NEWS

A hospital for women

Women now have a place to go to see about their every female health issue, including pregnancy, cancer, obstetric/gynaecology problems and even infertility, all under one roof. The Sanjivani Women’s Hospital formally opened its doors at Wilson Street, St Augustine, on Saturday, under the directorship of obstetrician/gynaecologist (ob/gyn) consultant Dr Prakashbhan Persad. Read more here

Tight security on illegal entry

The il­le­gal in­flux of Venezue­lans has shift­ed from Ica­cos and Ce­dros on the South West­ern Penin­su­la as se­cu­ri­ty has been tight­ened in the area. The ma­jor­i­ty of Venezue­lans are now said to be en­ter­ing sev­er­al oth­er in­lets along the south­ern coast in­clud­ing Puer­to Grande, Erin, Los Iros, Quinam, and as far as Moru­ga. Oth­er in­lets used by smug­glers were iden­ti­fied along the coast­line at Guapo, Chatham, San Fer­nan­do, Vista­bel­la, and Mara­bel­la. Dur­ing a vis­it to the coastal vil­lages last week, Guardian Me­dia was told that many Venezue­lans who en­ter in­to T&T il­le­gal­ly via pirogues pay be­tween US$200 to US$300. Most of the pirogue op­er­a­tors are said to be Span­ish-speak­ing men, al­so be­lieved to be Venezue­lans. Read more here

POLITICS

Young: Strides since full-time CoP

National Security Minister Stuart Young says positive effects were already being seen since the appointment of a permanent commissioner of police. “Immediately upon the appointment of a permanent commissioner of police the population said they started to feel a sense of hope, a sense of confidence in what was being done.” He was contributing to debate last Friday on a motion to adopt the report of a Joint Select Committee that looked at the Police Manpower Audit Committee report, chaired by Professor Ramesh Deosaran, in the House. Read more here

No witch-hunt in white-collar crime investigations—Griffith

With the re­cent an­nounce­ment of a new elite unit to tack­le white-col­lar crime in T&T and promis­es that the “Big Fish” will be ar­rest­ed and brought to jus­tice, Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (CoP) Gary Grif­fith is as­sur­ing that it will not be a unit en­gag­ing in witch-hunt. Grif­fith al­so said he in­tends to "ac­quire" lo­cal and in­ter­na­tion­al ex­per­tise from out­side to im­prove its ef­fec­tive­ness. The fol­low­ing is a short Ques­tion and An­swer with the CoP. Read more here

BUSINESS

AMCL improves, GKC declines

This week, we at Bourse review the most recent financial results of two companies within the Conglomerate sector—Ansa McAL Ltd (AMCL) and GraceKennedy Ltd (GKC). Read more here

REGIONAL

Dull Debates - First-Time MPs Dismayed By 'Boring', 'Parochial' Discourse In Parliament

First-time lawmaker Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn has admitted that she sometimes gets bored listening to debates in Parliament. Cuthbert-Flynn, the former star athlete-turned-politician, asserted, too, that not enough legislation is being passed and complained that debates in the House of Representatives are often not as robust as she would like. "It is a little mundane for me sometimes and a little boring, to be honest with you, that I sit there and listen to some senior people go on and on about things and not really pushing legislation and making things happen for the country," the member of parliament for St Andrew West Rural told The Gleaner. Read more here

INTERNATIONAL

California wildfires: Death toll reaches grim milestone

The death toll in wildfires sweeping California has risen to 31, with more than 200 people still missing, officials have said. Six more people were confirmed killed in the Camp Fire in the north of the state, taking the toll there to 29. That fire now equals the deadliest on record in California - the 1933 Griffith Park disaster in Los Angeles. In the south, the Woolsey Fire has claimed two lives as it damaged beach resorts including Malibu. An estimated 250,000 people have been forced to flee their homes to avoid three major blazes in the state. Read more here

Trump's Paris trip marked by missed moments -- and a dire warning

First it was a second-place replacement for his own grand military parade. Then it was a stately gesture to illustrate an alliance he's done little to cultivate. After a midterm election drubbing, it was an opportunity to retreat and regroup. Yet by the time US President Donald Trump departed Orly Airport on Sunday, 44 hours after he arrived, the reasons for his trip to Paris had become largely obscured. It did less to bolster the transatlantic partnership than to expose its cracks. The 3,800 miles the President put between himself and Washington did little to buffer the boiling political crises back home. And it was decidedly gloomier than the procession of tanks and troops Trump originally envisioned rolling through Washington on this date more than a year ago. Read more here

12th November 2018

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