Trinidad and Tobago will add U.S 38 Million to the Caricom’s U.S 250 Million Regional Development Fund.
March 10, 2008
According to PM Patrick Manning, Trinidad will donate the said amount to the Caricom Regional development Fund. Manning noted “we are making these contributions in circumstances where we are able to afford it. The minute that that affordability questions arise, whether we can afford it or not, then we will have to make adjustments.” Manning insisted the funds contributed were not being done at the expense of domestic affairs of T&T.
How so Mr. Manning? Trinidad poses one of the highest crime rates in the Caribbean. More often than not, tourists are kidnapped and slaughtered together with having all their belongings taken. As a Guyanese American who recently returned from Guyana and Trinidad, I can say with conviction that I would rather walk on a lonely road in the middle of Georgetown Guyana than be in caught in the mid of the day in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
While, I was there in November 2007, I picked up the Guardian News print, only to read about the plethora of serious criminal incidences occurring in Trinidad. Mr. Manning, I understand that growth is necessary and a must in the Caricom, but US38 million and you say that domestic affairs are not harmed. Mr. Manning, University of Trinidad and Tobago has many empty seats that need filling. Where is the generation to fill your space when you have been replaced?
While, I see capital growth and the mission of becoming a developed nation in 2020, you are doing a disservice to the potential talent in young minds that never get explored. The college prone generation in Trinidad is analogous to the basin of Crude that is never explored. Those basins have to be sought out and explored like the human potential you serve everyday. If you do not spend millions to unearth the oil reserves, you will get nothing.
Similarly Mr. Manning, if you don’t make higher education a commodity to be had, you will loose that entire fortune which are the young minds of Trinidad. The difference with crude however, is that that it will still be there a generation from now.
So I say to you Mr. Manning, look at Trinidad and the People first. A great man once said that you should think globally but act locally. Make the People of Trinidad the most important commodity on your agenda. The fruits the could be reaped will be savored for generations.
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Andrew
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