http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries RSS Feed for TRINIDAD - Commentaries en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 02:49:23 GMT 2013-05-19T02:49:23Z en-us http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Money-social-power-and-good-governance-208029121.html Whenever elections come around, or where scandals involving the misuse of money for political ends such as we have witnessed in recent years, there are anguished discussions about what constitutes democracy, and what role money plays in either sustaining or subverting it. Sun, 19 May 2013 02:49:23 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Money-social-power-and-good-governance-208029121.html 2013-05-19T02:49:23Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Heretic-challenges-faith-disturbs-comfort-208029001.html Like people being nice to a tourist, correspondents to this column last Sunday dutifully suggested ATM locations closer to the National Academy for the Performing Arts than is One Woodbrook Place. Sun, 19 May 2013 02:49:23 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Heretic-challenges-faith-disturbs-comfort-208029001.html 2013-05-19T02:49:23Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Cut-CAL-to-the-bone-208028961.html IF ANYONE can produce proof that there was a time when this country’s state-owned national airline, in whatever incarnation, made a real profit over a sustained period, meaning at least one year, I would surrender my sanity and vote in the next election. Sun, 19 May 2013 02:49:23 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Cut-CAL-to-the-bone-208028961.html 2013-05-19T02:49:23Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Opportunity-to-make-trade-work-208028891.html THE World Trade Organisation (WTO) has appointed a new director general. He is Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo, Brazil’s long-serving ambassador to the organisation. Sun, 19 May 2013 02:49:23 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Opportunity-to-make-trade-work-208028891.html 2013-05-19T02:49:23Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Please-explain-that--slap-on-the-wrist-207955341.html A recent decision by a senior magistrate presiding in the Arima First Court has underscored, yet again, the urgent need for a sentencing policy which is consistent. Sat, 18 May 2013 03:16:04 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Please-explain-that--slap-on-the-wrist-207955341.html 2013-05-18T03:16:04Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/SEA-for-adults-207955191.html MATHEMATICS. Solve the following problems. (Note: None has ever been.) Sat, 18 May 2013 03:16:04 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/SEA-for-adults-207955191.html 2013-05-18T03:16:04Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Chasing-that-20m-jackpot-207955051.html For many years we had a National Lottery in Trinidad and Tobago. The first prize was a fixed $250,000. Then came the introduction of the Lotto Plus where the prize which began at $1 million increased every week the six-number (from 1 to 36) combination pulled was not won. Sat, 18 May 2013 03:16:04 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Chasing-that-20m-jackpot-207955051.html 2013-05-18T03:16:04Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Smarty-plants-207954881.html When I first moved into the house in the quiet suburb of Cedar Grove in Antigua, the bougainvillea plants that face the road were sedate, waving gently as the wind blew in from the Atlantic and displaying their splendid blooms for all to see. Sat, 18 May 2013 03:16:04 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Smarty-plants-207954881.html 2013-05-18T03:16:04Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Paying-attention--to-what-Rowley-says-207811891.html Opposition Leader Keith Rowley’s urging that the public should pay attention to what he has to say appears to anticipate public fatigue over yet another of his no-confidence motions, this latest one due to engage Parliament on Monday. Fri, 17 May 2013 02:01:27 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Paying-attention--to-what-Rowley-says-207811891.html 2013-05-17T02:01:27Z http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Saviour-or-soldiers-207811191.html The debate on soldier-police, as with so much else in this country, missed key issues that we should be attending to. Undeterred by the red herring, our politicians, unions and social activists all jumped on board, glad for the visibility. Fri, 17 May 2013 02:00:21 GMT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Saviour-or-soldiers-207811191.html 2013-05-17T02:00:21Z