Mamapoules and the UNC Yellow Peril
Kamla, self-styled lady Prime Minister in waiting in a yellow dress. Marlene McDonald has derided the confederacy of trade unionists, TOP, Black Power, and middle-class Congress of the People.
There were Monday Morning Blues for some people- for example, spurned St Augustine incumbent Vasant Bharath, Tabaquite strongman Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj and Princes Town [...]
Tremors of UNC unity and disunity
Guardian editorial
With local government due this year, the Opposition party…Read more in the Guardian….
With local government election due this year, the opposition party, United
National Congress (UNC) and its non-elected counterpart, Congress of the People
(COP), are drifting toward the kind of political engagement that their
respective constituencies have been hoping for since the last general election.
In a [...]
Eric Williams and Manning: Who’s worse?
by ANDRE BAGOO Sunday Newsday
When I was a little boy….Read more….
When I was a little boy attending Belmont Boys RC, I was taught what most
kids in primary school are taught. Eric Williams was our first Prime
Minister and was the Father of the Nation. We heard of his struggles to
guide Trinidad and Tobago to independence, marvelled [...]
Explore an office of the Contractor General
From the Trinidad Guardian
Last week, the Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute released a survey entitled “Corruption in the Trinidad and Tobago Construction Industry” which makes for depressing reading. Read more in the Trinidad Guardian….
Last week, the Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute released a survey
entitled “Corruption in the Trinidad and Tobago Construction Industry,” which
makes for depressing [...]
Manning backs back
It is reassuring to be told that the Prime Minister is not at war with anybody in Trinidad and Tobago. Unfortunately, the reverse may not be the case.
The Prime Minister has finally exercised better judgment and retreated from his aggressive, confrontational approach which certainly has not won him any new friends or influenced anybody, probably, [...]
Why the Prime Minister and Govt losing war for the minds
by Tony Fraser, Trinidad Guardian
The Prime Minister and his handlers may feel they won the battle of the news conference last
week….Read more in Tony Fraser’s column in the Trinidad Guardian….
The Prime Minister and his handlers may feel they won the battle of the news
conference last week; but the more critical assessment required is one to
determine [...]
Will things improve under new Revenue Authority?
From Mary King, Trinidad Express
Many years ago our best brains went into the Public Service. Read more….
Part I
Many years ago our best brains went into the Public Service.
Today we are being told that the Public Service employees are
indolent, inefficient and corrupt and that it is impossible to
discipline anyone or reform the service because of our [...]
Carnival, Cash, Commess
BY Paolo Kernahan, Trinidad Guardian
The very public and very vitriolic spat between the state television station CNMG and the long
suffering Gayelle channel over the issue of rights for the rights of the annual two-day street
party has stirred many other troubles at the heart of the debate. Read more….
The very public and very vitriolic spat between [...]
Ole mas, Basdeo Panday style
‘Ole Mas’ Panday style
Jamaica Gleaner editorial
The formal festival concluded a week ago, but another aspect of carnival in Trinidad and Tobago
may only now be coming to an end. Read more….
THE FORMAL festival concluded a week ago, but another aspect of carnival in
Trinidad and Tobago may only now be coming to an end: the ‘Ole Mas’ [...]
Land of the One-Eyed Jacks
Prime Minister Patrick Manning
The authorities claim that our hospitals are among the best in the Western Hemisphere but the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader go abroad for medical treatment. Is it that they are afraid that their detractors working in the health system may give them the wrong injection.
Trinidad and Tobago today [...]