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THE EDITOR: With the 2025 Carnival season in swing, with Panorama competitions having already started, and with this year being the 62nd anniversary of this steelband competition, it is heartening to see the primary and secondary schools having a competition of their own, so too the junior steel orchestras. On another note, I take the […]

THE EDITOR: I take issue with, at the risk of being further ostracised by the political leader and my fellow PNM members, the outgoing Prime Minister/party leader’s inappropriate, untimely and highly questionable utterance on February 1, re the party’s constitution on the selection of candidates for the general election. He is the chairman of the […]

ASKED by a reporter on February 3 if there is a capacity deficit in dealing with fatal incidents in the oil and gas industry in the wake of the 2022 Paria diving tragedy and the recent collapse of Rig 110, Energy Minister Stuart Young was unequivocal. “The answer is no,” Mr Young said, “because you […]

TREVOR SUDAMA MANY comments, both partisan and independent, have expressed consternation at the inappropriateness, disconnect and irrelevance of the statement made by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar purporting to give the reasons for the defeat in the recent US presidential elections of the Democratic Party’s candidate. I, too, am of the view that the statement was […]

Jerome Teelucksingh FEBRUARY 7 is the 100th anniversary of TT’s first general election. Voting patterns and issues in the 1925 election have continued today to influence the electorate and strategies of political parties. In the early elections of 1925, 1928 and 1933, the race factor was obvious in the electoral districts of St Patrick and […]

THE EDITOR: If you know your child needs extra lessons to pass an exam, please, if you can afford it, hire an outsider from somewhere else to give your child the opportunity to understand a new teacher who may explain the lessons differently. In case it is a scam to make extra money, the same […]

THE EDITOR: I am heartbroken. I am angry. And I cannot believe what has happened in this country. The news that the search for Pete Phillip’s body has stopped – just weeks before his widow, Candacy, gives birth to their child – is beyond cruel. This woman, who has already lost so much, now has […]

THE EDITOR: Under the current PNM administration, the ease of doing business in TT has deteriorated, making it increasingly difficult for industries to thrive. The insurance sector, which plays a critical role in protecting individuals and businesses, is no exception. Producers, including agents and brokers, face numerous challenges that hinder their ability to provide efficient […]

Austin Fido I SPEND a lot of time watching people be Angry Online about politics. Very often, I watch people be Angry Online about TT politics. Not too long ago, I watched a master of this particular genre rile himself about Stuart Young’s elevation to prime-minister-in-waiting. Young cannot be made PM just so, argued Angry […]

THE EDITOR: They write about solutions, they analyse political situations, they offer suggestions to deal with a number of issues, but ask them to attend a meeting to share their views and the excuses come aplenty. Yet they wonder why the country is in the state that it is in. I have been heckled and […]