en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2199265 Comments by grandeboy http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Praise_for_Kamla_s_visit-136860463.html#IDComment257377388 I am so happy to see the respect accorded our PM. It appears certain that this trip was beneficial to T&T on many levels. Everything takes time to show results it is my hope we will soon see the benefit to T&T. Right on madame PM you have made many of our citizens very proud. Sat, 7 Jan 2012 04:37:56 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Praise_for_Kamla_s_visit-136860463.html#IDComment257377388 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Lara__T_T_needs_to_market_itself-136786803.html#IDComment256503298 Congratulations Madame PM and your team for putting T&T as your first priority. We must have a more diversified economy as we move forward. The money spent is well worth it as our twin Islands are recognized and hopefully we can see in the future investments from around the world. As I have said before many of our citizens living abroad for more than 40 years would love to return and have their retirement dollars forwarded and spent in T&T but we will not get this group to return as long as crime is rampant. Please do something about this and you will begin to see more and more of our people return and ready to spend and invest. Fri, 6 Jan 2012 04:59:20 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Lara__T_T_needs_to_market_itself-136786803.html#IDComment256503298 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/_Full_preparations__in_relative_s_village_to_welcome_Kamla-136636328.html#IDComment255300864 Thank you! Well said. Wed, 4 Jan 2012 22:39:03 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/_Full_preparations__in_relative_s_village_to_welcome_Kamla-136636328.html#IDComment255300864 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/_UNC_is_dead_-136514753.html#IDComment252550600 Get a life! You are a very disruptive person you are not indispensable . Mon, 2 Jan 2012 03:42:19 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/_UNC_is_dead_-136514753.html#IDComment252550600 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/I_will_deal_with_any_corruption_in_my_Govt-136491488.html#IDComment252352954 Thank you Madame PM your goals for our country are right on keep on trying. Just keep in mind that you are going up stream and that is pretty difficult especially since gravity is pulling down stream. In general it is pretty difficult to be all things to all people. Those that are opposed to you will find every reason to prove whatever you are doing is wrong and those who are with you is hoping and praying you will make a difference for a better T&T but at the end of the day the responsibilities are on your shoulders so my dear PM do the best job you can in the most object and transparent way and then leave it to history to judge your effectiveness. Happy New Year to all and may we have peace in our land. Sun, 1 Jan 2012 20:34:57 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/I_will_deal_with_any_corruption_in_my_Govt-136491488.html#IDComment252352954 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Finance_Ministry__HCU_payout_starts_next_month-135777193.html#IDComment239819205 Thank you lord so many people who have died, suffered because of the lack of fund to buy medicine and or see a doctor. The person or people who played this cruel hoax cannot be happy. My neighbour whose husband had died had no money to bury him we all had to make a collection to assist in the situation, the grief of her husband death and the lack of funds to live on while their money was in HCU the worries/depression has driven this lady crazy it is so sad. The government must get to the scums who did this and throw them in jail for the rest of their llives. Sat, 17 Dec 2011 07:10:36 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Finance_Ministry__HCU_payout_starts_next_month-135777193.html#IDComment239819205 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Mom_flees__It_s_going_to_get_worse-135710368.html#IDComment238809442 I am so sick of this violence I had almost forgotten about it during the SoE but now it seems to have returned with a passion. I know that there were much unhappiness over the SoE but at least it had save some lives. Well I hope we as a government and our people work together to come up with a solution. Just blaming the PM will not solve the problem she inherited this mess it took a long time to become what it is today it would not be solved in less than two years. So many of us goes against our own best interest just because your party of choice is not in power. Crime makes us all powerless so those of us who had great ideas and just knew that the SoE was the wrong methodology chosen lets us hear your valuable suggestion. Democracy is not a spectator sport you must get involved. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:14:31 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Mom_flees__It_s_going_to_get_worse-135710368.html#IDComment238809442 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Substance_found_on_Eucharist_not_human_blood-135417203.html#IDComment236698830 Jesus help us! We have no believers anymore we do not believe in this government and now we are knocking the religion. We are doomed! Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:02:21 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Substance_found_on_Eucharist_not_human_blood-135417203.html#IDComment236698830 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/_4m_A_DAY__IN_LOSSES-135417253.html#IDComment236192718 These unions will eventually destroy many jobs in T&T as business starts with lower profit margins they would have no choice but to lay off people and the unions will lose even more. The unions are being penny wise and pound foolish. Eventually the union members would not be able to feed their families but the union bosses will be flying high on the hog. Very sad situation and at a time when businesses earns most of their profits. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:19:02 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/_4m_A_DAY__IN_LOSSES-135417253.html#IDComment236192718 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Wildlife_hunting_ban_lifted-135390958.html#IDComment236041175 Yes I know we like hunting especially where we are here near Toco but I know when we do wake up one day we may find our small Island have no wildlife and that would be sad for our nation. I know even when it is not hunting season people still hunt I have a very good friend who has no respect for the law and he wants no lecture about some "STUPID" government law and let me tell you here around Sangre Grande the government is hated when hunters can't hunt these people do not see the danger of over hunting. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:32:21 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Wildlife_hunting_ban_lifted-135390958.html#IDComment236041175 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/US_Caricom_tit-for-tat_over_Cuba-135390988.html#IDComment236037811 President Obama the US first minority President can't be held personally responsible for this move, as we all should know that the US has been punishing the Cubans for their policies as long as I can remember if President Obamo who has a fairly good relationship with our government chose to not enforce their rules against the Cubans do you realize what a bad political move that would have been for him who is currently in a fight for his political life OMG! The republicans would have buried him and with so many Cubans concentrated in Florida and Florida is a key state for him to win in the next election it would have been political sure death for his Presidency so we need to weight the pros and cons before being so judgmental. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:20:00 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/US_Caricom_tit-for-tat_over_Cuba-135390988.html#IDComment236037811 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Sandy_admits_to_mistakes_during_SoE-135391018.html#IDComment236034140 Guns and drugs taken of the streets crime was halted lives were saved .... Why wasn't the SoE a success? Government and citizens at the end of the day are all human beings and part of being human is making errors, missteps what ever you want to call it but the ability to learn from your missteps are a common human trait. I hope we have learnt what we did wrong ... now let us move on. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:06:05 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Sandy_admits_to_mistakes_during_SoE-135391018.html#IDComment236034140 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/I_never_stayed_at_Carlton_Savannah__says_Suruj-135391033.html#IDComment236031907 I can't believe the amount of time is wasted on these non issues whether or not anyone stays at these hotels who cares. Mr. Manning need to finding his footing as a elder statesman I am certain if he put his mind to it he can blossom by being a man for the country instead of a man for his party. I wonder when we will learn to copy good ideas from places like the US, Canada and England where the former leaders takes up roles that further the country's interest both domestically and internationally. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:57:59 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/I_never_stayed_at_Carlton_Savannah__says_Suruj-135391033.html#IDComment236031907 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/I_AM_SORRY-135391053.html#IDComment236028027 I think it just serves the Cuban government just right they should be blocked all around the world. They are a communist nation by choice while most of the rest of the world view communism as having failed. Take a look inside Cuba and see how their citizens live and then you will realize how good we have it. They have some of their citizens jailed for all their lives just because of their political views. Haven't you heard that anytime the Cubans can get a chance to get to the US they risk their lives trying to get there so you can see they don't respect their own citizens why should the rest of the world respect them. I am disappointed our very gracious PM felt the need to apologize but I cannot second guess her. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:44:02 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/I_AM_SORRY-135391053.html#IDComment236028027 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/More_landslides__rain_in_Sans_Souci-135218148.html#IDComment234636908 We must prepare for the effects of global warming but it must be through proper planning it cannot be done over night. Our citizens must not be allowed to build their houses where ever they feel like it can endanger their own lives and contribute to draining the resources of the nation. There must be a plan district by district to correct any violations especially those that contribute to the effects of flooding etc. and the government must set up a fund dedicated to move our families to safer locations whether or not the individuals agree. However, it must be done fairly and with extremely good planning data and must be processed smoothly through our courts. We need to stop the blame game and start looking forward. Sadly since the world's economy is heading for a spiraling down turn especially America and Europe which will definitely affect us this may not be the most optimal time. Thu, 8 Dec 2011 12:48:15 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/More_landslides__rain_in_Sans_Souci-135218148.html#IDComment234636908 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/More_landslides__rain_in_Sans_Souci-135218148.html#IDComment234633082 Agree! The guy is one of the most effective ministers but some of these bloggers are just so bitter they have degraded Warner at every turn. He has not been in violation of anything as it pertains to T&T. I say let the man do his job and come elections vote against him if you wish and majority rules so we will see. Instead of the hate and bitterness use your writings in a positive way that helps to lift the dialogue. I am afro Trinidadian and I too support this government but not blindly we must hold the government accountable. Thu, 8 Dec 2011 12:35:40 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/More_landslides__rain_in_Sans_Souci-135218148.html#IDComment234633082 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Bishop__Stop_the_race_talk-135074683.html#IDComment233679103 I love hearing the statement that the good lord made us in his own image and likeness. Yes race problems exists because we use it as a crutch and it works for all of us one way or the other. However, we need to concioulsly work on improving race relationship and that must start in our homes, schools and churches. This race issue will always be with us but it does not need to be uppermost thing in our mind we can do better and we need to try. Have you ever noticed that if someone is nice and respectful you no longer see them as different from you in any manner. Have you ever met someone who is really ugly and when you get to know the person and that person is truly a good person you no longer see the physical beauty. I bet if we started by just be nice to each other no matter the race, colour or sexual orientation you would see little by little we would lose the interest in race issues and we will become more compassionate and better human beings we need to give it a try. Tue, 6 Dec 2011 14:13:20 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Bishop__Stop_the_race_talk-135074683.html#IDComment233679103 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/ONE_MORE_MISSTEP-135074728.html#IDComment233672200 Our last government have squandered tons of our tax dollars, that my friend is even a bigger crime even though it is under the radar. However, mismanagement (to be kind) has hurt our country severely we were not able to address so many problems and the poor became even poorer. So while these so call missteps by the present administration have grabbed the headlines for its sensationalism it does not come close to the actual pain caused by our former government. So please keep everything in prospective. I have learned from this experience that headlines do not necessarily capture the damage done to this nation when citizens are actually hurt by the stealth crime visited upon us by our government things like wasting the public funds, constructing huge towering buildings which stands even today as a reminder of the funds wasted by PNM AND THAT IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. Tue, 6 Dec 2011 13:57:52 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/ONE_MORE_MISSTEP-135074728.html#IDComment233672200 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/ONE_MORE_MISSTEP-135074728.html#IDComment233670973 I cannot believe that this government just made up this assination story and was able to convince our security forces. I will wait for the truth to come out before taking sides. The SoE was good for T&T despite what the majority of the bloggers think. During the SoE many lives were saved, guns were taken off the street, drugs were confiscated so no balanced person can objectively say that the SoE was a total failure. Do this government make mistakes the answer is hell yes but name one government in the entire world that is blemish free. Tue, 6 Dec 2011 13:54:17 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/ONE_MORE_MISSTEP-135074728.html#IDComment233670973 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Grande_police__Zero_tolerance_for_traffic_violations-135008658.html#IDComment233079041 This is a pack of bull I live in Grande I know. You should see where these cops hang out even during working hours. Go in any bar and go to the back you would see these cops stuffing their faces with food usually wild meat too and any liquor they want and then these same bar owners drive drunk and get a pass from the police. I was once going to Manzanilla beach with my buddy who is the owner of a bar not too far from the police station not only he was drunk but he had an open beer drinking from we had to go through a police stop point the cop noticed he was drunk saw the beer and all he said was oh god man you got to stop man you go get we in trouble you know the bar owner said don't worry I know the boss man ah go talk with him you can't get in trouble. Once we pulled away the driver said "I have these f****ing greedy police men eating outer ah mey han they can't do me nothing" just imagine. It is the truth these officers are a bunch of drunk greedy guys oh just prey on the poor. Mon, 5 Dec 2011 13:28:14 +0000 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Grande_police__Zero_tolerance_for_traffic_violations-135008658.html#IDComment233079041