“We want to thank everyone, all the people who participated in the search and rescue, all the people who were praying for us.”

Efforts to standardise training of the men and women serving law enforcement agencies in the seven Regional Security Systems (RSS) member states got a jumpstart with the injection of CDN $1.25 million from the Canadian government.

Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and National Security Minister Dr Errol Cort have praised the positive impact Tradewinds 2011 is having on the country.

During his recent trip to Trinidad & Tobago, Minister of National Security Dr Errol Cort sat with Lead Caricom Head on Crime and Security, Kamla Persad-Bissessar to discuss a number of security matters.

With a starting point of $100,000 from the government last January following Haiti’s devastating earthquake and encouragement to citizens to make donations, funds on the Haiti Disaster Response Account grew to $153,331.41.