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Browne: No-one caught covid19 in Parliament Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Dr Amery Browne. File photo/Jeff Mayers - FOREIGN Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne said not one of Parliament's 355 staff nor any of its 31 senators had caught covid19 in the Red House, all due to protocols, such as reduced a speaking time. On Tuesday in the Senate, he objected to Opposition Senator Wade Mark's motion to revert to pre-pandemic speaking times. "Not a single sitting member after over a year of the pandemic has been diagnosed as infected with covid19. We have all contributed to that statistic." ...

WASA still adrift Sunday 21 February 2021 In this file photo, WASA workers on the job in Belmont repairing a broken water main. - Jeff Mayers At a meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Land and Physical Infrastructure on Wednesday, chairman Deoroop Teemal made the startling observation that of the eight top posts at the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA), seven were held by executives acting in the roles. That begins at the head. WASA CEO Alan Poon King acknowledged that he had been acting in the position since December 2018. It isn't possible to unyoke the authority's ongoing problems...

[UPDATED] Doctor calls for Medical Board to resign over Sawh slurs Thursday 18 February 2021 ONE-MAN JOB: Dr Andre Alleyne protests outside the office of the Medical Board at Mt Hope on Thursday. - Jeff Mayers Dr Andre Alleyne is calling on the Medical Board to resign for “mishandling” the matter involving Dr Avinash Sawh. Sawh came under heavy public scrutiny after he was heard slinging racist and derogatory comments at one of his employees over a phone call last November. In the recording, when the employee threatened to have the police intervene, Sawh referred to policemen as “dunce ...

CoP attacks lawyers on bail, death penalty position Police Commissioner Gary Griffith - Jeff Mayers POLICE Commissioner Gary Griffith has lashed out at the Law Association for its position on automatic bail for certain offences and on the effectiveness of the death penalty to deter crime. In a Facebook post on the commissioner’s official page on Tuesday, Griffith said his views would differ, as his duty was “to find these creatures who kill, rape and kidnap and try to remove them from society.” Griffith accused the association of being a platform for a few defence attorneys in a public...

PNM sticks with 15-seat proposal to resolve THA deadlock PNM Tobago Council political leader Tracey Davidson-Celestine at a recent press conference in Tobago. - Jeff Mayers THE draft proposal to end the impasse of the deadlock of the Tobago House of Assembly will see an amendment to create 15 seats. Speaking at the PNM’s General Council meeting at the Government Campus on Saturday, Tobago Council leader Tracy Davidson-Celestine said after years of consultations it was agreed to change the 12 seats to 15 and Tobago had been seeking to have this done for some time. "Old people will tell you i...