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rfari wrote:and dey does say i's ah peen-een-emm. lulzAnti-bullying campaign launched
Wednesday, March 26 2014
Insisting bullying in the nation’s schools must stop, Public Administration Minister, Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, together with the 12-year-old founder of the Anti-Bullying Association of TT, Jeromy Rodriguez, yesterday launched an anti-bullying campaign aimed at “restoring sanity” in the nation’s schools.
Speaking at the official launch at her San Fernando West constituency office, corner Keate and Harris streets, San Fernando, Seepersad-Bachan said “no school and no child” were safe from the “scourge of bullying, a phenomenon that has been with us from ancient times, but which has been made much worse by the increased availability and use of social media.”
“It is no longer one boy or one girl being terrorised or ostracising another, or a gang of kids making life miserable for others.
“What we see are various manifestations of the problem of bullying — cyber bullying, office bullying, peer bullying and even bullying by parents,” she said, adding, “the effects of this horrendous act on our young citizens are detrimental to the personal growth and well-being of our children and poisons what should be a constructive and positive school environment to one that is destructive and negative.”
“Now, with the help and support of the Anti-bullying Association of Trinidad and Tobago, led by young Jeromy who has demonstrated high levels of leadership, we are now embarking on a crusade to restore sanity to our schools, to protect our children who most need our help, and to redirect them to pathways of progress instead of avenues of aggression and alienation,’ she added.
http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,192426.html
de_dougla_smurf wrote:Perhaps we can see dat program extended to airline employees as well...
(Beat da dead horse, beat it)
was the unc the same party that criticised cepep and urp? now they running it full steam; more than any other administrationLabour shortage hits $3m farm
Published:
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Shaliza Hassanali
Caribbean Chemicals and Agencies Ltd managing director Joe Pires smiles for the camera while holding a green house grown pepper plant last week, at the 5 Star Farms in Chaguaramas. PHOTO: MARYANN AUGUSTE
A grave labour shortage is hindering the start-up of the Caribbean and T&T’s first $3 million “Pick Your Own Vegetables” mega farm, which is expected to be launched next month. Several advertisements placed in the print media seeking labourers for the 100-acre Chaguaramas Farm in Tucker Valley, has yielded little or no results in the last three months. For the farm’s managing director Joe Pires, it’s his biggest headache.
Pires’ efforts to woo labourers have brought frustration and stress, as he gets set to open his sprawling. The latest statistics obtained from the Central Statistical Office showed that from the first to the fourth quarters of 2012, there were altogether 13,500 people employed in the agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing sectors. The farm operates under Five Stars Farms Ltd, owned by Pires. “What we want to offer is a one-stop shop for high quality produce at competitive prices,” Pires said.
Pires said while the concept of the farm was not new, it will be the first for T&T and the Caribbean. In 2012 Five Star Farms Ltd won a bid to operate the land managed by the Chaguaramas Development Authority. Pires first thought of growing onions on a large scale with a 30-year lease in hand. “That was our original idea. But we realised that a stand-alone farm would not be viable...it would not generate enough revenue for our business and therefore, we needed to think outside of the box.”
Farms abroad specialise in one crop, but Pires intends to offer a variety, many of which would be new to consumers.
Jones: We approached Rebirth House
Perry Jones, the farm’s manager, and a few workers have been painstakingly cultivating the farm. Jones said while the farm has been operating, its biggest setback was acquiring labour. For months they have been searching for workers without success. As a last resort, Jones said, he approached Rebirth House, a drug rehabilitation centre, to source recovering addicts, but many had little or no agricultural skills, while others were not interested.
“We are really in a crisis. It’s like searching for a needle in a hay stack. I never thought we would have reached to this stage in the agriculture sector, but this is the reality.” Jones said they retained some workers without checking their background, only to discover they were not trustworthy and had to dismiss them. “Now we have to screen and ask everyone interested in working for a police record as a precautionary measure.”
Maharaj: People do not see agriculture as viable
Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj described the labour shortage as “a real problem.” Maharaj said the shortfall was attributed to several reasons, but its main basis “is people do not see it as a viable source of income.” This, he said, is not so. In the last year, Maharaj said, his ministry has been working with URP, OJT and Cepep to train individuals to work, but the issue continues to linger on.
Haywood: Our hands are tied
President of the National Foodcrop Farmers’ Association Terrence Haywood admitted they have a high demand for labour, but few people have been coming forward. Haywood said farmers have been sourcing labour from Guyana. “The farmers go to Guyana and bring back people who are willing to work on farms for $150 to $200 per day.” Haywood said locals have been gravitating towards Cepep, which requires less hours of work for a full day’s pay.
“This is the culture we are accepting and encouraging. People just want everything easy. Many of the farmers have complained to the association, but our hands are tied. This is a matter for the ministry to deal with.”
David Abdulah responds
Movement for Social Justice leader, David Abdulah said T&T was facing national labour shortage. Abdulah said in 2009 Fitun had recommended to the then PNM government to transform part of Cepep into a farmpep programme to boost the industry, which never materialised. The establishment of community based co-operatives was also recommended, Abdulah said. He said while the issue generated a lot of debate, little was done.
Sections of the labour market, Abdulah said, are faced with employees who have little skills and paid minimum wage.
hustla_ambition101 wrote:They counting CEPEP, URP and OJT as employment #lulz. Would love to see CSO stats vs reality because we all know people lie
UML wrote:hustla_ambition101 wrote:They counting CEPEP, URP and OJT as employment #lulz. Would love to see CSO stats vs reality because we all know people lie
Ah know the truth does offend and it hurting u.
But are you insinuating these ppl not working for money? We all know some ppl still didn't get over slavery so that wud be a slap in the face.
And are u insinuating that the PNM high unemployment rates didn't take these into consideration with their high figures? Pnmites feel everybody chupid
UML wrote:HISTORIC 3.7% Unemployment Rate‘Lowest recorded unemployment rate’
Fell from 4.7% at end of 2012 to 3.7% at start of 2013
Story Created: Mar 21, 2014 at 8:43 PM ECT
Story Updated: Mar 21, 2014 at 8:43 PM ECT
The unemployment rate in Trinidad and Tobago fell from 4.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2012 to 3.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2013.
This is the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded in Trinidad and Tobago, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) said yesterday as it released the Labour Force bulletin for the first quarter of 2013. The information contained in this bulletin is based on data collected in the Continuous Sample Survey of Population conducted between January and March 2013, the CSO said.
From a gender perspective, the unemployment rate for women decreased from 6.6 per cent to 4.7 per cent, while the rate for men decreased from 4.6 per cent to 3.0 per cent.
The decline in the unemployment rate was reported in specific industries, including “financing, insurance, real estate and business services”, “wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and hotels” and “transport, storage and communication”.
The labour force of Trinidad and Tobago registered 635,100 people at the end of the first quarter of 2013. “This represented an increase of 5,400 or 0.8 per cent when compared to the fourth quarter [of] 2012. From a gender perspective, this increase in the labour force was reflected among males which rose by 0.1 per cent, and women which increased by 1.9 per cent when compared with the previous quarter,” the CSO said.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/business ... 08701.html
hustla_ambition101 wrote:They counting CEPEP, URP and OJT as employment #lulz. Would love to see CSO stats vs reality because we all know people lie
“financing, insurance, real estate and business services”, “wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and hotels” and “transport, storage and communication”.
hustla_ambition101 wrote:UML while you sucking bottom, ask the minister to let CSO staff post the stats so we can analyze for ourselves.
RASC wrote:Man mouth full come dusk and you asking him to raise he head and ask work related questions?
Like yuh what him get chap bai
Cops find 178 guns for the year
Story Created: Mar 27, 2014 at 8:31 PM ECT
Story Updated: Mar 27, 2014 at 8:31 PM ECT
POLICE recovered a total of 178 guns and 1,727 rounds of assorted ammunition for the year with 28 of these gun being recovered in Port of Spain alone.
The was according to Ag Supt Joanne Archie yesterday who addressed the media during the police’s weekly press conference at Police Administration Building, Port of Spain.
She broke down the police’s confiscation of these weapons by division with the Northern Division having the highest amount of guns seized, namely 46, followed by the North Eastern Division with 30, the Western Division with 23, the Central Division with 19 and the South Western Division with 13.
The Southern Division recorded 11 guns being seized, the Eastern Division with seven while two guns were seized by the Tobago Division.
Investigations are on-going with respect to these cases. —GG
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Cop ... 20831.html
UML wrote:hustla_ambition101 wrote:UML while you sucking bottom, ask the minister to let CSO staff post the stats so we can analyze for ourselves.
Can't answer right?!!
No need to get emo rofl
#backpedalRASC wrote:Man mouth full come dusk and you asking him to raise he head and ask work related questions?
Like yuh what him get chap bai
Huh sounds like u speaking from experience!! I really eh know what you would be thinking to come up with that thought!!
But wait
Ent u in d closet still? Ent u jump out yuhself and was begging ah man to see he "banana" some time ago? Rofl
#colourfulfruity
rfari wrote:UML wrote:hustla_ambition101 wrote:UML while you sucking bottom, ask the minister to let CSO staff post the stats so we can analyze for ourselves.
Can't answer right?!!
No need to get emo rofl
#backpedalRASC wrote:Man mouth full come dusk and you asking him to raise he head and ask work related questions?
Like yuh what him get chap bai
Huh sounds like u speaking from experience!! I really eh know what you would be thinking to come up with that thought!!
But wait
Ent u in d closet still? Ent u jump out yuhself and was begging ah man to see he "banana" some time ago? Rofl
#colourfulfruity
scholar, do you think that there is a link between the low unemployment rate and the drop in available labour in the agriculture sector and the expansion of make-work programs?
Devant: Don’t fear prisoners on farms
By Sue-Ann Wayow sue-ann.wayow@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Jul 23, 2013 at 9:30 PM ECT
Story Updated: Jul 24, 2013 at 6:03 PM ECT
THE plan spoken of recently by Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj to have prisoners work in the agricultural sector during their serving time has been met with support from Vision on Mission an ex-prisoner rehabilitation organisation.
Head of the organisation Wayne Chance said the inclusion of the prisoners in the sector would mean an increase in public safety.
Chance was yesterday speaking at the launch of the Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) in Agriculture launch.
Minister of Food Production Devant Maharaj attended the function at Invader’s Ground, Pierre Road, Felicity. The government recently announced its plans to use labour provided by the prisoners on its agricultural lands.
Chance said because of the stigma ex-prisoners faced when released out of prison, it was difficult for them to get a job and the agricultural programme would not only assist prisoners, physically, eventually financially but also psychologically.
Maharaj speaking to reporters after the function said persons have nothing to fear. He said measures will be put in place to safeguard the prisoners who will be working on the agricultural lands and the programme will be a joint collaboration with the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Tertiary Education and Skills Training.
A grave labour shortage is hindering the start-up of the Caribbean and T&T’s first $3 million “Pick Your Own Vegetables” mega farm, which is expected to be launched next month. Several advertisements placed in the print media seeking labourers for the 100-acre Chaguaramas Farm in Tucker Valley, has yielded little or no results in the last three months. For the farm’s managing director Joe Pires, it’s his biggest headache.
Pires’ efforts to woo labourers have brought frustration and stress, as he gets set to open his sprawling. The latest statistics obtained from the Central Statistical Office showed that from the first to the fourth quarters of 2012, there were altogether 13,500 people employed in the agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing sectors. The farm operates under Five Stars Farms Ltd, owned by Pires. “What we want to offer is a one-stop shop for high quality produce at competitive prices,” Pires said.
Pires said while the concept of the farm was not new, it will be the first for T&T and the Caribbean. In 2012 Five Star Farms Ltd won a bid to operate the land managed by the Chaguaramas Development Authority. Pires first thought of growing onions on a large scale with a 30-year lease in hand. “That was our original idea. But we realised that a stand-alone farm would not be viable...it would not generate enough revenue for our business and therefore, we needed to think outside of the box.”
Farms abroad specialise in one crop, but Pires intends to offer a variety, many of which would be new to consumers.
Jones: We approached Rebirth House
Perry Jones, the farm’s manager, and a few workers have been painstakingly cultivating the farm. Jones said while the farm has been operating, its biggest setback was acquiring labour. For months they have been searching for workers without success. As a last resort, Jones said, he approached Rebirth House, a drug rehabilitation centre, to source recovering addicts, but many had little or no agricultural skills, while others were not interested.
“We are really in a crisis. It’s like searching for a needle in a hay stack. I never thought we would have reached to this stage in the agriculture sector, but this is the reality.” Jones said they retained some workers without checking their background, only to discover they were not trustworthy and had to dismiss them. “Now we have to screen and ask everyone interested in working for a police record as a precautionary measure.”
Maharaj: People do not see agriculture as viable
Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj described the labour shortage as “a real problem.” Maharaj said the shortfall was attributed to several reasons, but its main basis “is people do not see it as a viable source of income.” This, he said, is not so. In the last year, Maharaj said, his ministry has been working with URP, OJT and Cepep to train individuals to work, but the issue continues to linger on.
Haywood: Our hands are tied
President of the National Foodcrop Farmers’ Association Terrence Haywood admitted they have a high demand for labour, but few people have been coming forward. Haywood said farmers have been sourcing labour from Guyana. “The farmers go to Guyana and bring back people who are willing to work on farms for $150 to $200 per day.” Haywood said locals have been gravitating towards Cepep, which requires less hours of work for a full day’s pay.
“This is the culture we are accepting and encouraging. People just want everything easy. Many of the farmers have complained to the association, but our hands are tied. This is a matter for the ministry to deal with.”
David Abdulah responds
Movement for Social Justice leader, David Abdulah said T&T was facing national labour shortage. Abdulah said in 2009 Fitun had recommended to the then PNM government to transform part of Cepep into a farmpep programme to boost the industry, which never materialised. The establishment of community based co-operatives was also recommended, Abdulah said. He said while the issue generated a lot of debate, little was done.
Sections of the labour market, Abdulah said, are faced with employees who have little skills and paid minimum wage.
UML wrote:yea is true...make ah next thread
kaylex wrote:Do you guys knw…. the CSO office is closed and has been closed for several months. I wonder where these stats coming from?? The staff from what I am told scratching balls home...
kaylex wrote:Do you guys knw…. the CSO office is closed and has been closed for several months. I wonder where these stats coming from?? The staff from what I am told scratching balls home...
3 ministries for Chaguanas move
By CECILY ASSON Sunday, April 22 2012
THE bustling borough of Chaguanas will soon become the new home for the headquarters of several Government ministries. Government is seeking to move away from the choked and congested Port-of-Spain and as a result, the Ministries of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education; Food Production, Land and Marine Affairs; and Trade and Industry will transfer their main operations to Chaguanas.
It is all part of the decentralisation of government services due to the congestion in the capital city, as promised in the People’s Partnership manifesto, Science, Technology and Tertiary Education Minister, Fazal Karim, said yesterday.
Karim made the announcement at the formal opening of new headquarters of the Youth Training and Employment Partnership Programme (YTEPP), located at Mulchan Sieuchan Road, Chaguanas.
Delivering the feature address at the ceremony, Karim said that the move to house some of the key ministries of government outside of the capital was history in the making.
He said: “It is the first time in the history of this country that a head office of this nature has moved south of the Caroni River.”
He told guests that it was just the start of what is expected to take place within the borough over the “next two to three years”.
Karim also announced that the Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education, had received Cabinet approval for construction of its headquarters on five acres of land located north of the nearby Divali Nagar site along the Uriah Butler Highway. He said he will be seeking $150 million for the project.
“It will also house head offices of YTEPP, National Training Agency and the Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago,” Karim said.
The head office of the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago (COSTAATT), has been given an allocation of 30 acres of land in Chaguanas and will soon move out of Melville Street, Port-of-Spain, where the rental is $1 million a year, he said.
Karim said: “On Tuesday morning we start commissioning of the lands. They already have plans to start the construction of class rooms, which will be commissioned in the first case as prefab buildings for the September academic year.”
On May 18, Professor Clement Sankat is expected to commission the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Open Campus at Woodford Lodge, which is expected to be the newest training facility in Central Trinidad.
Karim continued: “Chaguanas has the land space to expand. I am aware that three ministries have been earmarked to look at moving their head offices from Port-of-Spain. It will increase employment opportunities for contractors as well as employees. Chaguanas is going to further expand. The road networks are going to improve.”
Also speaking yesterday was Chaguanas Mayor Orlando Nagassar, who congratulated Karim for his efforts.
http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,158909.html
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