Crime

 Two headlines in Thursday’s newspapers just about summed up the sad state of our nation today.  The murder of Hope Arismandez captured front page whilst the dropping of serious charges of grievous sexual assault on a 12-year-old girl which occurred in July 2006 was buried deep into the more mundane news.

LAST MONTH, I listened in amazement to a radio interview, during which chairman of the ruling PNM, Mr John Donaldson, was being probed by Radio I95.5’s George “Umbala” Joseph on the Government’s response to the crime situation.