Sev­er­al Op­po­si­tion MPs have raised con­cerns about the Gov­ern­ment’s new Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Bill, with for­mer min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty and Port-of-Spain South MP Kei­th Scot­land de­scrib­ing it as “more egre­gious and se­ri­ous” than the Zone of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions (ZOSO) Bill that failed in the Sen­ate ear­li­er this year.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Coali­tion of Ser­vices In­dus­tries re­cent­ly marked a his­toric mile­stone with the spec­tac­u­lar re­launch of Na­tion­al Ser­vices Week (Sep­tem­ber 6-12), an­chor­ing our strate­gic vi­sion un­der the am­bi­tious ban­ner, “Map­ping Growth Be­yond En­er­gy: 50/50 by 2030.”

There I was, dri­ving some­where re­cent­ly, when a ra­dio DJ dis­cussing the po­lit­i­cal sit­u­a­tion in FI­FA made a bold state­ment: “This is the end of In­fan­ti­no.” To my­self, I said, “Broth­er, you have it all wrong. Greedy Gi­an­ni is go­ing nowhere.” Yes. And I will tell you why.

Bri­an Lon­don has carved his name in Trinidad and To­ba­go’s cul­tur­al land­scape, but he has al­so worked be­hind the scenes with young peo­ple who as­pire to be­come ath­letes.

To my broth­ers, fel­low hus­bands and men who are try­ing every day to get this mar­riage thing right, let me put my hand around your shoul­der for a mo­ment and talk man-to-man.