Regional News

PNM candidates wait outside the South Regional office, in San Fernando yesterday as the PNM continues its screening process for the upcoming Local Government Elections.
PNM candidates wait outside the South Regional office, in San Fernando yesterday as the PNM continues its screening process for the upcoming Local Government Elections.

Trinidad PM: No postponement of Local Elections

(Trinidad Guardian) Spec­u­la­tion by the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) and the Move­ment for So­cial Jus­tice (MSJ) that the Gov­ern­ment will post­pone Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Elec­tions has been rub­bished by Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley.

The pile of rusty nails, screws and staples, weighing more than 25 pounds, which were removed from three fire pits at Drill Hall Beach yesterday. (Picture by Heather-Lynn Evanson.)

Rusty nails are a problem on Barbados beaches

(Barbados Nation) DAYS AFTER the Barbados Sea Turtle Project sent out a warning about the dangers of fire pits, 25 pounds of rusty nails were collected from a few square feet of one of the island’s most popular beaches yesterday.   And deputy director of the Sea Turtle Project, Carla Daniel, is warning that the practice of lighting bonfires poses a danger not only to turtles who come up to nest, but to people and children using the beach.

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