Opinion

West Indies conundrum

In the wee hours of Monday, 27th January, the West Indies Test team sent shockwaves across the Caribbean when they won the Second Test in Pakistan by 120 runs to level the two-match series.

It would have been preferable that the Gecom Chair’s conclusions on biometrics were informed by expert-driven technical advice

Dear Editor, On January 16, GECOM Chair Claudette Singh ruled against the use of electronic biometrics in the next elections, stating “With less than a year to go before these elections, and given the number of tasks that would need to be done before such a system can be properly introduced, … I am convinced that this is not feasible within the time presently available.”

The implications of the Hicken confirmation on other public servants and future governments

Dear Editor, There has been the impetuous, indeed illegal, decision to confirm the Acting incumbent in the Permanent position of Commissioner Of Police despite the fact that this Public Servant had already bypassed the official Retirement Age of 55 years – established since the colonial era, since when absolutely no attempt has ever been made to revise such a condition of employment by any Independent (?)

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