Gov­ern­ment may con­sid­er amend­ments from sen­a­tors to the con­tro­ver­sial Zones of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions (ZOSOS) Bill when Sen­ate de­bate re­sumes to­mor­row, but no con­sid­er­a­tion will be giv­en to ex­tend­ing the State of Emer­gency.

Near­ly four years af­ter the Paria div­ing tragedy that claimed the life of Rishi Na­gas­sar, his wid­ow says the Gov­ern­ment’s $1 mil­lion ex gra­tia pay­ment has brought some fi­nan­cial re­lief but has nei­ther eased her grief nor end­ed her pur­suit of jus­tice.

Par­ty-go­ers at­tend­ing yes­ter­day’s Soa­ka Till Sun­rise at O2 Park in Ch­aguara­mas were left shocked—not by the event it­self, but by the sud­den death of one pa­tron.

Min­is­ter of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Khadi­jah Ameen is stand­ing firm on Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s as­ser­tion that the $2.1 bil­lion al­lo­ca­tion to re­gion­al cor­po­ra­tions is more than suf­fi­cient, re­veal­ing that mul­ti­ple po­lice in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to mis­man­age­ment are on­go­ing.