Noble: Trying a thing like a Trini; the problem with our pension plan Thursday 1 July 2021 Sunday 2 May 2021 Sunday 25 April 2021 Thursday 22 April 2021 Thursday 7 January 2021 Wednesday 4 November 2020 Thursday 24 June 2021 Noble: Trying a thing like a Trini; the problem with our pension plan There is a quintessential Trini way to do business: we have enough of a façade to look professional, but we do things by vaps while the professionals stew silently. This tendency puts us into a weird space where the principals can vehemently protest that they follow the ‘science’. Meanwhile, the professionals can only mutter sotto voce while the principals take breathtaking, reality-defying positions. This scenario sums up the unfolding mess of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS).