NEWS
Woman murdered in Mausica
A 38-year-old woman is dead and a man wounded after a gunman walked into the woman’s Mausica Road home and started shooting. She \was Linda Dalipsingh of Crescent Drive, Mausica Road, D’Abadie. She was at home at about 7 pm on Sunday with 27-year-old Romario Beggs of Waterhole, Cocorite when they saw a man dressed in black walking by the wall. The man walked into the yard and began shooting at Dalipsingh and Beggs. Read more here
CoP: Gangs now specialising in home invasions
Just like there are gangs who specialise in the trafficking of illegal firearms, narcotics and people, there are gangs that specialise in home invasions using assault and battery. While statistics from the T&T Police Service (TTPS) do not confirm an upsurge in home invasions since the start of the year, Police Commissioner Mc Donald Jacob yesterday said they had noted an increase in such incidents along the East/West Corridor within recent weeks. “There are gangs now that are actually using that as a gang profile. There are gangs organising themselves to go and break into people’s property and they must bring back certain things. They also do things to signal or symbolise that they have done the deed,” Jacobs said, noting some gangs use the acts as an initiation process. Read more here
POLITICS
Robinson-Regis responds to Maha Sabha: Child marriage is child abuse
Housing Minister Camille Robinson-Regis says it is her personal belief that child marriage is child abuse. But she said neither the Government nor the People’s National Movement (PNM) has ever condemned the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) for its position on child marriage. She said the party never suggested at any time that the SDMS' position was supportive of child abuse. She made these statements in response to a statement by Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha president general Pundit Krishna Rambally at Indian Arrival Day celebrations at the Penal Rock Hindu Primary School on Monday. Read more here
Reverend tells PNM's Tobago Council God giving you a lesson
“God has put you down in the valley to learn lessons and the minute you learn those lessons and turn and walk with God, the presence of God to govern will return to your midst.” Conveying God’s word to those present at the People’s National Movement’s (PNM) Thanksgiving Service on Saturday in Tobago, Reverend Stephanie Washington John summed up her sermon as she called on party officials to be humble and once again engage with the people. Saying the PNM’s apparent loss of favour in Tobago within recent times was the result of God seeking to reinforce life lessons, she said, “Often times we make the mistake of only wanting ministers when we want victory. That’s a mistake we make.” Read more here
BUSINESS
Heritage pays $2b to Treasury in 2021
Heritage Petroleum Company said yesterday that its story continues to be one of positive success as the company paid about $2 billion to the Treasury in its financial year ended September 30, 2021, almost doubling its payments from the previous year. In a news release yesterday, the wholly State-owned oil company said its underlying financial performance reflected the fact that its profit before tax for the 2021 financial year was almost double the previous year’s. Read more here
REGIONAL
Progress will not be stalled
President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has condemned the unexplained absence of Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton. The latter was expected to meet with the Head of State, on Monday, for the second round of consultation. Dr. Ali said Norton has “demonstrated his immaturity” in dealing with important matters when he failed to show up without explanation. The meeting on Monday was expected to include discussions on the appointments of statutory and constitutional bodies, as mandated by the Constitution. However, the opposition leader was a no-show. Read more here
INTERNATIONAL
Russian oil: EU agrees compromise deal on banning imports
EU leaders say they will block most Russian oil imports by the end of 2022 to punish Moscow for invading Ukraine. The EU-wide ban will affect oil that arrives by sea - around two-thirds of imports - but not pipeline oil, following opposition from Hungary. Poland and Germany have also pledged to end pipeline imports, meaning a total of 90% of Russian oil will be blocked. European Council chief Charles Michel said the deal cut off a huge source of financing for the Russian war machine. Read more here
31st May 2022