NEWS
Katz impresses women at conference
Dr Jackson Katz, American educator, filmmaker and author made a big impression on hundreds of women who packed the Trinidad Hilton Ballroom for the First Citizens Women First - Changing the Narrative conference yesterday. Katz, who created a gender violence prevention and education programme entitled Mentors in Violence Prevention, and which is used by the US military and various sporting organisations, said domestic violence, rape and abuse have been around for thousands of years but it was only in the 70s women came together to push governments worldwide to address the problem and develop support systems for victims and survivors. Read more here
3 charged with illegal possession of Scarlet Ibis
Two Chinese nationals and a Trinidad and Tobago national are scheduled to appear before a Port-of-Spain magistrate tomorrow charged with possession of a dead juvenile Scarlet Ibis. The men, however, will not face the recently increased fines implemented to protect the national bird, as those changes have not been Gazetted as yet. The three men were held with the protected bird in El Socorro, San Juan, by Game Warden Richard Ramlogan earlier today. Read more here
World Sight Day
We experience so much of the world through our eyes – Do you remember the first time you saw your significant other? What about the last sunset you saw? Remember seeing your child take their first steps, or watching your favourite team score the last-minute wonder goal to win the derby. Imagine these moments without your sight and you begin to realise just how much we take our eyesight for granted and how much life would change without it. For many people, sight is the one sense they would hate to lose, yet eyecare is so often overlooked or not given due regard. Even those of us with corrective lenses tend to only think about our eyes when experiencing an issue with them or when we are at the optometrist (after they’ve had to remind us to come in) for a routine visit. Read more here
POLITICS
Ministry distributes Land Cards
On Friday, the first Land Cards were distributed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries to 100 people who rent State lands. The cards were part of the Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) which should make applying for State lands, accessing and updating documents, and making queries easier for the staff of the Land Management Division (LMD) and less frustrating for clients. Read more here
Moonilal hires QC to fight Rowley
Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal has confirmed he has hired Queens Counsel Richard Clayton to head the defence team in a libel lawsuit filed against him by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, over allegations he made in Parliament connecting Rowley to the A&V fake oil scandal. Speaking to the media at the Smara Cancer Support Group fashion show and tea party at Naparima College yesterday, Moonilal said Clayton has long been recognised as an authority in the fields of administrative law, human rights and civil liberties and local government. “I have confirmed a few hours ago that my defence team will be led by Richard Clayton Queens Counsel and will include Anand Ramlogan senior counsel and former attorney general. Clayton will be leading the defence team and I expect within a few days he will be in Trinidad and we will have a proper conference with him. We fear absolutely nothing concerning that lawsuit,” Moonilal said. Read more here
PM to Moonial: Apologise, retract and shut up
In once again denying allegations of corruption, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is calling for an apology and a retraction from Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal. Read more here
BUSINESS
Equity markets unkind in 2018
With the completion of the third calendar quarter of 2018, this week we at Bourse review the local and international equity market performance for the first nine months of the year. Read more here
REGIONAL
Gleaner Editors’ Forum | Unsung Heroes Working Under The Radar
Just over 206 persons who have contributed tremendously to the development of the nation will be conferred with national honours and awards today, but scores of Jamaicans who give selflessly daily may never be recognised because they operate under the radar. This was underscored last Friday by four of this year's awardees who used a Gleaner Editors' Forum to appeal for more recognition for those unsung heroes who stitch the fabric of the nation together. "We must recognise people for work done anywhere, whether it's done in the school, workplace, or Church, because that motivates people to continue," declared trade unionist Kavan Gayle, who is to be conferred with the Order of Distinction in the Rank of Commander (CD) for his contribution to the trade union movement and public service. Read more here
INTERNATIONAL
Jamal Khashoggi: Turkey given permission to search Saudi consulate
Saudi Arabia has given Turkey permission to search its Istanbul consulate Monday afternoon, nearly two weeks after journalist Jamal Khashoggi went missing there, a Turkish diplomatic source told CNN. The news comes as international pressure mounts on Riyadh to explain the journalist's disappearance. Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post and a Saudi royal insider-turned-critic, entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on October 2 and has not been seen since. Khashoggi's disappearance has created a diplomatic rift between Saudi and the West, with the UK, France and Germany demanding a "credible investigation" into the events and US President Donald Trump warning of serious retribution if the Saudis are found to be behind his possible death. Read more here
Jamal Khashoggi: Turkey 'to search Saudi consulate' in Istanbul
15th October 2018