News Report Trinidad & Tobago Sunday July 13th 2025

News Report Trinidad & Tobago Sunday July 13th 2025

My Commentary On American, Local, Regional, International & Israeli News
Headlines:
Real Talk With Saieed Ali
Government is moving to make it mandatory for all citizens to walk with a form of identification at all times in an effort for the police to enforce proposed changes which would raise the legal age limit to consume alcohol, use marijuana and gamble.
Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander said on July 10 that the enforcement of the new laws was the responsibility of the police.
He said the Prime Minister had informed him of the proposal before she spoke at a political platform on July 7, in Penal.
The PM proposed increasing the legal age to drink alcohol from 18 to 21 and increasing the age to smoke marijuana and gamble from 18 to 25.
My Response:
This "mandate" is too vague and will result in an increase in police abuse of power/bullying. Focus on requiring that younger individuals present a form of ID when entering a bar or nightclub. While the UNC administration's intentions may be good, this appears to be undemocratic and a PNM oppressive type of policy. I hope individuals like Senator the Honourable Phillip Edward Alexander will address this issue, because to me this appears to be part of the same Globalist agenda which we've all been opposing for many years now.