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Businesswoman Tabitha Karanja and several newcomers have been cleared to contest.
\"Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for five minutes of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?\"
Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for 5 mins of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?
— Mickela (@mickelapanday) October 21, 2021
Leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) David Abdulah said, \"Does the UNC understand what they are doing? Their actions are seeking to dangerously divide the country. It is not about democracy. They are laying the basis for justifying why their motion will not succeed.
\"This is a serious issue but I am reminded of Explainer's Calypso – In Parliament they kicksin. The motion will be defeated
[FrontPageAfrica] Ganta -- The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Wednesday, October 20 begin a three-day capacity building workshop for the purpose of enabling the MOCI to create windows at the county service centers (CSCs) so as to provide business advisory services and business management services for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
The GERS concurred with all of the recommendations that were made in the V.I. Inspector General Report because these efforts to curb the so called “double dipping” have been in effect for many years.
[UN News] Young people in South Africa changed their attitudes significantly and adopted safer sexual behaviour, after watching a TV show called Down South - which the UN initiative behind it describes as a tribute to the power of \"edutainment\".
Since October 12, students at Howard University have been protesting what they describe as 'incredibly unsafe housing conditions' and other administration issues. As one students states, this includes 'rats and […]
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Press Release - While I may still qualify as a youth in my country (South Africa), the grey hair I've collected for my troubles as a social justice and climate activist will tell you a very different story. Mine has been a decade-long journey, and I am only just beginning to see the impact of this work; yet, there is a whole new generation of African climate youth activists who are already making waves with substantially fewer years under their belt.
[Monitor] Ministry of Finance officials have said money for early access to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is available contrary to claims made by the managing director, Mr Richard Byarugaba, last week.
[New Times] The Ombudsman, Madeleine Nirere has said that her Office found injustice in 12.2 percent of the cases that were tried in courts but were submitted to it by citizens over unfair judgments. It requested the Supreme Court to retry those cases.
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Paula-Mae Weekes - FOUR people have been sent to Parliament for consideration to be appointed to the Police Service Commission (PSC) by President Paula Mae Weekes. In a media statement on Wednesday, the President added two more names to the list. The added names are Maxine King, head of Wealth Management, Firstline Securities Ltd and Ian Kevin Ramdhanie, academic head of the Caribbean Institute for Security and Public Safety. The […]
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Investigating Judge at the Sousse Court of First Instance issued on Wednesday evening a committal order against former minister, businessman and MP Mehdi Ben Gharbia.
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Jayanti Lutchmedial - OPPOSITION Senator Jayanti Lutchmedial accused the PNM of engaging in 'a frontal attack on our democracy' and praised Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar for her bravery to stand in defence of Trinidad and Tobago's democracy. Lutchmedial made these statements in her contribution to the budget debate in the Senate on Tuesday. During her contribution, Lutchmedial was cautioned by Senate President Christine Kangaloo about raising matters which are currently […]
SPEAKER of the House of Representatives Bridgid Annisette-George rejected claims from Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar that it was wrong for no debate to be allowed on a motion Persad-Bissessar had filed.
She was asking for a tribunal to be appointed to investigate the removal of President Paula-Mae Weekes from office.
Persad-Bissessar's motion is in relation to events that led to the collapse of the Police Service Commission (PSC) last month and the failure to send a merit list of candidates for a commissioner of police (CoP) to be sent to the House for consideration.
Speaking at the start of an extraordinary sitting of the House on Thursday to hear Persad-Bissessar's motion, Annisette-George rejected Persad-Bissessar's assertions.
As she gave her explanations, Annisette-George was repeatedly interrupted by UNC MPs. They claimed she was not giving Persad-Bissessar an opportunity to respond to her, or for the House to debate the motion, their microphones were being shut off and there was an attempt to silence the Opposition.
Annisette-George said, \"A motion is defined as a proposal brought before the House for a decision. In general, motions are indeed debatable and can be amended.\"
But she reminded MPs, \"There are several exceptions and I am certain that the more seasoned parliamentarians, including the Honourable Leader of the Opposition, are familiar with them.\"
She said one such exception is a motion under Section 36 (1) of the Constitution, the section under which Persad-Bissessar's motion was filed.
Annisette-George said to compare this motion with a standing order 41 motion is misguided.
\"A standing order 41 motion, which initiates a debate, is decided by a majority vote in the House.\"
Annistte-George said, \"It is strikingly odd that the Leader of the Opposition would refer to a clear provision of the Constitution as 'absurd.' All of us assembled here swore an oath to uphold the Constitution, the very Constitution that the member is now labelling as absurd because it is at variance with her misguided opinion.\"
She said she was astounded by claims of bias that Persad-Bissessar had made against her and senator Charrise Seepersad, sister of Bliss Seepersad, former chair of the PSC, who resigned over the issue.
\"I am of the opinion that these issues do not arise. It is absurd to suggest that any or every person who has participated in processes that are not the specific subject of this motion should be disqualified from participating in these proceedings.\"
As she moved her motion later in the sitting, Persad-Bissessar tore up the guidelines for the sitting and subsequent meeting of the Electoral Colleges, declaring, \"These guidelines are illegal and null and void.\"
Reiteratiing earlier complaints from UNC MPs, she said, 'The Opposition is participating in these processes under duress.\"
As Persad-Bissessar sought to comment upon conclusion of her presentation, UNC MPs complained that Annisette-George was silencing Persad-Bissessar.
They refused to allow Annisette-George t
The Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection discussed proposed legislation amending the territory’s virtual data system and upon approval sent it to Rules and Judiciary Committee Wednesday.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian-US cooperation and the development of the situation in Tunisia, as well as the political process in Libya, were the focus of the meeting that brought together Wednesday Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Othman Jerandi and US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert.
Residents of Mai Mahiu town in Naivasha yesterday found the decapitated body of a man dumped by the roadside
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News The meeting of the Electoral College. Parliament was filled with verbal chaos, confusion and many disruptions on Thursday over the Leader of the Opposition's motion to remove the President over the police commissioner/Police Service Commission crisis, under Section 36 of the Constitution. It began during the extraordinary sitting of the House of Representatives where government MPs sat in silence while Opposition MPs challenged the Speaker, Bridgid Annisette-George, after she rejected […]
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga has said that he has been able to climb the mountain politically in the wake of the heightened political campaigns as the country edges closer to the 2022 general elections.
World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge is among the 10 nominees for the Male Athlete of the Year, World Athletics has announced.
