Author: Newsday

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 […]

Months ago, before this iteration of our coat of arms, when the idea first caught the public’s attention and mockery, there were all sorts of illustrations making the rounds. By far the best was of the shield divided as per Carib and Stag, ships replaced by maxis and the whole flanked by two winer girls. […]

Once Upon a J’Ouvert: Part three of a three-part series by SONJA DUMAS I THINK I began storming 3canal’s J’Ouvert band in 1997. They had begun calling it 3canal in 1994, but this had been preceded by their band called Jocks Tuh Pose – clever wordplay with which some pierrot grenades will be duly impressed, […]