Author: Newsday

TIM MCGRAW. Tim McGraw. How Tim McGraw? Why Tim McGraw? However well-known this apparent treasure of a musician might be, he is a country singer, and country music and I just don’t saddle. My interest in country music extends as far as Gary Hector wants to take it. If one of my sisters took it […]

THE FIRST-EVER report of the regulator set up to implement the almost ten-year-old legal regime enacted to combat bobol was tabled in Parliament on September 9. It is a dispiriting read. According to the Office of Procurement Regulation’s Annual Report to Parliament for April 2023-April 2024, public body contracts totalling about $5 billion were awarded […]

IF IT IS true that a file in relation to a million-dollar malicious prosecution lawsuit brought against the State by nine accused murderers went missing, it seems also true that all semblance of accountability in relation to this matter has vanished. “I am not going to make the report public,” insisted Attorney General Reginald Armour, […]

THE EDITOR: The Government is forcing issues once more in a very wanton manner, this time on “going cashless.” Cash is a medium of exchange that never belonged exclusively to government. It originates in finance houses at the service of the depositors of their own wealth, namely, the people. Later in history the people agreed […]

THE EDITOR: Mayaro MP Rushton Paray would be fooling himself to believe that UNC leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar will select him or any of his United Patriots comrades to contest the 2025 general election. The signs are pellucidly clear. They have been effectively debarred from all party activities and perhaps surrogates have already been assigned to […]

THE EDITOR: It is time for the Government to take resolute action and demonstrate a genuine commitment to protecting its citizens. There have been more than 400 murders for the year as the country continues to spiral into an abyss of violence and crime. The PNM government has been in power for nine years. Yet […]

WITHOUT FACTS, there is no health care. Doctors need to examine patients. Samples need to be checked in laboratories. Studies must be conducted to test treatments. A doctor with no facts is not a doctor. He is a quack. One of the ironic things about the way Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar unveiled her party’s 50-point […]

THE EDITOR: As the upcoming general election approaches, the winds of change are undoubtedly stirring for the people of TT. Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is poised for victory, signalling the potential end of the PNM’s nine-year reign. One major issue that continues to plague the current administration is the unresolved $2.6 billion discrepancy in the […]

THE EDITOR: Matt Roller (ESPNcricinfo) recently wrote that TT is “the tiny country that keeps producing T20 superstars.” After more than a century (128 years) and with an estimated 2.5 billion fans worldwide, cricket is returning to the Olympics. With the dynamic, fast-paced T20 format, the world’s second most popular sport was added to the […]

THE EDITOR: I am in total agreement with the Opposition Leader that the criminal justice system in TT is definitely in need of reform. The crime situation is out of control because the criminal and civil justice system is in a mess. It is therefore clear that a ministry of justice is needed. As a […]