NEWS

Highway Horror

Precautionary measures were in place at the Port of Spain General Hospital (PoSGH) yesterday as both private security and police officers heavily guarded Dwayne King, the man shot while driving on the Beetham Highway. When Newsday visited Ward 3 of the hospital, family members littered the hallway as visitors had to have their names on a list before being approved. After they were given the initial clearance, the visitors then had to be searched and scanned before being allowed to visit the 40-year-old contractor. Read more here

Don’t tussle with media workers

Me­dia work­ers should be al­lowed to do their work with­out in­ter­fer­ence, once they do not ob­struct po­lice of­fi­cers, says Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Gary Grif­fith. This is ac­cord­ing to a state­ment from Me­dia As­so­ci­a­tion of T&T, af­ter rep­re­sen­ta­tives met with the top cop fol­low­ing an in­ci­dent where a re­porter and video­g­ra­ph­er from TV6 were threat­ened, and ob­struct­ed while on du­ty on Di­vali hol­i­day. Mem­bers of their ex­ec­u­tive met with Grif­fith on Mon­day to dis­cuss the in­ci­dent along with “the larg­er is­sue of press free­dom and the me­dia’s abil­i­ty to per­form their du­ties with­out fear of in­tim­i­da­tion or in­ter­fer­ence from the TTPS,” the state­ment said. Read more here

POLITICS

PM wants gas producing countries to develop gas-pricing index

The Prime Minister has challenged member states of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) to implement a gas-pricing index to safeguard natural gas producers from “suffering leakage” of its products by traders who “benefit unfairly” from a country’s gas production. At the GECF gas symposium at the Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain yesterday, Dr Rowley said this was responsible for “very little returns” making its way back to TT. Read more here

Regular gas stock will last till December—Khan

This coun­try has stocks of Reg­u­lar gaso­line to last un­til the end of this month and in­to De­cem­ber. But the Gov­ern­ment is still cur­rent­ly ex­am­in­ing ways to de­ter­mine how best this type of fu­el can be im­port­ed in the small quan­ti­ties be­ing de­mand­ed, En­er­gy Min­is­ter Franklin Khan said yes­ter­day. Speak­ing to mem­bers of the me­dia at the Gas Ex­port­ing Coun­tries Fo­rum (GECF) at the Hy­att Re­gency, Port-of-Spain, how­ev­er, Khan rub­bished the no­tion that T&T is ex­pe­ri­enc­ing a “fu­el sit­u­a­tion.” Ad­mit­ting Reg­u­lar gaso­line re­mained a “small chal­lenge,” Khan as­sured this is be­ing worked on by the Gov­ern­ment. “The use of Reg­u­lar gaso­line is so small we can­not get ships to bring in that amount of car­go. But we are work­ing on some way to see how we can still get Reg­u­lar gas,” Khan said. Read more here

BUSINESS

German firm seeks Solar power in T&T

Germany-based real asset investment manager, MPC Capital, believes the time is ripe for countries in the Caribbean to shift to renewable energy- not just because it’s better for the environment, but because of the huge power savings for governments and citizens. Read more here

REGIONAL

I Saw It In A Dream - Distraught Principal Feels Guilty For Not Warning Parents About Accident That Claimed Three Lives

With three more lives lost, two of them children, on the Rose Hall Highway in St James, stakeholders are calling for a rezoning of the accident-prone main road. Principal of the John Rollins Success Primary School, Yvonne Miller Wisdom, and municipal councillor of the Rose Hall division, Anthony Murray, want the speed limit reduced, stronger enforcement of the road code, and increased monitoring of the area by the police. Miller Wisdom broke down and wept openly at the Hospiten Hospital in Montego Bay yesterday, as she spoke about the tragedy that stole not just two of her young students, but also one of her parents. The three ­- six-year-old Latisha Williams, eight-year-old Tiara Thompson and Kevin Hamilton -­ died yesterday about 8 a.m., after Hamilton reportedly lost control of his Toyota Corolla motor car, which landed in a ditch near a ballground metres away from the school. Two other students who were in the car received injuries and remain in hospital. Hamilton was transporting the children to school. Read more here

INTERNATIONAL

Israel Defence Minister Lieberman resigns over Gaza ceasefire

Israel's defence minister has resigned over the cabinet's decision to accept a ceasefire ending two days of fighting with Palestinian militants in Gaza. Avigdor Lieberman, the leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, denounced the move as "surrendering to terror". He also criticised attempts to broker a long-term truce with the Hamas group. Eight people were killed on Monday and Tuesday as militants fired 460 rockets towards Israel and Israeli forces bombed 160 targets in Gaza. Hamas, which dominates Gaza, and other Palestinian militant groups announced on Tuesday afternoon that they had accepted an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire and would abide by it if Israel did too. Read more here

Brexit deal hangs on knife-edge as Theresa May awaits Cabinet verdict

Britain has concluded a Brexit deal with the European Union. Now, amid a growing clamor of dissent, Theresa May must sell it to her own side. Britain's Prime Minister and her closest aides spent Tuesday evening in a succession of one-on-one meetings with members of her divided Cabinet, in an attempt to persuade them to back it. At 2 p.m. local time Wednesday, in a perilous moment for May, they will gather in Downing Street to pass their verdict. As ministers trooped into Downing Street to hear May's pitch, opponents of the deal -- many within her own party -- urged them to kill it off. Read more here

14th November 2018

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