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pete wrote:I find that 40% hard to believe. In 2009 200 people were charged with the murders of the 500 odd people killed?
Published on Jul 16, 2014
Al-Rawi said the detection rate for murders in this country currently stands at three per cent for the year according to statistics from the TTPS.
The detection rate for murders has been in a constant decline every year since 2009, Al-Rawi said.
In 2009 the detection rate for murders was 26.8 per cent according to statistics from the TTPS, Al-Rawi said.
It was the highest detection rate in the country over the past seven years.
Al-Rawi said there has been a “significant drop” in the detection rate for murders.
The detection rate in 2008 was 15.9 per cent before it climbed to 26.8 per cent in 2009, Al-Rawi said.
“In 2010 a detection rate down to 22.8 per cent, 2011 a detection rate down to 21.9 per cent, 2012 a detection rate down to 16.6 per cent, 2013 down to 10.3 per cent and 2014 down to three per cent,” Al-Rawi said.
Al-Rawi accused Attorney General Anand Ramlogan of producing statistics of serious crime in an attempt at “diluting the true, real statistics”.
Al Rawi: Anti-gang unit in jail
Published on Jan 23, 2014, 7:19 pm AST
The PNM Senator said in 2008 when SAUTT was established to deal with homicide detection, the overall detection rate was 15 per cent. In 2009 when SAUTT went fully into gang-related killings, the detection rate “jumped” to 26.8 per cent, and in respect of anti-gang manoveures the detection rate went to 47 per cent.
In 2010, when SAUTT was stymied (after the People’s Parnternship Government came to power) the detection rate dropped to 22.8 per cent. In 2011 the detection rate dropped further to 21.9 per cent; in 2012 it plummeted to 16.6 per cent; in 2013 the detection rate reached a mere 10.3 per cent, Al Rawi stated.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Al- ... 41141.html
Fuad: Govt has no crime plan
By Andre Bagoo
Wednesday, September 23 2015
BARATARIA/SAN JUAN MP Dr Fuad Khan yesterday accused the PNM Government of having no “immediate plans” to deal with crime.
“It is clear that the PNM has no immediate plans to deter the rampant murder and crime spree occurring in our nation at this time,” Khan said in a media release issued in the wake of a call from Minister of National Security Edmund Dillon for politicians to not politicise the crime issue. The murder rate stands at 318.
But Khan said this was simply a deferral of serious questions on the issue. “Instead of dealing with the matter head-on, the minister is attempting to defer questions on this matter by claiming that I am attempting to politicise crime,” he said. “Nothing can be further from the truth. Over the past two weeks, many of my constituents along with persons from around the country, have reached out and expressed their fear with me, in hope that I may offer them some comfort or assistance.” Khan continued, “But until such time that this Government implements any immediate measures to ensure the safety of our citizens, my only course of action is to highlight the wanton disregard that Major General Edmund Dillon has displayed since being appointed to office.
“With murders increasing almost exponentially every day, our nation should not be asked to endure this for several m o r e weeks until a strategy can be devised.” The MP further stated, “Our minister should utilise the resources readily at his disposal to clamp down on this criminal element and protect the nation as he swore to do.” Khan also issued an appeal to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to oversee the Minister of National Security.
“I would also like to appeal to the Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley, who began his term with a rousing speech, in which he stated ‘the buck stops with me’,” Khan said.
“As such, he needs to take responsibility for this current situation and supervise his Minister of National Security to ensure that law and order is restored to our society in the shortest space of time.”
http://www.newsday.co.tt/politics/0,217414.html
Hyperion wrote:PNM can't fix the crime problem until they address all the sh*t that UML's goddess did in National Security over the past 5 years.
They f*cked natsec over good and proper, it will take a long time to fix, just like everything else this band of fools messed up between 2010 and now.
Lance wrote:The PNM sheep do have a point. It's unreasonable to expect radical change and improvement in 1 month.
Just so we have an idea, what is a reasonable time to start expecting such results? After all, this is what they campaigned on.
The PP government did the same thing in 2010 and the masses obliged. They came into office by blaming the previous manning administration for the problems. They said it would take time for change to manifest and 5 years later they were still using the blame card.
So back to my original question. How much time is enough time?
Lance wrote:The PNM sheep do have a point. It's unreasonable to expect radical change and improvement in 1 month.
Just so we have an idea, what is a reasonable time to start expecting such results? After all, this is what they campaigned on.
The PP government did the same thing in 2010 and the masses obliged. They came into office by blaming the previous manning administration for the problems. They said it would take time for change to manifest and 5 years later they were still using the blame card.
So back to my original question. How much time is enough time?
as a non PNM sheep, i giving him about 18 months to 2 years to see change. in most areas, not just crime.UML wrote:
Boards of WASA, Udecott, HDC, EFCL appointed
Published:
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
The Government today announced the board appointments of four major State-owned companies.
Speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing, at the Office of the Prime Minister, in St Clair, Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie said the appointees to the boards of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA), the Urban Development Corporation of T&T (Udecott), the
Housing Development Authority (HDC) and the Educational Facilities Company Ltd.
Cuffie defended the selection of former managing director of the HDC Noel Garcia to the chair Udecott board. He said the former HDC executive director's role in the controversial Las Alturas Housing Development project in Morvant would not affect his new position.
Garcia is expected to be called as a witness in the ongoing Commission of Enquiry into the project, which was initiated by former administration after it was found that two multi-storey apartment buildings in the project were constructed on shifting land leading to their demolition. Garcia is yet to be summoned by the commission.
"The Udecott matter does not involve the Las Alturas enquiry, that is into the HDC and the construction of apartments there. The enquiry is a fact-finding issue and there are no charges against Mr Garcia. I think he was asked to be a witness and being a witness does not preclude still being on a board," Cuffie said.
Cuffie also said that more State boards will be appointed as soon as appointees under the previous administration tender their resignations.
"Several board members have offered their resignations. There have been cases were resignations have been offered by some members of the board and not the entire board. We go about we are filling those vacancies as they arise," Cuffie said.
http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2015-09- ... -appointed
HDC lawyers ‘lost all contact with Garcia’
Published on Mar 20, 2015, 9:11 pm AST
Attorneys representing the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) have lost all contact with former HDC managing director Noel Garcia. This was revealed yesterday during the sitting of the commission of enquiry into the Las Alturas housing project at the Caribbean Court of Justice in Port of Spain.
Garcia, who was expected to be called as a witness in the enquiry, is said to be currently residing in Ghana.
Junior counsel for the commission Jagdeo Singh told the commission all attempts by HDC’s legal team to locate Garcia had been unsuccessful. “Every effort has been made thus far to locate Mr Garcia and at some point in time Mr Garcia was in communication with the legal team for the HDC, but he has since ceased all communication with them,” Singh said.
Nelson had said at a previous hearing that Garcia did not appear to be willing to testify in the proceedings.
Chairman of the commission Mustapha Ibrahim noted Garcia’s participation in the enquiry was necessary, as he was a “very important witness”.
He suggested the HDC offer Garcia “conduct money” to secure his participation. (Conduct money is money paid to a witness summoned to attend a hearing. It is meant to cover all related expenses, such as meals and hotel accommodation as well as a daily allowance.)
Ibrahim added the commission would also seek the participation of former Urban Development Corporation (UDeCOTT) executive chairman Calder Hart, who played an integral role in the project before it was handed over to the HDC.
“From what has emerged so far, another important witness who started the ball rolling is Mr Calder Hart,” he said.
The commission was told UDeCOTT’s attorneys were trying to contact Hart via FedEx and were hoping to receive a response soon.
Hart has been living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, since resigning from UDeCOTT and leaving the country in 2010.
Ibrahim suggested notices be placed in newspapers both locally and in Fort Lauderdale, stating Hart is required to be a witness in the enquiry.
He also advised UDeCOTT’s attorneys to use all effort in securing Hart’s presence, and he expressed confidence Hart would oblige.
“When he does come, not if, but when he does come, we will try to accommodate him as best as possible to not unduly keep him here,” Ibrahim said.
Yesterday’s hearing was shortened due to the absence of attorney Justin Phelps, who is representing Geotechnical Associates Ltd in the matter. Nelson was also absent, having returned to England for several days.
The enquiry has been adjourned to April 7, when three foreign experts will be called to give evidence on behalf of the HDC.
Buildings H and I of the Las Alturas housing project began to fall apart shortly after construction, leading to their eventual demolition in 2012.
The towers cost an estimated $26 million to construct in 2004 under the former People’s National Movement administration.
Last September, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced a commission of enquiry into the project.
Retired Appeal Court judge Mustapha Ibrahim is the enquiry’s chairman, with engineers Dr Myron Chin and Anthony Farrell serving as commission members.
Hearings are taking place at the Caribbean Court of Justice building, Henry Street, Port of Spain.http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/HDC ... 99651.html
Man killed: body in car trunk*
Published on Sep 23, 2015, 9:46 pm AST
distraught: Bernadene Davidson, left, mother of Shanese Roberts, is consoled by a friend at Mt St George, Tobago, on Tuesday night at the scene of the murder. —Photo: ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
One man is dead and another seriously injured following a shooting incident in Caroni on Tuesday night.
Around 10.30 p.m. on Tuesday, a party of officers, including Cpl Manbode and PC Dharoo, were performing “hotspot patrols” along Southern Main Road when, upon reaching the traffic lights just before the entrance to Frederick Settlement Industrial Estate, they observed a silver Toyota Axio vehicle parked on the shoulder of the west-bound lane.
The officers opted to render assistance and, upon investigating, they observed a man of African descent standing at the rear of the vehicle gesticulating to the officers.
When the officers came closer, they saw that the man was bleeding and his hands bound together with a tie strap. He appeared to have been shot to the neck and face.
The wounded man pointed to the trunk of the vehicle and the officers found another man, who was lying motionless.
He had been shot in the chest and head.
The first responders notified their seniors and the wounded man was rushed to Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, where he was treated.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20150923 ... -car-trunk
5th murder rocks Tobago*
Two men in custody
Published on Sep 23, 2015, 9:51 pm AST
By Elizabeth Williams
Two men are in police custody assisting officers with their investigation into Tobago’s fifth murder this year and the third murder to rock the island in two weeks.
The latest killing took place on Tuesday in the village of Mt St George, where 17-year-old Shanese Roberts was shot dead at a guest house in the area.
This is the second murder in the vicinity of the guest house.
Bernadene Davidson, mother of the deceased, is calling for the guns to be taken off the streets.
“I want allyuh to get the shooter, allyuh have to get the shooter. They need to do a little more work. Work harder to take off the guns from the street. Is too much of guns killing innocent people. What my daughter do boy? That is a set-up. I could tell anybody that,” Davidson said.
According to police reports, Shanese Roberts, an employee of Church’s Chicken in Scarborough, was entering the guest house with a male companion when gunshots rang out.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20150923 ... cks-tobago
Same old corrupted PNM, Jobs for the boys & girls, friends and family
"Taking over the chair at the HDC is engineer Newman George, the husband of new Speaker of the House Bridgid Annissette-George."
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