THE EDITOR: Trinidad has seen an increase in violent crime, homicides, home invasions and robberies in 2023. Every day, social, print and television media report individual cases and it would appear that (East) Indians are disproportionately affected. The police, however, do not provide any statistical analysis, based on demographics, relating to the perpetrators or victims
OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Monday threatened lawsuits against the Prime Minister and various media houses for his remarks lumping her together with outspoken pundit Satyanand Maharaj and his colleague who blamed recent robberies in Aranguez on urban youth from the East-West Corridor.
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
“[…] As at June 1993, police reports revealed that there were 13 rapes in Central Trinidad. Five of the 13 rapes had been committed by East Indian men, and one of the seven women raped by masked m