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THE EDITOR: Mr Stuart Young, allow me to introduce to you a lesson in a proper apology. When apologising, the most important thing is, there must be genuineness and the apology must come from you. You then need to express your apology to the intended recipient or recipients your remarks or “cross-talk” were made towards […]

THERE’S something awkward about Finance Minister Colm Imbert’s announcement of an audit into the expenditure of the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) while he engages in a war with the Auditor General. In any other context, an audit would be good. But the breakneck speed at which a report – which Mr Imbert says […]

The question of raising the blanket ban on lawyers from advertising their services was raised at the Law Association’s first law conference on October 10. The formal ban on lawyers’ advertisements was implemented in 1986, following a British law rescinded that same year. Arguably, the ban itself hasn’t been particularly effective in limiting lawyers from […]

Let’s say you got up one day and decided that what you really needed to do more than anything was a bit of rousing research on Indian hair. Even with the most pointedly phrased search questions you will be overwhelmed by sites telling you where to buy it, why to buy it and why it’s […]

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WITH CHEMOTHERAPY, there is no room for error. The chemotherapy must be sterile. It must be tailored to the patient. The drug regimen must be carefully managed by doctors. So the delays in chemotherapy services at the Cancer Centre of TT in St James, confirmed by the North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) in a […]

THE EDITOR: Death is a tragedy for everyone, but it is particularly difficult for the grieving parents of a teenaged son, who was an only child. As a parent, I can only imagine how those parents feel, and as I listen to their story I do agree that his death cannot be in vain. What […]

THE EDITOR: “Israel should carry out a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities to avenge Tehran’s recent missile attack on the Jewish state,” US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has argued. In fact, such an Israeli attack on Iran would collapse the world oil economy and create such immense chaos, pain and anger in the US, […]

Dr Asha Pemberton [email protected] Through adolescence, young people oscillate in their ability to take ownership for their actions. Often with good intention, parents tend to step in to prevent untoward consequences instead of allowing young people to learn the value of being responsible. This concept applies to a sense of care of their belongings, as […]

FOR AMERICANS, October is Halloween month. But this year, the horror is not coming from just scary movies, pumpkins and creepy costumes. This year, the horror is real. “This is something I have never seen in my life,” said Tampa Mayor Jane Castor on October 7 in a television interview, as Florida prepared for Hurricane […]