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Statement by Her Excellency Paula-Mae Weekes O.R.T.T., President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on Matters Pertaining to the Police Service Commission
Continue reading Statement from the President of T&T
By Clint Chan Tack
October 11, 2019 – newsday.co.tt
A statement issued by the Office of the President (OTP) does not appear to have answered questions about why guests invited to functions that it hosts may only bring legally married partners. The statement was issued after President Paula-Mae Weekes spoke about the issue before after this year’s national awards ceremony.
Continue reading Questions remain over presidential invitations
By Raffique Shah
March 29, 2018
I was writing last week’s column when Madam Justice Paula-Mae Weekes’s inauguration as President of the Republic was underway at the Queen’s Park Savannah, so I missed out on most of the pomp and pageantry. No disrespect was intended: President Paula (well, we did have President Max) will understand my absence, what with a deadline to meet, and with Parkinson’s affecting the pace at which I write, though not the speed at which I think or the sharpness of my memory and mind.
Continue reading Reformation before revolution
By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe
March 27, 2018
“A true and worthy ideal frees and uplifts a people; a false ideal imprisons and lowers [them].” — W. E. B. Du Bois, “The Souls of White Folks”
I am beyond myself with pride that the present government selected Paula-Mae Weekes to be the first president of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (TT). It speaks volumes about our confidence in ourselves and points the way forward. This appointment speaks volumes particularly when women are being targeted, demeaned, and killed with growing frequency.
Continue reading Our Humble First Servant
