Author: Newsday

THE EDITOR: The illogical and strident calls by both party officials and their adherents constrain me to demand that they should exercise greater rigour in thinking with respect to this issue. Logically, one assumes that political parties aim to reflect both the will and aspirations of the electorate. While doing so, presumably they actively seek […]

THE EDITOR: We often read or hear all types of negative reviews regarding the level of treatment meted out to the public at the various health facilities. Having been recently admitted to the EWMSC at Mt Hope, I feel compel to go against this tide by sharing a positive experience I was fortunate to have […]

THE EDITOR: TT faces a critical foreign exchange (forex) shortage, which has strained both individuals and businesses alike. After ten years under the PNM and Keith Rowley administration, this shortage has become emblematic of larger systemic issues plaguing our nation. This administration has presided over a prolonged period of economic hardship, marked by poverty, rampant […]

THROUGHOUT his impasse with Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass, Minister of Finance Colm Imbert has been unafraid to exercise his legal rights. As the question of a $2.6 billion revenue discrepancy came to a boil, a pre-action protocol letter threatening a lawsuit was sent to Ms Ramdass in April. Mr Imbert delayed laying a report and […]

THE GOVERNMENT’S decision to resume the importers’ limb of the EximBank’s preferential access window – at a reduced allocation of US$25 million per month – falls short of what is required to address the foreign exchange situation comprehensively. On November 3, Minister of Finance Colm Imbert announced the window was back, but “in a restructured […]

THE ISSUE of school violence has been with us for a long time. Even as we try to grapple once again with this issue, TTUTA as its contribution to this national dialogue reproduces a three-part series first published in 2015. This is the third time we have deemed this as necessary as it is as […]

THE EDITOR: In my view, changing the tactical gear of police officers to grey and blue outfits is certainly not the answer for preventing criminals posing as police officers to engage in kidnappings, extortion and murders. The truth to this problem lies in the DNA of the corrupt officers. In the first place, why did […]

TOBAGO’S October carnival celebration got a resounding endorsement from the grand dame of calypso, the island’s very own Calypso Rose, who returned for this year’s celebrations. “I am proud and happy to be here,” Linda McCartha Sandy-Lewis declared in an interview at the Hochoy Charles Administrative Complex. “It was fantastic.” Rose, born in Bethel, was […]

The TT Football Association (TTFA) made a bold strike to success by appointing former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke, one of the country’s most talented and widely respected footballers. There’s no question that the coaching that Mr Yorke experienced during his career and the cumulative impact of his remarkable performances, which included captaining the TT […]

“Think of something happy,” seems like a fairly harmless thing to say. That is because your mind is not a mousetrap for misery like mine. Ask me to think a happy thought and I got nothing. Ask me to think of something painful and there’s a stampede. In last week’s column I said all I […]