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In the 40-odd years that I have been writing a weekly newspaper column, I admit that much of my work has been dealing with politicians and corruption. Over the years

THE Government’s bid to not seek parliamentary approval for the appointment of a person to act as Police Commissioner failed yesterday.Twenty-one Government members voted in favour and 18 Oppo­sition members

THE general indifference of the public to constitutional reform has been an issue of historical import. The chairman of the National Advisory Committee on Constitutional Reform, Barendra Sinanan, acknowledges the

Undoubtedly, Trinidad and Tobago is in a very sad state and the existing Government seem clueless about what to do except blame the citizens and Opposition.

I WRITE in response to your letter of the day, “When hubris steps in, reason takes leave” by longtime PNM stalwart, Ferdie Ferreira, on Friday, March 29, 2024, p. 14.One

AS a victim of the proverbial “party discipline”, I can identify with what is being meted out to Mr Rushton Paray by the leader of the UNC (United National Congress),

In what I can only assume was meant to be a critical think piece by Orin Gordon on Tuesday in the Express, he stumbled into an idea that even he

I wasn’t sure which one I was witnessing as MP after MP released statements pledging their support for Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

IN 1976, Republic Day, the Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago had just sworn in a new opposition led by the sugar union leader Basdeo Panday, who was

“Anyone who wants to jump the gun will wait their turn.”That was the response of Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar to the public call on the United National Congress by Mayaro