Daily Brief - Tuesday 13th November, 2018

NEWS

Thair is top Youth MP

Pleasantville Secondary School’s Thair Alexander was adjudged the country’s top Youth MP as the 16th National Youth Parliament yesterday debated the decriminalisation of marijuana, at Tower D, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain. An Opposition motion to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of the herb for medicinal or recreational use was narrowly defeated by 23 votes “against” and 22 votes “for.” Read more here

40 cops transferred for refusing polygraph tests

Fif­teen of 16 po­lice of­fi­cers at­tached to a sta­tion in the South­west­ern penin­su­la who re­cent­ly re­fused to take a vol­un­tary poly­graph test have all been trans­ferred. The trans­fers were made by Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith, who con­firmed the ac­tion yes­ter­day, say­ing he in­tends to clean up the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice. Grif­fith said any of­fi­cer who re­fus­es to take the test was ei­ther cov­er­ing up for their fel­low of­fi­cers or turn­ing a blind eye to il­le­gal ac­tiv­i­ty and crim­i­nal el­e­ments. Read more here

 

POLITICS

Colm writes Kamla on Tax bill

We must pass this Bill. So said Finance Minister Colm Imbert in a letter to Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar, as the November 30 deadline for the passage of the Income Tax Amendment Bill approaches. Read more here

 

BUSINESS

Climate change may damage food security

Climate change and food security are in a head-on collision, says Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat. Read more here

 

REGIONAL

Cardiff Model To Fight Crime - British Professor Says Hospital Data Collection Initiative Very Effective In Identifying Hotspots

A British professor who developed a model that uses hospital data to help prevent violent crimes is trying to convince Jamaican authorities and other stakeholder groups to embrace the initiative. The Cardiff Model was developed by Jonathan Shepherd, professor at the University of Cardiff in Wales, United Kingdom (UK), and is used to identify crime hotspots through information collected at local hospitals from victims of violent crimes. The three-step system involves the collection of non-personal information from victims who show up at emergency rooms, detailed analysis of the data alongside information available to the police, and the creation of a multi-sector body - a violence-prevention board that uses the data to drive policing strategies. Read more here

 

INTERNATIONAL

44 dead in California fires as the Camp Fire becomes the deadliest in state history

An additional 13 sets of human remains were discovered Monday in Northern California, bringing the death toll from the Camp Fire to 42, making it the deadliest wildfire in the state's history, the sheriff of Butte County said. The increased death toll comes as first responders battle blazes on both ends of the state, and brings the statewide death toll to 44. Fierce winds continue to threaten lives and homes in Southern California's Woolsey Fire, which has killed two people so far. The strongest Santa Ana winds in the south may bring gusts near hurricane force on Tuesday, CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen said. Read more here

Israel-Gaza: Deadly fire traded across border

Seven people have been killed in a flare-up of violence between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza. More than 400 rockets have been fired into Israel by militants since Monday night, while Israeli aircraft have hit 150 militant targets in response. Six Palestinians, four of them militants, died in the strikes on Gaza, while a Palestinian civilian was killed in a rocket attack in southern Israel. The United Nations has called on all sides to show restraint. Read more here

 

13th November 2018

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