De­spite the Prime Min­is­ter’s sug­ges­tion that the head of the Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice Ser­vice failed to ad­dress a cul­ture of cor­rup­tion, par­tic­u­lar­ly at the San Fer­nan­do Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice Sta­tion, the let­ter di­rect­ing As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (ACP) Sur­ren­dra Sagram­s­ingh to pro­ceed on ad­min­is­tra­tive leave makes no men­tion of mis­con­duct or li­a­bil­i­ty on his part.

At­tempts were made months ago to have the now-sus­pend­ed act­ing su­per­in­ten­dent in charge of the San Fer­nan­do Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice Sta­tion trans­ferred, but the move was nev­er ef­fect­ed.

Ques­tions are now be­ing raised about the man­age­ment of firearms at the San Fer­nan­do Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice Sta­tion, where Woman Po­lice Cor­po­ral Anusha Ever­s­ley was mur­dered on Sun­day, with emerg­ing con­cerns that in­com­plete se­r­i­al num­ber records of firearms in the precinct’s in­ven­to­ry could hin­der ef­forts to track the weapons stolen dur­ing the in­ci­dent.

Sev­en new de­ten­tion or­ders is­sued by Min­is­ter of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Roger Alexan­der yes­ter­day, have in­ten­si­fied the State’s crack­down on or­gan­ised crime, tar­get­ing men iden­ti­fied as key op­er­a­tives in net­works span­ning mul­ti­ple re­gions, with in­tel­li­gence point­ing to their roles in lead­er­ship, co­or­di­na­tion, en­force­ment, re­cruit­ment and drug traf­fick­ing.

A side-by-side com­par­i­son of a ba­sic bas­ket of gro­ceries shows that while prices have shift­ed over the past year, the over­all in­crease re­mains mar­gin­al.

Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les has ques­tioned whether the Gov­ern­ment is mov­ing to dis­solve the Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion (NCC), rais­ing con­cerns about trans­paren­cy, con­sul­ta­tion and out­stand­ing pay­ments to Car­ni­val stake­hold­ers.

A busi­ness­woman has lost her ap­peal over a de­ci­sion by her de­ceased hus­band to leave his home, his share in their joint busi­ness, and his sav­ings to his chil­dren from his first mar­riage and his grand­son. 

A High Court Judge has or­dered the Reg­is­trar Gen­er­al to re­sume ac­cept­ing hard copy doc­u­ments from com­pa­nies. 

The cur­rent nurse-to-pa­tient ra­tio of one nurse to as many as six pa­tients at the St James Med­ical Com­plex is in keep­ing with in­ter­na­tion­al best prac­tice and will be en­forced by nurs­ing staff as part of in­dus­tri­al ac­tion from next week.

Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) Sen­a­tors Janelle John-Bates and Faris Al-Rawi are ex­pect­ed to learn next week whether they will be stripped of their seats in the Up­per House.

A Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) stal­wart has crit­i­cised Sen­a­tor Faris Al-Rawi, ac­cus­ing him of fail­ing to prop­er­ly guide fel­low sen­a­tor Janelle John-Bates, as ques­tions con­tin­ue to mount over her fu­ture in the Up­per House.

Ha­vana will not abide by any Amer­i­can “ul­ti­ma­tums” to re­lease po­lit­i­cal pris­on­ers as part of new talks, a Cuban diplo­mat said Thurs­day, while as­sert­ing that lead­ers are “prepar­ing for all sce­nar­ios” if U.S. Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump makes good on threats to in­ter­vene in the is­land na­tion.