Officials advocate for more resilient economies
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by Marlon Madden
Several leading officials in their industries have agreed that greater consideration must be given to the link between the health sector and the economy as government seeks to rebuild from the devastation caused by the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic.
Economist Dr Justin Ram insisted that the time had come to move away from wanting to “build back better” to first acknowledging that the island was vulnerable to natural disasters, diseases and virus and “build forward” by building a more resilient economy.
While commending the Mia Mottley administration for its healthy international reserves at the start of the pandemic last year March, Ram said a part of building a resilient economy would be to have buffers in place to better assist individuals and businesses in the event of a future pandemic or disaster.
‘Bashment monkey’ ordered off the road for nine months
Article by April 22, 2021
Public service vehicle (PSV) operator, Paul Dwight Alleyne, a repeat traffic offender known on the street as
Bashment Monkey who has racked up over 270 convictions has been disqualified from driving route taxis for nine months effective immediately, the Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday.
A panel of appeal judges – Chief Justice Sir Patterson Cheltenham, Justice Rajendra Narine and Justice Francis Belle – handed down a unanimous decision after hearing submissions from Alleyne’s attorney Kristin Turton and Crown Counsel Danielle Mottley for the prosecution.
Alleyne, 43, from Eckstein Village, Tudor Bridge, appealed against the Commissioner of Police over the “severity of the sentence” imposed on him by a Bridgetown magistrate in connection with a traffic offence five years ago.