Editorial

Without a doubt, one of the most significant factors that affect the quality of one’s life is health yet we adopt unhealthy lifestyles that are lethal weapons wielded against our bodies.

The continuing spectacle of parading senior officers of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service through a parliamentary examination has demonstrated why the process is flawed.

Most of the focus has been on the alleged incident of vigilante justice that resulted in the death of Ashdale Mc Hutchinson, but another incident of concern is the recent attack on two police officers who were attempting to make an arrest in south Trinidad.

Due process exists for good reasons. Proving guilt beyond a shadow of a doubt is not an easy task and cannot be left up to people who have no legal skills.

It is ironic that as T&T joins in observances of World Environment Day today, particularly with this year’s theme, Beat Plastic Pollution, the Beverage Containers Bill, a vital piece of legislation for battling that problem, is yet to be debated and passed

Insularity has fielded a team for the upcoming test series featuring the West Indies versus Sri Lanka. The squad is reminiscent of the times when the West Indies test team was made up of nearly all Bajans.

The world body for football, FIFA, could end up intervening to run the football administration in T&T. That is the likely scenario if the current administration does not sort out the running of the sport.

Wednesday’s attack on a man suspected of attempting to lure a six-year-old-girl away from her friends in Oropoune Gardens, Piarco, is, unfortunately, a sign of the troubled times which T&T is facing.