Truth, I-Blog

Fitzgerald Hinds, in his first incarnation under the Patrick Manning administration, was largely a backbencher and his role as Junior Minister in National Security was one in which he seemed to revel more in the appearances since there was nothing he could fundamentally change even if he knew how to do it.   Now, almost two decades later e ven as his boss, Prime Minister Keith Rowley sanctioned the passage of 50,000 careless Trinidadians to play in Tobago over the Easter weekend, Hinds , on the orders of Rowley and in his first edict as new National Security Minister has threatened to create special police squads for public health regulations to make citizens "feel it in their pockets", as a cover for the government’s role in the post Easter  surge of cases. Masmen: Rowley and Hinds. Lets track backwards. On Carnival Tuesday 2006, I earned his anger- which he let me know through a third party by sending a message to me, after I took photos of him, wearing an afro wig and ba...

The full letter, published, below is not just an expose- unintended as it is- on  the shortcomings of the Committee mandated to probe sexual harassment claims against former Minister of Sport Darryl Smith but also throws a glaring spotlight on the manipulation of the highest-ranking  non-political post in the  public service, the Permanent Secretary (PS).  And that TT$150,000 was peanuts compared with the millions that will be paid by taxpayers for unfair dismissal claims as a result of the love triangle involving Smith. In the end while Carrie Ann Moreau, is being paraded as the only victim of  Smith’s run at the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs(MSYA), here on the official records, is an account of the journey   to the TT$150,00 payout on what was a claim of sexual harassment and how a PS was moved out of the Ministry and sent to the boondocks to ensure that Moreau got her just due. Moreau, incidentally, is the niece of two top-ranking governme...