Author: Newsday

JUST WHEN it seems there is little more to be said about crime, we are forced to confront yet another aspect of its chilling impact on our society. This October, as the murder toll surpassed 500, long-standing concerns about the way high levels of violence have negatively shaped our way of life have deepened. As […]

“The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions” – Stephen Covey ALL SOCIETAL institutions, both formal and informal, are governed by rules of engagement for their orderly functioning. The absence of such rules would lead to chaos and dysfunction. One source defines “discipline (as the) practice of training people to obey rules or a […]

ROCK HERMON HACKSHAW AS A freelance journalist, I refuse to dabble in conspiracy theories given that their truths are hardly ever upheld. In the contemporary US political realm/discourse, what has been disappointing is the proliferation of conspiracy theories, coming mainly from those on the right wing of the political spectrum. Television networks such as Fox […]

GOVERNMENT will implement a pilot project for a remote-work policy for the public service in November, according to Public Administration Minister Allyson West. “We will be looking to see how the remote-work policy impacts the productivity of the public service,” she told the Senate on October 24. That’s a disappointing position to take after talking […]

CUTHBERT SANDY BULLYING IN schools is becoming more and more prevalent and pervasive. I even suspect it is running parallel to the runaway crime in the country. It scares me that the bullies and victims of this type of behaviour will sooner or later become adults and the fear is that it will be transferred […]

THE virtual meeting called by the Chief Personnel Officer, Commander Dr Daryl Dindial, on October 24, was met with almost universal derision by the unions he hoped to begin wage negotiations with. PSA president Leroy Baptiste dismissed the meeting as a “stunt” after a press release was issued about the meeting’s intent by the CPO’s […]

The virtual meeting called by the Chief Personnel Officer, Commander Dr Daryl Dindial, on October 24, was met with almost universal derision by the unions he hoped to begin wage negotiations with. PSA president Leroy Baptiste dismissed the meeting as a “stunt” after a press release was issued about the meeting’s intent by the CPO’s […]

The atrocities of the transatlantic slave trade and its lasting impact on societies worldwide are a matter of record. The global movement for reparations is gaining momentum and the need for it to be addressed meaningfully has been acknowledged by international leaders, including António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who this year called […]

The greatly maligned kettle has died. No one knows how it happened. One small, skilful tabby admits to nothing. The Cats’ Father who thrashes about blindly in the kitchen when he’s writing also claims no wrongdoing. One more thing lost. The Pet, that peace-keeping force of a dog who glued our lives together and kept […]

THE SOLO Creed has been arrested, but the pursuit of damages by the state for the Tobago oil spill is not the sole thing that needs to be the focus moving forward. Speaking in the Senate on October 23, Minister of Finance Colm Imbert celebrated a court order issued in relation to the tugboat in […]