THE EDITOR: The Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, leaves for Belize to participate in two Commonwealth Local Government Forum events. In Belize, the PM will launch the Caribbean Local Economic Development (CARILED) programme. This programme is a Canadian $23.2 million six-year project funded by the Canadian International Development Associati(...)
THE EDITOR: The South African High Commissioner celebrated Freedom Day at the Cascadia Hotel on Friday April 27, 2012. The overwhelming response that was received from government representative, the diplomatic community, the business community and the community at large, is that our event was a resounding success.
THE EDITOR: I was pleased to see reference to Albert Gomes in a recent letter. He was such a powerful influence in so many spheres, not only with regard to the steelband fraternity and the Baptist community. Gomes was a powerful literary figure in his early 20s. History students should read his autobiography. He was also a trade unionist. Later he (...)
THE EDITOR: Where are we going with President Obama’s take on same sex marriage? Some are already marching! Why is it that if America does it, we should copy? Can’t we see the string of events that will follow? How do you decriminalise buggery? Two females or two males do not have the capacity to reproduce naturally, so if we have this slant on ma(...)
THE EDITOR: Over the past few years I have observed a daily pile up of traffic on the Western Main Road immediately after the traffic lights at Westmoorings driving west. This occurs between 7 am and 10 am and again from 3 pm to 5.30 pm. The matter is serious enough to warrant a satisfactory solution as it is affecting thousands of persons and hund(...)
THE EDITOR: Changing Ariapita Avenue into a “tourist resort” is such a bad idea it should be framed. Somebody in the Tourism Division appears to be unaware that visitors to the Caribbean are mostly interested in sun, sand and sea. After that, the quaint houses and sampling the local dishes.
THE EDITOR: It ought to be considered a criminal act to have classes without a teacher. The teacher is the only trained person to supervise a class. The practice of putting OJTs to assist teachers was a good one, except that they were sometimes used to supervise classes in the absence of teachers, which ought to be illegal.
THE EDITOR: I don’t understand why TTUTA doesn’t do its best to compromise with the Ministry of Education and its efforts to improve the level of teaching. They claim to support the CAC training yet called on all teachers to boycott it. They refused to work together to ensure that children were properly supervised in the absence of those who wished(...)
THE EDITOR: After my recent trip to Tobago by the Express and the Spirit, a lot of my fellow travellers have since voiced their displeasure about the conditions of these vessels ie seat upholstery and the general house keeping as a whole, and “zilch” security.
THE EDITOR: What is the issue of Marlene Coudray’s value to the UNC. It is clear that she is being used as a counter balance to the rising popularity of Jack Warner. To add my view if I may to the whole mix, I do not think this will work as Mr Warner has already carved a name in political steel and it will take 1,000 Marlene Coudrays to upstage the(...)
