NEWS

Cops seek help in fatal hit-and-run

Police are asking for the public’s help to find the driver who left the scene of a fatal hit-and-run which happened yesterday at the Priority Bus Route (PBR) near WASA in El Dorado. Dead is 64-year-old cyclist Leroy Calliste of El Dorado. Read more here

Women take top awards at law school graduation

The crest of the Hugh Wood­ing Law School in St Au­gus­tine fea­tures two sup­port­ers, one male and one fe­male, which is said to rep­re­sent "the foun­da­tion of West In­di­an fam­i­ly life and de­pict the idea of the law be­ing made by and for the peo­ple". This ra­tio of one male and one fe­male fea­tured on the law school's crest was, how­ev­er, not present dur­ing its grad­u­a­tion cer­e­mo­ny held on Sat­ur­day night at the Sport and Phys­i­cal Ed­u­ca­tion Cen­tre (SPEC) of the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies' St Au­gus­tine cam­pus. For every one male grad­u­ate who crossed the stage on Sat­ur­day night there were as many as three fe­males do­ing like­wise. In all 47 males crossed the stage to col­lect their Le­gal Ed­u­ca­tion Cer­tifi­cate (LEC) from the law school. A to­tal of 185 grad­u­ates were list­ed. Read more here

POLITICS

Farmers get leases for Chaguaramas lands

The Cabinet has agreed to grant leases for state lands in Chaguaramas to Guave Road farmers who have been in a legal dispute with the Chaguaramas Development Authority (CDA) since 2015. A statement from the Planning Ministry said the Guave Road lands will be excised from the original parcel of land and placed under the control of the Agriculture Ministry. Read more here

Police, soldiers on standby to deter highway blockers

All mem­bers of the law en­force­ment agen­cies, in­clud­ing the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) and the T&T De­fence Force, are on stand­by to de­ter any act of civ­il dis­obe­di­ence aimed at dis­rupt­ing traf­fic on Monday. The Gov­ern­ment is al­so ask­ing the pub­lic to de­sist from ac­tions fol­low­ing a call shared on so­cial me­dia on Sun­day for mo­torists to block all ma­jor road­ways and in­ter­sec­tions from 6 am. The mes­sage, which has been shared all so­cial me­dia plat­forms and through What­sApp read: “Are you fed-up of tax­es? Are you fed-up of in­crease fu­el prices? Are you fed-up of the poor gov­er­nance? Are you fed-up of the se­cret deals? Well this is your op­por­tu­ni­ty to take a stand.” Read more here

BUSINESS

Investor opportunities from budget 2019

This week, we at Bourse provide a brief overview of the 2019 budget, as presented by the Minister of Finance last week Monday, placing particular emphasis on the investor implications of some proposed initiatives. Read more here

REGIONAL

'Despicable!' - Upset About Crime, Jamaican Diaspora Caution Against Tarring Everyone As Gunrunners

A leading voice in the Jamaican diaspora has fired back at government Senator Kerensia Morrison, pointing out that the shipment of guns and ammunition found at the wharf in Kingston last week is not a reflection of all Jamaicans living overseas. "This does not represent the diaspora," declared Irwine Clare, former chairman of the Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board for the northeastern region of the United States. "To think that folks here in the diaspora are fuelling this scourge on our society is frightening and despicable." Read more here

INTERNATIONAL

Planet has only until 2030 to stem catastrophic climate change, experts warn

Governments around the world must take "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society" to avoid disastrous levels of global warming, says a stark new report from the global scientific authority on climate change. The report issued Monday by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), says the planet will reach the crucial threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels by as early as 2030, precipitating the risk of extreme drought, wildfires, floods and food shortages for hundreds of millions of people. Read more here

Jair Bolsonaro: Far-right candidate wins first round of Brazil election

A far-right candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, has won the first round of Brazil's presidential election. He will face the left-wing Workers' Party candidate, Fernando Haddad, in the second round on 28 October after he failed to win the 50% of valid votes needed to win outright. With almost all the votes counted, Mr Bolsonaro had 46% and Mr Haddad 29%. Opinion polls conducted before the election predicted that in a second round the two candidates would be tied. Read more here

8th October 2018

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