00:00The regional security expert says the budget's attention to national security
00:04is a step in the right direction, but he warns that border security must be prioritized.
00:11With regional tensions rising, Garvin Herer emphasizes that raising our border standards
00:16to meet international benchmarks is crucial for protecting the country and maintaining stability.
00:22That is not equipping the Coast Guard with vessels of fuel to patrol the waters.
00:27That is a combination of all agencies involved to ensure airspace management, maritime domain awareness,
00:33inland enforcement, and most importantly, the systems integration of our intelligence architecture.
00:39He says it's beyond just equipping the Coast Guard with vessels.
00:44It is a strategic professional approach with an outpouring or inpouring into a theatre
00:49as to how the country's structures, border control management.
00:53We are in a tension zone with regard to regional security, and if we don't address border control management,
00:59our infrastructure out there on the coastline, our conflicts with some of our neighbouring countries,
01:05border control management could continue to be a significant vulnerability,
01:08and therefore if we express a certain, what I'll call, temperature check of vulnerability,
01:15it can affect investment, it can affect the strategizing, and as I closed, as I open,
01:21sorry, I will close, security drives strategy.
01:25And keeping in line with the country's protective services and their concerns,
01:29General Secretary of the Prison Officers Association, Lester Logie,
01:33had some questions about pensions for officers.
01:36Well, a big challenge is that NIS announcement, majority of the members of the protective service
01:45retire 55 years, and they wait five years till 60 to access their NIS pension.
01:53So that, we have to sort out that issue with the government to see how we could deal with that gap.
02:02That's a serious challenge.
02:03In response, Minister of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development, Kennedy Surat Singh,
02:09said the government is planning to treat with it, but it will be done in a period that spans over time.
02:16Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
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