TrinidadAndTobagoNews.com Reporters
November 30, 2006
Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma has been charged and is now on $250.000 bail. The Chief Justice surrendered to the police to face charges following losing his appeal at the Privy Council. He maintains he did no wrong.
The media stood outside the home of the Chief Justice in Fairways, Maraval, awaiting the next move. At 12:45pm a car came up the driveway of the CJ’s residence and a few moments later it sped away with both the Chief Justice and his wife inside.
Continue reading ‘$250.000 Bail for Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma’
TrinidadAndTobagoNews.com Reporters
November 30, 2006
This morning Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma lost his appeal in the highest appellate court, the Privy Council, in London. Mr. Sharma’s appeal was tried before five Law Lords arguing that the attempt to remove him from office was politically motivated by the Prime Minister, the Attorney General, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Chief Magistrate.
The Privy Council ruled that there was no evidence to prove that there was collusion involving the Prime Minister, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Attorney General and the Chief Magistrate. They were not convinced that the Chief Justice’s complaint could not be fairly resolved within the criminal courts.
Continue reading ‘The Chief Justice loses at the Privy Council’
By Stephen Kangal
November 26, 2003
Trinidad and Tobago News Blog
www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/blog
When will the elusive attributes of a “level head” and “common sense” return to take up residence in the originator of the criteria that he identified as being fundamental for achieving a Ministerial appointment? Or did the ghost of murdered darling child Sean Luke possess PM Manning and cause him to speak his usual brand of thoughtlessness in reprisal for statal negligence of the young and vulnerable on his Waterloo pilgrimage?
Continue reading ‘Manning’s Ethnic Quotas For Central’
By Raffique Shah
November 26, 2006
If, per chance- -and the odds are heavily in favour of this happening- -I were to be gunned down or bludgeoned to death by some free-rein criminal, I have given instructions to my family not to bother to report the matter to the police. They are to hastily arrange for the cremation of my remains with as little fanfare as is possible, and let the Devil take the hindmost after that. My friends have been advised not to seek revenge. In fact, they should embrace the killer in the spirit of forgiveness, if at all he or she (yes, she) is identified. “Good wuk, Bro! How many yuh put to sleep so far?”
Continue reading ‘Reverting to law of the jungle’
Time to deconstruct the social legacy of the myth
By Corey Gilkes, www.trinicenter.com/Gilkes
November 24, 2006
My comrade Tyehimba’s essay on Refuting the Myth of Adam and Eve raised very important points that in my view are not discussed nearly enough as we set about the business of hammering out a Caribbean civilisation and reconstructing the Africa as we knew it to be. I wish to further add to his contribution by calling into question something I think he himself should have paid more attention to: the psychological, social and political impact of the historicising of the Adam and Eve story, indeed the entire Old Testament as well as the New Testament and its central figure.
Continue reading ‘A Rejoiner to the Refutation of Adam and Eve’
By A. Reid
South Trinidad
Much attention has been placed on the alleged remarks made by Mr. Larry Achong at the Chatham Youth Centre two Thursdays ago. What the public should realize is that the dogmatic approach of the Member of Parliament has emanated from the head of governance and transcends the smelter issue. It is the view that the honourable Prime Minister believes that he holds the ability to manipulate the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago in whichever ad hoc direction he feels. The Hon. Eric Williams held a unique position in our nation’s history as our first prime minister. The political arena was fairly virgin territory and he was able to invoke in nationals a deep sense of commitment and loyalty to him and his party. However, the Hon. Patrick Manning has not done anything that would cause nationals to senselessly and blindly follow him in any direction he chooses. We live in a time when more people are being educated and are able to make viable contributions towards the nation’s development. There is neither room nor any need for a dictator here, nor is there room for one who seeks to make mockery of the tenets of democracy.
Continue reading ‘Our Government has no Back Bone’
By Adrian Boodan, guardian.co.tt
November 19, 2006
Prime Minister Patrick Manning says the PNM is planning to create “mixed communities” on Caroni lands, so as to avoid ethnic confrontations that plague other countries around the world.
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By Raffique Shah
November 19, 2006
Besides Alcoa not even referring to its highly-touted new technologies for “safely” disposing spent pot lining (SPL), both the company and the Government have made no reference to the proposed plant being used for recycling aluminium cans and other waste. If Alcoa were to promise to absorb, say, 75 per cent of the beverage cans that prove to be as dangerous to our environment as smelters, I’ll probably back its construction. In the UK, where an estimated five billion cans are used every year, Alcan has established the only dedicated recycling plant for beverage cans.
Continue reading ‘Death and development’
By Stephen Kangal
In a reliable Guardian poll published on Thursday 2 November, ninety-five percent of persons interviewed accused Cabinet Ministers of being increasingly arrogant, insensitive and disrespectful of the polity that elected them. Consider the obscene and vulgar conduct of bad john MP Achong at the Chatham Youth Centre. Against his own Point Fortin constituents. That is the beginning of the end of the Manning regime for they are sowing the seeds of their own political demise as they did in pre-1986. Power has corrupted them absolutely.
Continue reading ‘The Arrogant and Insensitive’
By Linda E. Edwards
According to headlines in the major dailies, and substantiated in the accompanying articles of Nov.12, 2006; people of Indo-Trinidadian descent are besieging the visiting Vice-president of India for relief from the discrimination suffered daily in Trinidad and Tobago at the hands of the Afro-Caribbean and other people. This letter is in response to those pleas.
Continue reading ‘The “Indians” Are At It Again!’
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