Des Vignes, Borris at FSC
Pathologists Dr Hughvon De Vignes and Dr Eastlyn McDonald-Borris will handle Forensic Science Centre duties following the recent resignation of forensic pathologist Dr Valery Alexandrov, acting National Security Minister Stuart Young said yesterday.
Replying to United National Congress MP Dr Lackram Bodoe’s queries, Young said Alexandrov’s resignation is effective December 31 - but Alexandrov asked not to be scheduled with further matters up to them.
In the interim, Des Vignes will be on duty up to October. Mc-Donald-Borris will be on subsequently.
Alexandrov would be expected to return if required to deal with evidence in court matters, Young added.
Cabinet to handle Child
Marriage proclamation
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi says he’ll take a note to Cabinet next Thursday to set a date for proclamation of the Child Marriage law.
He told UNC MP Ramona Ramdial - who queried delays in proclaiming the law - that he’s formalising arrangements at the Registrar General’s Division for necessary forms to be available to the public.
Reafforestation workers paid soon
Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat has assured that National Reafforestation Programme employees will be paid outstanding monies before the end of this financial year. The new financial year begins from end of October.
Delays were caused by shortfall in programme funding, he said.
Smith talking to SporTT on Boldon ban
Sports Minister Darryl Smith is taking up UNC MP Dr Bhoe Tewarie’s suggestion to meet with Sport Company of T&T (SporTT) officials to seek solutions on banning the public from using the facilities outside the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva.
People who exercise outside the stadium were recently banned from using it after SporTT announced it was conducting a security review. However, a group of individuals who use the facility subsequently staged a protest calling on Smith to intervene, noting that they did not feel safe using the roads outside the facility to exercise.
Replying to UNC MP Vidya Guyadeen-Gopeesingh’s queries on under-utilisation of sports facilities, Smith explained that after exercising, people from the area had been using the pool. He said this was curtailed since heavy machinery is on the site for construction work, and the Ministry didn’t “want anyone being hurt” as a result.
Tewarie, who said some of his constituents use the complex, suggested Smith meet all parties to work the issue out.
Police have 1,591 vehicles
The T&T Police Service has 1, 591 vehicles, some of which have dashboard cameras, acting National Security Minister Stuart Young told UNC MP Suruj Rambachan.
Meanwhile, drugs for diabetes and high blood pressure - Metformin and Enalapril - have been removed from the Health Ministry’s list of prescribable medicines, Health Ministry Terrence Deyalsingh also said.
