Letters

A public service exists to do what ordinary citizens cannot do for themselves.

How many times have you heard the story of wealth (think Clico) being created by one generation and lost by the younger generation?

I was pleasantly surprised when I experienced the ease with which I was able to set up an appointment at the Port-of-Spain passport office to renew my children’s machine-readable passports.

Is common sense really so uncommon? Why would businessmen invest thousands of dollars, time, effort and energy into a business venture and then do something that would hamper that very business?

Every citizen in this country is aware of the incident that took place on February 24, 2013 as it was very well chronicled by all the local newspapers and on national television.

Having visited and read about The Netherlands and the way they control flooding, it has prompted me to suggest that our Government should hire the Dutch to assist with the flooding that takes place, and will inevitably take place again during the...

I saw pictures of the dead turtles on the beach, the poisoned dogs, the fallen corbeaux, the 1,500-pound dead marlin “trophy,” and the homicide victims on the streets, and I sadly take note of the rise of our brutality.

There is often varied public reaction to the firing of public officials by the government with some in favour, some not, and some a combination of both.