Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice-des­ig­nate Er­la Hare­wood-Christo­pher dodged the fir­ing line yes­ter­day, af­ter she failed to ap­pear be­fore what would have been her first Joint Se­lect Com­mit­tee (JSC) meet­ing since be­ing se­lect­ed for the po­si­tion by Mem­bers of Par­lia­ment last Fri­day.

The eco­nom­ic as­pect of Car­ni­val is mul­ti­fac­eted, and for mi­cro and small en­ter­pris­es, the sea­son is ripe with op­por­tu­ni­ty.

In many coun­tries around the world, com­pet­i­tive foot­ball for the top play­ers is be­ing played and has been play­ing for sev­er­al months, so why has it tak­en T&T such a long time?

Much has been said over many years about the de­te­ri­o­rat­ing con­di­tions in this coun­try’s pris­ons, where re­cidi­vism is more com­mon than re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion and pre­vail­ing con­di­tions turn pet­ty of­fend­ers in­to hard­ened crim­i­nals.