The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.
House to debate law for paying court fines electronically
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Gail Alexander
Proposed law to allow payments to be made to the court electronically - including on violation of COVID health protocols and mask-wearing - will be debated in the Senate today and in the House of Representatives tomorrow.
And Opposition UNC members will attend the debates, UNC deputy leader David Lee said yesterday.
The Electronic Payments (Into and Out of) Court bill will be debated in the Senate first this afternoon. It provides for deduction of bank charges, credit card charges, debit card charges, chargeback and administrative and other fees from the Custodial Bank Account, by agreement between the Judiciary and a financial intermediary. It requires a simple majority vote to be passed.
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The spate of violent crimes recorded in less than 12 hours on Tuesday put into sharp focus two of the biggest contributors to insecurity and instability in this country criminal gangs and gender-based violence.
The timing was also significant, as two were incidents of gender-based violence committed the day after International Women’s Day and others were gang-related killings on the very day that Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi introduced a new version of the Anti-Gang Bill for debate in the Senate.
Al-Rawi urges citizens:
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Attorney General Faris Al Rawi, MP, Moving the Second Reading of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Special Reserve Police and Police Complaints Authority) Bill, 2020 during the sitting of Parliament yesterday.
As the Opposition continues its rejection of anti-gang legislation, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi is asking citizens to consider how the legislation can crackdown on gangs who rob, rape and kill women.Following the kidnapping and murder of Arima court clerk Andrea Bharatt in January, there is a wave of activism, calling on parliamentarians to get their acts together and provide measures to protect women.
The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.