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Local Government Minister, Hazel Manning intends to crack down on companies without proper building approvals because these structures are the reason why this country experiences flooding every rainy season.

The long-standing seat of Parliament, the Red House, flanked by Abercromby and St Vincent Streets in T&T’s capital of Port-of-Spain, today looks as though it barely survived a hurricane and hurried repair work is being undertaken by a motley crew. The view from the outside is unsightly to say the least, and there seems some measure of mystery exactly where the repairs are heading, and to what use the building will be put when the renovations are completed, if indeed that is the plan.

Government is moving to establish a special criminal court in Trincity. So stated the latest report of the Ministry of the Attorney General which was tabled in the Senate on Tuesday. The report covers the period 2006 to 2007. It says the court will deal specifically with guns, kidnapping and drug-trafficking offences. A parcel on Central Road has been identified and already acquired for the court.