NEWS

Introduce parenting classes in schools

Children should be taught the basics of parenting while at school, suggests president of the National Primary School Principal Association Lance Mottley. In an address at the National Parent Teacher Association’s interfaith service on Friday, Mottley said, “The reality is our children go on to become parents, some, even before completing school. (Parenting classes) will ensure that good parenting values are passed on to our children and they, in turn, will incaulcate acceptable social values and attitudes in their children.” Read more here

Gasparillo businesses tense as Petrotrin closure nears

Petrotrin will of­fi­cial­ly shut down its op­er­a­tions on No­vem­ber 30 fol­low­ing a mas­sive re­struc­tur­ing ex­er­cise which will see new en­ti­ties tak­ing over the busi­ness it once con­duct­ed there­after, be­gin­ning to­day, the T&T Guardian will look at how this will im­pact some of the com­mu­ni­ties sur­round­ing the re­fin­ery, start­ing with Gas­par­il­lo. Busi­ness­es in fence-line com­mu­ni­ties such as Gas­par­il­lo, Mara­bel­la, Mau­caulay, Co­coyea and Clax­ton Bay are brac­ing for re­duced sales, few­er cus­tomers and tough days ahead with the full clo­sure of Petrotrin this month-end. Read more here

84-year-old gets degree

As eighty-four-year-old Curtis Thomas was handed his Bachelor of Arts degree yesterday his peers mostly in their 20s and early 30s almost shook the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) with cheers, applause and shrieks. Read more here

POLITICS

Duke says no zero increase

Public Services Association (PSA) president Watson Duke is disputing a “nauseous conversation” which, he said, is being circulated on social media, that public officers are being offered “zero-zero-zero” by the Finance Ministry. In a Facebook live message yesterday, Duke said a zero per cent offer had been made earlier in the year but this had been withdrawn by the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO). Read more here

Report labels T&T 12th dangerous country Young: Where’s the proof?

Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Stu­art Young is ques­tion­ing what da­ta the au­thors of an on­line re­port which ranked this coun­try as 12th on a list of the world’s 20 most dan­ger­ous coun­tries in the world used. On Fri­day, a pub­li­ca­tion in the Busi­ness In­sid­er gave T&T the rank­ing af­ter not­ing that mur­ders, do­mes­tic vi­o­lence and sex­u­al as­saults were on the in­crease in T&T. But Young yes­ter­day dis­agreed with the re­port. “I cer­tain­ly don’t think we rank 12th as the most dan­ger­ous coun­tries in the world. That is my opin­ion and liv­ing here etcetera. Read more here

BUSINESS

NGL rises, NFM declines

This week, we at Bourse review the nine-month performance of Trinidad and Tobago NGL Ltd (NGL) and National Flour Mills Ltd (NFM). Read more here

REGIONAL

Editors' Forum | We Need Help, Too! - Young Businesswoman Laments Lack Of Gov't Support For Creative Entrepreneurs

One young business owner believes that the Government can do more to foster the growth of industries that some may consider unsustainable. Shawneil Bailey, founder and managing director of people management service company, Zarabelle Limited, said that increased assistance from the Government could help people to see that talent-management and other creative industries are feasible. "The problem we have here in Jamaica is that a lot of people don't see the creative industry as sustainable. They come in, they leave because they don't feel like they can grow from there. If the Government was assisting us, then that would make persons want to tap into the industry," said Bailey, who is a member of the most recent cohort of the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI). Read more here

INTERNATIONAL

Exclusive: Khashoggi sons issue emotional appeal for the return of their father's body

The sons of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi issued an emotional appeal for the return of their father's body, in their first interview since he was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul a month ago. Salah and Abdullah Khashoggi, who called their father "courageous, generous and very brave," said they have endured weeks of anguish and uncertainty following his disappearance and death. "I really hope that whatever happened wasn't painful for him, or it was quick. Or he had a peaceful death," Abdullah Khashoggi, 33, told CNN during a sit-down interview in Washington with his brother, Salah, 35. Read more here

Iran sanctions: Rouhani defiant as US re-imposes measures

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has vowed to "break" swingeing sanctions re-imposed by the US targeting core parts of the economy. The Trump administration is restoring all sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal in a bid to pressure Iran. They will hit oil exports, shipping and banks, and make it difficult to do business with the oil-rich nation. But Mr Rouhani struck a defiant tone, saying that Iran would "continue selling oil". Read more here

5th November 2018

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