“WHEN elephants fight, the grass gets trampled” is an African proverb that has very deep and serious consequences for Trinidad and Tobago. Three very important entities—the Ministry of Finance, Attorney
How genuine is the Government in addressing or even reducing crime? Does this or any government have the wherewithal to tackle crime when party financiers are seemingly involved in crime?
IT seems as if the cries of âno waterâ are increasing daily by many communities. Yet the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) turns a deaf ear to these pleadings and seeks instead to chastise the consumer for wasting water, despite turning a blind eye to the wastage of millions of gallons of water by WASA itself! How many thousands of paying customers have reported leaks and WASA continues to ignore the reports? Not only that but its system deletes these reports if another report is made! Such inefficiency in its management system boggles the mind yet WASA continues to clamour for increased rates!
The Government, it seems, âdoth protest too muchâ when it comes to procurement legislation.
At the same time the Government is touting its benefits, opposition to it from many different spheres of influence, including the parliamentary Opposition, is very resounding, to say the least.
Trinbagonians selected a group of people to manage the affairs of the country because of the belief that they could be good managers. Why, then, does the Government believe it should not be accountable to the people? Or, if it does account, there seems to be a mixture of falsehood and truth?
It is unbelievably remarkable that it has taken almost six years for the current Government to realise that âThe Public Procurement Actâ of January 2015 was âbadly craftedâ, necessitating âThe Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Amendment Bill, 2020â, which seems worse than âwatered-down brandyâ in its current incarnation, being bereft of legal, fin