Equal Opportunity Act to be amended
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi. Photo courtesy Office of the Parliament. -
The Equal Opportunity Commission is in discussion with the Attorney General s office to have the Equal Opportunity Act (EOA) amended, Ian Roach, chairman of the commission told Newsday on Friday.
Scotiabank recently announced employees in same-sex relationships will be able to have their partners access to the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual common-law couples.
In response, Roach said he found that initiative encouraging. It is a good move on the part of the private sector and especially by the bank, who has a wide cross-section of employees. It is important that the others should follow suit, past what the law insists.
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Webster-Roy: Murders of teenage boys show children must be protected from gangs
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Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy during a parliament committee meeting in November 2019. File photo -
The recent murders of two 15-year-old boys in Laventille were senseless and showed more must be done to protect children from being lured by gangs, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy said on Friday. This senseless killing must end. We must insist on a zero tolerance for gangs and violent culture being spread among our young and impressionable boys and girls, she said in her contribution to debate on the Anti Gang Bill 2021 in the House of Representatives. The Opposition boycotted the debate out of safety concerns as the Prime Minister has covid19.