Ryan Hamilton-Davis

Saint James

Reporter at Newsday (Trinidad and Tobago)

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"PM: Don’t want a laptop? Just say so"

1 week ago | newsday.co.tt | Ryan Hamilton-Davis

News PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the distribution of digital devices such as laptops and tablets should not be determined through means tests, as they are far too subjective. She made the statement while responding to questions at the post-cabinet press briefing at the Red House, Port of Spain on May 29. “I found the means test to be very subjective. I believe every child is entitled to a laptop unless the parents don’t want it. “This is the age of technology.
"Mohit to get more details on pensions backlog"

1 week ago | newsday.co.tt | Ryan Hamilton-Davis

News THE Minister of the People, Social Development and Family Services Vandana Mohit said a meeting with stakeholders on June 4 will reveal the challenges causing delays in processing applications for pensions. She made the statement at the post-cabinet media briefing on May 29. Earlier this week, Mohit expressed her ministry's intention to take action to address a backlog in processing senior citizens’ pension applications and applications to the Immigration division.
"Mid-year review coming in June"

1 week ago | newsday.co.tt | Ryan Hamilton-Davis

News The government is preparing for its mid-year review in June, two months after it was elected into Government in the April 28 general elections. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced at a post-Cabinet media briefing on May 29, that the Parliament's Standing Finance Committee would sit on June 16 and the mid-year review will be held on June 18.
Don't want gun? Don't take it – PM defends stand-your-ground, FUL laws - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

1 week ago | newsday.co.tt | Ryan Hamilton-Davis

News PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has doubled down once again on her plans to introduce stand-your-ground legislation and give better access to Firearm User’s Licences (FULs), despite criticisms of the policy being shared in the public.
"Ansa shares growth plans during dividend pause at AGM"

1 week ago | newsday.co.tt | Ryan Hamilton-Davis

News The Ansa McAl board shared its plans for growth in the short to mid term on May 29, at the company’s annual general meeting at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain. The board’s presentation seemed to be a bid to convince shareholders to continue reinvesting, as the company earlier this year expressed its plans to withhold dividend payments for a three-year period as it continues on its 2X agenda.
"Phillip Morris trains distributors on preventing sale of cigarettes to minors"

1 week ago | newsday.co.tt | Ryan Hamilton-Davis

News PHILLIP Morris TT, the manufacturers and distributors of L&M and Malboro cigarettes in TT has completed the training of 2,270 point of sale operators in TT, it said in the media release on May 28. The programme, the Youth Access Prevention Program (YAP) was rolled out to educate the company’s business partners on the importance of tobacco and nicotine products being sold exclusively to adult customers.
"St James man shot dead after chase by gunmen"

1 week ago | newsday.co.tt | Ryan Hamilton-Davis

News Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the murder of a man in St James on May 28. Details are still unclear but Newsday understands that at about 11.30 pm gunshots rang out from a track between Alfred Richard Street and De Freitas Street. Police were alerted and when they got to the scene they found the body of a man in some bushes on the track.
"Chambers chime in on government restructuring: A good start"

1 week ago | newsday.co.tt | Ryan Hamilton-Davis

Business AS the new government continues to settle in, several changes are being noticed. One of those changes were reported in local newspapers on May 28, with Udecott, the state-owned company that has responsibility for the building, upkeep and maintenance of national buildings such as the office of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Education Towers the Maracas Beach facility and Carenage fishing facility will now be under the remit of the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure.
"Ministry of the People to address senior citizens’ pension backlog"

1 week ago | newsday.co.tt | Ryan Hamilton-Davis

News THE Ministry of the People, Social Development and Family Services has said it is taking action to address a backlog in the processing of senior citizens’ pension applications. A release from the ministry, on May 28, said it has identified specific challenges related to receiving information from the National Insurance Board (NIB) and the Immigration Division which has affected the processing of some applications.
Cutlass-wielding man sends threat at Tancoo's home

1 week ago | newsday.co.tt | Ryan Hamilton-Davis

News A cutlass-wielding man appeared in front of the home of Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo in Fyzabad with a message for both him and Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander. Sources told Newsday the incident happened on the evening of May 24. The man wearing dark clothes and riding a bicycle asked to speak to a female relative at the home. He told the woman to tell Tancoo that he had a message for Alexander.