He is obviously facing up to the realities of our situation.

It may be that while he is at it he could seriously look at his bloated Government and take a page out of President Emmanuel Macron of France’s book, who is to reduce his Cabinet to ten members.

At last count I think we have a 32-member Cabinet. That is far larger than the current US Cabinet. I recall that Margaret Thatcher had a Cabinet of seven.

We cannot afford this. A smaller Cabinet will give the PM far better control.

F MOUTTET Westmoorings

“The omission was in fact brought to its attention by the Service Commissions Department, which provides the secretariat to assist all service commissions in preparation of reports, while the department was preparing the 2016 Annual Report, in keeping with the provisions of Section 66C(2) of the Constitution.” The statement said the department is already in the process of bringing the reports up to date. “The process will be completed before 1st October, 2017.

“The JLSC apologises to the Office of the President for the omission and wishes to assure that no disrespect was intended to His Excellency or to the Office of the President.”

Tomorrow, from 4 pm, current Super League leaders Trincity Nationals will face off against Queen’s Park at the St Anthony’s College Ground in Westmoorings.

Trincity Nationals will be looking to bounce back after a narrow defeat at the hands of Real Dimensions who are currently level on points with them, but are only behind on goal difference.

Real Dimension, who will be hoping to overtake Nationals in the standings, will play Petrotrin at UWI SPEC Ground; this match also begins at 4 pm.

At 5 pm, the National Under- 17s will play Club Sando at Palo Seco.

There will only be one game in the First Division on Sunday with MIC-IT St Ann’s Rangers’ B playing St Augustine Juniors at the St Augustine Ground.

POINTS STANDINGSSUPER LEAGUE: 1.Trincity Nationals 15; 2.Flow Sports Premier Real Dimension 15; 3.Mic-It St Ann’s Rangers 10; 4.Tobago Chicas 9; 5.Petrotrin 9; 6.Queen’s Park 8; 7.St Augustine 5; 8.National U-17 1; 9. lub Sando 0.

FIRST DIVISION: 1.Sweaters Women 7; 2.St Augustine FC 5; 3.Defence Force 4; 4.Jewels FC 3; 5.Malvern 3; 6.Mic-it St Ann’s Rangers 0.

You can also significantly boost your immune system by filling your plate with lots of fruits and vegetables. Staying hydrated can boost your immune health too.

Water helps your body produce lymph, which carries white blood cells and other immune system cells.

It’s no secret that physical activity tones your muscles, giving you that athletic look, and burns those unwanted calories. Exercise also acts as a powerful vaccine against the aging process. It keeps you looking and feeling younger for longer.

It is a proven fact that our immune systems weaken as we get older. We know this because as we age we see more infections that were controlled in our younger days.

We need to become more physically active in TT because getting up on your feet will boost your immunity.

CHELSEA BEDASE El Dorado

The event will feature calypso music, song, dance, drumming, fashion and other aspects of African culture seeking to bring awareness, pride and community cohesiveness through the arts. The cast includes veteran calypsonians Bally (Errol Ballantyne), Ras Kommanda (Stephen Pascal), Luta (Morel Peters) Crazy (Edwin Ayoung), Brian London, Mistah Shak (Selvon Noel), Kinte (Carey Stephens), El Drago (Ainsley Mayers) together with young and rising Kerice Pascall and Curlissa Charles, Indigenous record holder Nerukhi and young spoken word stars Dereka Thomas and Fidel Iwueke.

Also featured will be Terry David performing company, Reminiscence Cultural Group, Frontline School of Drums and a fashion segment.

Host for the evening will be Annette Lessey and Hyacinth Joseph.

This year’s version of the run is expected to attract the largest crowd in its existence and is increasingly popular due to its family- style atmosphere.

Defending champs Lionel D’Andrade (Guyana) and Arimian April Francis are expected to compete in search of their third successive victory in this event. If they are victorious, they will automatically be awarded the challenge trophy to take home permanently.

The run starts at Walke Street and goes along Picton Road, alongside the Sangre Grande Hospital (Katwaroo Street), then onto Ojoe Road, straight to the “roundabout”, with the final straight through the heart of Sangre Grande (Eastern Main Road) with the finish line at Walke Street.

At this location, those gathered will be entertained by the melodious sounds of hometown steel band “Jaynotes Steel Orchestra”.

Trophies, medals and prizes will be given out to the overall top three finishers, along with the participants in a range of categories from children under six years to adults over 66 years. The organisers thanked Home Centre Singer for their continued support throughout the years and are expecting a large turnout and urged the public to line the streets and support the runners in an overall “Cleansing the Mind”. The registration fee is set at $20 per person and can be done on the day or before, interested persons/ companies can contact 370-5326 for more information.

Addressing this issue at the post-Cabinet news conference at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s, Rowley asked a reporter, “Do you think we are going to build a hotel on No Man’s Land?” When the reporter said no, the Prime Minister replied, “Good, thank you very much. Tell the rest of the country that.” He said the hotel was being built on Buccoo Estate .

Rowley said peop opposed to the project had been alleging “that the Government took land from this very wealthy company below value and we were probably breaking the law.” “Nothing is further from the truth,” he added .

He said the land on which the hotel was to be built was owned by two companies .

“The Government quite properly, through the relevant authority in all of this, the board, set off the monies owed for the value of those lands,” Rowley said .

He said the value of the lands was established by reputable, independent valuators in TT .

The Prime Minister said the law required the disposal of any assets held under the Central Bank to be done at fair market value and that “is exactly what the Government did.” He was confident his explanation would “put to rest” the notion that “the Government took land worth x and we paid half x for it.”

Anderson Gopaul, a form two pupil of the Tableland Secondary School, died after he collapsed outside the bathroom of the family’s New Grant home on Wednesday morning. An autopsy revealed Anderson, who is one of a twin, died as a result of heart failure. He was found unresponsive at about 11.30 am by his 18-year-old brother Anson Gopaul Jr.

Anson told Newsday yesterday he left his brother doing chores and went to his bedroom.

Later that morning he went into the bathroom and found Anderson on the ground.

“He was not breathing. I called out to my parents, I screamed, I could not believe it.” Anderson was taken in an ambulance to the Princes Town Health Facility. It was while undergoing treatment he died.

Anson said, “The doctors tried CPR and he was not responding to anything. I can’t believe he is gone. Our family is hurting so bad, no one expected this.” He said Anderson appeared to be in the best of health and never complained of any heart problems.

Anderson and Antonio were expected to celebrate their 14th birthday on October 9. They attended the same school and were described as inseparable.

He is expected to be buried tomorrow.

Speaking with the Newsday after yesterday’s lecture on gestational diabetes at the San Juan Health Centre, where recently appointed director of women’s health Dr Adesh Sirjusingh spoke on the issue, Deyalsingh said much pressure was being placed on women where contraception might be a non issue.

“I appreciate the unfair burden that is placed on women globally that they are the main primary caregiver. They breastfeed, they are the primary caregiver to this child and when these children grow up, they are the ones involved generally…it is women who have to manage the house, buy the groceries, go to the market, do the homework with children, cook, wash and iron and, very often, many of these women are single mothers.

“As a member of parliament I am so disappointed with the way men abdicate their responsibility to their women folk, their children and their families,” Deyalsingh said.

“I think it is important to give women some sort of redress in longterm contraception.” “Contraception is by and large the responsibility of the women.

Even if a man uses a condom, if the condom fails, who carries the burden? It is not the man, it’s the woman,” he added.

He said women car- ried an unusual burden with contraception which was why the Government was planning to bring in subdermal implants that could last for five years.

The implant is inserted in the arm.

“It has been used successfully in many parts of the world, so we are not asking our women to use any untested technology. This has been used around the world for decades, and we are now catching up to it,” Asked about the choice of a woman having tubal ligation, Sirjusingh said this was a personal choice.

“There may be clinical reasons to do so.

Somebody may have health issues and we may strongly recommend that pregnancy is not advised and they may seek something long term like tubal ligation,” he said.

Deyalsingh added there were risks for a mother after having three Caesarean sections.

“After three Caesarean sections you should have had your tubes tied because with every successive Caesarian, your chances of having a safe delivery decreases dramatically,” Deyalsingh said.

Questioned about women in the lower economic level having multiple children, Deyalsingh said it was all about education.

“We have to educate women in our lower socio-economic level because very often they are the ones with the large families they can’t support,” he said. “Contraception at those levels become important. When you have these families at the lower socio-economic level it more or less dooms that family to a life of poverty.

“Every cent that you earn has to go into minding these children and you can’t dedicate it to buying school books, a proper house, nutrition. So it is a self fulfilling prophecy when we have people in the lower socio-economic groups having large families. And that is something that we need to tackle so that people could have children and family sizes that are reasonable for their circumstance that they could support.”

In November 2016, Darren called Cameron a “big idiot” on Twitter, because he was unhappy with his player contract and the performance of the CWI president.

As a result of his statement, Darren was banned from playing for both the West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago Red Force.

Cameron said Darren had to remove the tweet and accept that he did something wrong before he can represent West Indies and/ or Trinidad and Tobago again.

Two weeks ago, Darren removed the tweet and apologised for his statement which immediately made him available to play again.

Talking about his brother’s return to West Indies and TT cricket, Dwayne said, “I am happy (that he was able to resolve the situation he had with the CWI).

I am happy that what happened is over and Darren can come back and play cricket and continue his career.” Before his conflict with Cricket West Indies was resolved, Darren was still allowed to play in this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) for the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR). Darren only played four matches for TKR in the 2016 Caribbean Premier League because of West Indies duty. Dwayne said having his younger brother on the team for the entire tournament this year will benefit the team.

“He is a very key member of the Trinbago Knight Riders team.

The year (2015) we won he was the main batter for us. Last year we only had him for four games, but this year we have him for the entire tournament which is a bonus.

“After CPL there is a lot of cricket where ever he chooses to go. Whether he gets selected (for the West Indies) or not that is up to those who are in charge, but the most important thing is that he apologised and he is ready and focused to play cricket again.” West Indies will begin a Test series against England from the middle of August. However, Darren was not included as the team was selected before the left-handed batsmen resolved his situation with the CWI.