Last night we attended a fortieth birthday party for our godson. Very nice function with a real mix of old and young people. I don't know if it is just me but are we aging better than our parents? It seems to me that our generation somehow is still very much out and about, loving life, many of us don't have major medical issues and we seem to be really enjoying life. I don't remember my parents being as 'alive' as we are at their same age. Maybe I didn't notice.
In golf there is the term 'fore' which is shouted out on the fairway by a golfer who has just hit a golf ball which is now heading your way and you may want to protect yourself from being hit. No one knows for sure how it was derived, one school of thought is that it may have something to do with artillery fire and the warning to friendly infantry close by. Well, no one yelled 'fore' this week when an MP and former Cabinet Member, who was clearly flouting the rules with reference to the hiring of family members and the issue of a cheque being written by a Ministry to an organization that had not yet been registered, was now being reinstated to the Cabinet. The PMOTT in his wisdom fired this shot which has clearly angered the electorate who feel that they have been hit broadside. Why would he do this? Is it that he does not have the power he thinks he has? Is it pressure from the ranks, from the General Council at Balizier House? or is it that he has simply run out of choices of experienced people for Cabinet positions? Or worse, plain and simple poor judgement.
Whatever the reason he has shown a level of contempt for the citizens of this country which now puts his leadership in serious doubt. To make matters worse 'Burkie' was ever present at the swearing-in of the now reinstated Minister. Maybe the Ag CoP could actually say something on this. Did the President's security know who 'Burkie' was?
Every one loves 'Fitzy'! Isn't the newly demoted Minister now as a Junior Minister the best? Speaking on crime in the Parliament he now admits that for the last 20 years crime has been a major problem, 20 yrs eh, different news media have him giving stories about alligators biting cops who did not read a 'No feeding' sign, police officers in Halifax doing ten times the work of a local police officer, and him begging the PMOTT to demote him so he could really serve the people.
You cannot make this stuff up people! This is reality in our twin island republic. And we are concerned about 'Destinations Unknown'. At the rate we are going I hope we remain' Unknown' until we can fix this.
Tobago stand by, the fleet is arriving shortly to fix your sea transportation woes. I don't know if anyone realizes that these two old vessels that have been contracted are coming at a price twice the cost of what was there in 2015. The PATT Chairman blurts the figures out and not one single media house asks about the doubling of the cost, not one. No one asked who was the agent in Trinidad and Tobago and with whom the contract was signed. The reason for making these statements is simply for transparency. When in early 2017 the current administration went to town on the operations of the ferry service using powerful language like ' corruption at the highest office, ransom, bid rigging, gun to the head etc'. Without the PATT being straight up with this ferry contract we can only assume that all is well, yes?
The government cannot for one single second be thinking about demolishing one of the iconic buildings in the country, the POS General Hospital. I am pretty sure that the media, once again, did not get the full story. This is not going to happen. Steups, what am I thinking, a previous administration demolished the second official home of the first PMOTT. A building that had so much history attached to it including the first uprising by the people of this country after becoming Independent, the 1970 Black Power UpRising. The first official residence is still standing in Mary St, St Clair.
And so life goes on on the rock. We the happy people take it coming and going. Things are so good that even the poor husband of the Chinese national murdered this week is packing his bags and heading home to China. How many nationals of China actually re-migrate? Only from the rock, only from the rock!
This week was the tenth anniversary of the launch of the iPhone.
Peace and love, looking forward now to the 22nd July and the 5 Big Band show at the QPS.
In golf there is the term 'fore' which is shouted out on the fairway by a golfer who has just hit a golf ball which is now heading your way and you may want to protect yourself from being hit. No one knows for sure how it was derived, one school of thought is that it may have something to do with artillery fire and the warning to friendly infantry close by. Well, no one yelled 'fore' this week when an MP and former Cabinet Member, who was clearly flouting the rules with reference to the hiring of family members and the issue of a cheque being written by a Ministry to an organization that had not yet been registered, was now being reinstated to the Cabinet. The PMOTT in his wisdom fired this shot which has clearly angered the electorate who feel that they have been hit broadside. Why would he do this? Is it that he does not have the power he thinks he has? Is it pressure from the ranks, from the General Council at Balizier House? or is it that he has simply run out of choices of experienced people for Cabinet positions? Or worse, plain and simple poor judgement.
Whatever the reason he has shown a level of contempt for the citizens of this country which now puts his leadership in serious doubt. To make matters worse 'Burkie' was ever present at the swearing-in of the now reinstated Minister. Maybe the Ag CoP could actually say something on this. Did the President's security know who 'Burkie' was?
Every one loves 'Fitzy'! Isn't the newly demoted Minister now as a Junior Minister the best? Speaking on crime in the Parliament he now admits that for the last 20 years crime has been a major problem, 20 yrs eh, different news media have him giving stories about alligators biting cops who did not read a 'No feeding' sign, police officers in Halifax doing ten times the work of a local police officer, and him begging the PMOTT to demote him so he could really serve the people.
You cannot make this stuff up people! This is reality in our twin island republic. And we are concerned about 'Destinations Unknown'. At the rate we are going I hope we remain' Unknown' until we can fix this.
Tobago stand by, the fleet is arriving shortly to fix your sea transportation woes. I don't know if anyone realizes that these two old vessels that have been contracted are coming at a price twice the cost of what was there in 2015. The PATT Chairman blurts the figures out and not one single media house asks about the doubling of the cost, not one. No one asked who was the agent in Trinidad and Tobago and with whom the contract was signed. The reason for making these statements is simply for transparency. When in early 2017 the current administration went to town on the operations of the ferry service using powerful language like ' corruption at the highest office, ransom, bid rigging, gun to the head etc'. Without the PATT being straight up with this ferry contract we can only assume that all is well, yes?
The government cannot for one single second be thinking about demolishing one of the iconic buildings in the country, the POS General Hospital. I am pretty sure that the media, once again, did not get the full story. This is not going to happen. Steups, what am I thinking, a previous administration demolished the second official home of the first PMOTT. A building that had so much history attached to it including the first uprising by the people of this country after becoming Independent, the 1970 Black Power UpRising. The first official residence is still standing in Mary St, St Clair.
And so life goes on on the rock. We the happy people take it coming and going. Things are so good that even the poor husband of the Chinese national murdered this week is packing his bags and heading home to China. How many nationals of China actually re-migrate? Only from the rock, only from the rock!
This week was the tenth anniversary of the launch of the iPhone.
Peace and love, looking forward now to the 22nd July and the 5 Big Band show at the QPS.
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