By Neela Ramsundar I write this with a dear friend in mind – a true Trinbagonian Alpha Female to the core – who’s going through a tough time. Every so often, even the strongest of us need to be reminded of what makes us who we are, and so today, I highlight what makes […]Read More
GRIEF is best described as floating along a river. Somedays you are gently gliding along peaceful waters and other days you find yourself being tossed about in raging rapids, struggling to keep your head above water. Unfortunately, grief is an emotion I have become far too familiar with this year. Month after month I have […]Read More
IN the Prime Minister’s address to the nation last Saturday and many previous addresses, it has become clear that these press conferences have become a bashing session. And there is little benefit from these antics we see playing out on live television and online media. It seems to be a personal vendetta against the Opposition […]Read More
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” “When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw” – Nelson Mandela I stand with the many others decrying the discrimination, desegregation, denial of […]Read More
‘In extreme cases the expression of patriotism is fighting for the betterment of your homeland, be it your country, town or village.’ IT’S easy to condemn the actions of the residents of Barrackpore and Princes Town, to shake your head at their burning of tires and rowdy protests. To stueps and say, “What do […]Read More
AFTER six years at the helm Trinidad and Tobago National Petroleum Marketing Company Limited (NP) you would think that the chairman and his board of directors would know what procedure to follow. This of course in relation to trying to hike the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at their gas stations. They must […]Read More
MY job as a lawyer in civil practice is to sort out the problems or situations my client brings to my office. I may be retained to sue someone for a monetary debt or be asked to change their name via a deed poll. Whatever it is we do for you though, for us […]Read More
‘In other words the removal of VAT is like taking a drop of water out of a very full bucket and bawling…’ I am often asked if I plan to go for child number three. One of my favourite excuses as to why my uterus is closed for business is, feeding my two existing […]Read More
Government intends to tax citizens until they die and collect billions in taxes in 2022. According to the Draft Estimates of Revenue from the national budget document presented by Minister of Finance Colm Imbert, his plan is to strengthen the tax collection agencies where he expects to increase its revenue collection drive in the new year 2022. […]Read More
VERY strategically, the State has chosen now to push ahead with its agenda to implement the controversial property tax. What’s so special about now? The Government of Trinidad and Tobago, by simple majority, has placed the country into a State of Emergency. The forms which the public must fill out under penalty of law (a […]Read More