CommentariesWednesday, May 22, 2013
Commentaries
Tackling the bullying problemWhile bullying among young people is certainly an ill which should be eradicated, passing a law to that effect may not be the best approach. Read More » 
T&T and Guyana poll politicsWHILE the three-year-old People’s Partnership Government of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was yesterday preparing to defeat an opposition no-confidence motion, the 18-month-old administration of President Donald Ramotar in Guyana was pondering the timing of a general election that now seems unavoidable later this year. Read More » Spinning top in mudIt would be putting it very mildly to say that I was seriously taken aback when, within days of Indian High Commissioner Malay Mishra relating a humiliating encounter with an immigration officer at Piarco International Airport, a near similar experience was revealed by British High Commissioner Arthur Snell. Read More » Sinking with State enterprisesThe appointment of a new board will not save Caribbean Airlines (CAL). We must change the basis on which the airline operates. Read More »
Post-Caroni Ltd, food farming still in limboIn the aftermath of acrimonious parliamentary finger-pointing in Friday’s debate on the closure of State-owned Caroni (1975) Ltd, the Express report yesterday of artisan farmer Chrisford McLeod specialising in supersize dasheen production encourages hope for private-sector initiative in agriculture. Read More » 
Checking in at CALAfter a week dominated by Caribbean Airlines (CAL), brace for more. This is another case of the media pushing the Government to act using information the Government had the means to know. Minister of Finance Larry Howai offered a weak apology for CAL’s corporate governance troubles. That’s just the beginning, and whatever the accounting changes Howai will engineer, CAL’s problems are likely to linger for a while. Read More » 
Square pegs in State boardsIn decisively replacing the Caribbean Airlines (CAL) board, Finance Minister Larry Howai is demonstrating a no-nonsense approach that most citizens would surely approve of. Read More » Love is the answerMy library has more books on love than any other subject, so I guess that is an indication as to where my heart is; and no, all the books are not about romantic love, because romantic love is only part of the package. They run the gamut from parental love to loving others unconditionally. Read More » 
Into the river of memoriesFor some time I have been promising to acknowledge late British journalist Christopher Hitchens’ essay, “CLR James: Mid Off, Not Right On” in his classic volume, Arguably. Read More » 
The corruption plagueI would venture to assert that this current Government is the most corrupt we have seen in our brief political history. In a million different ways they violate all laws, standards and values of probity, honesty and good governance. Read More » 
The bright side of lifeWHAT’S the fastest way to spend $500 in Trinidad? Get your car wrecked, of course. Because with the five blue bills still warm from the ATM, I had to hand them over to two rather pleasant female constables... Read More » 
On foreign front, T&T hands full, or filling upThe visit later this month of US Vice President Joe Biden, and the attendant holding here of the equivalent of a Caribbean summit, call attention to this country’s standing in the region and the world. Those events underscore T&T’s international recognition and its responsibilities within Caricom and beyond. Read More » 
Yetunde’s themeSo many persons are asking: Where are we going? Is there any hope? The country is anxious and yet a pompous policeman tells us serious crime is down and there is no massive crime problem. Read More » Commentaries Headlines
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