” put on
by the students of the Miracle Ministries Pentecostal High
School.
My cousin had performed exceedingly well in her SEA exams
and had got her first choice to the said school, which is
one of the newer prestige schools. She wanted to attend this
particular concert of “my new school” as the “gift”
for her proud success.
I had heard and read of the three-year-old Miracle Ministries
Pentecostal School’s remarkable achievements in academics,
sports and the arts, but the magnificent programme on that
afternoon exceeded my expectations.
I had secretly thought that some people were perhaps exaggerating
when they spoke of the outstanding talents and quality of
the students and staff of the school, but my quiet assumptions
were so wrong.
I saw superb talent in music, song, dance, drama and tremendous
creativity. The school had its complete steelband with trained,
focused students playing with the skill of champions.
There were elaborate Indian, African and multicultural presentations,
complete with attractive outfits and costumes to suit the
occasion.
Many of the students were evidently multigifted as they could
be seen in various acts and items in the programme.
I particularly admired the high level of discipline and organisation
among the students, teachers and other organisers. I sat there
thinking: “If only some of the organisers of those ‘big
shows’ could see this splendid flow.”
No wonder the massive opera theatre-type Christ Castle auditorium
was packed to capacity with people standing on the balconies,
taking in the three-hour show.
Congrats, Rev Winston Cuffie and all the folks at Miracle
Ministries Pentecostal High. Keep up your great work.
Stephenson O’Neil
Chaguanas
TSTT reps backward
On July 6, I arrived at the TSTT offices in San Fernando at
12.20 pm hoping to speak with a customer service representative.
I pulled the number 24; No 2 was being served at the time.
At 1.20 pm, as No 18 was being served, a young woman came
in and announced that her number was 10. She indicated she
had gone to see about more important business but was back.
I was appalled when she was accommodated. I cannot believe
that in this day and age these customer service reps are so
backward.
It would appear that people could just come off the street,
pull a number, go their merry way and return at their convenience
to be served before those who also have important thing to
do but who sit and await their turn.
I am a senior public servant in charge of a division in the
Ministry of Labour and would not allow something like this
to happened at my workplace.
The customer service rep should not have entertained that
woman. She should have been made to take a new number and
await her turn.
Come on, TSTT, train your customer service representatives
the right way. What was done is not a service but a disservice
to all the other people, including myself, who were eagerly
awaiting our turn.
My turn didn’t come until 2 pm because other people appeared
with the same story as the woman and were accommodated.
Charles Mitchell
San Fernando
PM’s
focus is on airport, not crime
Apparently
no one has figured out one of the main reasons why the Government
has not applied the required funds to unleash an aggressive,
proactive and rigorous attack against the kidnappers and murderers,
leaving the population fearing for theirs lives.
The reason for this shortcoming is clear: the lion’s
share of funds is instead focused on who Manning sees as the
“real criminals,” the financiers and other high-ranking
supporters of UNC.
There is no holding back when it comes to spending millions
to persecute these individuals. Hell hath no fury as Manning
scorned. He brushes off, or is indifferent to, who was kidnapped,
burnt or shot to death. Rather, his obsession is with the
Airport Inquiry, as it is far more important to him personality.
In addition to the millions spent on the farcical Commission
of Inquiry, we now see that the taxpayers of T&T will
have to pay for two British QCs who have been employed to
join the prosecution team, Timothy Cassel and Edward Nicolas
Jenkins.
Why was it deemed necessary to hire these extremely expensive
gentlemen? Does the Government believe that our local legal
minds are not brilliant enough to deal with this case? Is
it so complicated that the qualified members of the local
Law Association would have been out of their depth?
The Government always gives the impression that it is an open
and shut case, so what is so difficult about it?
These two British gentlemen are being housed at the Hilton
Trinidad and flown home to London on weekends. Is such expenditure
warranted?
By the time these court cases are completed, the millions
paid to Cassel and Jenkins would surely have been enough to
equip the police with a large fleet of vehicles and the healthcare
services with ambulances.
Reportedly, the daily fee for their time exceeds the cost
of one vehicle. Do the maths.
Dean Parkingson
Diego Martin
Thanks
for keeping me alive, Ward 24
One
of our national pastimes is bad-talking others and slamming
them where it hurts. So I just want to give kudos to Port-of-Spain
General Hospital, Ward 24, for March 22 when I had to undergo
hernia repair surgery.
Thanks to the medical team (doctors, nurses, anaesthetist)
who cared for me before (I was shaking), during (I was quaking)
and after surgery (I was still alive). May God bless them
in their work.
Anthony Frederick
D’Abadie
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