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The Senate honoured deceased member Franklin Khan on Tuesday with flowers by his seat. - Office of the Parliament
THE Senate suspended all of its business on Tuesday to pay tribute to its Leader of Government Business and Energy Minister Franklin Khan, 63, who died at his Maraval home on Saturday.
Khan s empty chair at the top of the Government s front bench in the Parliament Chamber, a simple arrangement of flowers on his desk and his name tag in place, reminded all senators of the sombre mood in the chamber and the void left in the Senate by his death. Several senators wore white and purple flowers on their clothes in tribute to Khan.
Social Development outreach continues in Point Fortin
Social Development Minister Donna Cox
Photo source: Ministry of Social Development
Minister of Social Development and Family Services Donna Cox visited Point Fortin on Monday, when she held several meetings and visits to various stakeholders in the area.
In a release, the ministry said Cox was accompanied by permanent secretaries Jacinta Bailey-Sobers, Sheila Seecharan, and deputy permanent secretary Vijay Gangapersad.
They met with Point Fortin MP Kennedy Richards Jr at Techier Road and Point Fortin Mayor Saleema Thomas at the borough corporation’s headquarters in Mahaica.
The meeting with Richards was “to discuss matters of mutual interest in an efforts, to ensure that no one is left behind.”
JSC discusses access to education
Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly - SUREASH CHOLAI
THE Human Rights, Equality and Diversity parliamentary joint select committee will hold a virtual meeting on March 5 to discuss the issue of the right to equal access to education.
The Parliament s website says the committee will specifically focus on the underachievement of schools in the Port of Spain and environs district with respect to performance in terminal examination .
This JSC is chaired by Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby- Dolly. Minister in the Ministry of Education Lisa Morris-Julian is one of the committee s members. Social Development Minister Donna Cox, Rural Development and Local Government Minister Kazim Hosein, Tunapuna MP Esmond Forde, Princes Town MP Barry Padarath, Opposition Senator Jearlean John and Independent Senator Hazel Thompson-Ahye are the committee s other members. The meeting begins from 10 am.
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