Man in the spotlight: Finance Minister WINSTON DOOKERAN will be in the spotlight on Monday when he delivers the 2011/2012 Budget. Among the surprises he is expected to announce is a pension increase for public service pensioners and retired teachers

Objection to Task Force Chairman!

January 13th 2012 12:15 PM

Some racing officials have raised the ‘red flag’ in another controversy ANOTHER controversy is brewing in the racing industry. This time it has to do with the recent appointment of Michael Scott to head the newly-appointed Government task force to turn around the flagging fortunes of the racing industry. Finance  read more…

Harry Harnarine

Looking backward

January 13th 2012 12:13 PM

KARL HUDSON PHILIP’S brilliant advocacy for a respect of legal tradition and his reminder that standards ought to be adhered to touched an important note in Trinidad and Tobago’s psyche. Reading Hudson Philip I was reminded of a time when things were simpler, standards were more transparent and justice [or  read more…

JUST FOR YOU: INDIA's President Pratibha Patil (right) presents Prime Minister KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR  Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2012 Award in Jaipur, India

Mispronouncing Indian names

January 13th 2012 12:12 PM

THERE was a time, a long time ago where it was not uncommon for people in the media to mispronounce Indian names. In fact, there were those who did not even know the difference between a Hindu and a Muslim name and regularly confused the two to some embarrassment. One  read more…

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Back to dog rice

January 13th 2012 12:12 PM

IT is not surprising that Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has taken a quarter of her Cabinet and scores of State sector executives on a trip to India without any strategic planning for what we hope to achieve or any cost-benefit analysis of the last trip undertaken 15 years ago. If  read more…

Sunil Ramjitsingh (right) chats with Councillor Allan Taxi Seepersad

Sunil Ranjitsingh thrown off UNC Blog

January 13th 2012 12:11 PM

AFRA RAYMOND is not the only person to run afoul of his editors. Former TV6 journalist turned UNC activist Sunil Rajitsingh was last week blocked by the moderator and thrown off the UNC Secretariat’s Facebook page after raising questions in a post responding to an invitation for suggestions on how  read more…

Afra Raymond

Afra Raymond quits Guardian

January 13th 2012 12:10 PM

MEDIA WATCH is not surprised at the latest bacchanal to hit the Guardian with the very public resignation of JCC president Afra Raymond as a columnist with the newspaper. Like former columnist Selwyn Cudjoe, who quit and joined the Mirror when the Guardian tried to suppress a column critical of  read more…

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