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
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