| Anand
Ramlogan updated
27/08/06
The
appointment of John Martin as the new Chairman of
the Integrity Commission (IC), last week, is to be
welcomed, if only because it put an end to the illegal,
avoidable delay in appointing a new IC...
Dana
Seetahal updated
27/08/06
I
was flabbergasted, to say the least, to read the Guidelines
Governing Broadcasting in respect of publication (in
the print and broadcast media) of Parliamentary proceedings.
I was surprised both at the fact that I had not...
Denzil
Mohammed updated 20/08/06
Creep was fulfilling his biggest dream about five
years ago, learning to fly planes in the land of
the free. Suddenly, on September 11, 2001, the airspace
was restricted, the flight schools were clamped
shut, and he was told to leave. Having a Muslim
name didn’t help. His aviation ambition deflated,
and he ended up at UWI...
Dr
Hamid Ghany updated
27/08/06
As
the UNC grapples with its own internal problems, it
may be opportune to consider the political challenges
of unity in our young democracy....
Ira
Mathur updated 27/08/06
With apologies to the lovely couple who, as a treat,
paid for my first ride in one of the longest stretch
limos I have ever seen, I have to count that experience
among the worst few hours of my life...
Lennox
Grant updated 27/08/06
Without
doing much about actually producing food, Trinidad
and Tobago is talking food. Walking the aisles of
supermarkets and the alleyways of the district markets,
this nation of shoppers belatedly arrived at the crossroads
of a shared preoccupation...
Martin
George updated 27/01/06
Sitting
at our usual table at a restaurant on Cipriani Boulevard
last Friday night with Minister of Health John Rahael,
Balliram Maharaj of Arima Discount Mart and Hearty
Foods, Catwalk Stores owners Nagib Ali and his wife...
Overand
Padmore updated 27/08/06
The
disUnited National Congress (dUNC) continues to dominate
party political news with its cabal’s increasingly
nauseating shenanigans and indifference to the fact
that they are distressing many supporters, causing
them to turn away in revulsion from a floundering
political organisation...
Peter
Quentrall-Thomas updated 27/08/06
I
quote from an article in the Guardian on July 23,
page 9: “At the San Fernando General Hospital,
Dr Jehan Ali, head obstetrician and gynaecologist,
said that there had been a steady increase in the
stillborn birth rate in the southern region since
2003 when the hospital was forced to close its Anti-natal
Care Clinic Community...
Simon
Lee updated 20/08/06
Israeli
soldiers returning from the war in Lebanon say the
army was poorly prepared, slow to rescue injured comrades
and suffered from a lack of supplies so dire that
soldiers had to drink water from the canteens of dead
enemies...
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