FORENSIC pathologist Dr Valery Alexandrov says the baby girl found in a garbage bag at the Beetham landfill site on Tuesday was delivered full term and was alive when born. He said the baby was not born with any genetic abnormalities or any contributory potential disease but was left abandoned to die.
The acting general manager/ chief executive officer of the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago Charmaine Lewis has not been suspended pending the current inquiry into the hiring of the Cabo Star and the termination of the contract for the Ocean Flower 2.
ACTING Superintendent Beverly Rodriguez of the Child Protection Unit is urging parents to beware of predators seeking to engage their children. At yesterdays weekly press briefing at the Police Administration Building in Port of Spain, Rodriguez said teachers also need to be alert when school reopens.
PRIME Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday told members of the labour movement that Government is not undertaking a policy or mass retrenchment or wage freeze, particularly in the State sector.
Government ministers Rohan Sinanan, Fitzgerald Hinds and Stuart Young are to be summoned before the Joint Select Committee of Parliament (JSC) which will meet on September 4 to carry out their inquiry into the procurement of the Cabo Star and Ocean Flower 2.
Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Minority Leader and Public Services Association (PSA) President Watson Duke will be swimming from Scarborough, Tobago to Toco, Trinidad, on Monday from 8 am to protest and highlight the urgency to address issues concerning the sea bridge.