LettersSunday, May 19, 2013
LettersSend LettersPlease send letters to the editor for publication in the Express to express@trinidadexpress.com LettersHIV—the challenging realityAs this country joins the world in observing “Candlelight Memorial” to remember those who have died from AIDS and to sensitise the public about the impact and methods of prevention, it is amazing when you reflect on the genesis of this microbiological time bomb, first identified in 1981 in five homosexual men in North America. Read More » Have mercy on southernersPlease allow me this forum to appeal to Dr Wayne Kublalsingh to lay down arms in the fight against the highway to Point Fortin. Read More » Please adjust Macoya lightsThe traffic lights at the Macoya intersection are woefully inefficient, and I would like to appeal to the new “action-man” in Government, Suruj Rambachan, to please look into adjusting the timing of these traffic lights. Read More » ‘Former CAL board must be sued’In the spirit of fair play, the former board of Caribbean Airlines (CAL), comprising chairman Rabindra Moonan, vice-chairman Mohan Jaikaran, Gizelle Russell, Venosh SagewanMaraj and Avedanand Persad, should be receiving pre-action protocol letters shortly from the Attorney General’s office for reckless mismanagement of the airline. Read More » Law-abiding citizen an endangered species?Our Attorney General, Anand Ramlogan, has expressed “a certain measure of understanding and appreciation” for the sacrifices made by law enforcement. Agreed, Sir Read More » This Govt is owning up to its mistakesOnce again, this Government has proven it is very proactive. Gone are the days when a government would knowingly condone corruption and bad governance in its ranks. One just has to stretch their memory to the Calder Hart situation where Dr Keith Rowley, as his one time line minister, claims he knew nothing about his actions. Mr Hart was given free reign to do as he pleased, with the blessing of the then PNM (People’s National Movement) government. Read More » Caught without pantsHow many times have you heard the story of wealth (think Clico) being created by one generation and lost by the younger generation? This happens all the time simply because the younger generation has no idea of sacrifice in order to achieve. They merely come into money, and with lots of help from “advisers” who show them how to spend, they go off and spend as if there is no tomorrow. Read More » Leatherbacks are ours to preserveYear after year, leatherback turtles find themselves in danger rather than protected during their annual nesting upon our shores. The culprits are, of course, the local people of our country who would never ascertain the true value of this phenomenon. Trinidad is one of the most important leatherback nesting sites. Our country has been gifted in being chosen by these animals to nest on our shores. Read More » 
Many money queries for CALThe Finance Minister indicated that restructuring CAL is on the cards, priority being given to a new and restructured balance sheet with the leveraging of owned aircraft to return cash to the company to pay its debts. Surely there must be some manpower restructuring in the form of exits and entrances of aviation-knowledge workers both at board, management and senior staff level in order to make this plan work. The restructuring of the balance sheet was a BWIA/Government strategy that in the final analysis never really worked and was always a regular feature of the BWIA survival strategy. Read More » Tackling Question 35I am a father of an 11-year-old girl who wrote the SEA exam last week. My daughter was not traumatised by Question 35. This is as a result of our (my wife and me) approach to our daughter’s education. Read More » Clear the air on business, first classThere has been much news lately about Caribbean Airlines’ business and/or first class seating tickets. Read More » Passing the ballThe construction of the pedestrian bridge in Sea Lots, which is now a political football in the truest sense, raises many questions. Read More » 
Blue marlins deserve chance to liveEarlier this week, a 1005.9 pound blue marlin was caught in Tobago during the annual Tobago International Game Fishing Tournament. It set a new record for the largest blue marlin caught in Trinidad and Tobago waters and the Southern Caribbean. Read More » Letters Headlines
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