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poral punishment, which demoralizes
and dehumanizes, will not improve the
behavioral challenges identified for the
children to function in society.
Terrelonge assured that the government
will continue strengthening the
law to ensure that people abusing children
Trinidad
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
leaders are to meet in Port of Spain this
week to discuss security issues within
the 15-member regional integration
movement.
Trinidad and Tobago
Keith Rowley, chairman
of Security Council
for CARICOM and Law
Enforcement (CONSLE), will chair the
19th Special Meeting of the Conference
of Heads of Government of the Caribbean
Community on Security.
A government statement said the
one-day meeting will focus on recommitted
efforts of the various stakeholders
for implementing the Regional
Security Framework,
“The overall purpose of the Nineteenth
Special Meeting on Security is
to foster mutual knowledge, analysis,
debate and exchange of ideas related
matters in attempts to better contribute
to the safety and security of member
states at the regional level,” the statement
said.
“These issues include but are not
limited to transnational crime, terrorism,
cybercrime, narco-and gun trafficking,
trafficking in persons, intelligence
cooperation between member
states and the region’s capability to
analyze, predict and respond proactively
to organized criminal networks,”
it stated.
— Compiled by Azad Ali
T&T police commish apologizes
By Azad Ali
Commissioner of Police of the Trinidad
and Tobago Police Service (TTPS),
Gary Griffith has apologized to Jamaican
reggae icon Mark “Buju Banton”
Myrie over a search carried out by the
Organized Crime and Intelligence Unit
(OCIU) of his Hilton Trinidad hotel
room about 24 hours after he arrived in
Trinidad on a private jet for “I am Legend
Concert.”
However, the police came up empty
handed after the raid, which was carried
out for illegal drugs following
which Griffith went to Buju’s room
around midnight on Saturday and made
the apology.
Griffith, in a Whatsapp message confirmed
that he met with the Jamaican
reggae singer and promised to launch
an investigation into the incident. He
also provided images of the meeting.
Griffith said the OCIU officers did not
carry out proper surveillance before acting
on the information. He announced
a major overhaul of the OCIU following
the raid.
The CoP gave Buju the assurance
that his visit will be peaceful and incident
free.
Representatives from the Jamaica
High Commission were present for
the meeting with the Commissioner
of Police, during which Buju expressed
love for the people of Trinidad and
Tobago.
The top cop said he did not sanction
the search and somebody dropped the
ball with respect to the action.
Buju, 45, took to his Instagram
account where he revealed that police
officers visited his hotel room with a
search warrant.
“I am chilling in my hotel room and
the cops came, a whole bunch of them,
said they had a warrant to search my
room and whole bunch of stuff,” he
said.
THE CITY CLERK
are decisively dealt with.
Prime Minister, Dr.
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