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Rejecting austerity
Posted: Saturday, May 10, 2025
Rejecting austerity
IN HER first post-cabinet address, and after days of her ministers crunching the numbers, Kamla Persad-Bissessar signalled on May 8, her administration's rejection of austerity measures. Salaries and pensions are, effectively, ring-fenced.
Arrive Alive: Improve, don't scrap demerit point system
ARRIVE Alive president Sharon Inglefield is seeking a meeting with the newly minted Transport and Civil Aviation Minister Eli Zakour and Works and Infrastructure Minister Jearlean John to discuss road safety matters, including the recent announcement to scrap the former administration's demerit point system.
Parliament to convene in May
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said Parliament would convene sometime in May, although she could not give an exact date.
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Judges in limbo: Cabinet rescinds former AG's proposal for renewal of Industrial Court contracts
Kamla says she can't overturn SRC salary hikes
When asked if the UNC, which had complained bitterly about the People's National Movement's (PNM) government acceptance of the SRC increases, would revert to the old salary structure, Persad-Bissessar said while the Government did discuss it, she was advised by her lawyers that, "I do not have that prerogative … in accordance with the law, I do not have it."
PM: Divers families to receive compensation after settlement process
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissesar said the matter of payments to the families of the divers who died in the Paria tragedy and the surviving diver may have to be settled through a judicial settlement, owing to a possible conflict of interest.
Man robbed while selling security system
The self-employed delivery driver went to Sixth Avenue and Third Street, Malick, Barataria around 4.45pm to sell a security camera system worth $2,900.
Man killed at El Socorro workplace
A forty-nine-year-old man was stabbed to death at his workplace in El Socorro on Thursday afternoon, following an argument with a customer. The deceased, identified as Maurice Grant of Claxton Bay, had been employed at Ramlal's Wholesale, formerly known as Geelal's and Son, for over 20 years.
Westmoorings woman stabbed by stepfather
Police say the 26-year-old was at her St Anthony's Drive home on May 8, when she got into an argument with her relative around 9.30 pm.
Woman's screams scare off bandits
The man's accomplice then pushed past the woman, opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat.
The woman, fearful for her life, began to scream and both suspects ran off.
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