- 5 April, 2025
THE LION IN WINTER: PANDAY AT 90
At age 90, the lion is in winter, his place in history Caribbean history assured, with his life’s work continuing to impact people.
I join an appreciative society in saying: Thank you, Mr. Panday.
PIARCO CASE: HOW POLITICS RUINED JUSTICE
PATRICK Manning had a clear-cut political strategy. “Always go for the top,” Manning once explained, “and the rest would crumble.”
THE LITTLE BOY THAT SANTA CLAUS FORGOT
LITTLE Allon Ramdial never really stood a chance. Allon was born to a juvenile mom just over 16, and their home was a cramped room in a fishing facility, metres from Ortoire River, the country’s widest and deepest waterway.
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.
PRESIDENT, CJ OUT IN MARCH?
RINIDAD and Tobago could have the historic peculiarity next March of both the offices of President and Chief Justice being vacant at the same time.
DEM BELLY FULL…
IT is ironic that the government’s feel-good budget session came the day after President Paula-Mae Weekes finally found her voice about the state of the nation.
What Rowley did not say…
PRIME Minister Dr. Keith Rowley is not giving the full story on the urgent matter of road repairs.
GARY GRIFFITH – ONE SHOT, THEN KILLED
How did the most popular officeholder in Trinidad and Tobago end up in a bitter squabble to save his job?
How did a Government that flouted the constitutional process of appointing a Commissioner of Police escape with the tepid admission by Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley that “an error has been made”?
OPPOSITION FILES MOTION AGAINST SPEAKER
THE Opposition United National Congress (UNC) has delivered on its repeated threats to bring a motion of no confidence in Speaker of the House of Representatives Bridgid Annisette-George.
Member of Parliament for Couva South Rudranath Indarsingh has filed a motion which calls on the House to “express its lack of confidence in the Speaker.”
RAMLOGAN VS. GRIFFITH – IT’S PERSONAL
FORMER Attorney General Anand Ramlogan is squaring off in a legal issue against embattled Police Commissioner Gary Griffith in what is a new twist to a personal conflict.
Ramlogan has filed an interpretation summons in court over Griffith being named acting commissioner after the expiry of the commissioner’s substantive term.
