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Of Silkworms and Maggots

Published on January 9, 2012 in General T&T, Law, People's Partnership and Politics. 8 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar receives her Senior Counsel appointment from President George Maxwell Richards

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar receives her Senior Counsel appointment from President George Maxwell Richards

By Michael Harris
January 08, 2012 – trinidadexpress.com

What is the difference between a silkworm and a maggot? This is the question which popped into my head as I reflected on the current controversy which has erupted over the recent appointment of senior counsel. Frankly I did not think that there was anything salient which could be added to the debate after the cogent and comprehensive submissions made by Messrs Hudson-Phillips SC and former CJ Michael de la Bastide.

I changed my mind, however, after reading the brilliantly lucid summation of the issues presented by Terrence Farrell in his article in the Express on January 5. It often happens that a particularly lucid exposition on any topic can serve to excite new and additional insights which help to develop the issue further.
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Khan: Don’t blame AG, it was done before

Published on January 5, 2012 in Court, General T&T, Law, Media, People's Partnership, PNM and Politics. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , .
CJ Ivor Archie receives his Senior Counsel appointment from President George Maxwell Richards

CJ Ivor Archie receives his Senior Counsel appointment from President George Maxwell Richards

guardian.co.tt
January 05, 2012

Attorney General Anand Ramlogan cannot really be faulted in awarding silk to two sitting judges because there was precedence in the matter. That view on the controversial matter was given by Israel Khan SC yesterday. “When it was first announced I didn’t give it much serious thought because there was precedence for a chief justice to take silk,” he said. Khan recalled that former chief justice Clinton Bernard was awarded silk in 1988 by the attorney general of then National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR) government.
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1990 Enquiry: Exercise in Futility

Published on July 25, 2010 in COP, Crime in T&T, Finance, General T&T, Law, People's Partnership, Politics, Security and Violence. 11 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .

Abu BakrI DO not know how Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and her Cabinet arrived at a decision to appoint a Commission of Enquiry into the attempted coup of 1990. I suspect the hype that always surrounds the anniversary date of the Muslimeen assault on the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR) government may have prompted the PM and her colleagues to attempt to “put this matter to rest for once and for all”. It certainly was not part of the People’s Partnership manifesto or 120-day action plan.
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Probe into 1990 Attempted Coup

Published on July 23, 2010 in Features, General T&T, Law, People's Partnership, Politics, Religion and Security. 29 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

Abu BakrProbe into 1990 Coup
Twenty years later, there is going to be a Commission of Enquiry into the July 27, 1990 attempted coup which was led by Imam Yasin Abu Bakr and members of the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday during at the post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister, St Clair.

PM: Why did it happen?
Cabinet has decided a Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances of the July 27, 1990 attempted coup will take place to find out “what went wrong” and to “bring closure” and relief to citizens traumatised by the event.
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