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 Raffique Shah May 23, 2026 The first time I dipped my index finger in electoral ink in my native land was also the first time I voted in any election, and it allowed me to experience one of the more exciting aspects of elections in general—their impact on the politics of a country. I … Continue reading The worst will prevail
By Raffique Shah February 07, 2026 The first dire warning I issued on this threat to the stability of the nation was so far back that I hardly recall the date and circumstances on which I had spoken. It was definitely before the 2025 general election. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar had triggered the alarm system … Continue reading No mess, this is madness
The author advises the Security Council to fulfill its responsibilities by immediately affirming a series of actions in response to the U.S. attacks on Venezuela. The following remarks, as prepared for presentation, were made by Jeffrey D. Sachs, president of the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at … Continue reading Jeffrey Sachs Briefs UN on US Aggression in Venezuela
By Raffique Shah August 30, 2025 Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar can never be as uninformed as she portrays herself to be in matters of foreign affairs, to wit: regional and hemispheric alliances. It took previous governments, starting with the PNM in the 1960s, to cultivate good relations with our Spanish-speaking neighbours in Venezuela. We often … Continue reading Sleeping with the enemy
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe July 12, 2025 SOONER OR LATER “de chupid” talk was bound to happen. “Cudjoe singing for his supper” and he’s “being paid off with a board appointment”. A PNM sycophant sent me a note: “Singing for your supper. You are no longer a [sic] advocate for poor black people director … Continue reading Singing for one’s supper
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe June 21, 2025 In his Youth Rally address on August 30, 1962, one day before Independence Day, Eric Williams declared: “I have given to the nation as its watchwords, Discipline, Production, Tolerance.” These words were delivered to the youths but they applied equally to every citizen of the nation. It … Continue reading An indisciplined nation