Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has re­vealed that she has a pan­ic but­ton in­stalled in her pri­vate home in Philip­pine, San Fer­nan­do, and is en­cour­ag­ing oth­er home­own­ers to con­sid­er do­ing the same to pro­tect them­selves from the crim­i­nal el­e­ment.

Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les has raised ques­tions about the de­ci­sion to send the Reg­i­ment’s com­mand­ing of­fi­cer on va­ca­tion be­fore quick­ly re­call­ing him, short­ages of sup­plies at Staubles Bay, and the Gov­ern­ment’s han­dling of se­cu­ri­ty dur­ing the on­go­ing State of Emer­gency (SoE).

Min­is­ter of Pub­lic Util­i­ties Bar­ry Padarath says he is un­fazed af­ter re­ceiv­ing threats over the can­cel­la­tions of Com­mu­ni­ty-Based En­vi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and En­hance­ment Pro­gramme (CEPEP) con­tracts.

The Com­mu­ni­ty-based En­vi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and En­hance­ment Pro­gramme Com­pa­ny (CEPEP) has sig­nalled its in­ten­tion to pos­si­bly sue nine for­mer board mem­bers over their de­ci­sion to rat­i­fy the three-year ex­ten­sion of over 300 con­trac­tors days be­fore the April 28 Gen­er­al Elec­tion.

Ven­ture Cred­it Union Co-Op­er­a­tive So­ci­ety Lim­it­ed has been the tar­get of a cy­ber­at­tack, po­ten­tial­ly lead­ing to thou­sands of its cus­tomers’ per­son­al da­ta be­ing leaked to the dark web.

Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der’s first 100 days in of­fice have drawn mixed re­ac­tions. Since the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress’ April 28 Gen­er­al Elec­tion vic­to­ry, the par­ty has adopt­ed its man­i­festo as Gov­ern­ment pol­i­cy, with its crime plan falling un­der the ban­ner of “Crime and Jus­tice Re­form”.

A Bel­mont man, for whom a State of Emer­gency (SoE) Pre­ven­tive De­ten­tion Or­der (PDO) was is­sued on Mon­day, has been ar­rest­ed by po­lice.

Head of the In­sti­tute for Gen­der and De­vel­op­ment Stud­ies at the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies, Dr Sue-Ann Bar­ratt, is re­new­ing calls for swift jus­tice for gen­der-based vi­o­lence vic­tims, cit­ing pub­lic frus­tra­tion with the lack of ac­tion.

The par­ents of Jash­er Fran­cois have con­firmed that his fu­ner­al will pro­ceed on Sat­ur­day, de­spite Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s sug­ges­tion that a third au­top­sy may be nec­es­sary.

The dri­ver al­leged­ly in­volved in last week’s fa­tal ac­ci­dent in Pe­nal has been fined $10,000 and dis­qual­i­fied from dri­ving af­ter ap­pear­ing in court on a drunk dri­ving charge.

The par­ents of Jash­er Fran­cois have con­firmed that his fu­ner­al will pro­ceed on Sat­ur­day, de­spite Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s sug­ges­tion that a third au­top­sy may be nec­es­sary.

Econ­o­mist Dr Vaalmi­ki Ar­joon says that while the Gov­ern­ment’s pro­posed em­ploy­ment dri­ve will in­crease the na­tion­al wage bill, the eco­nom­ic ben­e­fits are ex­pect­ed to out­weigh the costs.