De Coteau: Children’s Authority law long overdue
Gender, Youth and Child Development Minister Clifton De Coteau responded promptly with a simple ‘yes,’ when asked yesterday if legislation for the full operation of the Children’s Authority was long...
View Article‘Sex offenders’ registry in T&T long overdue’
Its aim was to protect the nation’s women and children, but since its public proposal in 2011 nothing has been done to establish a sexual offenders’ registry. In September 2011, former minister of...
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Shutdown of govt offices hurting citizens
“What right does he have shutting down the country?” Dennisia Hull asked on Friday as she, along with approximately 14 others, stood in front of the Immigration Office, 67 Frederick Street, hoping to...
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Cadiz wants bus rapid transit to ease transport woes
Transport Minister Stephen Cadiz says a mass transit system for T&T is long overdue. But the form of mass transit best suited for T&T is debatable. Factors such as cost, time and reliability...
View ArticleYouths energise Emancipation celebrations
The sound of steelpan rocked the Lidj Yasu Omowale Emancipation Village on Saturday at the Queen’s Park Savannah as five youth steelbands added to the weekend-long Emancipation celebrations. Arima...
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Restorative justice delayed
A conference in October is the latest effort by a T&T government to introduce a system of restorative justice in the country. Plans for such a system have been under consideration since the tenure...
View ArticleT&T heading for major mental health problems
St Ann’s Mental Institute should not be closed down or sold. This was the view of Secretary of the Association of Psychiatrists of T&T Dr Varma Deyalsingh, who is calling for the institution to be...
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Hazel Brown: Young women still at risk
Despite many young women in accessing tertiary education in T&T, co-ordinator of the Network of NGOs for the Advancement of Women Hazel Brown says many of them still lack opportunities which will...
View ArticleDoctor: He binged and prepared mentally
It has been 26 days since activist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh began his second hunger strike in less than a year. Kublalsingh has been the face of the Highway Re-Route Movement’s fight to have the Mon Desir...
View ArticleCitizens 4D Highway shrouded in mystery
Martine PowersThe rise of the pro-highway group Citizens 4D Highway has sparked debate around the country, with some observers clamouring to learn the identity of those who financed a controversial...
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