PM CONDUCTS PROBE

PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday broke her silence over the issue of repealed Section 34 of the Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Act, stating her Government had “moved swiftly to successfully reverse the ill-effects” of the law, describing those effects as “unintended”.

AS SHE threw a coin into a pond located at the Beverly Hills’ housing complex during a tour yesterday of Laventille, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar wished for peace not only in the crime hot spot but throughout the country.

FUNDING for a water management and flood mitigation plan — with a focus on drainage in high risk areas — is a main focus of the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources in this year’s budget.

GOVERNMENT ministers told Chief Justice Ivor Archie that the State would proclaim the Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Act “in toto” or in its entirety, a mere weeks before the Cabinet, behind closed doors, resolved to partially proclaim Section 34, ahead of an overall proclamation effective January 2, 2012.

MINISTER of National Security, Jack Warner, yesterday criticised Dean of the Trinity Cathedral, Rev Dean Collin Sampson, for “politicising” a sermon he delivered at the ceremonial opening of the Law Term on Monday, and turning the cathedral into “Balisier House”.

THE fiery death of retired executive accountant Nizarmool Maccum, 65, in the early hours of Tuesday morning has sparked fear and outrage among relatives and friends living in the close- knit rural community located just off the Preysal Flyover in Couva.

THE Employers’ Consultative Association (ECA) yesterday reminded teachers that they face a $500 fine and/or three months imprisonment if they are found to be in contravention of the Industrial Relations Act by way of staging protests.