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A learning moment
Last week the society was jolted in more ways than one. After 56 years of independence we came to the realisation that many of us are indeed ignorant about the beliefs and culture of many other...
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‘Flawed’ process fallout
According to the late Patrick Manning: “This country owes a debt of gratitude on this matter to Sir Ellis Clarke and the team of technocrats whom he led from T&T, the region, and the United...
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The midnight reshuffle
For the ninth time in 35 months, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has made changes to his government (January 27, 2016, February 1, 2016, March 17, 2016, October 31, 2016, June 29, 2017, July 2, 2017,...
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Process worked (eventually)
Last Monday, the House of Representatives voted by a majority of 19 votes and 13 abstentions to appoint Gary Griffith as Commissioner of Police. The process that was approved in 2006 when the People’s...
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When secrecy meets transparency
The House of Representatives meets tomorrow to decide on whether or not to accept the fourth nominee on the Merit List provided by the Police Service Commission through an official notification to the...
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Message from Barataria
Last Monday the voters of the electoral district of Barataria sent a message when they installed Sharon Maraj-Dharam as the United National Congress (UNC) councillor for their area. The significance of...
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Veto on steroids
In 2006, in piloting the Constitution Amendment Bill that changed the way the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioners of Police were to be appointed, then prime minister Patrick Manning had this to say...
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Reforming the JLSC
The recent Report of the Committee on Judicial Appointments submitted to the Law Association by its chairman, former CCJ Justice of Appeal Desirée Bernard, made some very interesting comments of the...
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Validating term limits
Last week, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) delivered a landmark judgment in a case that sought to challenge the validity of a constitutional amendment enacted in 2000 that imposed term limits and...
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Barbados and the IMF
When she unveiled her party’s manifesto on May 10 at Kingsland, Christchurch, BLP Leader Mia Mottley told the crowd as follows: “I said it before that we would do whatever is necessary, that is legal...
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A T&T federation
As the Joint Select Committee on the Constitution (Amendment)(Tobago Self-Government) Bill 2018 continues, the issue of the “equality of status between the Island of Trinidad and the Island of Tobago...
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BLP Government and BLP Opposition
The landslide victory by the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) in the general election on May 24 instant has had two significant outcomes. The first was the fact that they won all 30 seats at stake and that...
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No Opposition
For the second time this year and for the seventh time overall in Commonwealth Caribbean national electoral history, one party won all of the seats in the May 24 Barbados general election.T&T had...
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Equality for Tobago and Trinidad
Last Wednesday and Thursday, the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (Salises) of The University of the West Indies (UWI) held two events in Tobago to launch its Outreach...
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Changing the guard at the CCJ
The CCJ changed its guard at the farewell session of the court in Antigua last week for Sir Dennis Byron who ended his judicial career and handed the reins over to Mr Justice Adrian Saunders.This will...
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Remembering Dr Morgan Job
Last Sunday, Dr Morgan Job, activist, media personality, former parliamentarian and intellectual, passed away. He was someone who made a mark in the society by the passionate manner in which he...
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Tobago self-government
On April 1 instant, I wrote on the issue of the Constitution (Amendment)(Tobago Self-Government) Bill 2018. Today, I am following up with another instalment.Section 8 of the bill seeks to empower the...
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The persistence of the Westminster-Whitehall Model
Last week, the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (Salises) held its 19th annual conference in Montego Bay, Jamaica, under the theme Sustainable Futures for the Caribbean.Part of...
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Preparing for the inevitable
In 1999/2000, the then Panday administration made significant alterations to the Sexual Offences Act 1986. The big issue in 1986 was the question of “marital rape” in section 4.The Chambers...
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Errors of judgment
Last week there were a number of errors of judgment that decorated the public square. The most glaring was the one committed by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley in demoting Darryl Smith from the position...
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