Maroc - NEWSDAY.CO.TT - A la Une - 28/12/2024 09:23

My year in review

THE EDITOR: The following is my year in review for 2024: National security: A mess: Crime: Out of control Police: Lacking over 900 vehicles (40 per cent of 2,240); refusal to wear body cams, needs senior officers at the top. Coast Guard: No vessels. Air Guard: No craft, but personnel include an air vice-marshal, captain, squadron leader. Radar: Is it functional or manned? Fire: Lacking one fire appliance per fire station. Some units are TB and TC registration series; all are more than five years old Army, Coast Guard, Air Guard: What can I say? Maybe appoint members as SRPs (special reserve police). Finance: Missing billions; lack of accounting and auditing. Health: Poorly organised and non-progressive; too many dinosaurs in the Ministry of Health and RHAs. Agriculture: No policies for development; arable land being used for housing. Education: The continued high failure rate in English and mathematics (arithmetic) is not being addressed at primary and secondary levels; failure to develop the non-academic curriculum developed since the 70s. Attorney General: Too many errors and issues, legal and non-legal. Rural Development and Local Government: Illegal and unplanned development leading to (extensive) flooding; roads are poorly maintained and constructed. Sport: Lack of facilities; poor maintenance; lack of oversight, governance, development of national governing bodies. Tourism: No international promotion; local sites not developed. Public utilities: Water remains an issue with once-a-week-supply not guaranteed. PHILIP AYOUNG-CHEE via e-mail The post My year in review appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.