00:00The Lavental West MP says this is not just a red herring, it's a UNC herring.
00:06Kareem Marshall told the Morning Edition there are other ways to deal with people
00:11being paid without showing up for work, but mass firings are not the answer.
00:16It would be to first report it to the Trinidad and Tobago police service and it would also be to
00:23immediately stop the pay of these persons who are essentially not coming to work and dismiss
00:29those persons.
00:31What we have seen is a broad approach which I deem as political cleansing from a wicked,
00:40deceitful and evil government who since they have taken their oath of office have only sought
00:50to fire poor and vulnerable working people of this country.
00:57Marcel says the government itself has boasted that PNM supporters helped deliver its April
01:03election victory, but he's now asking why target them.
01:07He argues that anyone suspected of being PNM or not aligned to the UNC is being fired.
01:13Even the minister of local government made a public statement prior to the election that
01:21there were CPEC workers from her constituency who were hiding and coming to their meetings
01:27and they really wanted to support the UNC and they voted for the UNC, but of course they
01:32had to hide in between.
01:33So if you are saying there's a whole nation rally behind you, including PNM members who supported you,
01:40then why are you waging war on these very same poor and vulnerable PNM people that you are playing?
01:46Marcel says he has credible information that members of the constituency executives of the
01:52United National Congress have already submitted recommendations on who should be fired from the URP,
01:58which positions they want removed and who should now be placed in those roles.
02:04He is calling on the local government minister to clear the air on the allegations.
02:09I want to ask Minister Amin this morning if she would deny that that is in fact taking place in the UNC executives right now.
02:21So if you are saying that the PNM would have engaged in actions where persons of the political
02:27arm may have been recommending these persons to the different jobs within the URP and you
02:34are trying to cut out that and you don't want it to be partisan, then where is going to be
02:39the advertisement for the 600 plus positions in these regional offices?
02:45Efforts to reach the minister for comment were unsuccessful.
02:49Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
03:19So I'd like to thank you.
03:37So the Cabinet has agreed to the upgrade of wireless access solutions for primary schools and secondary schools.
03:44for primary schools and secondary schools.
03:47This government has prioritised the integration of technology in schools.
03:52This is to improve teacher training, to modernise the curriculum
03:56and to prepare our students for the future.
04:00The use of technology in education allows for improved student productivity
04:06and leads to enhanced learning outcomes and efficiency.
04:10This project, implementing an upgrade of the wireless solutions
04:17at primary and secondary schools, has a dual aim.
04:21It seeks to address the inadequate wireless connectivity
04:24across the nation's schools through the expansion of bandwidth
04:28at 125 government and government-assisted secondary schools
04:33and the installation of network access points
04:37at the 454 government and government-assisted primary schools.
04:44So as part of the project, the Ministry will establish
04:49a national minimum internet bandwidth standard for all secondary schools,
04:53setting the baseline service at 500 megabytes per second download
04:59and 250 megabytes per second upload.
05:05And in addition to the installation of network access points
05:10at all 454 government and government-assisted primary schools,
05:14there will be a structured implementation of the cabling
05:21and commercial-grade wireless access points.
05:25And what does this do for us at the Ministry of Education?
05:29It will enhance and allow the Ministry of Education
05:33to remotely monitor and manage wireless access
05:37across all schools, ensuring functionality.
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