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Torrance Mohammed– warrior of the arts Torrance Mohammed - Yvonne Webb THE EDITOR: Every now and then a flash of brilliance shoots by on the TT landscape, only to disappear just as quickly into oblivion without a trace and without a doubt. From my experience, one of those fleeting moments was represented in the most fruitful life of Torrance Mohammed, who loomed large for many decades over the booming culture of San Fernando and TT in general. As an aspiring writer and impractical dreamer navigating a most challenging time of my life, I am now left with a sense of great loss – even devastation – after the news of his sudden passing. ....
Media Monitor Pt 4: Still sticking it to readers in the time of Covid-19 OUR OBSCENE TRAGEDY editorial to which the Guardian devoted its front page on Sunday 7 February? The following day, the Express devoted both its front and back pages to continuing outrage and public protests over the most recent killing of a 23-year-old The UWI graduate. And contrary to everything Fundamentals of Reporting teaches, the logo on the bottom of the front page read, ‘The Kidnapping & Murder of Andrea Bharatt’. Photo: Andrea Bharatt, 23, went missing on 29 January 2021. Her lifeless body was found in the Heights of Aripo on 4 February 2021. ....
Political frenemies THERE IS no shortage of bad blood in politics these days. Consider the acrimony in Parliament at last week’s no-confidence motion against Stuart Young. Consider the unwillingness of parties to sit together to resolve the Tobago impasse. So it was refreshing this week to see two former government ministers crossing political divides in order to serve the national interest. Karen Nunez-Tesheira, who was appointed this country’s first female finance minister in a PNM cabinet, on Monday lobbied the government to reverse its position on procurement laws during a UNC webinar. On the same day, Dr Emmanuel Hosein, a health minister in the 1986-1990 NAR government, appeared at the crease to bat for the covid19 vaccine at the Ministry of Health’s virtual press briefing alongside the PNM’s Terrence Deyalsingh. ....
UNC launches petition to repeal procurement law Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar PHOTO COURTESY OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENT The UNC has launched a petition calling on government to repeal the Procurement Amendment Act of 2020, as well as the 2017 and 2016 versions, and restore the Public Procurement and Disposal of Property Act I of 2015 in its original form. The launch took place at the party’s roundtable webinar presentation, titled Why Repeal the Procurement Amendment? on Monday. The webinar featured Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Senator Wade Mark, former Senate President Timothy Hamel-Smith, environmentalist Gary Aboud, and former PNM ministers Karen Nunez-Tesheira and Ralph Maraj. It was moderated by UNC PRO Kirk Meighoo. ....
The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited. ....