Editorial

From the time in 1992 when, as a lieutenant colonel paratrooper in the Venezuelan army, he attempted a coup on the Carlos Andres Peres government, to being constitutionally elected just seven years later, Hugo Chavez as a political figure could not...

Two weeks ago, a very public and quite ugly argument erupted at Cunupia Secondary School between T&T Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) second vice-president Orville Carrington and Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh.

Any serious investigation into what Ms Persad-Bissessar described as “alleged wrongdoings, unlawful conduct and/or action by any or all persons purported to be involved” cannot be handed over to any of those who have themselves been named—rightly or...

The consequences of the inability of the National Trust to have any effect on the deterioration and destruction of historical sites and buildings of Trinidad and Tobago has been evident for some time.

A small social media-fuelled storm erupted soon after entertainer Nicki Minaj commiserated with American Idol competitor Zoanette Johnson about the challenges of their childhoods.

The plan to give specially selected members of the Defence Force the powers of arrest, search and seizure now restricted to police officers is the latest stop-gap measure aimed at addressing the country’s deadly crime problem.

Certainly at this stage in the development of Tobago, as in Trinidad, there should be ongoing programmes of training, sharing of information and regular transfers of technical expertise to avoid a situation where—as the THA now claims—there is only...

Independent Senator Helen Drayton has re-focused national attention on the obvious politicisation that has gone on with fighting crime.