“Either we return to a globalization of concentration that is authoritarian, and to the same institutional design, or we build a different future” - Alicia Bárcena, executive secretary of the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ponders life in the region after COVID-19.
Singh “There is a bounty on my head … I am not afraid because death is inevitable, and I believe in God”- Retired Justice Claudette Singh, chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, responds to threats on her life as she presses on with preparations for a recount from the Mar. 2 general and regional elections.
“So whenever we shut our borders … it is not something that we wanted to do, it is not something we take pleasure in doing, but the reason for it is to protect you”- Trinidad and Tobago government defends its decision not to re-open its borders to accommodate nationals stranded in Barbados, insisting the measure is part of an overall effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirusin T&T.
“(It’s) clear that there are forces that do not want to see the votes recounted for whatever reason”- Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, chairman of the 15-member Caribbean community (CARICOM) grouping, addressing the delay in finding out the winner of Guyana’s general elections.
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“They are hardened criminals, without faith or law, wild beasts and they will be chased until the gates of hell” - Haiti’s recently appointed Minister of Justice and Public Security LucmaneDélile vows to tackle the country’s lawbreakers.
“It won’t take long and, hopefully, it has to be in my time to have a woman prime minister in this country” - Grenada’s Prime Minister Keith Mitchell.
“Mitchell”“There is a great deal that we all should have as citizens. And we can’t say that this targets criminals only. It targets anyone and everyone … That is downright frightening” - Trinidad and Tobago Opposition Senator Wayne Sturge is concerned the Interception of Communication Bill, passed in the Senate recently, will “legitimize spying” on citizens.
“What this bill does for the first time is that it considered the admissibility of evidence by a judge. Under this law as it exists right now before it is amended there is an automatic admissibility for evidence and you cannot challenge the admissibility of challenge because the statute says the judge must admit the evidence obtained by intercept” - T&T Attorney General Faris Al Rawi disagrees with Sturge.
