| Anand
Ramlogan updated
28/05/06
This
year marks 50 years since T&T attained the right
to internal self-government (1956-1986). Out of this
50-year period an Indian-based political party held
power for six years. The PNM ruled for 30 years without
appointing a single Hindu as a government minister...
Dana
Seetahal updated
28/05/06
Some
of my acquaintances say they do not intend to read
the newspapers for a while. They say they cannot take
the intensity; too much is happening too quickly in
T&T. And while this intensity might be a good
thing for the media, it is not for the public at large...
Denzil
Mohammed updated 21/05/06
Trinidad has lost another one of its best sons.
We need more people like David. It’s a real
pity. But he’ll blossom somewhere else—in
a more forward-thinking country where he’s
given opportunities Trinidad never can...
Dr
Hamid Ghany updated
28/05/06
As
T&T witnesses unprecedented scenes in its political
evolution, there all kinds of concurrent developments
that are beginning to form a powerful and intoxicating
cocktail that may cause drunkenness at democracy’s
door...
Ira
Mathur updated 28/05/06
This
series, in which I am referring to Lundy Bancroft’s
amazing book Why Does He Do That? is a memorium for
the hundreds of women and dozens of children who have
been emotionally and physically battered, assaulted
and killed by men in their own homes...
Lennox
Grant updated 28/05/06
It’s
been sudden and steep, but the decline of the judiciary,
from the exalted rank of a high priesthood, is news
less sensational than the reminder of the expansive
range of executive power...
Martin
George updated 28/05/06
Murphy’s
Law was that there was one law for the ordinary citizens
and general public and that there was another law
for Murphy and his friends. A private select network
that was entitled to receive favours and little bendings...
Overand
Padmore updated 28/05/06
The
raison d’etre of political parties in T&T’s
political system is their goal of electing candidates
to public office, primarily to be able to form a government
to implement its policies and programmes...
Peter
Quentrall-Thomas updated 22/05/06
Last
week we were playing with a giant otter pup at Karanambo
in the interior of Guyana, which was an amazing experience.
But there was more to come as Diane and the excellent
guides at the Karanambo ranch took us on the Rupununi
River at night...
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...
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