Newsday Editorial September 30 2009 – newsday.co.tt ATTORNEY GENERAL (AG) John Jeremie did not exactly admit it on Monday in the Senate, but in our view he seemed to be trying to make a case for debt-forgiveness for the half-million dollars owed by Prime Minister Patrick Manning as unpaid legal costs to the State. Mr … Continue reading PM’s legal debts
By Andre Bagoo June 17, 2009 – newsday.co.tt www.trinidadandtobagonews.com HIGH COURT Judge Justice Mira Dean-Armorer yesterday ruled the decision of the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) to grant approval for construction of the Alutrint smelter plant in La Brea was illegal and made in an “outrageous”, “irrational” and “procedurally irregular” manner. Delivering judgment in a series … Continue reading EMA approval for smelter ‘illegal’
PM wrong to take part By Ria Taitt Political Editor trinidadexpress.com President of the Law Association, Senior Counsel Martin Daly, yesterday criticised Prime Minister Patrick Manning’s participation in a ‘march’ last Friday at Woodford Square, Port of Spain. Daly raised the question of whether the Prime Minister had committed a criminal offence.
By Sean Douglas and Andre Bagoo Wednesday, June 25 2008 THE Law Association yesterday questioned the legality of the “lock down” of Richplain by the Defence Force who set up camp in the Diego Martin community after the Father’s Day murder of Corporal Ancil Wallace and his best friend Noel Charles. Soldiers pitched a camp … Continue reading Richplain lockdown illegal
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe September 05, 2024 I was a member of the Central Bank board when Lawrence Duprey’s case came to its attention. Amid the charges and counter charges, it was difficult for the board to obtain CLICO financial records, which would have allowed us to see what was taking place within his … Continue reading Duprey and the demise of black business
By Raffique Shah September 05, 2024 It was going to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience and I was determined to make full use of everything I heard, saw and read. By the time Independence Day came around in 1962, I had learnt a whole lot of what it meant. I did not quite understand some of … Continue reading Through a schoolboy’s eyes
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe August 21, 2024 Part IV Slavery ended officially in 1834 while apprenticeship ended slavery in practice in 1838. The 5,000 people who took part in the Revolt of October 1, 1849, were ex-slaves. The women were at the forefront in this battle. While the attempt to cut their hair ignited … Continue reading Hear ye; hair ye: listen and be enlightened
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe August 07, 2024 In his address to the nation on African Emancipation Day, the Leader of our Grief called upon his distraught citizens to focus on Afro-Trinbagonians who have made outstanding contributions at home and abroad. He urged the universities of the West Indies, of Trinidad and Tobago, and the … Continue reading An ideologue’s pirouette
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe June 13, 2024 It was 2013 and the UNC (United National Congress) government decided to place a stadium and a swimming pool at the Orange Grove Savannah (now known as the Eddie Hart Savannah), a place that was used by “districkers” for recreational, health, and educational purposes for generations. Angry … Continue reading Never sit on your laurels
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe May 14, 2024 In 1985 I interviewed the president of the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) Sam Nujoma when he visited the United Nations Decolonisation Committee to plead for his country’s independence (West Africa, present-day Namibia). Namibia was a German colony from the 1880s to the First World War … Continue reading Africa’s holocaust