Mr. Manning waits until after Summit to deal with crime.

ADDING THEM UP Trinidad Express: Saturday, March 7th 2009

Now that Mr Manning has come up with the brilliant plan to unveil his new crime strategy after the April 2009 Summit of the Americas, let us work out what it means to us. With about 173 persons missing since January 2007, Mr Manning's decision to wait another 46 days should add another nine or ten persons to the missing persons list. With an average of 1.6 murders a day for 2009, the 46 days should cost us another 77 lives, so that by the time Mr Manning announces his blockbuster plan, our murder toll for 2009 should be 184. Certainly we will await Mr Manning or as the lawyers say "As His Lordship pleases." Clarence Rambharat