The most difficult thing is to explain the difference between the law and the concept of justice. This is an unpleasant task I cannot avoid because the court is not about the truth, but rather “law and evidence...

Dana Seetahal updated 23/04/06

The Minister of National Security says it is not only the lower class, but also elite members of our society who engage in crime (a quote from his 2005 Budget Speech)...

Denzil Mohammed updated 23/04/06

Dr Hamid Ghany updated 23/04/06

As the issue of constitutional reform, as expressed in the draft constitution by the Principles of Fairness Group, continues to attract attention, one area that must be considered is the question of power-sharing, as opposed to the system of winner takes all...

Ira Mathur updated 23/04/06

Carpal tunnel syndrome; dry eyes; migraine headaches; back aches; eating irregularities, such as skipping meals; failure to attend to personal hygiene; sleep disturbances and change in sleep pattern...

Lennox Grant updated 23/04/06

As if by a kind of economic poetic justice, the beaches and other watering spots of a hydrocarbon-rich state bear signs of despoliation by downstream products of natural gas...

Martin George updated 23/04/06

On the process of compulsory acquisition of private lands by the State or arms of the State, some statutory or State agencies, do not properly follow or observe correct procedures when entering into occupation or possession of the lands of private citizens...

Overand Padmore updated 23/04/06

This 50th anniversary year of the founding of the PNM is an appropriate time, through occasional articles, to refresh T&T’s memory and to enlighten those, then unborn, of some of the PNM’s major positive contributions to the shaping of modern T&T...

Peter Quentrall-Thomas updated 23/04/06

Today is Saturday, and we are in a tiny village called Patarinau, which has a population of 559, with no drugs and no crime. There are also no televisions, phones or stereos and there is no electricity. Maybe there is a link...

Simon Lee updated 16/04/06

Along with wishing you all Happy Easter and many resurrections to come, I have the pleasure of informing you that, officially at least...

Debbie Jacob updated 24/04/06

Art is a hard sell. You either see it or you don’t. Art has its own language with themes, voice, colour and tone—just like writing—and yet language can never really convey what a painting portrays. Above all, art is a reflection of who we are...

Fr Henry Charles updated 17/04/06

Imagine that society was starting from scratch, and you didn’t know where you would end up in terms of rank or status. Your race, social location, and any of the markers that distinguish people in terms of more or less were completely hidden from you...

Prakash Persad updated 24/04/06

The desecration and savage murder of a six-year-old child, it would seem, had the entire nation recoiling in shocked horror. No civilised society should have to face such social darkness nor should any tolerate it...

Dr David E Bratt updated 25/04/06

“These people were not his people. They were commercial, shallow, privileged, and false. Their only standards were money and success. But their worst quality was unawareness. They were not only smug, ignorant, unfeeling, but blind. They had no conception of what was going on, what might be coming. They did not even have the wit to be interested in their own preservation.”

Pastor Clive Dottin updated 25/04/06

Some of the most ruthless monsters operate a thriving gun trade in this country. Some own the magical party card and with sycophantic arrogance wield enormous power in their communities...

Clevon Raphael updated 26/04/06

Ravi Ji updated 26/04/06

There was a strong reaction to the saddening Sean Luke episode. Understandably so; the child reaches beyond all barriers to the most unmoving hearts. The Mahabharata indicates this in the kathaa style of the ancient texts...

Tony Fraser updated 26/04/06

Globalisation, denationalisation and crass commercialisation have taken hold of international cricket: Test, One-Day International and soon, the 20-20 version of the “game of glorious uncertainties.”

Greater Caribbean This Week updated 27/04/06

Leela Ramdeen updated 27/04/06

April 22 was Earth Day. The first Earth Day was organised in 1970 by US Senator Gaylord Nelson and activist lawyer Denis Hayes to teach US citizens about the environment...

Philip G Rochford updated 29/09/05

There are four principal ways in which you interact with the audience and by which the audience evaluates you as a speaker...

Ravi-ji updated 21/04/05

The Hindu Prachar Kendra celebrated Ramnavmi—the birth of Lord Rama—a midday festival, on April 17. The event was held on the premises of the Kendra at Raghunanan Road, Enterprise, to celebrate Bhagwaan Shri Rama, the Seventh Divine Descent or Avataar of Lord Vishnu...

Sat Maharaj updated 27/04/06

The Hindu community is better prepared for preacher Benny Hinn’s visit to Trinidad and any attack on us as he did on his last visit in 1999...

Attillah Springer updated 22/04/06

The other night I checked out a film at the Studio Film Club run by two artist bredrins Che and Peter and I thank Jah for them offering us an alternative to the typical boring uninspired Hollywood fare that mainstream cinemas dumb down the general public with...

Lisa Allen-Agostini updated 08/04/06

It have a breeze that does blow through town these days that dirty, dirty, dirty. It heavy with fine sand and dry mud. It in your hair, on your skin, in your mouth and all, till everything you eating have a kind of gravelly crunch like you by Maracas eating bake and shark in the wind...

Gail Alexander updated 22/04/06

The Red House may have been proposed as the ultimate location for the office of the Prime Minister (OPM), but until the dust settles on that contentious issue, PM Patrick Manning is moving instead to the new government building on St Clair Avenue, which is to be completed by September...