Author: Newsday

THE EDITOR: Noise pollution reared its ugly head in this country over 30 years ago. The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) has been in existence for some 30 years, and to date has failed to address this scourge. The police continue to make excuses. If you speak to ten different senior officers you will get ten […]

AS AT MARCH 4, the US halted shipments of ammunition, vehicles and equipment to Russia-besieged Ukraine – the crystallisation of Donald Trump’s stunning repudiation of the comity of nations. This American policy reversal is not the mere use of unorthodoxy to achieve the end of conflict; it is the direct and deliberate application of a […]

HOWARD DOTTIN IT’S FINALS night and the air around the Big Yard is thick with anticipation and a touch of nerves. Patrons settle into their seats, drinks in hand, and the first large steelband is setting up. The Grand Stand is full, the crowd buzzing – waiting for that first striking note to slice through […]

TREVOR SUDAMA POLITICIANS are constantly called upon to speak at various occasions and on very many subjects. The content of their statements reflects not only on the quality of their briefing but, more so, on their thinking and capacity to make meaningful, enlightening, sensible and realistic observations. Very few seem capable of meeting this challenge. […]

THE EDITOR: Hearty congratulations to all participants at the March 2 Calypso Monarch 2025 competition, which was a highly entertaining extravaganza. Special congratulations are in order for the top three performers: Third place – Yung Bredda exploded on the local entertainment scene with positive vibes and mentorship for especially impoverished youths. By his own volition […]

THE EDITOR: Open letter to the general manager of T&TEC. When will this constant “dipping” in and out of electricity or outages cease? It’s a very unfortunate situation at the Five Rivers substation for quite some time, and it seems as though there will be no end. Have you employed diligent and experienced workers, or […]

IN THE END, Carnival 2025 has been about the voice. And by this we do not refer, only, to soca star and pan tune composer Aaron St Louis. This is the Carnival in which the power of human vocals has prevailed, in which substance has triumphed over flash, artistry over presentation. Exodus returned. From the […]

THE EDITOR: Open letter to Sport Minister Shamfa Cudjoe. I write not through anger but influenced by a bit of frustration in the way sport as therapy is underutilised and sometimes abused in the society. So many avenues are disregarded: sport for tourism, neglected; sport to curb crime, I have not seen a plan; and […]

THE EDITOR: Less is more when coming to profiting from Carnival costuming. Gone are the days when fabric covered your entire body. Only the children are parading in full costumes. Masqueraders over age 18 are content/willing/desirous of baring all to the proverbial winds – beads, feathers and rear ends. Only the king and queen costumes […]

THE EDITOR: It is important to remind Dr Kirk Meighoo and the other apologists of one small, indisputable fact: that in spite of the many examples of the toxic and racist slurs and outpourings from the mouths and keyboards of UNC supporters across social media and elsewhere, never has the Opposition Leader once criticised, censured […]