- 20 June, 2025
Why Karen never stood a chance, and…
Karen Nunez-Tesheira, the main leadership challenger, had little pre-election activity and virtually no polling day machinery. In a David versus Goliath fight, Ms. Nunez-Tesheira was operating on a shoestring budget, with minimal media attention, and without an eye-catching supporting cast.
TALE OF TWO LEADERS – MIA AND M.I.A.
The charismatic Barbadian leader delivered a broadside against developed countries on the urgent issue of climate change. In contrast, when Trinidad and Tobago was recently hit with heavy rains, possibly caused by climate change, Ms. Mottley’s Caricom colleague Dr. Keith Rowley had virtually no presence.
BALISIER HOUSE AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
THE sprawling remodelled Balisier House is a fitting headquarters of one of the region’s oldest political parties. From a debt-ridden political party, PNM could now afford a contemporary multi-level building that is as attractive as any other urban structure.
More oppression of the masses…
DO you see a link between the shocking expose at the Paria probe and the gross neglect of flood victims? It is instructive that when the powers-that-be finally responded, it was to send in showman Faris Al Rawi and his bumbling sidekick Rohan Sinanan.
DOTISHNESS ON TOP OF INCOMPETENCE
In the midst of the great floods of 2022, there was clearly no monitoring and situational awareness, so the authorities were unprepared for the silt-ridden Caroni River breaking its bank. And when Rohan Sinanan made a roadway available to harassed commuters, it was the Priority Bus Route, which runs along the eastern corridor and, therefore, provides no relief to stranded southern commuters.
AL RAWI AND THE THEATRE OF FLOODS
FARIS Al Rawi is a man of theatre who lives for centre stage.
MURDER MAYHEM MEANS PARADISE LOST
THE horrible new murder record is dreadful news for all aspects of life in Trinidad and Tobago. Studies have found that the worse the homicide rate, the wider the income gap, meaning that the poor get poorer.
Errol Fabien captures the nation’s cynical mood
The double-meaning soca parang says a lot about the artiste and the public’s cynical mood. For one, Fabien appears to have broken a fairly recent unwritten code by urban artistes about not singing critical and risqué numbers on the People’s National Movement.
We need Bajan boss for our poverty crisis
I AM confident that if Mia Mottley ran this town, commercial banks would not be pulling down billion-dollar profits while a majority of nationals live under the poverty line.
ROWLEY’S HYPOCRISY ON CLIMATE CHANGE
PORT OF SPAIN was flooded at the time Planning Minister Pennelope Beckles-Robinson was telling the global climate change conference that Trinidad and Tobago is committed to ending the environmental crisis.
