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Neighbour 6
in court for
13-year-old
Palestinians inspect the rubble of a mosque, which was
girl’s murder
destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City yesterday.
Israel’s military yesterday battled to drive Hamas
fighters out of southern towns and seal its borders, as
it pounded the Gaza Strip from the air. PICTURES AP

TRINI STUDENT
FLEES ISRAEL Govt helps
her with
evacuation
Another national
stays despite
Gaza attacks
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Israelis evacuate a site

struck by a rocket fired from
the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon,
southern Israel, yesterday.

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News
Digest
Today’s stories
in capsule
OPINION
The six-foot rule
D oes anyone remember
some of the advice given
by the Ministry of Health dur-
ing the COVID outbreak? It
went something like this: Stay
indoors; mask if you go out-
side; take your temperature
before entering stores; wash
your hands for 20 seconds;
sterilise surfaces; do not touch
your face and if you have to go
outside stay six feet away from
everyone.
We now know that all of this
was based on poor science.
Very early on, the Japanese
showed that you were 2 0
times more likely
to get COVID in-
doors than out-
doors.
Dr David Bratt
—Page 12
Port-of-Spain:
22–24 St Vincent Street,
(PO Box 122)
Telephone:
235-5668 Exts 5133,
5135, 5116,
5174, 5113, 5115
San Fernando Bureau:
235-5668 Exts 5224,
5225, 5226
St Stephen’s College seeks $$ for rehab project
SASCHA WILSON
Senior Reporter
sascha.wilson@guardian.co.tt
Major construction works costing
hundreds of thousands of dollars
are ongoing at St Stephen’s Col-
lege in Princes Town.
The project is being undertaken
by the college’s Parent Teacher
Association (PTA).
Through fundraisers and do-
nations from parents, past stu-
dents and well-wishers, the PTA
last year embarked on a covered
walkway and lay-by project that
was estimated to cost more than
$300,000.
While they are still in phase one
LEAD STORY
Teen Trini student
flees war-torn Israel
As fighting intensifies in Israel,
Minister of Foreign and Caricom
Affairs Dr Amery Browne has
confirmed a T&T national
studying there has been safely
evacuated from that country.
Dr Browne did not identify the
student because he did not have
permission from her parent to
do, but did indicate she was a
teenager studying in Israel.
By 4 pm local time yesterday,
the teen was on a flight out of Tel
Aviv bound for London.
—Page 5
INSIDE YOUR GUARDIAN
A boy pulls up a tilapia which he caught in the Malabar River along Subero Street, Arima, on Sunday.
PICTURE ABRAHAM DIAZ
of the project, which comprises
200 feet of lay-by and a retain-
ing wall, they have already spent
$100,000 in materials, and the
PTA is now appealing to corpo-
rate T&T and the public to invest
in this worthy project.
Principal Andre Bowen ex-
plained that the project was im-
portant for the students’ safety
and to ease traffic congestion out-
side the compound.
“The population here is nearly
700 and on mornings in terms of
drop-off of students, especially
post-COVID the congestion has
increased. Here we have the PTA
coming up with a solution to ease
that and to ensure the safe access
NEWS
PM on witness stand
in lawsuit brought
by Moonilal
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley
was in the witness stand yesterday
in a defamation suit brought
against him by Opposition MP Dr
Roodal Moonilal.
In the lawsuit, which was filed
three years ago, Moonilal claimed
Rowley sullied his character in
statements alluding to corruption
by persons associated with the
United National Congress (UNC)
at the Eden Gardens Housing
Development in Freeport.
—Page 8
to the compound,” Bowen told
Guardian Media.
He said the project started
under the former PTA adminis-
tration led by Marlon Mohammed
and continues under his succes-
sor Narine Rampersad. He said
the Ministry of Education had not
given any funding but supported
the project. However, the Princes
Town Regional Corporation is
providing labour and equipment.
He said, “We are in dire need of
funds at this time. We went for-
ward with faith and we said in
terms of the parents and com-
munity helping us, but we are
appealing to those persons out
there, especially our alumni of
WORLD
Senior Taliban
officials visit villages
struck by earthquake
A senior Taliban delegation visited
western Afghanistan’s Herat prov-
ince yesterday in the aftermath
of the powerful earthquake that
killed at least 2,000 people over
the weekend and flattened entire
villages, a statement said.
Saturday’s magnitude 6.3 quake
hit a densely populated area in
Herat and was followed by strong
aftershocks in what was one of the
deadliest trembles to strike the
country in two decades.
—Page 14
Quote of the Day
“If we as a people realised
the greatness from which we
came we would be less likely
to disrespect ourselves.”
—Marcus Garvey
St Stephen’s College so we could
have that safe access to the St Ste-
phen’s College compound.
PTA vice president Anand
Deonarine said the idea for the
project came from a vision in
2020, and they were hoping to
complete it by next year.
Deonarine, who also designed
the project, said they were also
widening the road.
He explained, “So the first part
of it is a lay-by. We are construct-
ing a retaining wall that would
support the lay-by and we are
removing 16 feet on the inside of
it. After the lay-by is completed,
we are going to start the covered
walkway, which will incorporate
REC
Ibis T&T Performers
host In Between
Ibis T&T Performers presented In
Between at Naparima Bowl, San
Fernando, on September 30.
The show was set on a fictional
colonial plantation, and followed
the lives of a community of
enslaved people in various dance
scenes, ending with the rebellion
against their master.
Ibis, which stands for
I n d iv i d u a l s Blended
Synergy, was founded in 2005
In
by professional dancer and
choreographer Sherma Burke-
Ford and has... —Pages 20, 21
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two cabanas and 50 to 75 feet of
steps. The cabanas are also to
add to the aesthetic of the school.
Over the years, the back of the
school has become inaccessible.
This project is going to light up
the entire surroundings of the
school.”
Deonarine said that they were
also constructing a security
booth that would give the guards
a greater vantage point to see the
entire compound.
Also appealing for assistance,
he said, “Come and support this
project. We are asking for your
help to make this project a reality
for us to finish it in a timely man-
ner.”
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Teen Trini student flees war-torn Israel
... another stays on, hoping peace will prevail eventually
KEJAN HAYES AND
MATTHEW CHIN
As fighting intensifies in Israel,
Minister of Foreign and Caricom
Affairs Dr Amery Browne has con-
firmed a T&T national studying
there has been safely evacuated
from that country.
Dr Browne didn’t identify the
student because he did not have
permission from her parent to
do so, but did indicate she was a
teenager studying in Israel.
By 4 pm local time yesterday,
the teen was on a flight out of Tel
Aviv bound for London.
“She will be met by our dip-
lomatic staff, and subsequently
safely conveyed to her mother’s
arms here in Trinidad and To-
bago,” Browne said in an inter-
view with Guardian Media.
He said he spent the weekend
working to have her safely re-
moved after her mother reached
out to him, given the outbreak of
military hostilities between the
Israelis and Palestinians in that
country.
“We have been working on this
issue with the Ministry of For-
eign and Caricom Affairs, via the
permanent secretary and our
Hinds apologises to T&T’s crime victims
... says Government will fight like hell to pull back criminals
GAIL ALEXANDER
Senior political reporter
National Security Minister Fitzger-
ald Hinds yesterday delivered
heartfelt apologies to the people
of T&T and those who have suf-
fered from the crime onslaught
and assured that Government
will continue “to fight like hell” to
protect the public from criminal
elements.
“We want the criminals to
know—we are getting stronger and
we’re getting better. And we are
coming to get you!” Hinds added
during his contribution to yester-
day’s 2024 Budget debate in Par-
liament.
Hinds said the Budget—in which
National Security received $6.912
billion—was a people’s budget and
a crime-fighting approach made
simple. He said Government
thrusts on the problem demon-
strates its cohesive and coherent
public health approach to citi-
zens’ safety and security.
Detailing causes of T&T’s crime,
Hinds said the whole of Govern-
ment and society approach is
part of the management of seven
threats the ministry recognises
T&T is confronted with: nar-
co-trafficking, small arms and
light weapons trafficking, irregu-
lar migration (human trafficking),
terrorism, cyber attacks, climate
change and global health pan-
Consular Affairs Division in col-
laboration with our diplomatic
team in London at our high com-
mission there, as well as some
excellent contacts with the Eu-
ropean Union via the EU ambas-
sador in Port-of-Spain,” Browne
explained.
But he was mostly grateful the
girl’s mother reached out early.
“The mother has been in regu-
lar contact with me and our con-
sular team throughout, and has
demonstrated excellent attributes
and actions as a concerned par-
ent,” he said.
Browne said if any national
has a family member seeking as-
sistance given the dire circum-
stances in Israel, they can email
israel@foreign.gov.tt or call 285-
5029, ext 219.
But the teenager was not the
only Trinidadian who experi-
enced the trauma of the attacks
in Israel.
One national, who only wanted
to be identified as Alena, lives in
a town not far from the capital of
Jerusalem.
With Saturday’s surprise incur-
sion of Hamas militants into Israel
leading to the murders of hun-
dreds of innocent civilians, her
demics.
“Most of these threats mani-
fest themselves in transnational
organised crime. They’re expan-
sive, well-organised and well-
oiled. They kill, destroy, extort,
bribe and threaten even public of-
ficials in order to have their way,”
Hinds said.
He said threats are predomi-
nantly coming from outside of
T&T.
“Most narcotics passing
through here come from South
America. We’re also seeing an in-
crease in synthetic drugs—ecstasy,
ketamine, fentanyl and hybrid
marijuana from North American
and other places.”
He said the small arms/light
weapons problem is predomi-
nantly from the US and people
trafficked to T&T are usually from
South America.
“Human trafficking is real—
we’re addressing that. The one
known terrorist plot we had in
2018 had links outside of T&T,” he
added.
Citing the threats and informa-
tion that there are about 32,000
firearms around, Hinds said the
same transnational organised
criminal networks “that do guns”
also do human trafficking and
drugs”.
Hinds continued, “I want to
apologise to the people of T&T,
those who have lost dear ones,
Alena, the Trinidad and Tobago
national resident in Israel.
PICTURE COURTESY ALENA
peaceful world has turned upside
down.
Describing the escalation of
violence by Hamas, Alena said it
is unprecedented and the worse
those who are traumatised by
some of our citizens—and per-
haps others—in home invasions,
in rapes, in incest. That woman
who was dragged on Charlotte
Street a few days ago pained all of
our hearts,” he said.
“I, on behalf of those of us who
behave in those ways, who choose
crime in some cases as a business
model: I apologise to the rest of
us and give you the assurance that
as National Security Minister—the
lead in National Security—we’ll
continue to put up the walls and
fences and fight like hell to pro-
tect you from that!”
To fight the problem, Hinds
said Government has a security
framework of simultaneous local,
bilateral and multilateral engage-
ment.
He detailed plans for 2024,
gave updates on issues and con-
demned certain Opposition an-
ti-crime proposals and former
police commissioner Gary Grif-
fith.
Hinds said during the upcoming
year, the ministry intends further
focus on border security through
implementation of various land,
air and sea measures.
“The ministry completed a Bor-
der Security Policy (2023) which
is now ready for Cabinet consid-
eration. It’s hoped this would be
part of a broader border manage-
ment system that seeks to find
massacre of civilian life on record
there.
Alena, who has been in Israel
for 20 years building a new life for
herself and her family, described
what has happened since the at-
tacks started, saying one man she
knew lost six members of his fam-
ily.
“It hits hard in every direction
... whole villages had to be evacu-
ated—they’re now battlegrounds.
People are displaced all across the
country, looking for places to stay.
We got word from one gentleman
that lost six members of his family
in one of the kibbutzim.
“Grandparents and children are
being literally murdered in their
homes, without mercy,” she said
in tears.
Moreover, fears of the eco-
nomic consequences that will
spring during and after the war
alarm her.
“The economic backlash of this
is going to be severe. Nobody’s
working right now, we can’t…”
she said.
Remembering her time in Trini-
dad, she confessed the thought of
returning home had crossed her
mind due to the current conflict.
Despite the ongoing trauma
harmonious balance between
trade and interdiction on our
ports, through increased use of
surveillance and inspection tech-
nologies,” he added.
Caricom arrest warrant
treaty, CCTV being settled
On other measures, he said leg-
islation is being drafted for the
Forensic Science Centre to test for
precursor chemicals. He said the
recent trend of a methamphet-
amine factory highlights need
for this, since some of the things
found had not yet been manufac-
tured into the drug. Legislation
is being prepared on precursor
chemicals.
With strengthened T&T-Cari-
com-US collaboration on small
arms trafficking and intelligence
sharing, Hinds said, “We’re gain-
ing insight into the tracing of the
origin of firearms—who manu-
factured it, distributed it and the
purchaser.”
The ministry is also collaborat-
ing with the UN Office on Drugs
and Crime (UNODC) for donation
of additional metal detectors in
2024.
“Illegal weapons are hidden
in the strangest places, some are
even buried,” he explained,
Hinds said the T&T and Barba-
dos’ Attorneys General drafted
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tragedy, however, Alena said she
will remain in Israel, and is hope-
ful peace will prevail between the
Israelis and Palestinians in the
end.
Meanwhile, Caricom yesterday
condemned the violence in Israel
saying, “The savage nature of the
attacks and counter-attacks are
the antithesis of civilised life and
living.”
“(Caricom) abhors the attacks
in Israel and the counter-attacks
in the Palestinian territory of
Gaza. Further, the savage nature
of the attacks and counter-attacks
are the antithesis of civilised life
and living. Innocent lives are
being lost amidst the fervour and
violence of the actual combatant,”
a statement said.
Caricom also said the recent
round of hostilities reflects the
pain and suffering of ancient
quarrels, adding the ongoing
harsh conditions under which the
Palestinians live will contribute to
a cycle of violence until those re-
alities are definitively addressed.
It said it will continue to push
for a two-state solution as the best
way to achieve comprehensive
peace, security and tranquillity
between Israel and Palestine.
Minister of National Security
Fitzgerald Hinds makes his
contribution to the Budget debate
in Parliament yesterday.
PICTURE OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENT
model law on the Caricom Ar-
rest Warrant Treaty and are on
the “cusp” of settling that issue,
which will help find fugitives.
Government also intends “re-
turning terrorist fighters from
conflict zones” and children, or
others who weren’t fighters, he
said. The Nizam Mohammed team
is assisting Project Nightingale on
this.
Under the Returnees’ Bill, an
assessment centre will assess re-
turnees.
CCTV cameras will also be fur-
ther enhanced. Installation is
ongoing and five Port-of Spain
areas will have them by weekend
and from October 16, installation
at the rate of 75 per area will be
done across T&T.
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CoP lauds officers who laid charges in murders of teens

‘Our strategies are working’
SHANE SUPERVILLE
Senior Reporter
shane.supervilel@guardian.co.tt
Police Commissioner Erla Hare-
wood-Christopher has com-
mended the work of Homicide
Investigators who brought
charges against three men who
are suspects in two sets of unre-
lated murders.
In an audio clip sent to Guard-
ian Media, Harewood-Christo-
pher said the charges were the
result of intense, thorough inves-
tigations. She noted that the work
of the officers was an example of
the police as their “very best”
and lauded the investigators for
their commitment to duty.
Referring to the murders of
the four Peterkin siblings at La
Retreat Extension, Arima, on
Commissioner of Police Erla
Harewood-Christopher
PICTURE NICOLE DRAYTON
September 21 and the murders
of 13-year-old Andrea Lallan and
her relative Sylvan Lallan, eight
days later in Rio Claro, Hare-
wood-Christopher described the
acts as “repulsive”, but noted
they triggered a strong police re-
sponse.
In addition to the investiga-
tions into the recent murders,
she said several crime-fighting
strategies were yielding benefits.
She stressed that while such de-
velopments were encouraging,
the police were not satisfied.
“Notwithstanding the contin-
uing incidence of homicides,
the TTPS has been experiencing
some positive anti-crime results
over the past few months, which
have been effective in suppress-
ing what could easily be a much
worse crime situation.
“This outcome bears testa-
ment to the confidence we have
that our strategies are working
and are delivering the results,”
The CoP said.
“This in no way means that we
are comfortable with the current
state of affairs, particularly in
relation to homicides and home
invasions, but I give the national
community the assurance that
every day that we show up for
work that we do our best and we
work diligently to counter the
Murder victim Andrea Lallan
criminal elements in our society.”
Harewood-Christopher also
thanked the public for their sup-
port and assistance.
Neighbour
During a police media briefing
last week, Snr Supt Rishi Singh,
charged with
of the Homicide Bureau of In-
vestigations, confirmed that the
teen girl’s murder
police had a Homicide detection Less than two weeks after 13-year-
rate of about 13.5 per cent. old Andrea Lallan and her dis-
As of yesterday afternoon, abled uncle were fatally shot, a
there were 459 murders for the 27-year-old man from their neigh-
year thus far, compared to 460 bourhood yesterday appeared
for the same period last year. in court charged with their mur-
ders.
Tafaire “Taffy” Bain was denied

Minister: TTPS solving more bail and remanded into custody

after appearing before Rio Claro
Senior Magistrate Ava Vanden-

murders but needs public’s help burg-Bailey. He faced additional

National Security Minister
Fitzgerald Hinds says the T&T Po-
lice Service, which has a comple-
ment of 10,000 including SRPs,
has T&T Defence Force soldiers
supporting them, including on
job sites and in other ways.
Hinds said murders are run-
ning close to what occurred in
2022—605 at the end of 2022 and
458 now.
There are so far 572 wound-
ings/shootings an increase over
2022/23, with rapes, incest, sex-
ual offences and fraud. In 2022,
there were 10,180 serious crimes
and so far this year 9,412.
He said a national gun re-
trieval exercise is on and so far,
7,000 have been ordered for
destruction. Some 521 firearms,
including 11 sub machine guns
and 62 rifles using 7.62 and 5.56
ammunition, were also found.
“I must make a plea to enlist
the public’s assistance– if you
know something tell us! I’d like
to see the (521 guns found) quin-
tipled. The more the public as-
sists police getting guns out of
criminals’ hands, the less like-
lihood we’d have to cry every
Monday morning outside of the
Forensic Science Centre. I have
to account as Minister and I
want the public’s support...” he
added.
Hinds said the Guanapo
murders of the four Peterkin
children resulted from “nice col-
laboration” between different
TTPS elements and the use of
science.
He said he was satisfied the
TTPS is solving more murders
but due to the murder rate, it’s
not so easily evident, which is
why gun/ammunition and bor-
der security are so critical.
Hinds added to citizens,”If
you want to live in a litter-free
country, you can’t be littering
yourself; if you see someone lit-
tering, speak to them - meaning
if you tell us and help us clean
up the litter of firearms, am-
munition, drugs and filth that’s
around your children, you’ll be
doing yourself, community and
country a great service.”
charges of attempting to murder
Andrea’s father Eddy, 51, and pos-
session of a gun and ammunition.
Andrea, her uncle Sylvan, 49,
who moved around in a wheel-
chair, and her father were at their
Old Mayaro Road, Libertville, Rio
Claro home around 2 am on Sep-
tember 29, when a man entered
the house and shot them. Andrea
and her uncle died at the scene
while her father remains warded
at the Sangre Grande Hospital.
Andrea attended the St Therese
RC Primary School. Hours after
the murders, a couple appeared
in court charged with allegedly
committing two counts of sexual
penetration against the teenager.

2 men remanded for Peterkin siblings’ murders

Two Guanapo men were remanded into cus-
The woman got bail in the sum
of $500,000, while the man was
denied bail. Bain was arrested
last Monday following inquiries
tody when they appeared before an Arima by a team from the Homicide Bu-
magistrate to face charges of murder, shooting reau Region II, supervised by Snr
with intent and possession of guns yesterday. Supt Rishi Singh, ASP Victor, Insp
Jodel Noel, 24, and Jelani Rivers, 22, both Ramjag and Sgt Ramsahi Singh.
from the Heights of Guanapo, appeared jointly Last Saturday, Director of Pub-
charged with the murders of Faith Peterkin, lic Prosecutions Roger Gaspard
10, Arianna Peterkin, 14, Shain Peterkin, 17, instructed the officers to charge
and Tiffany Peterkin, 19. the accused.
They were also charged for shooting with in- The magistrate yesterday ad-
tent in relation to the wounding of five others. vised Bain of his right to apply
The siblings were gunned down while at to the High Court for bail and re-
their La Retreat Extension, Arima home on manded him into custody. He is
September 21. expected to reappear on Novem-
Their murders prompted nationwide outcry ber 6.
and increased police exercises in and around
Arima.
Noel and Rivers were arrested at a house in
Aripo last Monday. Also found at the house
was an AK-47 and a Beretta pistol.
Police confirmed the men were detained at
the Arima Police Station and appeared virtu-
ally before Magistrate Natalie Diop.
The murder charges were laid indictably
and the men were not called upon to enter a
plea. They are expected to return to court on
November 6.
The third man who was held at the house
with Noel and Rivers was charged for an un- Superintendent Carty of the Northern Division Task Force at the home of the Peterkin siblings in
related murder. September. PICTURE ABRAHAM DIAZ Sylvan Lallan
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Hinds knocks former
CoP for ammo imports
GAIL ALEXANDER
Senior Political Reporter
National Security Minister Fitzger-
ald Hinds yesterday launched
“blows” at former police com-
missioner Gary Griffith, who he
claimed allowed the importation
of more 7.62mm and 5.56mm
ammunition than all the commis-
sioners added together since In-
dependence.
Hinds also said T&T is working
on full compliance in terms of its
ranking on the US Trafficking In
Persons Watchlist and is expect-
ing good things in 2024.
He spoke on these matters
in his contribution to the 2024
Budget debate in Parliament.
Hinds said Cabinet recently ap-
proved the Regional Roadmap for
addressing Caribbean priority ac-
tions on the illicit proliferation of
firearms and ammunition in a sus-
tainable way by 2030. The main
goals are to reinforce regulatory
frameworks governing firearms
and ammunition, reduce the illicit
flow and systematically decrease
the risk of diversion from govern-
ment and legal stock piles.
He explained that “diversion”
means when weapons leave
legal stockpiles and end up in
criminals’ hands and referred
to reports of T&T Defence Force
(TTDF) and T&T Police Service
(TTPS) bullets found at crime
scenes.
“Diversion is the problem there.
Labour Minister:
Govt saved businesses, jobs by raising minimum wage
DAREECE POLO
Senior Reporter
dareece.polo@guardian.co.tt
Government’s move to raise the
minimum wage by $3 from Jan-
uary 1 was a responsible one,
says Labour Minister Stephen
McClashie who defended the in-
crease from $17.50 to $20.50.
In his contribution to the budget
debate yesterday, McClashie said
the increase was carefully thought
out in the best interest of the na-
tional workforce.
“The increase was not pulled
out of a hat but was based on a
recommendation from our mini-
mum wage fixing machinery – in
this instance the Minimum Wages
Board,” he said.
He said while Opposition
Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar
wanted a $25 increase and some
trade unions requested as much
as a $30 hike, that was not feasible
and would have put the Govern-
ment under increased pressure to
increase salaries across multiple
sectors.
“This, Madame Speaker, would
have created significant pressure
and demands for wage increases
We’re finding a lot of 7.62mm
ammunition on the scene. In
one case recently, 94 shells were
found, all of which, 5.56 and 7.62,
the T&T military no longer use.
“But diversion is the issue.
We’ve had significant importation
of that through the hands of who
I consider now to be a reckless
former police commissioner. Be-
cause the record shows that he al-
lowed for the importation of more
7.62 and 5.56 ammunition than
all the commissioners of police
added together since Independ-
ence,” Hinds said.
“And when we find them on
crime scenes now, the question of
diversion gets to me and diversion
also includes where they’re sold
or are allowed to be imported le-
gally to firearms dealers and pos-
sibly, they end up in the wrong
hands too. But these matters are
under TTPS investigation, so I
don’t want to say too much more
about them.”
Hinds said the Joint Maritime
Control Unit and Maritime Inter-
diction Unit was coordinated by
the National Operations Fusion
Centre (NOFC) in conjunction
with the Transnational Organised
Crime Unit TOCU).
“Yes, this is the same NOFC and
the same TOCU that the Opposi-
tion Leader misleadingly ques-
tioned in her feeble, weak-kneed
address,” he said.
“Also, contrary to what the Op-
Labour Minister Stephen McClashie
PICTURE ABRAHAM DIAZ
in entry-level positions as well
as low and semi-skilled work-
ers. Some middle-level positions
would now find their remunera-
tion package in close proximity
to the minimum wage. Contract
workers would increase their
wage demands even though they
exist in higher brackets currently
in order to maintain the differen-
tials,” he said.
McClashie said government em-
ployees would have also sought
wage hikes, which would have put
added pressure on National Insur-
ance Fund recipients who would
likely want more money.
Moreover, he said, many busi-
ness owners would have been
position Leader might think, we
must engage the crime fight on
land, sea and air,” Hinds added,
citing the September 22 seizure
of vessels with “dirty cargo” that
netted 10.5 tonnes of cocaine and
5,744 pounds of marijuana.
Hinds called for the Opposition
to “gang up” with Government in
a civilised way to fight criminals.
He said some people said the solu-
tion is more guns and ammuni-
tion following the policy adopted
by the last CoP, but Government
is focused on a restrictive policy
where guns are granted to peo-
ple who demonstrate they need
them.
“Some people feel the solu-
tion is ‘Stand your ground, shoot
back, knock it and ‘matic’. If law
enforcement takes that bad ad-
vice, you know what chaos we’ll
have? So I’d reject that,” he said.
“If we strengthen and profes-
sionalise the TTPS, tool them with
intelligence and come together
and pass the right laws to sup-
port law enforcement, we could
fight that without the madness
of ‘matic and shoot up and clip it
and all kinds of foolishness!”
However, he said he didn’t want
to say too much more about those
matters, as they were still under
intense police investigations.
He said the ministry is working
to improve T&T’s Tier 2 watchlist
rank in the US State Department’s
Trafficking in Person’s report.
forced to fire staff as an employee
making a minimum wage of $30
an hour would cost their organi-
sations at least $2,000 more every
four weeks. He said this would
have increased operational costs
exponentially.
“Imagine a business place that
has contributed to the commu-
nity by employing ten young per-
sons. This means an additional
$20,000 has to be found. The
logical expectation would be that
should the business be unable to
withstand this shock, they will re-
duce staff and increase the work-
load on those that remain. The
alternative for many businesses
may not be bright and they may
actually have to close down alto-
gether,” he said.
“The decision of $20.50 is re-
sponsible from the perspective of
economic realities. There are sec-
tors that can afford to pay persons
more but there are many sectors
that simply cannot afford it. The
decision would result in an out-
come that on the face of it seems
to have the workers in mind yet,
in reality, because of the expected
job losses, works against workers’
best interest,” he added.
NATUC general secretary Michael Annisette, left, and NUGFW president
James Lambert at a media conference on the 2024 Budget in
Port-of-Spain yesterday.
NATUC, NUGFW unhappy
over Budget measures
OTTO CARRINGTON
Senior Reporter
otto.carrington@cnc3.co.tt
The National Trade Union Cen-
tre (NATUC) and National Union
of Federated Workers Union
(NUGFW) have expressed their
dissatisfaction with the 2024
Budget.
At a media conference in Port-
of-Spain yesterday, NUGFW
president general James Lam-
bert, who represents the largest
union for daily-rated workers,
said the union had expected to
see more favourable provisions.
One of the primary concerns
raised by Lambert was the in-
crease in the retirement age. He
argued that Finance Minister
Colm Imbert should have estab-
lished a contributory pension
plan specifically tailored for dai-
ly-rated workers.
Currently, daily-rated workers
are required to work up to age
60 and his union supports the
increase in the retirement, as it
will assist his members.
Lambert said in 1991, during
the administration of former
Prime Minister Patrick Man-
ning, there was an agreement
to adjust the retirement age for
daily-rated workers with the
intention of providing them
with a pension. However, more
than two decades later, those
workers are still waiting for the
promised pension benefits to
materialise.
“In August 2022, we received
a letter from the Finance Min-
ister’s Permanent Secretary,
indicating the formation of
a committee named the Fa-
cilitates and Implementation
Planning Committee. We had
approximately four meetings. I
am a member of that commit-
tee, and Mr Streete is another
member. The ministry sent
representatives, along with
other unions and stakehold-
ers, representatives from the
news 7
PICTURE SHIRLEY BAHADUR
Chief Personnel Office, and the
Ministry of Public Utilities were
also part of the committee. It is
a very large committee, and in
the Budget speech for 2023, not
one word was mentioned,” Lam-
bert said.
He pointed out that the
NUGFW represents workers in
central and local government,
as well as the Tobago House of
Assembly, who have been af-
fected by the lack of implemen-
tation.
“You’re not even asking what
has happened to what was in
the previous two budgets. We
didn’t hear anything, and noth-
ing has come into fruition, so we
are still here, and they owe that
to us because they have signed
on the principle. All the docu-
ments are there and they have
been given to them in the cur-
rent administration,” he said.
NATUC president Michael
Annisette was critical of what
he described as deceptive tac-
tics aimed at enticing workers.
He said the announcement of a
billion-dollar payment for pub-
lic sector workers is merely a
strategic manoeuvre. He said
despite the sizable financial al-
location, it is not the workers
who are benefiting from this
initiative.
“I want you all to understand
that and not be fooled by the
fact that it’s a billion dollars for
back pay for Christmas. I ask a
question, why for Christmas?
We don’t often ask ourselves
these questions. What is the
reason for giving that money
for Christmas? Do you know
the psychological effect of that?
Who will benefit when you pay
that money for Christmas? We
should think about it, but we
have a crisis,” he said.
The NUGFW is also expected
to continue their legal action at
the Industrial Court over wages
and other matters in their col-
lective agreement.
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PM on witness stand in defamation suit filed by Moonilal

ANNALISA PAUL
Senior Reporter
anna-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley
was in the witness stand yester-
day in a defamation suit brought
against him by Opposition MP Dr
Roodal Moonilal.
In the lawsuit, which was filed
three years ago, Moonilal claimed
Rowley sullied his character in
statements alluding to corruption
by persons associated with the
United National Congress (UNC)
at the Eden Gardens Housing
Development in Freeport. The
alleged comments were made at
a People’s National Movement
(PNM) media reception on Janu-
ary 8, 2020.
Moonilal is also contending that
irresponsible journalism by the
Trinidad Express contributed to
his public image being tarnished.
Rowley’s legal team, led by
Douglas Mendes, SC, argued that
the Prime Minister did not specif-
ically identify Moonilal as a “UNC
operative” but maintained the
Oropouche East MP had ques-
tions to answer in his former
position as housing minister and
head of the Housing Develop-
ment Corporation (HDC).
In opening statements before
Justice Carol Gobin in the Port-of-
Spain Civil Court, Larry Lalla, SC,
said the ordinary reader would
not have dissected Rowley’s
statement and examined it in the
context of how he might have in-
tended.
While two separate lawsuits
have been filed by the Attorney
General in relation to Eden Gar-
dens, Moonilal has not been sued
in those matters, which are still
pending before the court and are
sub judice.
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, centre, with attorneys
Douglas Mendes, left, and Michael Quamina, make
their way to court at the International Waterfront
Centre, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.
Lalla expressed concern that
Rowley and his team might at-
tempt to use this matter for “an
improper purpose”, which could
see Moonilal named as a party to
the AG’s matter later on. He also
sought to show that the Express
Newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief,
Omatie Lyder, and senior polit-
ical reporter Anna Ramdass did
not do diligent checks to verify
that information received from
Fixing T&T’s Kirk Waithe about
messages between himself and
Rowley were legitimate.
Under cross examination by
Mendes, Moonilal denied giving
any directive or recommendation
to the HDC regarding the Eden
Gardens project. He said he had
asked them to consider the tract
of land which had “potential for
development” and adjoined
lands awarded to former Caroni
(1975) workers as part of their
VSEP package.
Moonilal admitted that he vis-
Opposition MP Dr Roodal Moonilal, centre, makes a
victory sign on his way to court with lawyers Vashisht
Seepersad, left, and Larry Lalla. PICTURES KERWIN PIERRE
ited the proposed site with HDC to the Cabinet and participating
officials during his tenure, but in discussions.
insisted, “I gave absolutely no di- When asked why he had not
rective.” sought to obtain a third quota-
“I suggested the HDC and the tion, Moonilal said, “I did not
Ministry of Housing consider the consider it wise at that moment
site,” he added. to get another valuation.”
Pressed to say what instruc- He explained that such a direc-
tions he had given, Moonilal was tive could have been interpreted
unable to recall directing former as undermining the Finance Min-
HDC managing director Jearlean istry’s representative, who was al-
John to prepare a note for the ready considered an independent
board to purchase the parcel of entity.
land. When Rowley took the stand
Regarding the proposed cost, around 1.15 pm, Lalla waded
which included a $52 million into a series of questions about
price tag by chartered valuation WhatsApp messages he ex-
surveyor Linden Scott and As- changed with Waithe about Eden
sociates Ltd, as well as a $180 Gardens and the alleged cor-
million tag submitted by the ruption, which was the basis of
Commissioner of Valuations at the alleged defamation against
the Ministry of Finance, Mendes Moonilal.
asked Moonilal why he had not Rowley maintained that he
queried the staggering difference had generalised the issue of UNC
between the two quotes. wrongdoing and that Moonilal
Moonilal said he had done his still had questions to answer.
duty by submitting both figures However, he clarified, “I was
not referring to the minister as
an operative.”
He explained his interpretation
of the word operative, which he
defined as a person or entity ben-
efiting from any deals or projects
involving public assets or monies.
Rowley confirmed that he
had been contacted by Ram-
dass about a call by UNC MPs
for Camille Robinson-Regis to be
fired for alleged financial impro-
priety and said he directed her
to contact Waithe for his (Row-
ley) comments on what he had
alleged was the thievery that oc-
curred under the UNC.
He said operatives were, in his
opinion, beneficiaries of wrong-
doing, and he was not aware of
who had benefited but he knew
those who had facilitated it.
Witness statements were ten-
dered into evidence from HDC of-
ficials Kenesha Lightbourne and
Deborah Cheesman, before Lyder
was called to the witness stand to
defend publication of the article
written by Ramdass.
During cross examination by
Lalla, Lyder said the allegations
of corruption against Moonilal by
Rowley were serious and while
it may have warranted corrobo-
ration by Rowley, Ramdass had
acted on his directive to get his
responses from Waithe, which
she had done.
Lyder rejected Lalla’s claim that
the newspaper acted irresponsi-
bly and had only been interested
in generating headlines to sell pa-
pers.
Confronted with the copy of a
related editorial that appeared in
the newspaper days later, Lyder
said the content was taken from
the information gleaned from
Ramdass’ story.
The matter resumes today.

Deyalsingh asked to probe discrimination claims at Arima Hospital

KEVON FELMINE
Senior Reporter
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.tt
Fyzabad MP Dr Lackram Bodoe has asked Min-
ister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh to look into
allegations of discrimination at the North Central
Regional Health Authority (NCRHA).
Bodoe asked about the process for engaging
unemployed doctors during his contribution to
debate on the 2024 Budget in the House of Repre-
sentatives yesterday.
Deyalsingh acknowledged there were unem-
ployed physicians in his presentation, saying there
was a saturation of junior doctors.
Bodoe said junior doctors got promises of job se-
curity for working during the COVID-19 pandemic
but most went from receiving one-year
agreements to locum contracts without
reason. This, he said, means the doctors
have no vacation days or sick leave and
get lower pay without gratuity and also
diminishes their chances of accessing
loans.
He said there are allegations of repres-
sion, and those who speak out being
transferred or forced to resign. He asked
if the NCRHA’s most senior administrator
does not have to report to Deyalsingh.
“I want to further ask the Minister of
Health, through you, Madame Speaker,
to investigate claims that at the Arima
Hospital, contracts were awarded to
certain junior doctors ahead of those
in line with longer service because they
Looking at the Public Sector Invest-
ment Programme (PSIP) allocation for
medical equipment upgrades for the
South-West Regional Health Author-
ity (SWRHA), he said there was a list
of equipment for replacement. Bodoe
said while he likes to see allocations
for new equipment, he did not see the
Phacoemulsification machines doctors
requested for cataract surgeries and
there was no mention of how the Gov-
ernment intends to deal with the back-
log of those surgeries.
A Guardian Media report from July
showed that 200 cataract patients
were awaiting surgery at San Fernando
General Hospital (SFGH), as the two
Phacoemulsification machines had
chines is because this is what is happen-
ing, so I just throw this out for an answer.
If I look at the SWRHA PSIP allocation, I
see no mention of the Phacoemulsifica-
tion machine, so I take it the Ministry of
Health is taking it upon itself to procure
these two machines and disburse them
to the RHA,” he said.
Bodoe said all the programmes dis-
cussed by Deyalsingh require adequate
staff. He noted the World Health Or-
ganization’s recommendation was 4.45
doctors, nurses and midwives per 1,000
population. However, up to 2021, there
was a ratio of one doctor, nurse and mid-
wife per 1,000 population. Of 17,682 jobs
across four RHAs, 37.6 per cent of estab-
lished positions were vacant up to 2021.

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have friends in management and other broken down. Bodoe said the SWRHA “So Madame Speaker, again, one
high places. I was just told this, Madame repaired the old machines but doctors would have expected and hoped the

CERTIFICATE Speaker. I am just asking the question.

Surely this cannot be the policy of the
found them unsafe.
Although the SWRHA advertised ten-
Honourable Member for St Joseph would
have come with some sort of plan to tell
The following stock certificate(s) NCRHA or indeed at any other RHA,” ders for replacements with a deadline of us what the Government was going to
have been reported lost. Bodoe said. August 25, Bodoe said cataract surgeries do to address this shortage in the health
Name of Company: The West Indian Bodoe said although Deyalsingh had are yet to resume. He asked whether it sector.”
Tobacco Company Limited boasted about numerous medical pro- was true that stakeholders at the SFGH He said ministry data presented in
grammes, there are still public com- got a request to modify the specifica- Parliament showed 24 vacancies in radi-
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plaints and media reports about the tions for the machines to facilitate a par- ology, 54 in laboratory services, four in
Sandora Powdhar 35595 2880 poor maintenance of medical equip- ticular supplier. supply chain management, and nine in
ment, which often results in the post- “I have been reliably informed that the quality improvement at the Arima Hos-
Please be guided accordingly.
ponement of surgeries. delay in procurement of these two ma- pital.
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ANSA Bank Limited seeks to reclaim millions
Court freezes assets of seven
employees, six used car dealers
JENSEN LA VENDE
Senior Reporter-Investigative
jensen.lavende@guardian.co.tt
Seven people and six car companies have been or-
dered by the court to inform attorneys represent-
ing ANSA Bank Limited when they are spending
money and where the money is coming from after
their assets were frozen.
High Court Judge Justice Frank Seepersad yes-
terday ordered that the assets of seven employ-
ees (and the wife of one) of ANSA Bank Limited,
six roll-on roll-off car dealerships be seized as the
bank seeks to recoup millions of dollars borrowed
through questionable means.
In granting the injunction, Seepersad agreed
that the risk of injustice to the bank is greater if
the order was not granted.
Seepersad further ruled that his order does not
prohibit any of them from spending money on liv-
ing expenses and legal services.
“However, before spending any money, the re-
spondents must inform the applicant’s legal rep-
resentatives where the money is to come from,”
Seepersad ruled, adding that the defendants can
dispose of their assets through the proper course
of their business.
Seepersad said if the defendants put the value
of their assets into the courts to hold, pending the
outcome of the case, or give security in some form
amounting to what the value of their assets are,
then the order will be lifted.
According to the order, the employees Randy
Gottsleben and his wife Adriana Ramsingh,
Dwyane Rojas, Zaria Sankar, Navindra Rambar-
ran, Reyvaan Rampersad and Kerry Ramsaroop,
along with Ceylon Marketing Limited, Joalex Auto
Limited, Miva Import Export Consultancy Lim-
ited, Arnold Ramjass T/A Arnold Ramjass Auto
Mechanical and Painting Garage, Diamond Con-
ception Company Limited and It’s A Deal Limited,
were ordered not to dispose of, deal with or di-
minish the value of any of their properties.
The total value of their assets was
$69,000,296.87, according to the court order.
They were also ordered to file within 24 hours
all their assets in the country exceeding $10,000
whether they are part or full owner of said asset,
detailing the value, location and details of the as-
sets.
This must be handed over to the office of JD Sell-
news 9
Truck driver killed
after tyre explodes
A 38-year-old truck driver em-
ployed with the Namalco Group
died when a tyre on a truck he
was driving exploded yesterday.
Police described this as a freak
accident.
The victim was identified as
Rakesh Ramnarine, 38, of Cap de
Ville, Point Fortin.
According to reports, Ram-
narine was driving a truck west
along the Eastern Main Road
in Sangre Grande around 9.15
am, when he started experi-
encing mechanical problems. Rakesh Ramnarine, 38,
He reportedly stopped the truck of Cap de Ville, Point Fortin.
and went to check on the brakes.
While checking, a back tyre gre Grande Hospital, where
blew off, throwing him from he was pronounced dead.
under the truck. Ramnarine was employed as
After an ambulance the po- a truck driver at Namalco.
lice contacted failed to respond, His body will be taken to the Fo-
officers put Ramnarine in a ve- rensic Science Centre, St James,
hicle and took him to the San- for a post mortem.
Justice Frank Seepersad
ier and Company who represented the bank. They
also have seven days to file and serve affidavits
Third man charged with
listing the information to the court.
The order stemmed from a claim filed by the double murder in Carenage
bank which stated that on or about June 27, the A Carenage man has been charged The two victims were killed. The
director of the bank, Larry Howai, was given a with the murders of Elijah Brewster gunmen escaped.
letter by a whistleblower who reported alleged and Leon Sylvester, who were both A suspect was arrested by of-
misconduct and “disrespect for duty”. fatally shot on August 14. ficers of the Homicide Bureau of
A day later, a preliminary investigation was The TTPS said Jonathan Clyne, Investigations (HBI), Region One,
launched. After certain information was uncov- also known as “Reddo”, 36, of Scor- on October 4 in connection with
ered, a further and deeper investigation was pion Alley, is also charged with pos- the incident.
launched, which the court was told is still ongo- session of firearm and possession Two other people—Martin Dedier
ing. of ammunition. He was charged and Kenniatha Glasgow—were pre-
The investigation found that there were loan following advice from acting Direc- viously charged in relation to the
transactions not in accordance with company tor of Public Prosecutions Subrina murders and appeared in court on
policy. Dougdeen-Jaglal, on Sunday September 18.
A wider investigation was done at the Chagua- Brewster, also called “Dada”, The investigation was super-
nas branch of the bank where the discrepancies 20, and Sylvester, 39, both of Care- vised by acting ASP Bridglal, Insps
were found, where a conspiracy was uncovered nage, were in the district around Lynch and Mongroo and Sgt Ram-
where the bank sustained losses of almost $30 10.45 pm on August 14, 2023, when sumair, all of the HBI Region One,
million in two-and-a-half years involving 35 vehi- they were approached by a group along with Insp Grant and officers
cles and properties. of armed men who opened fire on attached to the Western Division
The order was sought to prevent the defendants them. Task Force.
from concealing assets if they were made to per-
sonally account for the losses.
The defendants will also have to pay the costs
of the bank.

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UK pensioner offers $20,000 reward
for info leading to missing wife
RADHICA DE SILVA
Senior Multimedia Reporter
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.tt
Convinced that not enough is
being done to find his missing
wife, Englishman Kelvin Adsett is
now offering a $20,000 reward for
information leading to her where-
abouts.
In an interview with Guardian
Media, Kelvin said although his
wife, Christina Adsett, 60, has
been missing since September 11,
he is disturbed the Defence Force,
police and other arms of law en-
forcement have not joined to find
her.
Concerning the reward, he said,
“I am a pensioner. I am 71 years
old, this is all I can afford. Some-
one must have seen or heard
something and we want people to
come out and help us find her.”
Describing the ongoing po-
lice investigation as “an absolute
nightmare”, he raised questions
about the absence of a dedicated
police liaison with his family, as he
would expect in the United King-
dom.
“We do not know what is
happening. The hunters have
searched all over and are actually
doing what the police are sup-
British national Kelvin Adsett is now
offering a reward for info leading to
the location of his wife, Christina,
who was last seen at her Suchit
Trace, Penal home on September 11.
PICTURE KRISTIAN DE SILVA
posed to be doing,” he said.
He said the only politician who
contacted him was Oropouche
West MP Davendranath Tancoo,
who promised to assist in what-
ever way possible.
However, as the days turn into
weeks, Kelvin said he was appalled
by the lack of concern from local
authorities, especially given that
his wife is a British citizen.
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guardian.co.tt
He said Interpol and the Brit-
ish Embassy had been contacted
about his wife’s disappearance
and were liaising with local po-
lice, who appeared to have made
no headway into the case.
He claimed officers from the
Penal Police Station had not up-
dated him on the case and an in-
formant who gave police certain
information had since been re-
leased.
Saying Englishmen were not
meant to cry, Kelvin said it was
heartbreaking not knowing his
wife’s whereabouts.
He recalled how his wife loved
T&T and had contributed to the
upliftment of her community and
country.
“So why now, when she is in
trouble, nobody is concerned?
Is this how elderly people are
treated here?” he asked.
FILE: Police vehicles at the Penal home of British citizen Christina Adsett
Kelvin said they were married (inset), who was reported missing from her home on September 11.
for 30 years and planning to retire
in the United Kingdom. the front of her property, which the Penal police to verify infor-
The couple had met while Chris- houses her residence and busi- mation suggesting that Adsett had
tina worked in London and have ness, Christina’s Foot Spa, at Su- been kidnapped.
one daughter, Kelly Adsett. chit Trace, Penal. Upon visiting her home, the
Kelvin said Kelly has been over- She was wearing brown pants police found the back door open,
whelmed with grief and anguish and a yellow T-shirt at the time of but there were no visible signs of
since her mother was reported her disappearance. forced entry.
missing. Two days later, the Special In- Christina’s cellphone and car
Christina was last seen cleaning vestigation Unit (SIU) contacted keys were found inside the house.
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to a better water supply Excellence,
Macoya, on
Issues surrounding the supply of water to residents of Trinidad Saturday. PICTURE
dominated the front pages of the country’s three newspapers ANISTO ALVES
yesterday.
There was the fiery protest by the residents of the village of Does anyone remember some of
Granville in Cedros over the lack of water in their taps. And there

The six-foot rule

the advice given by the Ministry
was the warning by Kelvin Romain, the acting CEO of the Water and of Health during the COVID out-
Sewerage Authority (WASA), that some 10,000 residents served by break? It went something like
the Navet Reservoir in Valencia could face water curtailment. this: Stay indoors; mask if you go
The availability of potable water has been a frontburner issue in outside; take your temperature
T&T for decades.
The main underlying causes of T&T’s failure to ensure a reliable
before entering stores; wash your
hands for 20 seconds; sterilise Dr David Bratt
supply of water to its residents are the significant underinvestment surfaces; do not touch your face CMT, MD, MPH
in new infrastructure by administrations for decades and the and if you have to go outside stay
pathetic inability of the utility to maintain the infrastructure it has six feet away from everyone. dvd_bratt@yahoo.com
in place. We now know that all of this
These factors, according to the 2021 document ‘Strategic was based on poor science. conditions that caused them do air, float around for a while and
Very early on, the Japanese not recur. As far as I can see, peo- end up being deposited on the
Action Plan for water supply improvement to the population over
showed that you were 20 times ple still believe this advice. This inside of your nose or mouth,
the short to medium term’, resulted “in several of the facilities
more likely to get COVID indoors re-emphasises the anxiety we feel where they cause infection.
operating significantly below capacity and subject to frequent than outdoors. whenever we remember those You can breathe the COVID
breakdowns, and the existence of non-functional assets.” Masks are useless outdoors. awful days. virus in at a much longer distance,
WASA has not built a new water treatment plant in years. Its The virus quickly disperses into The problem from the begin- 30 to 40 feet, especially in closed,
booster stations, meant to ensure that water gets to houses on hills the surrounding air. ning was that the medical pro- crowded spaces where concen-
or at the end of pipelines, are in shambles and its pipelines are Temperature taking is noto- fession had a flawed idea of how trated viruses from an infected
ageing and therefore prone to leakage. riously inaccurate, even when COVID virus viruses spread. The person can move throughout an
In delivering the 2024 Budget speech last week, Minister of taken at home. public was advised, wrongly, that entire indoor space and linger in
Finance Colm Imbert said Government was in the process of Washing hands is always good the COVID virus could travel only the air for hours.
establishing WASA as a modern utility delivering efficient water and but does not prevent transmission six feet when coughed up from an By mid-2020, all of this was
wastewater services to the population. of respiratory viruses. infected person. known. WHO and CDC did not
One aspect of its plan to transform WASA is a $1.05 billion capital The cleaning surfaces advice Conventional wisdom was that acknowledge this until mid-2021.
investment programme for the utility over the next two years. was based on stringently con- because the tuberculosis bacteria The reasons why have never been
That programme, which is meant to go a long way to address both trolled laboratory conditions was spread by large droplets that explained publicly. The six-foot
WASA’s maintenance issues and its infrastructure, will be partly (temperature, humidity, metal people cough out of their mouths rule was probably the single worst
surfaces, huge amounts of virus and land on someone else’s nose recommendation made. The
funded by a US$80 million ($544 million) loan from the Inter-
planted on surfaces). There, the or mouth within a six-foot ra- whole thing was arbitrary and not
American Development Bank (IDB).
virus was able to live for many dius, the same happened with science-based.
The IDB loan will be used to refurbish and upgrade existing water hours. Not so in real life. the COVID virus. The TB cough The mistake was that everyone
treatment plants (WTP) at Guanapo, Navet and North Oropouche. Do not touch your face. Hu- studies from over 80 years ago looked up to medical doctors and
It is estimated that the plant upgrades will improve the amount mans instinctively touch their showed that if you stayed six feet public health officials for guid-
and reliability of water supplied to an estimated 477,433 customers. faces around 23 times an hour. away from an infected person, ance. But it wasn’t the doctors or
Also on the cards are new water treatment plants in Santa Cruz and How does one in practice stop your chance of getting infected scientists or public health experts
Tobago. that? was much reduced. Because of who realised this error, it was
In the Budget speech, Mr Imbert revealed that the Government’s And then there was the six-foot these studies that had nothing aerosol and civil engineers who
subvention to WASA between 2019 and 2023 amounted to $8.118 rule. This particular piece of ad- to do with the COVID virus, we had been initially shut out of the
billion, which averages at $1.62 billion a year over the five-year vice was based on the assump- were forced to stay indoors, wear discussion because it was thought
period. tions of public health “experts” masks and stay six feet away from that their experience on the me-
Importantly, Mr Imbert then added: “In the process, we expect that they did not need to consult people for years. chanics of viral transmission was
the net deficit of WASA to be substantially narrowed following the anyone outside the medical field. Most respiratory viruses, like not relevant.
completion of the WASA price review by the Regulated Industries Many of the social isolation hard- measles or chickenpox and the That decision, to allow very
Commission.” ships experienced stemmed from coronavirus, travel much further small groups of doctors to make
that six-foot rule. than six feet. These viruses travel the decisions about the pan-
This is as clear a signal as possible that part of the Government’s
The six-foot story deserves to as aerosols, not droplets. Telling demic, without taking into ac-
plan to turn WASA into a modern utility includes increasing water
be told. Strangely, it has not been people to maintain a separation count educators, businessmen
rates. until recently. One accepts that of six feet does not work because and financial experts (who are the
The fact is that WASA has not had a rate increase since 1993 and mistakes will be made at the be- the COVID virus travels more than ones who understand risk taking),
it is expected that if the population receives a better, more reliable ginning of a new crisis but they six feet. engineers, psychologists, media
water service, that it should be prepared to pay more for it. need to be corrected as soon as When people talk or cough, consultants, lay people and many
But the majority of the population is not likely to abide with discovered and this one, the six- they breathe out large droplets other groups, was the basis of the
Government attempting to foist higher water rates on the public foot rule, went on for too long. that we can see but they also emit COVID theatre we lived with for
before a demonstrable improvement in the water supply. These measures caused untold thousands of tiny particles that we far too long and which caused in-
Government must also ensure that short-term measures are put hardship. Errors made need to cannot see and carry the COVID numerable hardships.
in place to alleviate the plight of communities such as Granville. be openly ventilated so that the virus. They stay suspended in the It must never happen again.
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Review of Cassandra
Gajadhar’s ‘Dear Youth’
On Saturday, October 21, 2023, between
9.30 am and 12 pm, Cassandra Gajadhar
will launch her new book at the Church on
the Rock, Morvant. Admission to the event
is free and books will be available for sale
starting at $100.
Cassandra is a youth leader in her 30s
with over a decade of experience working
with young people in various positions.
Cassandra has published three books,
including I Declare, The Chronicles of a
Christian and now, Dear Youth.
I have the privilege of reviewing her
book Dear Youth. Dear Youth is an inspira-
tional Christian book aimed at youths 12 to
35 years of age. It is geared towards at help-
ing young people answer questions critical
to their development. The opening chap-
ter “Who am I?” deals with helping young
people find their identity in God instead of
in what society stereotypes them to be.
“I have learned that you have to love
yourself into the version of yourself you
would love. In other words, when you
look in the mirror, instead of stating all
your flaws, say what God said: “Assured
and secured.” Again, this may sound silly
to you because some flaws simply won’t
disappear from the image in the mirror. I
understand completely! I have struggled
with acne most of my life and at the age
of thirty-two, I still do and have the marks
to prove it.” In my situation, self-love was
produced when I realised that who I am
goes beyond my body (shell). After a while,
the flaws in the mirror were no longer a big
issue. Did the acne and its marks say, ‘Ok,
she knows who she is now and loves her-
self, so let’s leave’? I really wish that state-
ment were true, but we all know it is not.”
The second chapter breaks down the
biblical doctrine of mankind’s fall in the
Garden of Eden. Here, Cassandra says.
“Dear Youth, God’s laws are like guard-
rails keeping us safe from the conse-
quences after we have benefited from what
He gave us.”
Chapter 3 is a short breakdown of the
Gospel plan of redemption, as taught by
the New Testament.
“Dear Youth, there is no other way man-
kind can be cleansed from sin. No ritual,
Jonathan Bhagan
Attorney At Law • President, Christian Youth Foundation
https://www.facebook.com/ ChristianYouthFoundationTT/
Chairman, Caribbean Committee Against Sex Crimes
https://www.facebook.com/ CaribbeanCommitteeAgainstSexCrimes/
Cassandra Gajadhar
PICTURE COURTESY CASSANDRA GAJADHAR
money, blood, or sacrifice can do what
Jesus did for us. Any other way is a distor-
tion of the truth!”
Chapter 4 encourages young people
to Re-present Jesus. “As a young person,
fellowship is of vital importance to your
Christian walk. Do not let the enemy make
you think you have to walk this Christian
journey alone.”
Chapter 5 encourages young people that
God has a plan for their life.
“Once you have decided to live accord-
ing to God’s blueprint for your life, it is a
beautiful experience to see His sovereignty
orchestrate things, situations, and people
in your life.”
Chapter 7 is one of the most relevant
chapters, as it encourages young people
to avoid being “baited” by negative in-
fluences. Given the out-of-control crime
rate and the increasing number of gangs
operating in Trinidad, I fully support Cas-
sandra’s decision to be a positive influence
and steer young people away from nega-
tivity.
In Chapter 9, Cassandra gives very good
advice on relationships, including the
steps that should be taken while dating and
before getting married.
“Courtship should be the time when as a
couple, you discuss with each other the en-
vironments you are from. I cannot express
enough how important this is before en-
tering into marriage. The reality is that as
young people, we often think about when
we get our own homes and how we would
do things. Imagine this mindset times two
(x2) comes into one space (a new home)
without a prior discussion on these expec-
tations for that same space.
Now, can you understand why the first
year of marriage is tumultuous for most
couples? The couple has arguments about
how the clothes should be folded, when
to make groceries, and in which direction
should the end of toilet paper fall—over or
under. All these stuff can be addressed in
courtship which can help with a more cor-
porate effort in the coming together of two
environments into one.”
This chapter on relationships is critical,
as I have seen young men get involved
with gangs because they felt lonely after
breaking up with a girlfriend. Given T&T’s
high rate of domestic violence and regular
murder/suicides of married couples, it is
extremely important to train young people
how to have healthy relationships.
Dear youth is also important because
of the toxicity young people are exposed
to on social media. Cassandra condenses
many years of wisdom gained from coun-
selling young people into her latest book. I
highly recommend that parents/guardians
purchase it for their children and that peo-
ple who work with youth use it as a refer-
ence text.
Persons interested in purchasing a copy of
Dear Youth can call Gajajdhar at 379 7872 or
reach her on social media. Cassandra’s IG and
Tiktok are @iamcg_21.
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QUESTION:
DO YOU SUPPORT WASA’S WATER
RATIONING PLANS?
PICTURES ABRAHAM DIAZ
Azim Ali, 60, Tunapuna
“That’s been going on for years.
Every time dry season reach,
they say they rationing. Going
into the rainy season, same
thing.”
Val Ramsingh, 54, Oropune
“Anything with WASA,
a waste of time.”
Stephen Goindoo, 63,
San Juan
“It is always a good thing to
cut back because they need to
spread the water to everybody
and everybody can’t get a 100
per cent of the time.”
Stacy Alfred, Arouca
“We need to improve in our
water service because it is very
hectic for us you know, and
it is three times a week water
going.”
Pilmacee Balkaran, 65,
Caroni
“People suffering for water all
about the place. Water is very
essential, flush toilets, children
to go to school. I don’t agree
with cutting back on that so
I’m not for that.”
Janey Francis, Tunapuna
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ISLAMABAD
Senior Taliban officials visit villages
struck by earthquake that killed at
least 2,000 people
A senior Taliban delegation vis-
ited western Afghanistan’s Herat
province yesterday in the after-
math of the powerful earthquake
that killed at least 2,000 people
over the weekend and flattened
entire villages, a statement said.
Saturday’s magnitude 6.3
quake hit a densely populated
area in Herat and was followed
by strong aftershocks in what was
one of the deadliest trembles to
strike the country in two decades.
Disaster authority spokesper-
son Janan Sayiq told reporters in
Kabul that so far around 4,000
people killed and injured—with-
out giving a breakdown—and
nearly 2,000 houses have been
completely destroyed in 20 vil-
lages. The United Nations esti-
mated the dead and injured to be
closer to 2,500 people.
The Taliban-appointed dep-
uty prime minister for economic
affairs, Abdul Ghani Baradar,
and his team are visiting the
quake-affected region on Mon-
day to deliver “immediate relief
assistance” and ensure “equitable
and accurate distribution of aid,”
according to a statement from the
capital, Kabul.
The quake also trapped hun-
dreds and people have been
digging with their bare hands
and shovels to pull victims—both
dead and alive—from under the
rubble. Authorities said yesterday
they were still waiting for an up-
date on the latest casualties from
Herat.
The US Geological Survey said
the quake’s epicentre was about
40 kilometres (25 miles) north-
west of the city of Herat, the pro-
vincial capital. It was followed
by three very strong aftershocks,
measuring magnitude 6.3, 5.9
and 5.5, as well as lesser shocks.
Residents of the city rushed out
of their homes again yesterday to
stay on the streets after another
aftershock hit. The USGS said the
aftershock was magnitude 4.9.
“I have lost five members of
my family; three daughters, my
mother, my sister-in-law, and
three from my uncle’s family,”
said Asadullah Khan. He added
that a total of 23 people in his vil-
lage were killed.
Dozens of teams have scram-
bled to help with rescue efforts,
including from the military and
non-profit groups. Sayiq, from
the disaster authority, said that
more than 35 teams alongside
local people were involved in res-
cue operations.
A global response to the Af-
ghanistan quake has been slow,
with much of the world wary of
dealing directly with the Taliban
government and focused on the
deadly escalation between Israel
and the Palestinians in the after-
math of the surprise attack by
Gaza militants on Saturday that
has left more than 1,100 dead
in fighting so far and thousands
wounded on both sides.
Aid agencies and non-govern-
mental groups have appealed for
the international community to
come forward but only a handful
of countries have publicly offered
support, including neighbouring
China and Pakistan.
Some countries, such as Den-
mark and Norway, have said they
will work with international part-
ners and humanitarian agencies
on the ground.
Afghan
people carry
the body of
a relative to
a burial site
after an
earthquake
in Zenda Jan
district in
Herat
province,
western
Afghanistan,
on Sunday.
PICTURE AP
US raises death toll of citizens
killed in Hamas attacks on Israel
to nine, several still missing
The State Department said yes-
terday that at least nine Ameri-
can citizens have been killed in
the weekend Hamas attacks on
Israel, raising the toll from four.
It says an undetermined num-
ber of American citizens re-
main missing and unaccounted
for. On Sunday, an official said
that number was fluid and had
ranged from between six to 12. It
is not clear whether the missing
had been taken hostage, were
killed or are in hiding.
The State Department is in
touch with families “and pro-
viding all appropriate consular
assistance,” said spokesman
Matthew Miller.
The attack by Hamas has left
more than 1,000 dead on both
sides.
Defence Secretary Lloyd Aus-
tin said Sunday he has ordered
the Ford carrier strike group to
sail to the Eastern Mediterra-
nean to be ready to assist Israel.
The USS Gerald R Ford, the Na-
vy’s newest and most advanced
aircraft carrier, and its approxi-
mately 5,000 sailors and deck of
warplanes will be accompanied
by cruisers and destroyers in a
show of force that is meant to be
ready to respond to anything,
from possibly interdicting addi-
tional weapons from reaching
Hamas and conducting surveil-
lance.
The large deployment reflects
a US desire to deter any regional
expansion of the conflict. But
the Israeli government formally
declared war Sunday and gave
the green light for “significant
military steps” to retaliate
Death toll from floods in Cameroon’s capital reaches
27 as search for missing continues
At least 27 people were killed
and more than 50 were injured
in floods set off by heavy rains in
Cameroon’s capital, authorities
said yesterday as rescuers intensi-
fied the search for those missing
following the deluge the previous
day.
The rains unleashed floodwa-
ters in the district of Yaounde 2 of
the country’s capital on Sunday,
sweeping away buildings and re-
ducing many to rubble.
Rescue workers are still dig-
ging through the mud and rubble
“with the hope of saving lives,”
Daouda Ousmanou, the top gov-
ernment official in the district,
said yesterday.
Cameroon Territorial Adminis-
tration Minister Paul Atanga Ngi,
who visited the site, announced
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WASHINGTON
Palestinians inspect the rubble left in the Rafah refugee camp along the
Gaza Strip yesterday. A Hamas strike on the weekend killed over 1,000
people. PICTURE AP
against Hamas. resources, including munitions.
Along with the Ford, the US The first security assistance will
is sending the cruiser USS Nor- begin moving today and arriving
mandy and destroyers USS in the coming days,” Austin said.
Thomas Hudner, USS Ramage, The Norfolk, Virginia-based
USS Carney, and USS Roosevelt, carrier strike group already
and the US is augmenting Air was in the Mediterranean. Last
Force F-35, F-15, F-16, and A-10 week it was conducting naval
fighter aircraft squadrons in the exercises with Italy in the Ionian
region. Sea. The carrier is in its first full
“The US maintains ready deployment.
forces globally to further rein- Senior officials from the Pen-
force this deterrence posture if tagon and State Department
required,” Austin said in a state- briefed senators Sunday night,
ment. and Majority Leader Chuck
In addition, the Biden admin- Schumer said they were assured
istration “will be rapidly pro- that the United States was giving
viding the Israel Defense Forces Israel “everything they need.”
with additional equipment and (AP STORIES)
YAOUNDE
the death toll has reached 27 Ousmanou said. Other people
and that all the injured would be drowned as they were swept away
treated for free. “I have come to by floodwaters.
extend the condolences of Cam- Ernest Zebaze, a 24-year-old
eroon President Paul Biya to the university student, said he identi-
bereaved families,” he said. fied the bodies of his mother and
Flooding has been frequent in two siblings. “I am still looking for
Cameroon in recent years, with my father who was in the house
experts often blaming climate during the downpour,” Zebaze
change, and its impact has been said.
exacerbated by shoddy construc- Bodies of the victims have been
tion that often circumvents regu- laid out at a morgue, while the
lations. injured were rushed to hospitals.
The latest floods were wors- The Yaounde General Hospital
ened after a dike in a man-made said it received 12 injured, includ-
lake gave way, sweeping struc- ing a seven-year-old girl.
tures down the hill, the govern- Authorities in Cameroon have
ment said. been demolishing houses in high-
In the city’s Mbankolo neigh- risk zones susceptible to floods
bourhood, at least 30 houses and landslides. Many of the build-
were swept away while several ings that collapsed on Sunday had
collapsed on residents inside, been marked for demolition.
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Young: Dragon is well on the way

GAIL ALEXANDER
Senior political reporter
The Dragon natural gas agree-
ment with Venezuela includes
allocations for domestic gas as
well as LNG. The agreement is
not only for the pursuit of Dragon
field gas, but details can’t be given
due to confidentiality terms, En-
ergy Minister Stuart Young said
yesterday.
In his contribution to debate on
the 2024 Budget in the House of
Representatives, Young also said
Government hopes to sign the
final agreement on the restruc-
turing of Atlantic, the liquefied
natural gas (LNG) in Point Fortin
within the next month.
The minister spent half of his
contribution criticising the for-
mer People’s Partnership ad-
ministration’s management of
the energy sector and listing the
achievements of the PNM Govern-
ment.
Commenting on Opposition
questions about the Dragon field
agreement with Venezuela, Young
pointed out: “Trinidad and To-
bago isn’t the only place inter-
ested in Venezuela.
“When I was in Venezuela a
couple of weeks ago at PDVSA
headquarters, as I walked out
of the boardroom to strategise,
there were literally a number of
multinational companies meeting
them. There are other countries
in the world wanting to do busi-
ness with Venezuela, but what
we’ve done is manage the rela-
tionship to ensure we’re the pri-
ority.”
Young said a commercial term
sheet was negotiated and signed
in 2018.
He dismissed Opposition que-
ries about the many agreements
signed, pointing out that this was
“because the US put sanctions!”.
Young added: “And that’s what
stopped it otherwise the Dragon
gas would have been in Trinidad
and Tobago since 2020! The US
put sanctions and stopped the
project.”
He also recalled that the Op-
position wrote the US seeking
sanctions on him and the Prime
Minister “because they were sup-
porting ‘President Guaido’ and
asking why I let Venezuelan Vice
Minister of Energy and Energy
Industries Stuart Young speaks
during the Budget debate in
Parliament yesterday.
PICTURE OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENT
President Delcy Rodriguez into
Trinidad and Tobago. Thank God
I did!”
Young said the agreement that
was signed between him and Ven-
ezuela’s Minister of the People’s
Power of Petroleum was for the
promotion of joint projects in the
gas hydrocarbon sector.
“And it is not only for Dragon
but also as part of that agreement
... I cannot get into the terms of it
since, as happens with all energy
sector commercial agreements,
there are terms of confidential-
ity,” he said.
He explained this was because
if many parties were negotiating,
Venezuela wouldn’t want each
party to know the terms of the
deal.
“Dragon is well on the way,” he
declared.
Young said the agreement is
not only for the pursuit of gas,
dismissing claims it was only for
LNG.
“There’s an allocation for do-
mestic gas! And we’ve had a num-
ber of meetings and we’re now
negotiating the pricing,” he said.
On other issues, the minister
said the Manatee field, which is
part of the Loran-Manatee field
between T&T and Venezuela, was
part of a unitisation agreement
but when the Government saw
what was occurring as a result of
the US sanctions, they negotiated
and “got President Maduro to
allow us to produce the Manatee
field, so that is going to happen”.
“And it’s only natural that Loran
will follow. In my recent discus-
sions with the Venezuelans, and
in particular President Maduro
and Vice President Rodriguez,
they’re looking at Loran coming
to Trinidad and Tobago.”
Young said as the Dragon, Man-
atee and Calypso arrangements
come on stream, companies like
Haliburton and others that left
will return.
On the Atlantic LNG agreement,
he said: “Thousands of pages are
now being reviewed to a restruc-
tured Atlantic LNG that would
mean better shareholding for the
people of Trinidad and Tobago.
We also managed to negotiate
third-party access to gas so that
means that not only NGC, Shell
and BP can bring gas to ALNG in
the future but others can as well.”
He said that now presents
opportunities for deepwater,
Woodside, regional gas and
cross-border gas.
Other endeavours outlined by
Young include a memorandum of
understanding and meetings with
Suriname, the Lara solar project,
the pursuit of wind for electricity
generation and the first green hy-
drogen project.

Central Bank annual report:

35.1% rise in forex sales in 2022
GEISHA KOWLESSARALONZO
Senior multimedia reporter
geisha.kowlessar@guardian.co.tt
Over the 12 months ended Sep-
tember 30, 2022, total purchases
of foreign exchange by authorised
dealers from the public amounted
to US$5.356 billion, which repre-
sented an increase of 52.1 per cent
when compared with the previ-
ous financial year.
This was revealed in the Central
Bank’s 2022 annual report, which
was posted on its website yester-
day.
It also noted that energy sector
conversions, which remained the
primary source of inflows to the
market, rose by 66 per cent and
contributed 74.2 per cent of the
dealers’ total purchases from the
public for the year.
According to the annual report,
the bank maintained its regular
interventions in the market, sell-
ing a total of US$1.25 billion to
the authorised dealers during the
year.
It added that sales of foreign
exchange by authorised dealers
to the public reached US$6.257
billion during FY2021/22, an in-
crease of 35.1 per cent from the
US$4.631 billion sold in the previ-
ous financial year.
The report further noted that
introduction of exchange-traded
funds (ETF’s).
“The composite portfolio lost
1.57 per cent compared with a
return of 0.20 per cent one year
earlier. The portfolio losses were
driven by the poor performance
of the bond market as major cen-
tral banks increased their policy
rates to combat rising inflation
and the resultant losses made
on the portfolio’s bond holdings
more than outweighed the posi-
tive earnings on the fixed depos-
its,” the report explained.
It also noted that net official re-
serves decreased to US$6.8 billion
as at September 30, 2022, from
US$7.1 billion at the end of Sep-
tember 2021.
The Central Bank, left, is part of the Eric Williams Financial Complex on Independence Square in Port-of-Spain. Energy sector inflows totalling
PICTURE ABRAHAM DIAZ US$2.6 billion were more than
the TTD/US$ weighted average in significant financial market vol- board approved a strategic asset offset by interventions in the do-
exchange rate depreciated slightly atility during the FY2021/22. allocation for the period 2021 to mestic foreign exchange market
over the year with the selling rate Moreover, global growth pros- 2024, underpinned by the invest- amounting to US$1.3 billion, dis-
standing at TT$6.7803/US$1.00 as pects were negatively impacted ment philosophy of capital pres- bursements of US$0.9 billion to
at September 30, 2022, compared as most major developed central ervation, maintaining adequate various foreign exchange facil-
to TT$6.7795/US$1.00 at the end banks raised interest rates to curb liquidity to meet obligations ities, Central Government debt
of September 2021. inflation— the Fed raised rates and an acceptable return within payments of US$0.5 billion and
The report also spoke on for- five times over the year to bring well-defined risk parameters. other Government payments to-
eign currency reserve manage- its federal funds target range to During FY2021/22, the board talling US$0.2 billion.
ment. between 3.00 to 3.25 per cent in also approved adjustments to the During the year, the Govern-
It stated that unrelenting high September 2022. approved framework, to allow in- ment deposited US$164 million
inflation, ongoing disruptions to On the issue of foreign reserve vestments in ESG (environment, into the Heritage and Stabilisation
trade stemming from Russia’s in- management, the Central Bank social, governance) securities, in Fund (HSF), which also contrib-
vasion of Ukraine and worsening noted that against the backdrop keeping with the bank’s commit- uted to the overall decline in the
energy shocks in Europe resulted of expected market volatility, the ment to climate change and the reserve portfolio.
 16 stocks Tuesday, October 10, 2023
guardian.co.tt

Daily Report on Trading, Monday, October 9, 2023 Nine

ALL T&T INDEX: 1,841.30
CHANGE: -2.86
COMPOSITE INDEX: 1,209.40
CHANGE: -1.74
NUMBER OF SHARES
BOUGHT/SOLD: 41,915
VALUE OF SHARES
BOUGHT/SOLD: $689,674.57
stocks
SECURITY OPEN
PRICE
DAY’S
HIGH
DAY’S
LOW
O/S BID
($)
O/S BID
VOL.
O/S
OFFER
O/S
OFFER
LAST SALE
PRICE($)
LAST SALE
DATE
VOLUME
TRADED
CLOSE
PRICE
CHANGE
($)
drop
($) ($) ($) ($) VOL. ($)
Overall market activity resulted
ORDINARY SHARES from trading in 14 securities of
AGOSTINI’S LTD 68.00 67.15 3,000 68.00 812 68.00 06-10-2023 68.00 which zero advanced, nine de-
ANGOSTURA HOLDINGS 22.98 22.98 22.98 22.97 167 22.98 940 22.98 09-10-2023 60 22.98
ANSA MERCHANT BANK 42.63 42.50 6,618 44.50 6 42.50 06-10-2023 42.63
clined and five traded firm.
ANSA MCAL 57.20 57.20 57.20 57.00 2 57.20 2,715 57.20 09-10-2023 91 57.20 Trading activity resulted in
FIRST CITIZEN GROUP FINANCIAL HOLDINGS 49.05 49.50 49.00 49.05 204 49.07 20 49.00 09-10-2023 7,212 49.03 -0.02 the following movements of the
FIRST CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL 7.00 7.00 6.98 6.97 55 6.98 2,000 6.98 09-10-2023 5,909 7.00 TTSE Indices:
GUARDIAN HOLDINGS 19.05 19.00 19.00 19.00 6,869 19.10 10,660 19.00 09-10-2023 100 19.00 -0.05 • The All T&T Index declined
GRACE KENNEDY & CO 3.40 3.43 10,000 3.75 13,000 3.40 05-10-2023 3.40 by 2.86 points (0.16 per cent) to
GUARDIAN MEDIA LTD 2.01 2.01 3,895 2.30 19,828 2.01 03-10-2023 2.01
close at 1,841.30;
JMMB GROUP LTD 1.41 1.41 1.40 1.40 358,678 1.41 31,500 1.41 09-10-2023 8,602 1.41
LJ WILLIAMS A 0.21 0.20 1,012 0.21 03-10-2023 0.21
• The Composite Index de-
LJ WILLIAMS B 2.44 2.43 1,000 2.44 29-09-2023 2.44 clined by 1.74 points (0.14 per
MASSY 4.87 4.85 4.85 4.88 1,500 4.90 34,591 4.85 09-10-2023 100 4.85 -0.02 cent) to close at 1,209.40;
NCBFG 3.00 2.99 2.99 2.95 345 2.99 8,354 2.99 09-10-2023 1,646 2.99 -0.01 • The Cross-Listed Index de-
NATIONAL ENTERPRISES LTD 3.55 3.55 3.51 3.55 29,962 3.60 47,078 3.55 09-10-2023 88 3.51 -0.04 clined by 0.07 points (0.09 per
NATIONAL FLOUR MILLS 1.52 1.53 2,515 1.60 2,000 1.52 06-10-2023 1.52 cent) to close at 74.65; and
TTNGL 12.99 13.00 12.90 12.90 5,452 13.00 16,299 12.90 09-10-2023 10,588 12.91 -0.08
• The SME Index remained at
ONE CARIBBEAN MEDIA 3.78 3.30 16,100 3.82 4,803 3.78 05-10-2023 3.78
PRESTIGE HOLDINGS 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.21 8,180 8.50 3,040 8.50 09-10-2023 143 8.50 79.75.
POINT LISAS DEV 3.50 3.07 1,614 3.60 4,999 3.50 05-10-2023 3.50 National Enterprises Ltd led
RFHL 119.99 119.98 119.75 119.00 24 119.74 750 119.75 09-10-2023 499 119.76 -0.23 declining stocks, dropping by
SCOTIABANK 72.50 71.40 110 72.50 2,819 72.50 06-10-2023 72.50 1.13 per cent, and losing $0.04m
T’DAD CEMENT LTD 3.13 2.67 10 3.10 50,000 3.13 04-10-2023 3.13 to close at $3.51.
UNILEVER CARIB LTD 11.60 11.60 11.55 11.21 200 11.60 249 11.55 09-10-2023 1,031 11.56 -0.04 Trading activity on the First-
WEST INDIAN TOBACCO CO 10.10 10.10 10.00 10.00 1,190 10.29 200 10.00 09-10-2023 5,846 10.05 -0.05
Tier Market registered a volume
of 41,915 shares crossing the
PREFERENCE SHARES floor of the Exchange valued at
GUARDIAN MEDIA LTD 65.85 65.85 968 65.85 22-08-2023 65.85 $689,674.57.
WILLIAMS LJP 3.79 3.79 4,955 3.79 29-09-2023 3.79 T&T NGL was the volume
leader with 10,588 shares
SECOND TIER SHARES changing hands for a value of
MORA VEN HOLDINGS 12.00 12.00 14-12-2018 12.00
$136,715.13, followed by JMMB
MUTUAL FUND UNITS Group Ltd with a volume of
CALYPSO MACRO INDEX FUND 22.50 23.00 214 24.90 1,728 22.50 06-10-2023 22.50 8,602 shares being traded for
CLICO INVESTMENT FUND 27.46 28.00 30-12-2022 27.46 $12,127.80.
EPPLEY CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 0.71 0.71 09-05-2023 0.71 The Mutual Fund Market did
EPPLEY CARIBBEAN VALUE FUND 1.60 1.60 10-02-2023 1.60 not record any activity.
The Second Tier Market did
SME SHARES not record any activity.
CINEMAONE LIMITED 7.40 7.35 473 7.40 28-07-2023 7.40
ENDEAVOUR HOLDINGS LTD 14.95 13.00 468 15.00 2,643 14.95 06-10-2023 14.95 The SME Market did not re-
cord any activity.
USD EQUITY SHARES The USD Equity Market did
MPC CARIBBEAN CLEAN ENERGY LIMITED 0.98 0.95 500 0.98 20-01-2023 0.98 not record any activity.

Lee-Chin awarded US$44M from Dom Rep arbitration

Jamaican business mogul, Mi-
chael Lee-Chin has been awarded
more than US$43.59 million in an
investment dispute with the Do-
minican Republic.
Lee-Chin obtained a Final
Award from a UNCITRAL Arbitral
Tribunal in the case that involved
issues of first impression under
the Caricom-DR Free Trade
Agreement (Treaty).
Lee-Chin had brought the claim
against the Dominican Republic
under the Treaty in relation to
his interest in Lajun Corporation
SA, a Dominican company, which
held a long-term concession con-
tract to manage a landfill in Santo
Domingo.
The concession was managed
by Lee-Chin’s son, Adrian Chris-
topher Lee-Chin, who served as
Lajun’s general manager.
In 2017, the Dominican Repub-
lic took military control of the
landfill and also brought local ac-
tions to nullify and terminate the
concession based on an alleged
environmental emergency.
Lee-Chin initiated investment
arbitration against the Dominican
Republic as a result of what he
alleged was the state’s multiple
violations of the Treaty, which
included various arbitrary acts
intended to force him to operate
the landfill without receiving a
fair tipping fee.
After more than five years of
arbitral proceedings, multiple
rounds of substantive briefs ( ju-
risdictional and merits), two
document production phases, a
two-day jurisdictional hearing, a
six-day final hearing on the mer-
its, and significant post-hearing
briefings, the Arbitral Tribunal
issued its Final Award in favour
of Lee-Chin.
In the Final Award, the Tribu-
nal found that the Dominican
Republic violated its obligations
under the Treaty regarding ex-
propriation and fair and equita-
ble treatment, as well as breached
the Treaty’s umbrella clause. In
reparation for these violations,
the Arbitral Tribunal ordered the
Dominican Republic to pay Lee-
Chin a sum in excess of US$43.59
million, plus interest.
Agreeing with the arguments
made by Lee-Chin, the Tribunal
rejected all remaining jurisdic-
tional objections filed by the
Dominican Republic, and held
that “the termination of the Con-
cession Agreement was part of a
larger effort by the State to actu-
ally eject Claimant from the oper-
ation of the investment.”
The Tribunal further found that
“no pattern of reasonableness
Michael Lee-Chin
or plausible justifications may
be discerned in [the Dominican
Republic’s] changing attitudes
throughout the investment.”
Consequently, the Arbitral Tri-
bunal concluded that the Domin-
ican Republic “must compensate
Claimant for the damages it actu-
ally caused as a result of violating
its obligations under the terms of
the Treaty.”
Upon review of the Final
Award, Lee-Chin said he “was
very pleased with the result and
that he was finally vindicated.”
He added that he “expects the
Dominican Republic to immedi-
ately satisfy the Final Award and
evidence to the investor commu-
nity, including all Jamaican inves-
tors, that the Dominican Republic
once found liable honours its in-
ternational obligations.” (CMC)
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
guardian.co.tt
We cannot flout the Constitution
There have been different ideas
floated for constitutional reform.
One is for an executive presidency.
Another for proportional representa-
tion. Yet another for absolute powers
for the Prime Minister.
On the other hand, ways of ap-
proaching this topic vary too. You
have categories of non-stop commen-
tary in the press. A while back, there
was the Commonwealth grouping in
Bermuda suggesting changes for Trin-
idad and Tobago. Very odd indeed. At
present, the ruling Government, with
a two-seat majority, is trying to alter
the framework of delegated powers
and separation of powers allocated
in the Constitution—via institution of
the Revenue Authority; which it can
not do.
Then last week, the strangest thing
happened. The Chief Justice decided
to use his platform at the opening of
the law term, to suggest to all and
sundry in the civil service that things
needed to be done another way as on
his say so; at the same time, as there
is a matter before the courts aiming
opinion 17
to determine an issue with the Rev-
enue Authority. This comes on the
heels of his consultations with a Gov-
ernment committee.
The Chief Justice seems to be doing
away altogether with rule of law and
impartiality and separateness of the
bench. Of course, he cannot do that
and he further has no place to under-
write the two-seat majority by nod-
ding to them and the Government
or members of the Bench. By doing
what he did, he has, in my opinion,
offered himself for resignation irre-
trievably. Some time ago, someone
tried to drag him down in a scandal.
One can only hope that neither he
nor any of the other judges is peren-
nially affected. Is it all connected?
While Trinidad and Tobago has
its Constitution, we are duty-bound
to fulfil it. It cannot be that because
there are fractured ruminations
about reform, that we can simply
flout the highest laws of the land “on
their behalf”. That ALSO IS NOT the
Constitution.
E GALY

Home fire prevention

Here are some home fire prevention
tips T&T:
• Buy and learn how to use a fire ex-
tinguisher competently.
• Teach all the basics of fire safety
and how to prevent fires.
• Keep fire hazards out of the risk of
all.
• Keep flammable items at least
three feet away from anything hot.
• Smoke outside.
• Stay in the kitchen while cooking
in case something catches fire
• Shut off the stove completely after
cooking.
• Never leave candles or lamps light-
ing and go to bed.
• Install smoke detectors in your
home.
• Have an escape plan in case of a
fire.
Fire is a great servant but a mean
master. Safety is first, second and
third. Are we clear? I kid you not.
This is not a drill.
AV RAMPERSAD

Park and ride at the airport

Creating additional parking spaces hance access to essential services
at the San Fernando Hospital and and ensure smoother travel experi-
implementing a car park and ride ences. These initiatives would align
shuttle service at the airport could with international standards, mak-
significantly alleviate the parking ing the hospital and airport more us-
issues and improve overall conveni- er-friendly and convenient. Given the
ence for visitors and travellers. ample land around both facilities,
Converting grassy areas at the hos- these changes could be feasible and
pital into parking lots is a practical greatly benefit the community and
solution to address the shortage of travellers alike.
parking spaces. Similarly, at the air-
port, making use of available land GORDON LAUGHLIN
for designated pick-up
and drop-off areas and
implementing a shuttle
service would enhance
JUST RECEIVED
the airport experience.
Efficient parking
OUR BEST SELLER
solutions not only ease
congestion but also en-

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 18 opinion
The scales of justice
Pavitra Ramharack
Attorney at Law, Senior Committee Member
of Assembly of Southern Lawyers
Lady Justice is famously known for being blind-
folded and holding a scale in one hand and a sword
in the other. Her blindfold allows for everyone to
be equal before the court with no biases towards
a person’s outer appearance. The scale and sword
represent the weighing of evidence and punishing
of wrongdoing. The sword is double-bladed and
signifies that justice can rule against either party
on the evidence presented and can also protect
and defend innocent parties. The balancing act by
the scales of justice is difficult in the best of times
and one must question whether we are able to
properly strike that balance.
The Constitution of T&T extended certain rights
and freedoms to its citizens, the first two being
the right of the individual to life, liberty, security
of the person and enjoyment of property and the
right not to be deprived thereof, except by due
process of law, and the right of the individual to
equality before the law and the protection of the
law. In July 2022, this constitutional right to life,
liberty, security of the person was viewed in a new
light. The Privy Council, our highest court of law,
delivered a decision whereby it was determined
that individuals accused of murder could apply for
bail. Since 1917 or thereabout, individuals accused
of murder were not to apply for bail. At that time,
I considered the new landscape that this would
bring in criminal law, but, I reserved opinion until
I could properly consider the ramifications of the
decision.
On October 6, 2023, at approximately 12.20 pm,
there was a confrontation between police officers
and an individual known to them at Palmiste Park
in south Trinidad. The individual was shot and
killed during the confrontation. The area where
the shooting occurred contains a children’s play
park which is usually busy; there are various busi-
nesses and a primary school and pre-school within
a stone’s throw away. I am amazed and thankful
that no innocent bystanders were hurt. Just two
months prior, the individual was accused of mur-
der and had been granted bail. At the time of bail
being granted, his criminal record showed he was
charged with cocaine trafficking, motor vehicle
larceny and firearm-related offences. It has been
reported that he was a suspect in sev-
eral home invasions in South Trini-
dad and at the time of the incident,
he was in possession of a firearm. It
was further reported that he failed
to make a court appearance last
Wednesday. I must question what
matters were taken into considera-
tion when granting bail.
This situation made me consider
granting bail to this individual and
our constitutional rights. As a cit-
izen of this country, I am also enti-
tled to my constitutional rights and
to my right to life, liberty, security of
person and enjoyment of property.
In one brazen act of home invasion
where someone is beaten or killed,
the entirety of that constitutional
right is trampled on. So how then
have the scales of justice properly
weighed the risks of granting bail to
someone with a criminal record such
as this, with the interest of the public
or our safety? In protecting the con-
stitutional rights of someone accused
of a horrendous crime, we failed to
protect the constitutional rights of all
others who fell victim to his contin-
ued criminal activity.
I acknowledge there are persons
who may be wrongfully accused of
a crime, or those who have commit-
ted serious crimes in bursts of rage
or passion and may not necessarily
be considered hardened criminals
with the potential of repeating. In
such instances, it is arguable that
they should have access to bail. In
accessing bail, there should be set
standards considered in exercising
discretion to grant or not grant bail.
Taking an example from the individ-
ual killed on Friday, he did not attend
court as required, which indicated
there may have been a flight risk, had
a prior record of crimes which were
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
guardian.co.tt
serious in nature, and given that he
was on bail and in possession of a
firearm, clearly had easy access to
illegal items. How was the discretion
weighed?
The Privy Council, in their 2022
decision, made reference to the de-
plorable conditions of our prisons,
the considerable delays in our justice
system and the removal of the discre-
tion afforded to judges to grant bail.
These are all matters that can be ad-
dressed and remedied to ensure we
all enjoy our constitutional rights.
Strategic planning, proper funding
and allocations can result in better
prison conditions. The restoration of
our courtrooms, additional judicial
officers and proper utilisation of re-
sources can allow for a speedier judi-
cial process. We should also consider
amendments to the existing laws so
that collectively, they work better
safeguarding rights and freedoms.
Our crime situation worsens every
day. There are few if any areas in
Trinidad we can now consider safe
or free from criminals. We live with
almost constant fear of being the vic-
tim of crime.
Now, to consider that individuals
being granted bail have such flagrant
disrespect for our laws and our judi-
cial system, that they walk straight
out of prison and back into criminal
activities. It may well mean every
time we feel a sense of relief that
our police have finally caught and
charged someone, we must wonder
how many days until they are back
on the streets continuing their reign
of terror.
Pavitra Ramharack is head of chambers
at Pavitra Ramharack attorneys-at-law
and can be reached at ramharack_
pavitra@outlook.com
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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The Death Penalty: Weighing the scales of justice in a complex world
Following is a joint Op-Ed marking
International Day against the Death
Penalty, which is being observed
today.
Throughout human civilisation, the
death penalty has been presented as
a stark symbol of justice, retribution,
and seeming societal protection.
However, in recent times, as our
understanding of justice and the
paramount primacy of the right to
life evolves, the complexities sur-
rounding the death penalty demand
a critical re-evaluation.
The ethical, social, and legal as-
pects associated with capital punish-
ment have sparked intense debates,
amid rising levels of crime, ques-
tioning whether the death penalty is
the solution to our problems.
Examining the societal impact of
the death penalty reveals a complex
interplay of emotions, fear, and ret-
ribution. Studies show that commu-
nities with higher rates of capital
punishment do not necessarily ex-
perience lower crime rates, debunk-
ing the notion that the death penalty
acts as a deterrent.
Furthermore, the psychological
toll on individuals involved in the
execution process, including prison
staff and witnesses, raises ethical
concerns about the desensitisation
of society towards violence.
This issue becomes even more
glaring when juxtaposed with the
potential for systemic biases in em-
ploying the death penalty, which
can disproportionately affect mar-
ginalised low-income communi-
ties. This inherent bias challenges
the fundamental principle of equal
justice under the law, highlighting
systemic injustices that need urgent
rectification.
In recent decades, a global shift
away from the death penalty has
been evident. As of 2023, 112 coun-
tries have abolished capital punish-
ment, recognising it as a violation of
human rights.
The international consensus
against the death penalty has grown
stronger, and continues to do so,
with various international and re-
gional organisations tirelessly advo-
cating for its abolition.
The impact has been visible in the
region especially, as most recently,
Barbados removed the mandatory
death penalty in 2019. Recently, in
July 2023, Ghana became the 29th
country in Africa to abolish the
death penalty. This global trend thus
underscores a collective acknowl-
edgement of the need for a more hu-
mane and compassionate approach
to justice.
In the past few months, there
have been numerous calls for the
enforcement of the death penalty
in Trinidad and Tobago in response
to rising crime rates. However,
if we look to countries that
have low crime rates, such as
Norway, which abolished the
death penalty back in 1905,
they prioritise rehabilitation
within their criminal justice
systems. In countries that have
abolished capital punishment,
there is a prevailing belief that
justice should focus on reform
and reintegration, rather than
revenge and retribution.
A critical part of the discus-
sion on the death penalty must
be about not only how crime is
addressed through rehabilita-
tion, but also about how crime
can be prevented in the first
place. Overwhelmingly, coun-
tries with low levels of crime
all share one thing in common:
high levels of social welfare and
protection.
Considering the societal
impact, systemic biases, and
evolving global perspectives,
the compelling argument in
favour of the abolition of the
death penalty becomes evi-
dent. A justice system rooted in
compassion, rehabilitation and
fairness is not just a marker of
a progressive society, but also
a beacon of hope for a better
world.
As advocates for abolition,
we remain persistent in our as-
sertion that investments in edu-
cation, mental health services,
and poverty alleviation—which
all address the root causes of
crime rather than resorting to
an outdated practice that fails
to address the complexities of
criminal behaviour, and, more
importantly, does not actually
prevent it—are the most profit-
able in the long-term.
An emphasis on restorative
justice, which focuses on re-
pairing harm done to victims
and communities, offers a far
more compassionate and ef-
fective alternative to the death
penalty.
In conclusion, as society
evolves, and our understanding
opinion 19
of justice continues to evolve,
so too must our approach to
punishment. The death penalty
is not conducive to the progres-
sive society every member of
the international community
strives to be.
Although abolishing the
death penalty may not dimin-
ish the severity of crimes, it
reflects our unrelenting com-
mitment to humanity, empa-
thy, and the pursuit of a justice
system that truly embodies
the principles of fairness and
equality for all.
Greater Caribbean for Life
Australian High Commission
British High Commission
Port-of-Spain
Embassy of the French Republic
Embassy of the Federative
Republic of Germany
Embassy of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands
Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain
The EU Delegation to Trinidad
and Tobago
20 Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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The opening scene,

titled Bound.

Dancers in
This Is What
They Do.

A dance
titled
Behind
Closed
Doors.

Dancers
perform
Healing In
Between. A scene from
Keep Calm My
Sister.

Ibis
bi T&T Performers
f host
h
A
Warrior’s
Prayer.

I
bis T&T Performers
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plantation, and followed the lives of a community The company explores various genre
genres off dance
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A scene from And So It Goes, as the slaves rebel against their owner.

Dancers in the piece Joy In Between.

The
closing
scene
titled
A New
Hope.
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Our cognitive health matters at all ages
‘Our mind, our rights’
Post-pandemic,
ndemic mental health
concerns and burnout have
skyrocketed. “Suicide is
the fourth leading cause of
death among 15-19 year-olds,”
according to PAHO/WHO. In
the working world, nearly six
times as many employers report
increased mental health issues
among employees post pandemic
- post-traumatic stress disorder
and burnout being among the
most common. A CDC study
found the percentage of the
population reporting that they
felt depressed has quadrupled.
That may just be the
beginning. Mental health experts
have predicted “a tsunami of
psychiatric illness” in this post-
pandemic era.
October 10 –
World Mental Health Day
Our cognitive health is vital to
our overall health and well-be-
ing. Yet one in eight people
globally are living with mental
health conditions, which can im-
pact their physical health, their
well-being, how they connect
with others, and their liveli-
hoods. Mental health conditions
are also affecting an increasing
number of adolescents and
young people. Mental health
issues in teens often go undiag-
nosed and untreated.
World Mental Health Day is
observed on 10 October every
year, with the 2023’s theme
being, “Mental health is a
universal human right”
placing the focus on promoting
everyone’s mental health as a
universal human right. The Day
provides an opportunity for all
stakeholders to bring awareness
on what more needs to be done
to make mental health care a
reality for people worldwide.
Improving Access to
Mental Health Care
World Health Organization
shared, “having a mental health
condition should never be a
reason to deprive a person of
their human rights or to exclude
them from decisions about
their own health. Yet all over
the world, people with mental
health conditions continue to
experience a wide range of
human rights violations. Many
are excluded from community
life and discriminated against,
while many more cannot access
the mental health care they need
or can only access care that
violates their human rights.”
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Sometimes it will seem obvious
when someone is going through
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Sometimes you may not know.
It’s more important to respond
sensitively and with empathy to
someone who seems troubled
than to find out whether or not
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Although certain symptoms
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in their behaviour or mood if you
know the person well.
Five tips for talking
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1 Set time aside with no
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It is important to provide an
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with no distractions.
2 Let them share as much or as
little as they want to
Let them lead the discussion at
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them to tell you anything they
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You probably aren’t a medical
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Try not to make assumptions
about what is wrong or jump in
too quickly with your own diag-
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Say, “Why don’t you tell
me how you are feeling?” rather
than “I can see you are feeling
very low”. Try to keep your lan-
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time to answer and try not to
grill them with too many ques-
tions.
5 Talk about self-care
Discuss ways of de-
stressing or practicing self-care
and ask if they find anything
helpful. Exercising, having a
healthy diet and getting a good
night’s sleep can help protect
mental health and sustain well-
being.
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You may also feel a sense of
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tant. It is crucial that one pays
attention to the person confiding
in them. You don’t have to agree
with what they are saying, but
by showing you understand how
Things
Thi
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can do to
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they feel, you are letting them
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Rotarians encourage us to ‘Create Hope

in the World’

Left to right: AG South T&T Rotary Clubs Brian Ramatally, Past District Governor, Roger Bose,
President of the Rotary Club of San Fernando South (RCoSFS) DeCoursey Redman,
Rotary District 7030 Governor, Brian Glasgow and Past District Governor,
Dr Stephen Ramroop at the 40th Anniversary of RCoSFS.

Rotary members share a unique

Rotary District Governor 7030,
Brian Glasgow.
Rotary District Governor Elect 7030,
Debbie Roopchand
Member, Peacebuilding Committee.
Newly pinned Rotarian,
Dr Safeeya Mohammed delivering feature
address on Building Mental Fortitude.
passion for taking action to improve
their communities and the world.
Mere weeks ago, the Rotary Club
of San Fernando South (RCoSFS)
commemorated their 40th
anniversary and their legacy of
service and community development
impact were celebrated.
The Rotary International
theme for 2023-2024, as
announced by Rotary Inter-
national President Gordon
McInally earlier this year is a
theme that resonates deeply
with Rotary’s mission and
our role as Rotarians in work-
ing for peace and mental
wellbeing. That theme is to
“Create Hope in the World.”
When we think about
hope, we often associate it
with a bright outlook for the
future, and rightly so. Hope
is the force that drives us to
create a better world, and it
is at the very core of Rotary’s
purpose. But as we navigate
(Excerpt from the Feature Address at the RCoSFS 40th Anniversary)
Rotary is dedicated
to causes that build
international relationships,
improve lives and create a
better world for all. One of
its seven areas of focus is
Peacebuilding and Conflict
Prevention. It is an area of
focus which is linked directly
to mental health. In Trinidad,
clubs have engaged in various
initiatives to build peace
and this article highlights
two projects – the creation
of a green space that fosters
peace and peacebuilding
through literacy/read aloud,
both of which impact directly
on good mental health and
wellbeing.
the complex challenges of a
changing world, including
generational shifts in
leadership and priorities,
our ability to bring hope to
the world takes on a new
significance.
Let us not forget that the
essence of our work remains
unchanged. It is about
Creating Hope in the World,
whether by eradicating
polio, providing clean water,
promoting peace, or fighting
for basic human rights. Hope
transcends generations, and
it is our duty to ensure that it
burns brightly in the hearts
of all Rotarians.
Literacy
The installation of
Peace libraries by the
Rotary Clubs of Felicity/
Charlieville and Central
Port-of-Spain at Primary
Schools where they
conduct read aloud
sessions with the students
of the Schools is an
initiative which exposes
our youth to books that can
assist them with managing
conflict, coping with issues
such as bullying, promoting
peace and improving
their literacy all of which
positively impact on the
students’ mental wellbeing
and development.
Her Excellency, Christine Kangaloo engaged in a read aloud session
of “Avocado and Zaboca” by Sonja Dumas.
President Wayne Herbert of Rotary Club of POS West, President Tanya Western of
Rotary Club of Central POS, President Alexander Learmond-Criqui of
Rotary Club of Diego Martin, DGE Debbie Roopchand, President Kirwin Samuel of
Rotary Club of Maraval, Past President Veronica DeSouza of Rotary Club of POS
West, Assistant Governor of the North T&T Rotary Clubs Giselle Holder
and Secretary Roger Kirton, RCoPOS. The painting was created and donated by
Past President Jaspal Bhogal of the Rotary Club of POS West.
Creating a green space stools and stepping stones
– “Garden with Wings” made from fallen tree trunks
The Rotary Club of Central that provide seating for visitors.
Port of Spain in partnership Maintaining the “Garden with
with Friends of Botanic Gardens Wings” is an ongoing project of
of T&T and other stakeholders the Club and other stakeholders
celebrated pollinator week involved and it provides a quiet
on June 19, at the “Garden space where visitors can unwind,
with Wings” located within relax and enjoy the beauty of the
the Botanical Gardens by the garden.
entering into a Pollination These are just a few of the
Partnership to promote many initiatives the Rotary
pollination within the garden and Clubs of Trinidad and Tobago
planted water Ollas to assist with have embarked upon. Each
watering the plants. The garden initiative creates significant
is filled with flowering plants positive impact as Rotarians
and trees and attracts many continue to be a global peace
butterflies. There are benches, building force.
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Horoscope Eugenia
Last
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Designate time and energy to help a cause or to rectify a concern you
BY DEAN YOUNG

want to amend. Refuse to let domestic situations interfere with your

BLONDIE

purpose. A couple of financial adjustments will put your mind at ease

and encourage you to restructure what’s essential and how you plan to
do your part. Don’t waste energy on people or situations that don’t fit
your plans. Prioritise.
BIRTHDAY BABY
You are talkative, forceful and changeable. You are unique and assertive.
YOUR NUMBERS
6, 17, 23, 27, 35, 39, 41.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY
HEART OF THE CITY

Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, 45; Mario Lopez, 50; Wendi McLendon-Covey, 54;
Nora Roberts, 73.

Aries Libra
BY MARK TATULLI

March 21-April 19 Sept 23-October 22

3 STARS Listen, assess and
move along. Don’t waste time on
someone or something that has no
future. Look for solid opportunities
and put a contract that protects
you, your ideas and your long-term
goals in place. When opportunity
knocks, open the door.
4 STARS Put on your adult pants
and make a stance. How you use
your skills and connections to make
your community better will have a
stabilising effect on what matters
to you. Participation will capture
attention and encourage others
to do their part.

Taurus Scorpio
BY TOM ARMSTRONG

April 20-May 20 October 23-Nov 21

5 STARS Don’t share too much 4 STARS Revisit your options,
MARVIN

information. Mull over what you choose and follow through.

hear, verify facts and use what you
learn to secure your position. Follow
your heart and take advantage of
an opportunity that offers a shift in
how you use your skills to dominate
the competition.
Express your desires, and don’t
back down under pressure. Change
is necessary, but it must align with
your long-term plans. Refuse to let
anyone railroad you into something
you do not want.

Gemini Sagittarius
May 21-June 20
Nov 22-December 21
2 STARS Making moves based on
emotion will leave you confused. 2 STARS Take the path that
Think before you put more energy offers the freedom to follow your
PEANUTS

into restructuring your lifestyle heart’s desire. Refuse to let anyone

and professional goals by picking
up knowledge and skills to help
you advance. Networking functions
will reveal what’s available. Protect
against illness or injury.
infringe on you or your plans. Use
your intellect to pick and choose
who you confide in and what you
pursue. Don’t let personal issues
collide with financial stability.

Cancer
June 21-July 22
4 STARS Stick to what you know
and do best. An unexpected offer
will put you at ease and help you
BIZZARRO
Capricorn
December 22-Jan 19
5 STARS Take inventory before
taking on something new. Don’t
fall for someone’s investment
plan. Stick to what you know and

decide where or how you choose do your own thing. Build a strong
to live. A change will offer security base, make changes at home
and prompt you to spend less time conducive to your needs and
with people who don’t have your empower yourself.

Aquarius
best interests in mind.

Leo January 20-Feb 18

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

July 23-Aug 22
3 STARS Concentrate on detail and
expense involved before making a
move, investment or contractual
BY STEPHAN PASTIS
3 STARS Reach for the stars.
Believe in yourself and structure
your day to elaborate on a plan
that supports saving, improved

shift. Get your facts straight and
find out if any updated information
can help you make a difference in
how well you communicate and get
along with others.
lifestyle and contractual protection.
Don’t let someone interfere or
enforce changes on you that aren’t
necessary or in your best interest.

Virgo
August 23-Sept 22
3 STARS Take a look at your
current situation and consider the
changes that will rectify whatever
isn’t working for you. Find a unique
way to use your money and skills
to make a difference in where or
BY MARK TATULLI
Pisces
Feb 19-March 20
3 STARS Your discipline will pay
off. Look for an opportunity to
partner with someone who can fill
in the blanks regarding the skills
or experience you lack so that you
can focus on what you do best.

how you live. Make a meaningful Put everything in writing to avoid

relationship a priority. setbacks.
1 star: Avoid conflicts; work behind the scenes. 2 stars: You can
accomplish, but don’t rely on others. 3 stars: Focus and you’ll reach
.LIO

your goals. 4 stars: Aim high; start new projects. 5 stars: Nothing can
stop you; go for gold.
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ACROSS CROSSWORD 877
SCRABBLE 1. Mobile phone message
5. Cold hard cash
10. Walt Disney’s middle
name
12. There ___ accidents
13. Yoga pose
14. Have ___: Revel
15. Organizer
17. Strategy board game
with “stones”
18. Flit (about)
19. Muscle mag display
20. Couches and tables
23. Coffee, in slang
24. Tank or tee
25. Neighbor of Braz.
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Leaves” playwright
34. Green-skinned pear
35. Dutch diners
36. Game piece
DOWN
1. “Go, ___!”
2. “Let It Go” singer in
“Frozen”
3. Capital of Shaanxi
Province
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named for a Greek
town
CONTRACT BRIDGE 5. Broad, shallow crater
6. Scepter accompanier
7. More in order
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9. Yellow parts
11. “Cosmos” host
16. Novelist Wharton 22. Kommo ___: Australian trail that means 27. Pilgrim to Mecca
19. Small camping shelter “water walk” 28. Earth Day subj.
20. Radically strange 23. Bench warmer? 29. 20th century actor Madlyn
21. Throat hangers 26. Y-shaped objects 31. Shiverer’s sound

SUDOKU YESTERDAY’S SUDOKU SOLUTION

CROSSWORD SOLUTION 876

WORD WARP
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Astor Johnson Repertoty Dance Theatre:
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Dinner & Dance Anglican Diocese T&T „ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28
Venue: Estate 101 Venue: SAPA A Teenie Tiny Halloween
Time: 7pm Time: 7pm Hosted by Little Steps Caribbean
Venue: Mille Fleur
Time: 2pm
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TDW (5E) WINGLE P/UP
PRINCES TOWN Land. 319-5774
(80K)
CUREPE S.M.R. 7,500 sq.ft. Good
commercial area, with small
E25 LOW TOP GLASS building. 662-5828
SIDE ($65k) 4 LOTS Penn Trace Cunupia.
750-6031
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2 ACRES plots Exchange and Wa-
terloo. Agricultural. 750-6031
2 LOTS FOR $375.K
“As Is”
All approvals
Penal, Rock Road
796 1404 , 680 6993
ROUSILLAC, GRANTS Road, Ap-
proved Plot, 6500 sq.ft $400,000.
681-5653
DIEGO MARTIN MAIN RD, Cor.
Quarry Street, after church, 778-
7036.
BLANCHISSEUSE 8139 sq.ft.
freehold. 759-3452
VISTABELLA, SINANAN Street
5500 sq.ft. $750K Negotiable.
47HOUSE/ 474-6873
PENAL FULLY Approved Lots.
Starting at $285K. 47HOUSE/
474-6873
CEDAR DRIVE Pleasantville 1 lot.
$450,000. 769-2822
5 ACRE Plot, Freehold, Located in
Cumuto, $500,000. Call 779-6152
2 1/2 ACRES Freehold land with
house. Gold Road, Poole,
Tableland $1.5M 377-8267
VICTORIA STREET, San
Fernando. 5360 sq.ft. $1.4M
788-6128
MAYARO BEACHFRONT. 389-
9799
Sales Office: Phone: 622-3831 / 228-9927 /
787-6857 / 685-5596 / 296-7307.
Email: laurahomestt@gamail.com.
Facebook: Laura Homes TT
ARIMA – The Crossings – 3 bedrooms, 2 baths,
FF – TT$8,000.00
CASCADE – Coblentz Avenue - 2 bedrooms, 2
baths, self-contained Annex, UF – TT$7,500.00
CLAXTON BAY – Cara Court – 2- & 3-bedrooms,
FF, Starting at TT$8,500.00
CHAGUANAS – Edinburgh – 1- & 2-bedroom
units, FF – TT$4,000.00 each
DIEGO MARTIN – La Puerta – 2- & 3-bedroom
units, UF & SF – TT$5,800.00 & TT$4,500.00
MARAVAL – Francis Road – 3 bedrooms, 2 baths,
SF – TT$7,500.00
POINT CUMANA – Ocean Point Residences – 3
bedrooms, 2.5 baths, UF – US$2,000.00
SAN FERNANDO – Bryansgate – 2 studio
apartments, shared laundry area, FF –
TT$2,200.00 & TT$3,000.00
SANGRE GRANDE – Katwaroo Trace – 1- &
2-bedrooms plus commercial space – TT$3,500
-TT$8,000
ST. AUGUSTINE – Fidelis Heights – 3 bedrooms,
2.5 baths, FF – TT$9,000.00
ST. CLAIR – (few homes) 4 bedrooms, 4
baths, plus self-contained Annex – from
US$4,500.00 up
ST. CLAIR – Commercial Spaces – Call or email
for details
ST. JAMES – Flagstaff – 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths,
FF – TT$10,000.00 & TT$12,000.00
TRINCITY – Savannah Drive – 3 upstairs
units – 2 bedrooms ensuite, UF – TT$5,500.00
- TT$5,800.00
VALSAYN – North & South - Studio, 1-,
2- & 3-bedrooms – Starting at TT$2,350.00 –
TT$15,000.00
WESTMOORINGS – Regents Towers, Marine
Villas, La Fontaine, La Riviera, The Towers,
Western Circle, Falcon Heights – USD$2,000.00
up
WOODBROOK – Residential & Commercial
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HENRY STREET Port-Of-
Spain. 3 levels, 15,000
sq.ft. excellent invest-
ment. 776-9654
PALMISTE 3 bedroom $7500.
681-5653
WESTMOORINGS 5 bedroom
villa, pool. 680-2978
TRINCITY 3 bedroom, gated,
$6,300. 684 - 6097
SCOTLAND DRIVE
SAN FERNANDO
TOWNHOUSE
3 BEDROOMS,
2 BATHS, $6000.00
47HOUSE/ 474-6873
WOODBROOK ANNEX
$4,600.00. 390-0523.
CUREPE FREDERICK St, 2 bed-
room flat, 2 bathrooms, accom-
modation for professionals or
students fully furnished, AC bed-
rooms, hot and cold water, utili-
ties included. $3200 per room.
Walking distance to Eastern Main
Rd and bus route, parking avail-
able inside, contact 793-7800.
CHAGUANAS
NEAR PRICE PLAZA
2 bedrooms $4,700.00
3 bedrooms $5,600.00
Negotiable, Utilities
388-8240
2 BEDROOM Curepe & 1 studio,
475-4576, 762-3879.
UWI STUDENTS
3 BEDROOM Townhouse,
Ensuite Rooms, Hot/ Cold, A/C,
Gated, Security Cameras, Parking,
2 mins walk to UWI. 2 mins drive
to Mt Hope. $2,500.- $3,000. plus
bills. 681-8765
MARABELLA BACHELOR
Furnished Accommodation.
714-2300
2 BEDROOM Fully burglar-
proofed, H/C, parking inside. 637-
8902. 3-4 pm.
2 BEDROOMS EL Socorro/ Petit
Bourg, contact 752-2049/ 739-
2049.
2 BEDROOMS Semi Furnished,
A/C, $3800 neg.
STUDIO APARTMENT all
amenities included $2800.
Hillcrest Drive, Four Roads, Diego
Martin.
Contact: 717-4611.
WhatsApp: 393-3289/ 474-6941
CUREPE RECENTLY
REFURBISHED
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APARTMENT
689-5182
TRINCITY 3 bedroom, gated,
$6,000. 684 - 6097
2 BEDROOM 7th Avenue Malick
398-8633
3 BEDROOM apartment, 10 min-
utes from San Fernando, parking
available. 750-6031
SANFERNANDO
1 Bedroom apt
378-9500
COCOYEA 2 bedroom, 1.5
bathrooms, All utilities included
$3500. 742-6013 (Call/ What-
sapp)
MARAVAL 1 Bedroom $1500
388-1237
SPACIOUS 2 bedroom Apart-
ment Tunapuna. $3200. Call
708-5430.
OPPOSITE LADY Hochoy Home
Cocorite 3 bedrooms $3200.00
what’s app 703-4907.
1 BEDROOM preferable single
person, A/C , H/C fully tiled.
Chase Village Chaguanas
$2000.00 468-4677.
MONTROSE, CHAGUANAS 2
bedroom, air-condition, hot/
cold, parking, remote gate. 468-
2675/ 773-3002
TWO BEDROOM apartment
Glencoe, Secure Parking with ex-
ternal cameras. Contact 763-2550
BARATARIA 2 bedrooms. Diego
Martin- 4 bedrooms. 684-1165
TUNAPUNA GREEN street. 2
Bedrooms, 1 parking, $3000. 493-
2771 or 493-2772.
BY SEA La Romaine- 1 bed-
room, air-condition, hot/ cold,
$2,500.00. 795-7101
MARAVAL 1 Bedroom, 629-
2977.
1 BEDROOM, $2300. San Juan.
Single/ Couple only. 775-7824
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Battoo Lands- 2 bedrooms, hot/
cold, air-condition, working
couple, $3,500.00. 497-0451, 753-
4711, 658-5453, 336-4711
OFFICE SPACE For Rent
at Woodford Street- Port
of Spain. Attractive air-
conditioned space with blinds.
Includes washroom, kitchen-
ette and CCTV cameras. Call:
681-2600 or 684-8182
WOODBROOK OFFICE SPACE
for rent. 2 rooms with Reception
Area, storage and bathroom.
Suitable for Commercial/
Residential. Parking available
$9,000/ month. 682-4135,
627-6645, 680- 2924
BARATARIA COMMERCIAL
Rental, Two-Storey Building.
Secured Parking. 610-6783 or
460-6817.
3000/ 6000 SQ.FT.
WAREHOUSE/
OFFICE SPACE.
795-4448/ 769-2107
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PETIT VALLEY
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776-9654
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Guardian lives
SUE LEN LUE YAT
June 1st, 1919 - October 12th, 2015
God took her home; it was his will,
But in our hearts she liveth still.
Lovingly remembered by your children.
DR. MERVYN THEODORE
HILTON CLARKE
born on May 10, 1927, de-
parted this world on Thursday,
October 5, 2023. He was the
son of the late Dr. George Hil-
ton Clarke and the late Mabel
Hilton Clarke (née McVoran)
and husband to Ilka Hilton
Clarke (née Warnars). Father of
Terence, Tyrone and Roxane.
Grandfather of Azlan and
Shiloh and father-in-law to
Saara (née Jadunath). He was
the brother of Neville (dec.),
Aldric (dec.), Carlton (dec.) and
Allison. He was the brother-in-
law of Madge (née McMillan)
(dec.), Emily (née Johnson)
(dec.), Jean (née Guppy) and
Violet (née De Freitas) (dec.);
uncle of Von, Dawn, Susan
(dec.), Spencer (dec.), Paul,
John, Dayne, Rory, Karen,
Giselle and Scott. He was a lov-
ing husband, cherished father,
and loyal friend. He dedicated
his life to being an ophthal-
mologist and served the com-
munity faithfully. A private
cremation will be conducted.
For enquiries; call C&B: (868)
625-1170. To send condo-
lences please visit our website
www.clarkandbattoo.com
NAHOUS, JOHN passed away
peacefully on Saturday 7th
October, 2023. Son of the late
Joseph and Latifa Nahous. Hus-
band of Angela Helen Nahous
(née Ahing). Husband of the late
Teresa Nahous (née Golia). Father
of Anthony, Christine, Paul(dec),
Christopher and Helena. Stepfa-
ther of Najmie. Father-in-law of
Suzette, David, Maryse, Suzanne
and Andrew. Grandfather of 23.
Great grandfather of 13. Brother
of Lily, Nazem and the late Bahij,
Anwar and Bahije. Uncle to the
Nahous, Joseph and Raffoul
families. Funeral mass for the
late John Nahous takes place at
The Church of the Assumption,
Long Circular Road, on Thursday
12th October, 2023 at 10:00am,
followed by private interment.
For enquiries, contact Chancellor
Walks Funeral Services, 287-
0403/04.
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passed away peacefully on 1st
October, 2023 at the age of 55.
He was the loving son of Carl-
ton Allan (deceased) and Cleo
Moore (deceased). Husband
of Sita (deceased). Father of
Kelsey and Mariah. Brother
of Candace (deceased), Carol
Ann, Gail, Glen, Rodney,
Robert and Allison. Uncle of
Sydelle, Simone, Rayna, Jenna,
Stacy, Craig, Jabarrie, Chela
and Cherise Ann. Great Uncle
of 13. Brother-in-law of Ernest,
Mervyn, Hannifer and Hermia
(deceased). Relative of the
Dhandi and Manuel families.
Close friend of Ingmarie Ralph
and Sherry Bindoo. Funeral
service at 9:00 a.m. on Friday
13th October, 2023 at St. The-
resa’s R.C. Church, De Verteuil
Street, Woodbrook, followed
by a Private Cremation. For
enquiries; call C&B: (868) 625-
1170. To send condolences
please visit our website www.
clarkandbattoo.com
ROLAND YORKE, adoring hus-
band to Sharon and loving father
of Devon, Osei and Aren passed
away after a brief illness on
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023.
He was the grandfather to Kiara
and beloved brother of Lynette,
Diane and Cheryl. Son-in-Law
of Gloria and the late Selwyn
Ragoonanan. Relative to the
Yorke, Philbert, Pantin and Ra-
goonanan families. Funeral Mass
for the late Roland Yorke takes
place at the Church of the Nativ-
ity, Crystal Stream, Diego Martin
on Wednesday, October 11th at
10:00 a.m. followed by private
interment. For enquiries, contact
Chancellor Walks Funeral Ser-
vices, 287-0403/04.

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CRICKET WORLD CUP
N Zealand claims another emphatic win
after beating Netherlands by 99 runs
HYDERABAD—Mitchell Santner be-
came the first New Zealand spin-
ner to grab a five-wicket haul at a
Cricket World Cup as the Black Caps
thumped the Netherlands by 99 runs
yesterday to claim their second suc-
cessive victory in the tournament.
New Zealand didn’t feel the ab-
sence of captain Kane Williamson for
the second game in a row as it pow-
ered to 322-7 on a slow, dry wicket,
with top-order batters Will Young
(70), stand-in skipper Tom Latham
(53) and Rachin Ravindra (51) all
shining.
Santner, who also made a quickfire
unbeaten 36 off 17 balls, then took
5-59 with his left-arm spin as the
Netherlands was bowled out for 223
in 46.3 overs.
It was the Netherlands’ second con-
secutive defeat after losing its opening
game against Pakistan by 81 runs.
“I think we did a great job with
the bat, built partnerships and put
up a great score,” Latham said. “Any
time in the middle is valuable, part-
nership after partnership allowed us
to put good runs on the board. The
spinners were outstanding and the
big boys did a great job up front and
squeezed them.”
New Zealand’s Mitch Santner, second from right, celebrates the wicket of
Netherlands’ Roelof Van Der Merwe during an ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match in
Hyderabad, India, yesterday. PICTURE AP
Buttler has ‘integrity’ concerns about
state of field at England’s next venue
DHARAMSHALA—England captain Jos
Buttler believes the “integrity of the
game” could be compromised by the
state of the outfield in Dharamshala
for his team’s match against Bang-
ladesh at the Cricket World Cup in
India today.
The field of play at HPCA Stadium
is causing concerns and Afghanistan
spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman came
close to a bad injury on Saturday
when his knee got stuck in the sur-
face as he slid to stop a boundary.
The International Cricket Council
sport
New Zealand had already avenged
its narrow defeat in the 2019 World
Cup final after beating England by
nine wickets in Ahmedabad last
week.
One of the heroes of that win,
Devon Conway, and opening partner
Young provided a solid stand of 67,
but not before the Netherlands had
bowled three successive maidens up
front.
Conway, who struck an unbeaten
152 against England, holed out at
long-on after scoring 32 but Ravin-
dra carried on where he left off in
his magnificent unbeaten century
against the defending champion.
Ravindra and Young complied a
77-run stand before New Zealand
tried to switch gears in the latter half
of the innings. Young was caught at
mid-on after hitting seven fours and
two sixes in his 80-ball knock and
Ravindra edged left-arm spinner
Roelof van der Merwe down the leg
side soon after completing his half
century.
Daryl Mitchell, who was dropped
on 22, and Latham then put on 53
before the Netherlands hit back in
the last powerplay with three quick
wickets for 16 runs.
said the outfield was rated “aver-
age” by the officials at that Afghan-
istan-Bangladesh game and match
referee Javagal Srinath was satisfied
with it after a fresh inspection.
England has had two training days
at the venue and Buttler isn’t im-
pressed by the conditions.
“I think it’s poor, in my own opin-
ion. It’s not as good as it could be or
should be,” Buttler said at a news
conference yesterday. “Certainly if
you feel like you’re having to hold
yourself back, it’s not a place you
Mitchell was bowled by fast bowler
Paul van Meekeren (2-59) as he de-
ceived the batter with an off-cutter.
Spinner Aryan Dutt ended with 2-62
after having Latham stumped and
Mark Chapman (4) caught at point.
But Santner provided the Black
Caps with a perfect finish by slam-
ming Bas de Leede (1-64) for two con-
secutive sixes in the last over, which
went for 23.
New Zealand then dropped a cou-
ple of catches and Santner missed
out with two of three run-out
chances. The Netherlands, though,
never looked threatening in its run-
chase.
Vikramjit Singh and Max O’Dowd
were tied down by disciplined
lengths from Trent Boult and Matt
Henry (3-40) in the powerplay.
Colin Ackermann (69) made a
fighting half century, but the fall of
De Leede in the 17th over to a superb
juggling catch by Boult on the edge
of the boundary at long off took the
game further away from the Nether-
lands.
Santner baffled the Netherlands
with his variations of pace and, after
having O’Dowd trapped leg before
wicket in his first spell, he returned
to grab four more wickets.
“New Zealand have got a quality
bowling attack,” said the Netherlands
captain Scott Edwards, who skied a
return catch to Santner after scoring
30. “You are not going to chase down
320 with 40s and 50s ... we needed
bigger partnerships.”
New Zealand leads the table on
four points and next plays Bang-
ladesh in Chennai on Friday. The
Netherlands will have a week’s break
before taking on South Africa in
Dharamshala on October 17. (AP)
SCORES
New Zealand 322/7 (50 overs) (Young
70, Latham 53, van der Merwe 2-56) vs
Netherlands 223 (46.3 overs) (Ackermann
69, Santner 5-59, Henry 3-40). New
Zealand won by 99 runs.
want to be as a team or as a player
or in a World Cup match.”
In an interview with the BBC,
Buttler added, “The powers-that-be
are comfortable... The only thing I
would question is, if you are telling
players not to dive and stuff, does
that question the integrity of the
game?
“Worse-case scenario is something
bad happens, but fingers crossed
that doesn’t happen for both teams.”
Buttler was unhappy at the idea of
his team needing to hold back. (AP)
Netherlands’ Logan Van Beek plays a shot during the ICC Men’s
Cricket World Cup match between Pakistan and Netherlands in
Hyderabad, India, last Friday. PICTURE AP
Pakistan ‘extremely
disappointed’ over visa
delay for media and fans
ISLAMABAD—The Pakistan
Cricket Board has expressed
“extreme disappointment”
about a delay in the issuing
of Indian visas to its coun-
try’s journalists and fans for
the World Cup.
The chairman of the PCB
management committee,
Zaka Ashraf, met with Paki-
stan foreign secretary Syrus
Sajjad Qazi yesterday and
asked him to take up the mat-
ter with India’s home minis-
try through Pakistan’s high
commission in New Delhi.
“The PCB is extremely dis-
appointed to see that journal-
ists from Pakistan and fans
are still facing uncertainty
about obtaining an Indian
visa,” it said in a statement.
Around 50 Pakistan jour-
nalists, accredited by the In-
ternational Cricket Council
governing body, are uncer-
tain when they will get their
visas, with Pakistan sched-
uled to play its second game
against Sri Lanka in Hydera-
bad today.
The Pakistan team re-
ceived its visas less than 36
hours before it was due to fly
to Hyderabad via Dubai last
month.
The delay in the issuing
of the player visa forced the
PCB to cancel a brief training
camp in Dubai and the team
flew straight to Hyderabad,
where it played two warm-up
games against New Zealand
and Australia before beating
the Netherlands in its first
World Cup match.
The PCB said it has already
reminded the ICC and the
Board of Control for Cricket
in India of “their respective
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obligations and terms and
conditions stipulated in the
host agreement to guarantee
visas for fans and journalists
of participating teams.”
The Pakistan players re-
ceived a warm reception in
Hyderabad and wicketkeep-
er-batter Mohammad Rizwan
said it felt at the airport as if
the team had landed in Kara-
chi or Lahore after winning a
World Cup.
The PCB, however, said
it has also asked its govern-
ment “to evaluate player se-
curity in India”.
“He (Ashraf ) emphasised
that the well being and safety
of the Pakistan squad was of
paramount importance,” the
board said in the statement.
It is unclear how many
Pakistan fans will be issued
visas ahead of the marquee
game against India to be
played at the 134,000-capac-
ity Narendra Modi Stadium
in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
Pakistani Zainab Abbas
went to India as an ICC tel-
evision presenter before
flying home yesterday, five
days into the six-week long
tournament.
An ICC spokesperson said
Abbas “has not been de-
ported (but) she has left for
personal reasons”.
Pakistan and India have
not met in a Test match since
2007 but has played against
one another regularly in
other formats.
Political tensions between
the two countries meant
India played its recent Asia
Cup games in Sri Lanka after
refusing to travel to Pakistan
for the tournament. (AP)
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Phoenix to play ‘Arsenal brand’
against PVDM in Tier 2 final
WALTER ALIBEY
Senior Sports Reporter
walter.alibey@guardian.co.tt
Two similar football styles with
identical desires will be on display
this afternoon at the Dwight Yorke
Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago when
the final of Tier 2 of the T&T Pre-
mier Football League takes place
from 5.30 pm between home team
FC Phoenix and Petit Valley Diego
Martin (PVDM) United.
It will be the first national title
for either team.
Phoenix manager and owner
Terry Williams is promising to
produce the Arsenal brand of foot-
ball today, noting that the English
football club has been the style of
football he has always liked and
taught.
“This has been my philosophy—
total football, with strength in
attack as well as in the defence,”
Williams explained.
The Tobago-based team, hav-
ing played unbeaten all season,
will have the entire island behind
them, as it has been some time
since a team from the sister isle
has won a national title.
“The whole of the island will be Harlem won 5-1.
behind us. We have not lost for the
season, and we want to end on a
high. We believe we have the play- spirit, which has been the strength
ers to do it too, because they have of the team this season, and which teams at the same venue in July, lost two players through red cards (QPCC) 5-1 at the Larry Gomes Sta-
shown that they are ready for an- will assure that we will prevail in the Phoenix prevailed handsomely in that match-up.
ything.
Scotiabank Women Against Breast Cancer 5k a huge success
VINAYA BOODRAM
gmsports@guardian.co.tt
Runners and walkers of all ages
showed up for the 23rd Scotia-
bank Women Against Breast
Cancer 5k, its first in-person race
since the COVID-19 pandemic, on
Saturday at the Queen’s Park Sa-
vannah in Port-of-Spain.
Some 5,000 registered partic-
ipants came out to support the
cause which affects many individ-
uals in our day-to-day life.
The race was said to be sold out
within one week, prior to the race
day.
“Clearly, people missed it be-
cause we were sold out a week
ago. We have 5,000 registrants,
including 500 males,” said the
general manager of the Scotia-
bank Foundation, Cindy Moham-
med.
She was pleased by the turn-
out, which included men for the
first time and also appreciated
the support given to persons
who are affected by this disease
as the bank continues to evolve
the SWABC 5K experience, at the
same time saluting those who are
battling cancer or who have sur-
vived.
“For the first time, we opened
up the event to males because we
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Trinidad-based unit has not lost a
single match after that game. Man-
ager Derek Edwards believes it was
the point where his players started
to believe in themselves. He jok-
ingly said it would be like “walk-
ing through the valley of death”
against them today.
Since that match, the PVDM men
moved from second-from-bottom
on the 10-team standings to fourth,
with the only two dropped points
coming against Police FC in a 2-2
tie. Midfielder Akeil Thomas has
been the only addition to their at-
tacking force in an otherwise con-
fident team.
“We have really been just been
doing the simple things while using
our players in the right positions
and to their strengths. Our only
real challenge will be the down-
time in travelling to the sister isle
in such a short space of time. We
travel today at close to midday and
then the players may want to go
to the beach and so on, and then
the game at 5.30 pm, so it will be a
compact day for us,” Edwards said.
The winner of today’s match
will be part of four teams sharing
Harlem Strikers’ Keithen Carter wins the ball against QPCC’s Jose Antonio Centeno Parra during the Tier 2 third place
a $75,000 cash incentive from the
match in the T&T Premier Football League at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Malabar, Arima on Sunday.
PICTURE ABRAHAM DIAZ T&T Football Association.
Only on Sunday, Harlem Strikers
“We also have a never-say-die said. could have been six or seven goals claimed the third-place prize by
In the first meeting between the against a PVDM team, which had beating Queen’s Park Cricket Club
dium in Malabar, Arima, courtesy
the end this evening,” Williams 3-1, and according to Williams, it Coincidentally, however, the of a hat-trick from Isaiah Leacock.
AGE CATEGORY WINNERS
19 and under: Zariah Pascal (26.22)
20-29: Sarah Guillen (24.13)
30-39: Sjaelan Evans (24.40)
40-49: Natasha Kelshall Pantin (25.33)
50-59: Shardie Mahabir (22.50)
Over 60: Joanne Esdale (35.27)
Trinidad and Tobago so people
learn the importance of getting
screened early and of course, are
able to detect if they have cancer
earlier on so they can go on to
lead fulfilling lives.”
At the end of the race, with a
time of 20.01, Samantha Shukla
was the top female, along with
Aniqah Bailey in second with a
time of 21.06, and ten-year-old
Chennai Moore in 3rd with a time
of 21.55.
Guswil George was the fastest
male with a time of 18.37.
The largest corporate team was
given to Sagicor and the largest
Participants sprint at the start of the Scotiabank Race Against Cancer 5K at the Queen’s Park Savannah, school was St Augustine Girls
Port-of-Spain on Saturday. PICTURE ABRAHAM DIAZ High School.
realised everybody is touched by today,” said Mohammed. fited from these services. Following the finish lines, the
cancer in some form or fashion. This year’s beneficiary T&T The general manager said, participants were greeted with
So people are running for their Cancer Society received a “The beneficiary of the event this entertainment from Tassa, pan-
mom, for their sister, for their $250,000 donation to aid in year is the T&T Cancer Society. A nist Joshua Regrello, and soca ar-
brother, for their uncle, for their screenings throughout T&T. Sco- $250,000 donation is being made tiste Hey Choppi.
dad. And we really appreciate the tiabank’s continued partnership to the Cancer Society today. And This year, the SWABC 5K had
support of everyone who’s come with the Cancer Society, to date, that is going to facilitate screen- some new sponsors including
out and supported the event over 21,000 women have bene- ing in communities throughout Dasani, the official water sponsor.
 32 sport Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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Trincity Nationals blast UWI 19-0

Cornwall keeps Club Sando on title path
NIGEL SIMON the ninth and T&T international at Mucurapo on Sunday, while Police Barracks training ground,
Senior Multimedia Reporter Naiomi Guerra in the 21st. Queen’s Park Cricket Club (QPCC) St James in the lone match on Sat-
nigel.simon@guardian.co.tt The win lifted AC PoS into battled past host Police 2-1 at the urday.
sole possession of the second
National player Afiya Cornwall spot with 21 points from eighth TRINIDAD CLAIRE GEORGE CONFERENCE WOLF RESULTS
came off the bench to score a matches, now three ahead of the Sunday: Molineaux 6, Ketara Munroe 4,
brace as Club Sando continued previously perfect Army/Coast- Play Fit 3 (Shenelle Jordan 2, Latoya Shanelle Warrick 3, Diamond Baptiste
their march towards lifting the Guard women combination, who Cayenne) vs AIA 2 (Nia Allard, Nkechi 2, Natisha John 2, Lee Ann Kirby,
Trinidad Claire George Confer- still have a match in hand on the Joseph) Ranelle Pascall) vs UWI 0
ence crown of the T&T Women’s top duo. AC PoS 2 (Anique Walker, Naiomi
League Football (WoLF) with a 3-0 At the University of the West Guerra) vs Defence Force 0 Saturday:
win over St Augustine/Cunupia Indies St Augustine ground, na- Club Sando 3 (Afiya Cornwall 68th, QPCC 2 (Shenelle Henry, Bianca
United on Sunday. 89th, Javanah Moreno 11th) vs St Mungalsingh) vs Police 1 (Tanisha
tional defender Crystal Molineaux
Augustine/Cunupia United 0 Palmer)
Playing at the Mannie Ramjohn banged in six goals to fire Trincity Trincity Nationals 19 (Crystal
Stadium in Marabella, Javanah Nationals to a 19-0 drubbing of the
Moreno netted in the 11th minute University of the West Indies.
for Club Sando to lead 1-0 at the Ketara Munroe helped herself CURRENT STANDINGS
half-time interval before Cornwall to a beaver-trick and Shanelle Pl Team P W D L F A Pts
who replaced former T&T interna- Warrick a hat-trick in the lop- 1 Club Sando 8 8 0 0 56 0 24
tional Khadidra Debestte on the sided victory while Diamond Bap- 2 AC Port-of-Spain 8 7 0 1 48 4 21
hour mark, added items in the tiste and Natisha John fired in two 3 Defence Force 7 6 0 1 51 3 18
68th and 89th to complete the Crystal Molineaux... scored 6 goals goals each, and Lee Ann Kirby, 4 St Augustine/Cunupia 7 4 0 3 23 8 12
win, their eighth from as many in Trincity Nationals’ 19-0 win. and Ranelle Pascall, the others. 5 Trincity Nationals 7 4 0 3 42 18 12
matches to remain the lone team curapo, AC Port-of-Spain (AC PoS) In the two other matches 6 Play Fit F.A 7 3 0 4 24 22 9
with a 100 per cent winning re- kept alive their dream of securing played, Play Fit edged Atlas Ath- 7 QPCC 8 3 0 5 11 20 9
8 Atlas Athletic 8 1 1 6 7 57 4
cord as well. the title with a 2-0 blanking of letic International Academy 9 Police FC 8 0 1 7 5 56 1
Down at the Hasely Crawford fellow title-chaser Defence Force 3-2 behind a pair of goals from 10 UWI FC 7 0 0 7 0 79 0
Stadium training field in Mu- with Anique Walker scoring in Shenelle Jordan in the first match

UWI, Rajasthan Royals partner to create educational courses

The University of the West Indies scholars and budding present ment to partner in delivering UWI
(UWI) and India’s Royals Sports and potential professionals keen courses to a franchise with a fan
Group-owned franchise, Rajast- on working in the sports industry. base much larger than the West
han Royals have signed a Memo- This new alliance, combin- Indian population.
randum of Understanding (MOU) ing UWI’s prestigious university “We were able to bring together
for both parties to work together ranking as No 1 in the Caribbean the best experts across our many
to co-create specialised educa- and among the top 1.5 per cent in faculties at The UWI to produce
tional courses for budding sports the world, will see the co-creation high-quality programmes, and
scholars worldwide. of an Advanced Sports Nutrition Advanced Sport Nutrition is
The MoU signing occurred last Programme for young athletes hopefully just the start,” he said,
month when Jake Lush McCrum, and professionals. lauding the commitment shown
Rajasthan Royals Chief Executive The programme aims to help by the franchise in deepening its
Officer, visited The UWI Cave Hill participants better understand footprint in the region, noting
Campus in Barbados. the vital role nutrition plays in that scholars have already en-
Dean of The UWI’s Faculty developing and sustaining an ath- rolled in the myriad courses on
of Sport, Dr Akshai Mansingh, lete’s career. offer at RSB.
signed on behalf of Vice-Chancel- The course will be designed by Commenting on the milestone
lor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles in industry subject matter experts association, McCrum said, “One
the presence of the Faculty’s Pro- from both entities and consist of of the driving pillars for the Roy-
ject Officer, West Indian cricket Project Officer at the UWI Faculty of Sport, Daren Ganga, Jake Lush McCrum, various assignments, assessment als School of Business has been
legend Daren Ganga. Rajasthan Royals Chief Executive Officer, Dr Akshai Mansingh, Dean of the tests, and live athlete testimonials the abundant potential for growth
Since the 2020 inception of the UWI Faculty of Sport and Dr Rudolph Alleyne, Head of The UWI Cave Hill to help prepare scholars to excel that lies within the talent that is
Royals School of Business (RSB), Academy of Sport at the MOU signing ceremony, last month. in sports nutrition. either working in or dreams of
PICTURE COURTESY UWI
its online platform, which offers At the signing ceremony that working in the sports industry.
educational courses covering industry, the IPL franchise has grammes contributing to the de- formalised the agreement, Dr “This exciting association with
360-degree aspects of the sports developed 16 world-class pro- velopment of more than 40,000 Mansingh expressed his excite- The University of the West Indies
comes from the vision of combin-
When De Mark Buss TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2023 LAST DRAW: MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2023 ing the best brains from various
parts of the world to create learn-
Marks Times played Marks Times played PLAY WHE PICK TWO ing modules that impart deep
10.30am 1pm 4pm 7pm Total 10.30am 1pm 4pm 7pm Total knowledge and live testimonials
01 CENTIPEDE 3 6 7 9 25 19 HORSE 4 9 3 5 21 TODAY’S STAR BETS 10.30 am 24 15
02 OLD LADY 4 5 10 4 23 20 DOG 7 6 5 9 27 4 (Dead Man) from professionals to budding in-
03 CARRIAGE 6 6 10 10 33 21 MOUTH 8 9 3 6 26 12 (King) 1 pm 32 34 dividuals.
04 DEAD MAN 4 7 8 7 26 22 RAT 3 4 7 6 20 23 (House) “Our presence in the Caribbean
05 PARSON MAN 7 7 8 7 29 23 HOUSE 3 6 11 4 24
06 BELLY 8 5 9 7 29 24 QUEEN 6 4 7 1 18 2 (Old lady) 10.30 am 30 (House Cat) 1 pm 34 (Blind Man) 4 pm 7 18 through our franchise group has
07 HOG 4 6 4 5 19 25 MOROCOY 8 5 5 9 27 certainly helped connect us with
08 TIGER 4 6 7 9 26 26 FOWL 8 5 7 4 24 BACKUP MARKS 7 pm 4 2 one of the best universities in the
09 CATTLE 4 6 6 6 22 27 LITTLE SNAKE 10 11 7 6 34 5-13-16-21-25-32 world, and we are delighted at the
10 MONKEY 5 3 4 12 24 28 RED FISH 4 7 3 4 18 Under: (Last Tuesday)
11 CORBEAU 9 6 4 10 27 29 OPIUM MAN 8 7 6 6 27
PREFERRED LINES 10.30 am.................................27-17 prospect of further contributing
12 KING 7 7 6 4 24 30 HOUSE CAT 9 10 7 3 29 22 (Rat) 4 pm 18 (Water Boat) 7 pm 3-4-5-7 1pm..........................................13-31
to the sports education ecosystem
4 pm........................................ 23-32
13 CRAPAUD 10 7 4 3 24 31 PARSON WIFE 2 8 8 6 24
PICK FOUR 7 pm....................................... 26-16 together.”
14 MONEY 8 5 10 4 27 32 SHRIMP 11 7 8 10 36
15 SICK WOMAN 3 1 13 4 21 33 SPIDER 12 4 5 9 30 Under: (Last Tuesday) PICK TWO SELECTIONS Following the MoU signing, UWI
10.30 am 2 1 9 4
16 JAMETTE 6 3 7 5 21 34 BLIND MAN 6 9 1 5 21 10.30 am................... 9-0-7-2 12-17 15-33 and the Royals School of Business
17 PIGEON 4 8 5 6 23 35 BIG SNAKE 5 11 6 4 26 1 pm 2 7 5 1 1 pm........................... 4-4-1-4 CASH POT have been finalising the Advanced
18 WATER BOAT 11 4 6 11 32 36 DONKEY 7 10 4 10 31 4 pm........................... 1-0-0-2
7 pm........................... 2-7-4-8 SELECTIONS Sports Nutrition programme and
4 pm 4 0 8 4
Play Whe—Under: (Last Tuesday) 1-5-7-14-20 will announce its launch in the
PICK FOUR SELECTIONS RESULTS
10.30 am: 32 (Shrimp) 1 pm: 5 (Parson Man) 4 pm: 4 (Dead Man) 7 pm: 21 (Mouth) 7 pm 2 4 6 0 0-2-7-9 1, 6, 7, 12, 16 Mx3 next few months.
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UWI, CANOC reveal game changing
partnership for sports
Over the weekend in Bridgetown,
Barbados, the Caribbean Associa-
tion of National Olympic Committees
(CANOC) held its 21st General Assem-
bly and its 10th annual Workshop.
CANOC is also celebrating its 20th
anniversary. Prior to the General As-
sembly on Sunday and Workshop,
the day before, there was a Sustain-
ability Workshop held from October
4-5—a collaboration between the In-
ternational Olympic Committee (IOC)
and CANOC hosted by the Barbados
Olympic Association (BOA).
This workshop entailed the “Sus-
tainability, Sport for Nature, Sports
for Climate Change” action frame-
work.
Caribbean Olympic sports leaders
and delegates heard presentations
from Julie Duffus, the IOC Sustainabil-
ity manager, Noemie Metais, Youth,
Education and Advocacy Officer,
United Nations Environment Pro-
gramme (UNEP), who provided an
overview of her organisation’s work
while Hyacinth Armstrong-Vaughn,
Protected Areas Officer at the Inter-
national Union for the Conservation
of Nature (IUCN), shared invaluable
information on the state of biodiver-
sity in the Caribbean.
It was a very interesting week.
The discussions were thought-pro-
voking and might I add frank and
honest. CANOC’s brave and bold next
steps will set the organisation on the
know it to be. There are those,
who have made the decision,
that they will not change.
Setting the agenda. Setting the
stage.
CANOC over the weekend took
some important and far-reach-
ing decisions that will have sig-
nificant consequences. CANOC
agreed to take the lead within
the region on “Sport for Climate
Change” and “Sport for Nature”
and to lead the pack on sustain-
ability and sport and human
rights. The landmark signing of
a cooperation agreement with
the University of the West In-
dies (UWI), a signing that was
witnessed by the Honourable
Charles Griffith, Barbados Minis-
right path. ter of Youth, Sports and Commu-
In addressing the challenges and nity Empowerment, Dr Akshai
opportunities presented in the con- Mansingh, Dean of the Faculty of
temporary environment, the CANOC Sport signed for UWI with presi-
executive led by its current president
Keith Joseph is taking it to the next
level. CANOC as it continues the jour-
ney into the future is embracing the
changed realities. The organisation is
harnessing the opportunities and fac-
ing them in a changed world.
Sport leaders, in particular, those
from vulnerable small island states
are in a veritable war for survival.
Sport is under siege from forces in-
cluding environmental, that threaten
the very existence of sport as we
dent Joseph doing the needful for
CANOC.
This cooperation agreement
with UWI and CANOC will
change the face and landscape of
the Olympic and Commonwealth
sports movement. It’s a game-
changer.
Earlier this year, CANOC re-
ceived an invitation to attend
the World Health Organisation
(WHO) Small Islands Developing
States (SIDS) high-level techni-
cal meeting on the prevention
of Non-Communicable Diseases
(NCDs) and Mental Health. An
important embrace of CANOC’s
leadership position. Just as Cari-
com and the Caribbean Develop-
ment Bank do in their respective
areas of expertise. CANOC is em-
bracing the idea that it must take
the leadership mantle for chart-
ing a new vision for the role of
sport 33
the Olympic and Commonwealth
sport movement, and the sport
industry in the Caribbean.
The leadership of CANOC had
several meetings in respect of
collaborations and partnerships.
Areas of particular focus were
a sports policy mapping pro-
gramme and the establishment
of a CANOC monitoring, evalu-
ation and learning strategy and
system.
Getting to 20 years is no easy
feat but as CANOC heads into
the next phase of its history, the
organisation is full of confidence
that it’s on a positive trajectory
of respect, relevance and cred-
ibility with a louder and more
influential voice.
Editor’s Note: The views expressed
by the writer aren’t necessarily those
of any organisation that he may be
associated with.

National Boxing Champs

postponed to January
WALTER ALIBEY tional tournaments.
Senior Sports Reporter Currently, a T&T team is in Colom-
walter.alibey@guardian.co.tt bia, ahead of the Pan American Games
in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to
This year’s National Boxing Champi- November 5. They are Tianna Guy
onships has been postponed. (featherweight division), super heav-
Cecil Forde, president of the T&T yweight Nigel Paul, middleweight
Boxing Association said because of the Aaron Prince, flyweight Ortega Jokhu,
tight schedule for regional and inter- and women’s heavyweight division
national tournaments so far, coupled Angel George. They were chosen to
with unforeseen circumstances, they wear the red, white and black fol-
have had to push the championships lowing their impressive display at the
to January 18-21, 2024 at the Southern AMBC American Boxing Champion-
Regional Indoor Sports Arena in Pleas- ships in Cali, Colombia, earlier this
antville, San Fernando. year.
The local boxing boss said he be- Apart from the Pan Am Games, the
lieves the postponement will also work boxers will have two other chances
in their favour, as they have several at qualifying for the Olympics at the
foreign boxers who have expressed world qualifiers, which will be held
an interest in taking part, ahead of the next year at date and venues to be de-
final two world boxing qualifiers for termined.
the Olympic Games in
Paris, France next year.
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 34 sport
Dookie springs into J60 doubles in Santo Domingo
WALTER ALIBEY
Senior Sports Reporter
walter.alibey@guardian.co.tt
Jordane Dookie, T&T’s rising ten-
nis queen, will head into action
again today at the J60 Santo Do-
mingo of the World Junior Tennis
Tour in the Dominican Republic.
She will compete in the Under-
18 girls doubles play-offs with the
tournament’s fifth-ranked player
Olivia Cela of Poland up against
the Dominican Republic pair of
L Gabin Ismelda and L Mendez
Mancebo in the round of two.
Both pairs of players got byes in
the first round, but a win for ei-
ther will earn them a place into
the quarterfinals against the sec-
ond-ranked Sophia Cedeno and
Alden Russell of the United States.
Last week, Dookie went down
to the USA’s Yael Saffar in the sin-
gles competition in the round of
16s at a J60 tournament and she
told Guardian Media Sports she is
expecting better this time around
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due to the experience she would
have garnered.
In 2022, Dookie climbed the ITF
ranking with a quarterfinal finish
that saw her move from number
2,304, going into the three-leg
International Tennis Federation
Junior Circuit at the Na-
tional Racquet Centre in
Tacarigua, to 1,297th at
the end.
Also into the second
round, is the pair of N
Guerrero Castaneda,
the top-ranked player
in the tournament from
Mexico who will be
teaming up with Jelena
Vico of Canada coming
up against either the
team of Emma Jochnick
and Na-Hyun Baek or D
Calderon and M Vargas
Romero; as well as the
combinations of Alica
Glaser/Safina Sambaly;
Luiza Eidelvein/N Da
Silva Chulak; Michelle
Laura Damm/Karolina
Lincer; and Miranda
Bosch and Sirena Singh,
among many others.
Celtics beat
76ers in
preseason
opener
BOSTON—P a y t o n
Pritchard scored 26
points after signing a
four-year, $30 million
contract extension, and
the Boston Celtics beat
the Philadelphia 76ers
114-106 on Sunday in
the preseason opener
for both teams.
Pritchard shot 9 for
14, including 6 for 11 on
3-pointers, and had four
assists in 23 minutes for
the Celtics.
ESPN first reported
Pritchard’s extension,
and the Celtics’ guard
said after the game he
has signed the deal.
Jaylen Brown scored
19 points on 7-for-10
shooting, Kristaps Por-
zingis scored 17 and
Jayson Tatum had 13
points and 10 rebounds
for Boston.
Tyrese Maxey fin-
ished with 24 points and
four assists to lead the
76ers. Jaden Springer
had 14 points, Tobias
Harris added 13 points
and seven rebounds,
and Patrick Beverley
scored 12.
Reigning NBA MVP
Joel Embiid did not
play for Philadelphia,
and neither did James
Harden—who has been
seeking a trade. (AP)
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 36 sport
Organisers propose T20 tournament for LA28 Olympics
ZURICH—Cricket looks set to return
to the Olympic Games after more
than a century.
The International Olympic Com-
mittee (IOC) announced yesterday
that it was one of five sports that
had been proposed for inclusion
at the Games in the American city
of Los Angeles in five years’ time.
The proposal is to include the
so-called “gentleman’s game”, as
well as baseball-softball, flag foot-
ball (a limited-contact version of
American football), lacrosse, and
squash, a statement from the or-
ganisers indicated.
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Following its discussion of the and the IOC emphasised the for- maica captained by Jimmy Adams
LA28 proposal, the Olympic Pro- mat must be one that featured a was 10th.
gramme Commission of the IOC world championship (which ruled When cricket returned to the
will issue a recommendation to out the T10 or Hundred format), Commonwealth Games last year,
the IOC Executive Board, which had a compact duration (which there was no men’s competition,
will present the proposal to the ruled out 50 overs-a-side One-day and only the top eight women’s
141st IOC Session from October 15 Internationals), and had signifi- teams in the ICC Rankings under
to 17 in Mumbai, India, coinciden- cant spectator interest. the T20 format played, with reign-
tally where the ICC Cricket World ICC president Greg Barclay wel- ing CWI T20 Blaze champions at
Cup 2023 is taking place. comed the decision to propose the time, Barbados taking the slot
“The Los Angeles 2028 Olym- cricket. allocated to West Indies.
pics’ recommendation for cricket “We are delighted that LA28 The sport has also featured
inclusion at the Games is a mon- have recommended cricket for in- in the 2010 and 2014 editions of
umental step that could see more clusion in the Olympics,” he said. the Asian Games in Guangzhou,
significant opportunities for “Whilst this is not the final deci- China, and Incheon, South Korea,
cricket and the Caribbean com- sion, it is a very significant land- respectively, and it was also part
ICC chairman Greg Barclay
munity,” Cricket mark towards seeing cricket at the of the events in the recently con-
West Indies pres- unlike its only previous appear- Olympics for the first time in more cluded 19th edition in the Chinese
ident, Dr Kishore ance at the 1900 Games in Paris, than a century. city of Hangzhou, where India
Shallow said in a France, when a team from Brit- “I’d like to thank LA28 for their won gold in both the men’s and
statement. “I share ain beat a team representing the support during the new sport eval- women’s tournaments.
my International hosts, it will not be contested as uation process over the last two Of the other sports, only squash
Cricket Council a two innings-a-side competition. years, and we look forward to the and flag football have never fea-
(ICC) colleagues’ The proposed format for final decision being taken at the tured in the Olympics previously,
enthusiasm about cricket is Twenty20, one of the IOC Session, in India, during the and LA28 organisers said they
this progress and sport’s newest and most specta- ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup next “were willing to challenge the sta-
commend all tor-friendly versions, with media week.” tus quo and think differently about
stakeholders for reports indicating that the sport’s Cricket, which has enormous what’s possible”.
advancing this am- world governing body recom- global appeal, has made recent ap- “LA28’s proposed sports ignite
bition.” mended a six-team tournament pearances in other multi-nation, the imagination on the field of
If approved, the for both men and women to the multi-sport events. play and drive culture off it,” LA28
final LA28 event LA28 organising committee. The sport made its debut at the chairman Casey Wasserman said.
programme and It was reported that the partic- 1998 Commonwealth Games in “They’re relevant, innovative,
number of athlete ipating teams will comprise the Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where and community-based, played in
quotas in the ad- top-six ranked sides in the ICC’s three men’s sides from the Car- backyards, schoolyards, commu-
ditional sports will men’s and women’s T20 rank- ibbean played in a 16-team tour- nity centres, stadiums, and parks
be finalised in the ings on a cut-off date, similar to nament under the One-day, 50 across the US and the globe.
future. the process used to determine overs-a-side format, which was “They will bring new athletes
Three of the five the teams when cricket made its won by South Africa. to the Games, engage diverse
proposed sports, return after 24 years to the Com- Barbados, under Philo Wallace, fanbases and expand the Games’
including cricket, monwealth Games last year in the finished sixth and was the high- presence in digital spaces, further
have previously British city of Birmingham. est placed of the three Caribbean amplifying LA28’s mission to de-
been contested at It was also reported that the ICC sides, Antigua & Barbuda led by liver an unparalleled experience.”
the Olympics, but proposed T20s after both LA28 Dave Joseph was eighth, and Ja- CMC
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Eve recalls Jones, Powder,

Charles and Gill for Guatemala
WALTER ALIBEY
Senior Sports Reporter
walter.alibey@guardian.co.tt
National coach Angus Eve has
made four changes to his 23-man
squad that played in the opening
two matches against Curacao and
El Salvador, ahead of the coming
CONCACAF Nations League A
clash with Guatemala on Friday
at the Hasely Crawford Stadium
in Mucurapo, Port-of-Spain, from
9 pm.
Defender Alvin Jones, whose
previous omissions raised eye-
brows, has been recalled as well as
midfielder Noah Powder, and strik-
ers Tyrone Charles and Real Gill.
All have been added to a rela-
tively familiar squad picked by the
embattled coach.
Injured Malcolm Shaw, who
scored once in the two matches,
has had to make way for Charles
while Brent Sam, the lanky De-
fence Force striker who did not
have travel documents in time
for the El Salvador match was re-
placed by Gill, a skilful force up
front.
Powder and Jones, on the other
hand, have been preferred to the
injured Shannon Gomez and Dan-
iel Phillips.
The Soca Warriors defeated Cu-
racao 1-0 and then El Salvador 3-2
to put themselves just two wins
T&T TEAM
GOALKEEPERS: Christopher Biggette,
Jabari St Hillaire, Denzil Smith
DEFENDERS: Aubrey David, Kareem
Moses, Jesse Williams, Justin Garcia,
Ross Russell Jr, Alvin Jones
MIDFIELDERS: Kaile Auvray, Neveal
Hackshaw, Andre Rampersad, Michel
Poon-Angeron, Andre Raymond,
Duane Muckette, Kristian Lee-Him,
Kevon Goddard, Noah Powder
FORWARDS: Nathaniel James, Real
Gill, Ryan Telfer, Reon Moore, Tyrone
Charles
game. Guatemala qualified for the
quarterfinal of the CONCACAF
Gold Cup, they are a very decent
unit, and they are unbeaten in the
zone so far, so it’s not going to be
an easy game. They have a lot of
competent players, they are well-
coached, so we’re not taking any-
thing for granted.”
T&T players Duane Muckette, left, and Justin Garcia, right, celebrate their victory over El Salvador in their Eve is hoping to build on the
CONCACAF Nations League match in El Salvador last month. T&T won the match 3-2. Muckette and Garcia are on the position the team is in at the mo-
Soca Warriors roster for Friday’s match against Guatemala. PICTURE COURTESY TTFA ment, saying with two wins in
away from a quarterfinal spot in Moses and Andre Raymond—are gery. as many matches, nobody ever
the Nations League. expected today after playing for “Everybody else is in good spir- thought that the team would have
Yesterday, Eve conducted his their respective clubs over the its, no other player has any injury been in that position.
first training session at the Mannie weekend. so for us, we know what Guate- “So we want to keep on believ-
Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella, a Eve’s changes came after a slew mala brings to the table. We’ve ing in ourselves, believing in the
day before he is expected to switch of injuries weakened his team. been watching tapes on them so staff, believing in the work that we
to the match venue to continue Guardian Media Sports learned we’re going to prepare for that,” have been doing and hopefully we
preparation for the Guatemalans. that goalkeeper Nicklas Frenderup coach Eve told the media yester- can make T&T proud,” Eve said.
According to Eve, six play- is nursing a shoulder injury, Levi day. He further called on the public
ers—Ryan Telfer, Powder, Aubrey Garcia is down to injury, and Kes- He noted, “We want to win the to come out and support the team,
David, Andre Rampersad, Kareem ton Julien is recovering from sur- game, it’s not going to be an easy saying the players deserve it.

No surprises on Red Force roster

IAN WASON
gmsports @guardian.co.tt
There were no surprises when
the T&T Red Force announced
the 14-member squad yesterday
for the Cricket West Indies Super
50 Cup, which bowls off next
Wednesday at the Queen’s Park
Oval in St Clair, Port-of-Spain.
Darren Bravo has been con-
firmed as the captain and he will
have wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva
as the vice-captain in the eight-
team regional competition.
The bowling will be bolstered by
champion off-spinner Sunil Nar-
ine, as he will lead four frontline
spinners as Yannic Cariah, Akeal
Hosein and Khary Pierre as the
other options.
The batting will be led by left-
handed attacking batsman Evin
Lewis at the top of the innings,
as he is back into the team after
a two-year absence. His opening
partner is expected to be Kjorn
Ottley.
Veteran Jason Mohammed will
solidify a middle order that will
Mark Deyal of Trinbago Knight Riders brings up his 50 against St Lucia Kings include skipper Darren Bravo,
during the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League T20 match at Brian Tion Webster and Mark Deyal,
Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, San Fernando, last month. Deyal returns who played his last List A match
to the T&T Red Force squad for the Regional Super 50. in 2017 for the Combined Colleges
PICTURE ASHLEY ALLEN  CPL T20 and Campuses (CCC). The mid-
dle will have to do without the
in-form Nicholas Pooran who has
not made himself available for this
year’s edition.
Shannon Gabriel and Jayden
Seales will lead the pace bowl-
ing department, which includes
Terrance Hinds with Webster as
another option for captain Bravo,
who can also provide a further
option as he proved during this
year’s First Class competition with
his exaggerated swing.
Head coach David Furlonge is
happy about the fitness level of
the squad ahead of the tourna-
ment, which will be held across
three venues—Queen’s Park Oval,
the University of the West Indies
(UWI) in St Augustine and the
Brian Lara Cricket Academy in
Tarouba, San Fernando.
“The players went through the
motions today, we still have one
more test to do which we’ll do
on Thursday before practice. But
all the players came through with
good results this morning,” said
Furlonge, yesterday.
Despite the different franchises
and different formats, it seems
the responsibility is up to the
Red Force players to redeem the
Trinbago Knight Riders for the
woeful performance at this year’s
SQUAD
Darren Bravo (captain), Joshua Da
Silva (vice-captain), Kjorn Ottley,
Tion Webster, Jason Mohammed,
Akeal Hosein, Evin Lewis, Sunil
Narine, Yannic Cariah, Jayden Seales,
Shannon Gabriel, Terrance Hinds,
Mark Deyal, Khary Pierre.
Coach: David Furlonge
Caribbean Premier League final.
Furlonge acknowledges the re-
sponsibility placed upon the team.
“Up until last week Friday,
somebody was telling me that
they don’t know where the crowd
support will be because the people
are still disappointed with the TKR
loss. But it’s a different franchise,
this is Trinidad franchise here. So
we hope that they could come out
and give us that support and we
hope that we wouldn’t disappoint
them,” said Furlonge.
The other teams in the competi-
tion are defending champions Ja-
maica Scorpions, Barbados Pride,
Guyana Harpy Eagles, Leeward
Islands Hurricanes, Windward Is-
lands Volcanoes, the West Indies
Academy and CCC.
The top four teams qualify for
the semifinals on November 8 and
9, battling for a spot in the final
carded for November 11.
Last year, the Red Force de-
feated Pride in the semifinals but
was beaten in the final by the Scor-
pions.
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EVE RECALLS The 2023 Secondary Schools

Football League (SSFL) will
resume with a full round of

JONES
matches tomorrow.

Powder, Gill, Charles APPLAUSE

also make return to PAGE

Soca Warriors squad 38

SAMANTHA SHUKLA was the

Clean bowled top women’s runner at the
23rd edition of the Scotiabank
Women Against Breast Cancer
Netherlands’ captain Aryan Dutt is bowled by 5K in Port-of-Spain on Saturday.
New Zealand’s Matt Henry during the ICC Shukla finished in a time of
Men’s Cricket World Cup match in Hyderabad, 20.01 ahead of 15-year-old
India, yesterday. New Zealand won by 99 runs.
See page 30. PICTURE AP
Aniqah Bailey (21.06) and ten-
year-old Chennai Moore (21.55).

PLAIN TALK

“We are delighted that LA28

have recommended cricket
for inclusion in the Olympics,”
Barclay said in a media release.
“Whilst this is not the final
decision, it is a very significant
landmark towards seeing
cricket at the Olympics for
the first time in more than a
century.”
—GREG BARCLAY,
ICC chairman

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