Crime in T&T, General T&T, Police, Violence

DEAL WITH MURDERS

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By Nalinee Seelal
March 03, 2016 – newsday.co.tt

TIM KEE MUST GO!ACTING Commissioner of Police (CoP) Stephen Williams has called on divisional heads to deal with the rising incidence of murders which up to press time yesterday, stood at 86 so far for the year. The top cop’s call to his divisional commanders came after he and executive members of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) held a meeting on Tuesday with Minister of National Security Edmund Dillon at Police Administration Building in Portof- Spain.

Newsday was told by senior police sources that Commissioner Williams yesterday mandated all divisional commanders, Police Secton heads and task force units to put together a ‘priority offenders list’ and target persons, who according to intel, have been engaging in continuous criminal activities.
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General T&T, International, USA

Trump gives America a bad name

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By Dr. Kwame Nantambu
March 03, 2016

Dr. Kwame NantambuAs the general election heats up in the United States, it becomes essential to posit an outsider’s, albeit foreign, perspective.

At the outset, it must be stated quite equivocally that the outside world still holds the highest regard/respect for the United States of America and its president. Indeed, the outside world welcomed the radical change in America’s psyche with the election and subsequent re-election of its first African-American president in Barack Obama.
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Crime in T&T, General T&T, Media, Murder, Violence

BULLETS FOR SCHOOLBOYS

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By Nalinee Seelal
February 25 2016 – newsday.co.tt

TIM KEE MUST GO!TWO teenaged schoolboys were shot dead in a lonely, bushy track off St John’s Road in St Augustine on Tuesday afternoon in an incident police investigators say was linked to a drug deal which had gone sour.

The victims have been identified as Daniel Hall, 16, of Tunapuna and Stephan Singh, 17, of Enterprise, Chaguanas. Hall was a Form Four student of the Aranjuez North Secondary School and school officials confirmed that he had attended classes on Tuesday prior to being murdered. Singh sources said, attended the St Augustine Secondary School.
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Crime in T&T, Domestic Violence, General T&T, Police, Violence

Acid attack: mom warns women to leave abusive relationships

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By Carolyn Kissoon
February 24, 2016 – trinidadexpress.com

Rachael ChadeeTHE mother of Rachael Cha­dee, who was doused with acid by an ex-lover, has appealed to young women in abusive relationships to walk away.

Leela Chadee, who was also attacked by the man, said too many women return to relationship like this, hoping the person would change.
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Caribbean, General T&T, Guyana

Rodney’s ghost haunts Guyana

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By Raffique Shah
February 24, 2016

Raffique ShahThe findings of a Commission of Inquiry into the murder of Guyanese intellectual and political activist Dr Walter Rodney, 36 years ago, are an indictment not only against the Forbes Burnham dictatorship that ruled Guyana for 21 horrible years, but also other Caricom governments and countries that never condemned Burnham’s atrocities.
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Crime in T&T, General T&T, Law, Media, Schools, Security, Violence

CRIMINAL STUDENTS

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By Richardson Dhalai
February 24 2016 – newsday.co.tt

TIM KEE MUST GO!CRIMINAL students are among the population of the Chaguanas North Secondary School and Minister of Education Anthony Garcia, yesterday pledged to have them removed.

As a start, Garcia revealed that 24 students — identified as ring leaders in the delinquency that has plagued the school — are to be sent home with immediate effect.

Following a return visit to the school yesterday, this time along with Minister of National Security Edmund Dillon, Garcia told reporters, “I have taken a decision, a definite decision, that I will not tolerate indiscipline and violence in our schools. My mantra is no school indiscipline, no violence in schools.” Dillon also said the country may have to consider boot camps for delinquent students as Garcia said he will be looking at ways in which the students who are removed from the school could be reintegrated into the system.
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General T&T, Health

Medical Advisory Board Will Level the Field

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By Stephen Kangal
February 23, 2016

Stephen KangalThe case for ordinary citizens to be justly compensated for being the unsuspecting and hapless victims of alleged medical malpractices taking place with increasing frequency in the public health sector must be addressed with the requisite urgency as recommended in a recent Judgment delivered by Mr Justice Frank Seepersad.
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Crime in T&T, General T&T, Law, Media, Police, Violence

MATT raps CNC3, Alexander and police over Ian Alleyne clash

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By Richard Lord
February 22, 2016 – guardian.co.tt

Ian Alleyne and Inspector Roger AlexanderThe Media Association of T&T says CNC3 breached journalistic ethics in airing an edited video clip of Tuesday’s clash between Crime Watch host, Ian Alleyne and Inspector Roger Alexander.

According to MATT, “It was CNC3’s duty to inform the public that the video had been altered. Not having done so, CNC3 omitted essential features of the confrontation and that omission amounted to misrepresentation.”
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Africa, Caribbean, General T&T, Health, Media, Uganda

Zika, sex and pesticides

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Sunday, February 21 2016
Newsday – newsday.co.tt

Aedes Aegypti mosquitoReporter JANELLE DE SOUZA reviews the debate over the rise of the Zika virus in the Caribbean, as Trinidad and Tobago joins the list of countries reporting cases of the mosquito-borne illness.

Could the use of a popular pesticide to control the mosquito population be responsible for the most feared outturn of Zika, head and brain deformity in babies born to mothers who were afflicted by the virus? Can the Zika virus be transmitted through sexual intercourse? These were among the most pressing fears as another of those big diseases with the small names manifested its entry into Trinidad and Tobago last week. Zika’s arrival plus the global debate over its spread and consequences deepened national concern and stimulated emergency measures that were laid down by the Health Ministry several weeks ago as the relatively new virus preoccupied countries far and near, with health emergencies and intense action to contain it.
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