Camille Moreno

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"Sun sets on SoE"

1 week ago | newsday.co.tt | Camille Moreno

Editorial THE STATE of emergency – the second called to deal with continued criminal activity – expires on April 13. All indicators suggest what started with a bang is likely to end with a whimper. When the measure was announced in December, it generated tremendous anxiety and concern. In contrast, as the curtain comes down, few might notice. That says something about its impact.
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

2 weeks ago | newsday.co.tt | Camille Moreno

Editorial WHAT is the essence of being a Trinidadian? It’s hard to say. But the extraordinary life of Mark Loquan, who has died at 63, might supply something of an answer. His death is a giant loss. Mr Loquan, who passed 14 months after a brain cancer diagnosis and seven months after being bestowed the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, was a unique individual who, nonetheless, embodied something recognisable in all of us.
"Regressive ruling"

4 weeks ago | newsday.co.tt | Camille Moreno

Editorial THE STATE has no business being in anyone’s bedroom. That is an uncontroversial position. Or at least it should be. In its regressive ruling of March 25 which re-criminalises anal sex between same-sex adults and resets the law to 1925, the Court of Appeal has effectively invited police to peep through the curtains. The case, brought by the state against activist Jason Jones, was about gay rights. But the implications of the court’s ruling are wider.
"Avoidable gridlock"

Oct 23, 2024 | newsday.co.tt | Camille Moreno

Editorial THE CONFLUENCE of several factors – roadworks, the annual uptick in excursions to the Divali Nagar, month-end shopping and a visiting circus from Mexico – has created a situation in which there are fears of a traffic nightmare along the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway. This should not be. Traffic near to the Divali Nagar, as well as during one’s daily commute, is already a painful ritual for many.
"PNM's Lezama-Lee Sing resigns as government senator"

Sep 26, 2024 | newsday.co.tt | Camille Moreno

News The PNM’s Laurel Lezama-Lee Sing has resigned as a government senator and former Tobago House of Assembly chief secretary Ancil Dennis replaces her in the Senate, the Office of the Prime Minister has announced. A post on the Office of the Prime Minister’s Facebook page, at about 6 am on September 26, said Lezama-Lee Sing resigned on September 25. The Prime Minister then advised President Christine Kangaloo to appoint Dennis as a government senator. Dennis is the PNM’s Tobago Council leader.
"The silent media"

Aug 30, 2024 | newsday.co.tt | Camille Moreno

Letters to the Editor THE EDITOR: So the Prime Minister expresses outrage at the shooting of the child. But did the media ask: Will the Prime Minister provide the people of TT with a minister of national security who will assume responsibility for the security of TT? Will 900-plus vehicles be provided to the TTPS to return to full complement with the hope of reliable, routine, and regular patrols that will be preventative and surveillance in nature?
"Schooling Venezuelan children"

Aug 21, 2024 | newsday.co.tt | Camille Moreno

Editorial THE BROAD smiles on the faces of government ministers gathered at a publicity event held at the Ministry of Education on August 19 contrasted sharply with the reality faced by thousands of Venezuelan children still left unable to access basic schooling.
Ivana Bašic - Metempsychosis: The Passion of Pneumatics

Jul 22, 2024 | fadmagazine.com | Camille Moreno

Fixed inside a round steel frame about the size of a bicycle wheel, a creamy rose hunk of alabaster is gently but repeatedly hammered by eight blunt mechanical arms. At first glance, the kinetics of Ivana Bašic’s Metabole feel relatively benign. However, since its unveiling in early June, the unrelenting tippity-tap has already rendered a small pile of dust to accumulate around the base of the sculpture — signifying its ultimately ephemeral lifespan.
WASA shame

Jun 12, 2024 | newsday.co.tt | Camille Moreno

Editorial EIGHT MONTHS. That’s how long the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has left the country without the benefit of the full findings of its probe into the death of Kern Ettienne. Mr Ettienne, 39, worked for WASA for two decades. But it took just one moment on October 22, 2023, for his life to end. He was in a trench in San Fernando when a dirt mound collapsed. He was declared dead at hospital.
"Testimony to trauma"

May 24, 2024 | newsday.co.tt | Camille Moreno

Editorial THE CHILLING developments in a murder trial at the Hall of Justice in Port of Spain this week serve as their own kind of testimony to a nation and a criminal justice system beset by the trauma of crime. In this country, the public has long become accustomed to orders being issued by judges for accused people to be sent to the St Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital. What we are not accustomed to is seeing a witness, and one for the State, sent to the same facility.