Prime Min­is­ter of Ja­maica, Dr An­drew Hol­ness, has called for a meet­ing of re­gion­al lead­ers to ad­dress con­cerns sur­round­ing the reap­point­ment of Sec­re­tary Gen­er­al, Dr Car­la Bar­nett, say­ing dis­cus­sions are al­ready tak­ing place be­hind the scenes.

Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les says she has re­quest­ed re­ports from Sen­a­tors Janelle John-Bates and Faris Al-Rawi and will de­ter­mine their fu­ture as Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) sen­a­tors af­ter re­view­ing the in­for­ma­tion.

A spe­cial re­port of the Pub­lic Ad­min­is­tra­tion and Ap­pro­pri­a­tions Com­mit­tee (PAAC) on Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment Sen­a­tor (PNM) Janelle John-Bates has rec­om­mend­ed that con­sid­er­a­tion be giv­en to her con­duct in both Hous­es.

The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) has con­demned what it de­scribes as a “brazen” wave of crim­i­nal van­dal­ism and theft tar­get­ing its in­fra­struc­ture, fol­low­ing in­ci­dents at sev­er­al lo­ca­tions in south Trinidad.

Pres­i­dent of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Na­tion­al Nurs­ing As­so­ci­a­tion, Idi Stu­art, says a new pol­i­cy es­tab­lish­ing a six-to-one pa­tient-to-nurse ra­tio will take ef­fect on April 28.

A 32-year-old woman is dead and two men are in­jured fol­low­ing a shoot­ing at a home on Vic­to­ria Dri­ve West, Ed­in­burgh 500, yes­ter­day evening.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice has launched an ur­gent in­ves­ti­ga­tion fol­low­ing the dis­cov­ery of mul­ti­ple hu­man re­mains at the Cu­mu­to Ceme­tery to­day.

The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) has con­demned what it de­scribes as a “brazen” wave of crim­i­nal van­dal­ism and theft tar­get­ing its in­fra­struc­ture, fol­low­ing in­ci­dents at sev­er­al lo­ca­tions in south Trinidad.

Hun­dreds of griev­ing rel­a­tives, friends, class­mates and well-wish­ers gath­ered at Mon­key Town, Bar­rack­pore, on Sat­ur­day to bid a sor­row­ful farewell to sev­en-year-old An­gel­i­ca Saydee Jo­gie dur­ing a fu­ner­al ser­vice held un­der Hin­du rites at her home.

an­drea.perez-sobers@guardian.co.tt29Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has con­firmed that the Gov­ern­ment will move to ex­empt pri­vate pen­sion in­come from tax through the Fi­nance Bill, 2026, seek­ing to bring leg­isla­tive ef­fect to a mea­sure that had been promised in the Bud­get but re­mained out­stand­ing months in­to the fis­cal year.

The fall­out over $3.4 bil­lion in state hous­ing con­tracts is deep­en­ing, with new de­tails show­ing that the in­ter­ven­tion by the Pro­cure­ment Reg­u­la­tor in the Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion (HDC) was trig­gered by a qui­eter but piv­otal move from the Joint Con­sul­ta­tive Coun­cil (JCC), even as Hous­ing Min­is­ter David Lee has re­mained silent.

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says Gov­ern­ment is in con­sul­ta­tion with the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly on mea­sures to reg­u­late the use of jet skis and oth­er plea­sure craft fol­low­ing the death of sev­en-year-old An­gel­i­ca Jo­gie at Pi­geon Point Her­itage Park in To­ba­go last week.