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May 15th, 2015
WASA Disruptions Expected in POS
WASA has advised POS and environs that the water supply will be disrupted on Sunday May 17, 2015 from approximately 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM to accommodate interconnection works on the new 36” trunk main, being constructed along the Beetham Highway from the Black River, west to the Beetham Flyover. Drivers are advised to proceed with caution and heed the instructions of police officers on duty in the area.
'Hacktivist' Bill Debated in House
Debate on the Cybercrime Bill continues today. National Security Minister Carl Alfonso has stated "A $5 million fine and 15 years in prison is the penalty for someone convicted of the cybercrime of unauthorised intrusion into data on T&T’s oil and gas information". Claiming that the global $72 trillion cost of cybercrime from 2012 will only continue to grow, he says the maximum penalty will be inflicted on cybercriminals, or "hacktivists" as described by Toco/Sangre Grande MP Dr. Rupert Griffith. Cyber crimes were said to include creating and distributing computer viruses, identity theft, and general electronic stealing of stored data or any unlawful invasion of a computer or network.
Kamla: Emails Fake, Continue Investigations
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar remains adamant that the emails she and other Ministers are accused of using to conspire to murder a journalist are fake. Though none of the accused in the Emailgate scandal have been cleared, she says she has no problem with ongoing police investigations which have yet to result in any findings of such emails sent or received.
Church Rejects Runaway
After fleeing from her family and escaping the San Fernando Police Station through a window, a fifteen year old runaway agreed to be taken to a church by a good Samaritan who told her that the church helps "battered victims and those in distress". After revealing her stressful issues to the church counselor, however, she was turned away. Meeting with a news office on Wednesday, she has asked for a family to show her love and is even prepared to be taken to a halfway house, but says she prefers the streets to the environment and circumstances she has faced with her family. She intends to complete her education and aspires to become a lawyer.
Moody's Downgrades T&T From Stable to Negative
A global credit research and risk analyst company, Moody's, has downgraded Trinidad & Tobago Government’s bond and issuer ratings from Baa1 to Baa2 and changed the outlook from stable to negative. Though several ministers including the PM insist that the economy is strong, reasons for the downgrade include persistent fiscal deficits and challenging prospects for fiscal reforms, decline in oil prices and limited economic diversification to weigh negatively on economic growth prospects, and a weak macroeconomic policy framework given the lack of a medium-term fiscal strategy and an inadequate provision of vital macroeconomic data.
Employee Protests Could Spell Loss for Country
Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine claims that industrial tensions are affecting bpTT's US$2.1 billion Juniper Project, which is being constructed at the Labidco Fabrication yard. Workers continue to interrupt work with protests over terms and conditions of employment, and if these issues are prolonged between Trinidad Offshore Fabricators (Tofco) and the employees, he believes it could lead to a loss of revenue and natural gas production for the country.
ODPM: Shade for Solar Charge Stations
The ODPM has launched their first solar powered charging station at the Piarco International Airport and intends to install more at Gulf City mall, the Boardwalk in Chaguaramas, and Maracas Bay. Arlini Timal, of the Public Information and Education Unit at the ODPM, said the stations cost $100,000 and in response to Facebook criticisms, claims that shades are currently being manufactured to provide coverage.
Traffic Charges Remain for 9 Year Old Car Thief
The nine year old boy who was charged with stealing a car in Penal was brought before a Siparia Magistrate yesterday. In his first court appearance, the Magistrate freed him of the larceny charge because she did not believe he had criminal intent. Yesterday, however, she said the traffic charges of larceny and driving without a licence and insurance will remain because they are known as strict liability offences. The Magistrate advised the owners of the two cars involved that were damaged to seek compensation through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for their claims of $20,050 and $3,195 respectively.
Trini Escapee Returned to Prison
Forty-two year old Trinidadian Desmond Pavy escaped prison in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, where he was to serve nine years for possession of marijuana. He fled to Trinidad through illegal means but was returned to St. Vincent escorted by foreign police officers on Wednesday to complete his sentence.
Grandmother and Companion Survive Fire, Nothing Left
Sixty-five year old grandmother of eight and retired cleaner, Liloutie Narine, and her sixty-eight year old partner Boyie Tambie fled from their burning concrete and wooden home in La Romain with nothing but their lives and the clothes on their backs yesterday, as they watched the home Narine had been painstakingly building over the past twenty-four years go down in flames. Tambie suffered minor injuries to his hand while trying to salvage burning items and lost his Mitsubishi Lancer to the fire as well. Though the cause of the fire is yet to be identified, Narine says the power lines have been flickering since Monday and has affected her home and the neighbors.
Gardener Murdered in Own Garden
Bharat Ramkissoon, a 53 year old gardener of La Savanne Road, was found dead by his son around 2:40 AM this morning with a gunshot wound to the chest as he lay in a pool of his own blood in his garden. Ramkissoon had gone to check on a noise he heard from the garden around midnight and failed to return. The Moruga Police Station, Homicide detectives, and CSI detectives were among those to visit the scene. An autopsy is expected to be performed today.
SIS Claxton Bay Murder Still Unsolved
The murder of Vijay Basdeo, the Super Industrial Services supervisor, in his Claxton Bay home has yet to be solved as investigations continue. A lone gunman allegedly approached him in his garage and forced him into his house where he was held at gunpoint and instructed to bound his wife with duct tape. His wife fled to a neighbor's home seeking help after Basdeo was led to another room, where he was shot dead with one bullet to the back of his head. Feroza Basdeo, his wife, claims nothing was taken from the house and insists that her husband truly loved his work and was always one to defend his company's name.
UWI Slacking Off With Issuing Grades
Two medical doctors who have yet to receive their final grades for final examinations written in May 2013 intend to protest at the St.Augustine UWI campus next week. Legal action seeking responses from UWI thus far has been futile and they claim that even though they were verbally told they passed their written examinations, they would not be allowed to graduate from the university or be promoted without their official grades. Despite re-doing oral exams due to their originals being incorrectly marked, they continue to wait in vain for their official grades and bounce around run-around finger pointing claims of responsibility.
WASA Disruptions Expected in POS
WASA has advised POS and environs that the water supply will be disrupted on Sunday May 17, 2015 from approximately 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM to accommodate interconnection works on the new 36” trunk main, being constructed along the Beetham Highway from the Black River, west to the Beetham Flyover. Drivers are advised to proceed with caution and heed the instructions of police officers on duty in the area.
'Hacktivist' Bill Debated in House
Debate on the Cybercrime Bill continues today. National Security Minister Carl Alfonso has stated "A $5 million fine and 15 years in prison is the penalty for someone convicted of the cybercrime of unauthorised intrusion into data on T&T’s oil and gas information". Claiming that the global $72 trillion cost of cybercrime from 2012 will only continue to grow, he says the maximum penalty will be inflicted on cybercriminals, or "hacktivists" as described by Toco/Sangre Grande MP Dr. Rupert Griffith. Cyber crimes were said to include creating and distributing computer viruses, identity theft, and general electronic stealing of stored data or any unlawful invasion of a computer or network.
Kamla: Emails Fake, Continue Investigations
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar remains adamant that the emails she and other Ministers are accused of using to conspire to murder a journalist are fake. Though none of the accused in the Emailgate scandal have been cleared, she says she has no problem with ongoing police investigations which have yet to result in any findings of such emails sent or received.
Church Rejects Runaway
After fleeing from her family and escaping the San Fernando Police Station through a window, a fifteen year old runaway agreed to be taken to a church by a good Samaritan who told her that the church helps "battered victims and those in distress". After revealing her stressful issues to the church counselor, however, she was turned away. Meeting with a news office on Wednesday, she has asked for a family to show her love and is even prepared to be taken to a halfway house, but says she prefers the streets to the environment and circumstances she has faced with her family. She intends to complete her education and aspires to become a lawyer.
Moody's Downgrades T&T From Stable to Negative
A global credit research and risk analyst company, Moody's, has downgraded Trinidad & Tobago Government’s bond and issuer ratings from Baa1 to Baa2 and changed the outlook from stable to negative. Though several ministers including the PM insist that the economy is strong, reasons for the downgrade include persistent fiscal deficits and challenging prospects for fiscal reforms, decline in oil prices and limited economic diversification to weigh negatively on economic growth prospects, and a weak macroeconomic policy framework given the lack of a medium-term fiscal strategy and an inadequate provision of vital macroeconomic data.
Employee Protests Could Spell Loss for Country
Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine claims that industrial tensions are affecting bpTT's US$2.1 billion Juniper Project, which is being constructed at the Labidco Fabrication yard. Workers continue to interrupt work with protests over terms and conditions of employment, and if these issues are prolonged between Trinidad Offshore Fabricators (Tofco) and the employees, he believes it could lead to a loss of revenue and natural gas production for the country.
ODPM: Shade for Solar Charge Stations
The ODPM has launched their first solar powered charging station at the Piarco International Airport and intends to install more at Gulf City mall, the Boardwalk in Chaguaramas, and Maracas Bay. Arlini Timal, of the Public Information and Education Unit at the ODPM, said the stations cost $100,000 and in response to Facebook criticisms, claims that shades are currently being manufactured to provide coverage.
Traffic Charges Remain for 9 Year Old Car Thief
The nine year old boy who was charged with stealing a car in Penal was brought before a Siparia Magistrate yesterday. In his first court appearance, the Magistrate freed him of the larceny charge because she did not believe he had criminal intent. Yesterday, however, she said the traffic charges of larceny and driving without a licence and insurance will remain because they are known as strict liability offences. The Magistrate advised the owners of the two cars involved that were damaged to seek compensation through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for their claims of $20,050 and $3,195 respectively.
Trini Escapee Returned to Prison
Forty-two year old Trinidadian Desmond Pavy escaped prison in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, where he was to serve nine years for possession of marijuana. He fled to Trinidad through illegal means but was returned to St. Vincent escorted by foreign police officers on Wednesday to complete his sentence.
Grandmother and Companion Survive Fire, Nothing Left
Sixty-five year old grandmother of eight and retired cleaner, Liloutie Narine, and her sixty-eight year old partner Boyie Tambie fled from their burning concrete and wooden home in La Romain with nothing but their lives and the clothes on their backs yesterday, as they watched the home Narine had been painstakingly building over the past twenty-four years go down in flames. Tambie suffered minor injuries to his hand while trying to salvage burning items and lost his Mitsubishi Lancer to the fire as well. Though the cause of the fire is yet to be identified, Narine says the power lines have been flickering since Monday and has affected her home and the neighbors.
Gardener Murdered in Own Garden
Bharat Ramkissoon, a 53 year old gardener of La Savanne Road, was found dead by his son around 2:40 AM this morning with a gunshot wound to the chest as he lay in a pool of his own blood in his garden. Ramkissoon had gone to check on a noise he heard from the garden around midnight and failed to return. The Moruga Police Station, Homicide detectives, and CSI detectives were among those to visit the scene. An autopsy is expected to be performed today.
SIS Claxton Bay Murder Still Unsolved
The murder of Vijay Basdeo, the Super Industrial Services supervisor, in his Claxton Bay home has yet to be solved as investigations continue. A lone gunman allegedly approached him in his garage and forced him into his house where he was held at gunpoint and instructed to bound his wife with duct tape. His wife fled to a neighbor's home seeking help after Basdeo was led to another room, where he was shot dead with one bullet to the back of his head. Feroza Basdeo, his wife, claims nothing was taken from the house and insists that her husband truly loved his work and was always one to defend his company's name.
UWI Slacking Off With Issuing Grades
Two medical doctors who have yet to receive their final grades for final examinations written in May 2013 intend to protest at the St.Augustine UWI campus next week. Legal action seeking responses from UWI thus far has been futile and they claim that even though they were verbally told they passed their written examinations, they would not be allowed to graduate from the university or be promoted without their official grades. Despite re-doing oral exams due to their originals being incorrectly marked, they continue to wait in vain for their official grades and bounce around run-around finger pointing claims of responsibility.
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