A President’s Legacy

I think the Express editorial captured something that got lost in all the praises of his most visible characteristics:
For the late Noor Hassanali to be remembered simply as a kind of placid president is to do an injustice to the memory of the man. It is true that he exuded a certain tranquillity but this [...]

Our best President (Noor Hassanali, 1918-2006)

Sometimes it’s hard to separate one’s own preconceived notions from one’s ideas about what “people think”. So it’s always re-assuring to see at least some of them ring true. I have always said that he was the most popular president Trinidad and Tobago has ever had, and he was one of the very [...]

Noor Hassanali (1918-2006)

Chilo was, without a doubt, the most popular president in the history of Trinidad and Tobago, and was perhaps the most well-respected national figure. As a country there’s a void to be filled. But it is as an individual that I feel the loss most.
There was always something about him that set him [...]