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Gov't to restructure, borrow more
Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2021
Gov't to restructure, borrow more amid COVID-19 shortfalls
According to him, at the end of September, the government expected an income of $13.823 billion dollars. However, as a result of the adverse effects of COVID-19, just $12.02 billion dollars were earned, marking $1.083 billion or 13 percent less than the estimate.
'Govt can't afford wage increases'
Imbert: Wage freeze in public sector
Imbert's comments anger trade unions
Kamla: Imbert confessed country in economic crisis
T&T moves to virus-control phase of pandemic
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said the country is now geared to take its response to the COVID-19 virus to the next level, as the focus is being moved from managing the virus to one of controlling the virus.
Independent Senator Paul Richards: Ban cigarettes
This was said by Independent Senator Paul Richards in the Senate on Tuesday, during debate on the Tobacco Control (Amendment) Regulations 2019 to approve graphic health warnings on cigarette packets.
LATT hits back at Griffith
"The Commissioner of Police has offered the public no assurances as to how the police service will better perform its functions in order to ensure a reduction in criminal activity, the speedy determination of criminal proceedings, and an increased conviction rate," it said.
"Pepper spray more lethal than a firearm in the wrong hands".
INDEPENDENT Senator Paul Richards has pleaded with the relevant authorities to put 'pepper spray' into the hands of women and the vulnerable, warning yesterday that the country will be terrorised by more rape and other heinous crimes unless action is taken.
Should bail be denied a father charged with killing his daughter's rapist/murderer?
He suggested that the offence of murder should be categorised based on a number of factors including the strength of the evidence, whether there were eye-witnesses, the likelihood of the accused committing other offences while out on bail and video footage of the crime being committed etcetera.
AGLA: UNC lawyers seeking to make murder a bailable offence
In the proceedings today, Ramlogan argued that Section 5(1) of the Bail Act should be struck down. As it stands, the chapter prevents persons who are charged with murder from being granted bail.
DPP orders suspect be charged with Andrea's murder
A 35-year-old female suspect will also be charged with receiving stolen property.
Senator to AG: Bring foreign pathologists for third autopsy on Andrea
She lamented: "The media reported that the State conducted autopsy was inconclusive, that is, that the cause of death could not be established. This has serious implications for any future prosecution of persons who may have played a role in Andrea's killing. Without an official cause of death, a charge of murder would not stand."
Andrea's funeral set for Friday
In announcing the funeral arrangements, the family extended its gratitude to the police officers who assisted along the way, including Police Commissioner Gary Griffith.
Schoolgirls beat, wanted to shoot driver in carjacking
POLICE have detained two teenage girls and a man in connection with the hijacking and robbery of a taxi driver in Tuesday night.
Female bandits, 17 and 18, wanted to kill taxi driver
After locking him in the trunk, the male accomplice got into the car and drove off. When the carjackers realised the driver had escaped from the moving car, they fired at him several times but missed and continued driving. Fyzabad police were contacted and officers sent out an all-points bulletin.
Teen changes story on how girl, 16, was shot dead
The Form Four boy said he was showing her a gun when it discharged. Griffith, a Form Four student of Princes Town East Secondary, died while undergoing treatment at the San Fernando General Hospital on Tuesday. The incident took place at the boy's Sookoo Trace, Claxton Bay home on Tuesday.
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