Author: Newsday

IMPORTANT lessons should be learned from the Estate Management and Business Development Company Ltd (EMBD)’s failed defence of a case brought by Junior Sammy Contractors Ltd. The Privy Council’s decision to rule against the special-purpose entity on October 29 exposes the miserable failure of the state to establish any reasonable basis behind its decision to […]

THE EDITOR: “To prioritise” means to designate or treat something as being most important. The theme for this year’s Mental Health Day was “It is Time to Prioritise Mental Health in the Workplace.” It is most important that we recognise mental health in the workplace. Every year we celebrate World Mental Health Day. In 2018, […]

THE EDITOR: Prime Minister Rowley would have made a better choice had he tried to attend the historic BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, with 20,000 participants attending, rather than the archaic (British) Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa, which took place almost at the same time with BRICS. While India, Africa, South America, and […]

JUTTA URPILAINEN EVEN IF WE accept that technologies are neutral tools, deploying them in the real world always involves values and interests, sometimes competing. One of the most contested sectors is without a doubt digital infrastructure, a sector that has the potential to empower people, but also to oppress, exacerbate security risks and increase inequalities. […]

THE EDITOR: Within recent times some trade unions have been using the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) as a leverage in dealing with long-standing labour disputes with employers. This is a misuse of the legislation which was designed to ensure a safe workplace for both workers and management within defined parameters. The operationalisation of […]

Dr Asha Pemberton [email protected] CHILDREN and teenagers are digital natives. They have only known a world in which connection through a vast and infinitesimal online vortex is the norm. Attached to it are many seen and unseen complications. While young people enjoy the communication, gaming, entertainment and aspirational aspects of social media, they are less […]

THE EDITOR: In my previous letter I seemed sceptical about the positive impact the lights of Divali can make on our crime situation, overwhelming as it is. But, as if in some kind of mystical response to that scepticism, a thought came to me “flush like a full brown rose,” as John Keats would say […]

THE EDITOR: The doctors, nurses and other staff at the St James Cancer Centre are certainly among the best healthcare givers in the country. They are extremely polite, helpful, and they take care of each cancer patient as if a member of their own family. I therefore express my gratitude to all of them and […]

In our previous article, we explored why countries worldwide are reducing their reliance on cash and how TT could benefit by following suit. We examined examples from Norway, China, and Thailand, where significant progress has been made in building cashless economies. The journey toward reducing cash use in TT will require effort, co-ordination, and public […]

AS HE WAS recently conferred with an honorary doctorate by the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), Sieunarine Coosal sought to light the flame of inspiration within the next generation of young entrepreneurs. “You must be guided by a vision for a better world,” he said, addressing UTT graduates gathered on October 28 at the […]