The fight against drug traf­fick­ing must rest on co­op­er­a­tion and law and in­ter­dic­tions should pro­ceed un­der clear le­gal au­thor­i­ty, says An­tigua and Bar­bu­da Prime Min­is­ter Gas­ton Browne.

The Privy Coun­cil has ruled that the con­sti­tu­tion­al rights of a re­tired fire­man, who was by­passed for a pro­mo­tion on sev­er­al oc­ca­sions, were breached and or­dered the High Court to as­sess what pos­si­ble dam­ages he is owed.

Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro has not­ed the ex­tra­or­di­nary ex­am­ples of courage and ser­vice that have been dis­played by po­lice of­fi­cers dur­ing his first 100 days on the job – and he is en­cour­ag­ing them to con­tin­ue act­ing with ho­n­our and pride.

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has lament­ed the wors­en­ing brain drain in Trinidad and To­ba­go, dri­ven by crime and oth­er fac­tors, as she pledged to strength­en en­gage­ment with na­tion­als liv­ing abroad.