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When taxpayers foot million-dollar payouts
Posted: Sunday, April 10, 2022

When taxpayers foot million-dollar payouts
Allegations of illegal wire-tapping raised by Kamla Persad-Bissessar during her tenure as Prime Minister and the subsequent dismissal of several employees attached to the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) have seen taxpayers shell out in excess of $12 million.

Children's Authority urges end of licks as disciplinary tool
Some alternative disciplinary approaches included reinforcing boundaries and expectations of behaviour, rewarding good behaviours, administering consequences for undesirable actions immediately that are age and developmentally appropriate, discussing with the child the inappropriate behaviour that needed to be changed, using time-out or taking away privileges, avoid disciplining the child when angry and seek professional help. The authority reminded the public that child protection was everybody's business and child abuse was a criminal offence.

It said the National Family Services Division under the Ministry of Social Development and Family Services was available to assist and can be reached at 623-2608 ext. 6701-6711 or the Authority at 996 or 800-2014.

Additionally, child abuse incidents should be reported to the TTPS at 999 or the authority's hotline at 996 or 800-2014.

Two students share President's gold medal as Education Ministry settles 2020 SEA dispute
After threats of legal action, Ameerah Beekhoo and Aaron Subero will be jointly recognised as the top SEA students for 2020 and receive the President's gold medal for their achievement.

Parents pleased as top students to share President's Medal Gold
While the parents of both children are happy to have this behind them, in one of the legal letters previously sent to the Ministry of Education, Beekhoo's attorneys suggested that there be two award streams–one for boys and another for girls to prevent such a fiasco from taking place in the future. Attorneys representing Subero had first suggested that the award be shared. The award ceremony is set for Monday.

5 covid19 deaths, 269 new cases
There were 269 new cases which brought the country's active positive cases to 6,370 with 146 people in hospitals and step down facilities, and 6,224 in home self-isolation.

Stakeholders warn of gas price impact on fish prices, construction costs, SMEs
Tobago stakeholders have said the government's decision to increase fuel prices would place further hardship on tourism-related businesses still reeling from the effects of the covid19 pandemic over the past two years.

Gov't to waive import taxes, customs duty on hybrid vehicles
To encourage motorists to conserve fuel and to alleviate the effect of the increased prices of fuel

Mixed reactions on tax waiver for hybrid cars
"What he has done is to throw out some figures on capacity, but we cannot get vehicles that conform to that capacity. There is no vehicle that we can get with that combined kilowatt that he spoke about. He is confusing the population. Citizens are thinking that they will get exemption up to 1600 cc, the problem is that we can't get any vehicles in that category. Even if they get a few very small vehicles, a three-year-old vehicle would be costly."

Battle against bats of Barrackpore
Less than one per cent of Trinidad and Tobago's bat population has rabies. Even with that small percentage, the Desmodus rotundus or common vampire bats have been causing havoc in the district of Barrackpore in southern Trinidad over the past two months, killing about 29 heads of cattle and two sheep.

Work permit exemption extended for reregistered Venezuelans
The duration of the exemption has been extended to December 31, 2022

Search and recovery operations continue Sunday for boat tragedy victims
The seaman said, "The salvage people came this morning and cut a hole for the Coast Guard to go in. When the Coast Guard dived three times, they found out a ceiling was blocking them. You could understand that? They didn't come with anything to cut the ceiling. They made two dives and that was it, they said the ceiling was blocking them."

Police urge caution as two more die in road accidents



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