THERE was confusion in the House of Representatives just before 11 pm on Wednesday, when some Opposition MPs appeared to be taken by surprise by the withdrawal of an urgent question to the Government on the Brent Thomas matter.
FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert rejected what he described as an attempt by the Opposition to mislead the population into thinking that Government has answered none of their questions about the state of the economy.
ATTORNEY General Reginald Armour SC dismissed claims from Barataria/San Juan MP Saddam Hosein that he never disclosed the quantum of legal fees paid to local and foreign attorneys engaged by his ministry to Parliament. Armour's statements came before the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives approved a supplementation of $280,015,740 for the Ministry
OMBUDSMAN Rajmanlal Joseph lamented that it took 14 years for $40,000 compensation to be paid for a woman's workplace injury. Sadly by the time of the award, the woman was dead so the compensation went to her estate. This was revealed in a case study titled, 14 years too late, in the 44th Annual Report
OMBUDSMAN Rajmanlal Joseph lamented the Social Welfare Division's (SWD's) widespread delays in the award of the senior citizens' pension to vulnerable retirees, in the 44th Annual Report of the Ombudsman (2021) laid in the House of Representatives on March 22 by Deputy Speaker Esmond Forde.