TREVOR SUDAMA THE RECENT public statements by two pundits, Satyanand Maharaj and Bramanand Rambachan, that urban youths from the east-west corridor (read young Afro-Trinidadians) are responsible for the upsurge of crime in Aranguez and that East Indians (Indo-Trinidadians) have been the targets have elicited a flurry of commentary in the media overwhelmingly condemning the two
THE Prime Minister on Sunday afternoon said arming citizens was not the answer to the country's crime problems, going as far as to say the proposal by the Opposition to enact stand-your-ground legislation is also not a viable solution. Speaking at the PNM’s sport and family day at the Toco Composite High School, Dr Rowley
Dr Moriba Baker Religious leaders are to be held to a higher standard. They are supposedly the ones closest to God and therefore should be providing both moral and spiritual values to their congregants and those they meet. Their words should be divinely inspired and their thoughts pure and seasoned with love for fellowmen and
On the one hand, a few days ago the country got a regional symposium which was almost too diffuse in its complex exploration of the crime issue, on the other hand Satyacharya Pundit Dr Bramanand Rambachan and Pundit Satyanand Maharaj congressed to give us the opposite: overly simplistic views.
Satyacharya Pundit Dr Bramanand Rambachan said East Indians are under siege by criminals, and Pundit Satyanand Maharaj said the perpetrators of these crimes are urban youth from the East-West corridor.