
At last! Man bites dog
April 22nd 2012 12:08 PMAFTER the many public reports of persons, mainly women and children, being mauled by dogs, it is surprising that the animal rights lobby should only now be advocating for more responsible dog ownership. This following Attorney General Anand Ramlogan’s announcement last week that Government was taking steps to have the read more…

Crime and broken promises
April 20th 2012 12:09 PMLAST week’s brutal murder of Indra Gangabissoon, like the spate of killings in La Horquetta and Laventille, was a reminder, if we needed any, that although crime may no longer dominates the front pages of the daily newspapers, Trinidad and Tobago remains as murderous a country as ever. And this, read more…

West Indies Resurrection
April 15th 2012 12:09 PMTHE Easter weekend’s first Test match against Australia held in Barbados last week produced what casual observers of the game might see as the typical losing effort resulting from yet another second innings batting collapse which surrendered what was a previously impregnable position. They would be wrong. From the beginning read more…

Fuad must be schizophrenic
April 13th 2012 5:18 PMIT was only two weeks ago that Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan, following a tour of the St Ann’s hospital, was telling the media and the public that the St Ann’s Mental Hospital should be closed and that many of the patients kept there would be better off at home read more…

Can we trust this AG?
April 8th 2012 12:09 PMAS much as she may favour him as one of her favourite ministers, the frequent altercations between Attorney General Anand Ramlogan SC and the truth should be of increasing concern to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Last Wednesday House Speaker Wade Mark allowed to be read into the Hansard records of read more…

Oil slick
April 6th 2012 4:01 PMTHE presentation last week Thursday by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, featuring Petrotrin’s president-designate Khalid Hassanali and chairman Lyndsay Gillette displaying canisters of light and heavy crude oil for demonstration purposes was quite slick. The announcement of the ‘discovery’ of 48 million barrels of oil was immediately accompanied by full-page, full-colour read more…



