THE ADVENTURES OF MELLY MEL

Melissa Ann Atwell, a Facebook personality, who goes by the call name of ‘Melly Mel,’ attracted the ire of the Attorney General (AG) who has filed a court action against her claiming $100 million in damages for libel. Over the past week Ms. Atwell, in a series of posts on Facebook, revealed in a diatribe ripe with abuse of Mr. Nandlall, that he is the source of a great deal of juicy, but […]

BIOMETRICS IS NOT PERMITTED THE CONSTITUTION OR BY ANY OTHER LAW

The three members of the Elections Commission representing the Opposition, recently issued a joint letter calling for the implementation of biometrics by way of electronic fingerprint technology, to identify voters at elections. This is a long-standing demand by the Opposition that picked up speed after the 2020 elections when the Opposition, in a deflective maneouvre, […]

ETHICS IN ADMINISTRATION

In 1961 the PPP was elected as the government for the second time, 1957 being the first. My father, Ram Karran, was appointed a Minister of the Government in both 1957 and 1961. On this latter occasion I distinctly recall that in December, 1961, a large number of Christmas gifts were delivered to our home. […]

HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY TO STANLEY GREAVES

This article under the caption of “November 22 and 23,” now slightly amended, was published on 23 November 2015 aboutStanley Greaves, but included references to Roy Brummel and Wordsworth McAndrew, cultural and artistic giants in their own right. Since we will, sadly, not be having the opportunity of a 90th Birthday Stanley Greaves exhibition, as […]

PRESIDENT ALI CHANGES THE NARRATIVE

President Irfaan Ali delivered a masterstroke on Thursday last in his address to the opening sitting of the new session of theNational Assembly. What was anticipated to be a routine report to the nation about progress made over the past year and prospects for the coming year, turned out to be much more. The President used the opportunity to announce a […]