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Driver in accident may walk as Sea Lots probe botched

Published on April 11, 2013 in Court, Crime in T&T, General T&T, Law, Media and Police. 12 Comments Tags: Abuse, Crime in T&T, Police.

By Dr Sheila Rampersad
April 11, 2013 – www.guardian.co.tt

What might have been an open-and-shut case against a police officer, who ploughed into six residents of Sea Lots along the Beetham Highway, Port-of-Spain, on February 24, has turned into a lengthy and muddled investigation. Three people died and three others were injured in the crash, which occurred along the westbound lane of the highway.

The T&T Guardian was reliably informed that a breathalyser test, which measures blood alcohol level, was administered at 2.47 pm on the day of the fatal collision, almost six hours after the incident. It was administered at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital by WPC Marcia Lopez, a trained breath analysis technician assigned to Besson Street Police Station.
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Only 3 per cent of cops corrupt

Published on March 27, 2013 in Crime in T&T, General T&T, Police and Security. 5 Comments Tags: Crime in T&T, Police, Selwyn Ryan, Stephen Williams.

By Susan Mohammed – March 26, 2013
www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Only-3-per–cent-of-cops–corrupt-200151191.html

Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams said yesterday that no more than three per cent of the officers in the Police Service were crooked.

Speaking following a tour of the San Fernando Police Station where officers had protested poor working conditions, Williams responded to the Selwyn Ryan report which indicated that as much as 50 per cent of the Police Service was corrupt.

On Monday, Williams told reporters the figure used by Ryan was “crazy”.
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Ryan crime report: Soca music breeding criminals

Published on March 26, 2013 in Crime in T&T, Culture, Entertainment, General T&T, Media, Music, People's Partnership, Politics and Violence. 6 Comments Tags: Crime in T&T, Politics, Ryan Crime Report, Selwyn Ryan, T&T Govt.

Selwyn Ryan – March 26, 2013
www.guardian.co.tt/news/2013-03-25/ryan-crime-report-soca-music-breeding-criminals

Soca, dancehall and hip-hop music are said to be influencing youths into criminal behaviour. This is according to a report by the Ryan Committee on Youth at Risk. The report was laid in Parliament by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Friday. The committee’s report said while it was impossible to draw a definitive correlation between violence or explicitness of lyrics and the level of criminality among youth, the lyrics of 2012 soca hits “tend to support the idea of a contemporary youth culture that is very consistent with the rebellious behaviour of previous generations of youth.”
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Ryan report on Laventille crime: Dagger aimed at POS’ belly

Published on March 25, 2013 in Crime in T&T, General T&T, Media, People's Partnership and Politics. 3 Comments Tags: African, Crime in T&T, Politics, Ryan Crime Report, Selwyn Ryan, T&T Govt.

By Richard Lord – March 23, 2013
www.guardian.co.tt/news/2013-03-23/ryan-report-laventille-crime-dagger-aimed-pos-belly

Government is being warned to do “whatever is necessary” to silence the guns in the hands of the criminal element in Laventille. If those carrying the guns are allowed to run rampant, they could eventually train those guns on the capital city itself.
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Don’t demonise soldiers

Published on March 24, 2013 in Crime in T&T, General T&T, Opposition Party, People's Partnership, Police, Politics and Security. 13 Comments Tags: Crime in T&T, Police, Raffique Shah, Soldiers, T&T Govt.

By Raffique Shah
March 23, 2013

THE purpose of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2013 is to add soldier-power to Government’s crime-fighting initiatives, although if you read the one-clause legislation you would think otherwise. The bill simply speaks of extending to soldiers engaged in assisting the police in maintaining law and order “the same powers, authorities, privileges and immunities as are given by law to members of the Police Service”.
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Wanted bigger guns for city cops

Published on March 23, 2013 in Crime in T&T, General T&T, Opposition Party, PNM and Politics. 4 Comments Tags: Crime in T&T, Louis Lee Sing, Port-of-Spain Mayor.

By Sean Douglas – March 23 2013
newsday.co.tt

PORT-OF-SPAIN Mayor Louis Lee Sing yesterday called for bigger guns to be given to his municipal police force to deter criminals who harass his contractors when they work in the city’s criminal “hot-spots”.

Addressing a Joint Select Committee (JSC) hearing at Tower D, International Waterfront Centre in Port-of-Spain, Lee Sing said criminals are undeterred and unafraid when confronted by city police officers armed with handguns including the Beretta brand.
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Machel Montano Performed in Miami After All

Published on March 11, 2013 in Culture, Entertainment, General T&T, Media, Music, USA and Violence. 2 Comments Tags: Crime in T&T, Machel Montano, USA.

From the article below (the bottom of the first page and continuing onto the second page), it appears that Machel Montano did perform at the “Nine Mile Music Festival 2013″ which was held in Florida, Miami on March 02, 2013. There were concerns that his U.S. visa would have been revoked following his conviction last year for assaulting four persons in 2007 outside Zen night club in Port-of-Spain and for using obscene language. Montano was fined on February 25, 2013.
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Did Nicki Minaj Sell T&T Short on American Idol?

Published on March 1, 2013 in Crime in T&T, Entertainment, General T&T, International and Music. 17 Comments Tags: Abuse, Africa, African, Crime in T&T, Nicki Minaj.

Commenting after Zoanette Johnson’s rendition of “Circle of Life”, Nicki Minaj said:

“I’m proud that this place right here gives people like you and me, that came from absolutely nothing, from a country that we didn’t probably think we’d make it out alive, it gives us a shot. Thank you, Thank you. …”

Listen to Nicki Minaj after 5:17 on the video

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Horror in Sea Lots, Protests, Reporter Fired

Published on February 26, 2013 in General T&T, Media, Police, Protest, Racism Watch and Violence. 11 Comments Tags: Crime in T&T, Newsday.

HORROR

By Alexander Bruzual and Janelle De Souza
February 25, 2013 – newsday.co.tt

In one horrifying moment yesterday morning, the lives of a 28-year-old mother and her two young daughters were tragically ended when they were hit by a motor vehicle which was reportedly driven by a member of the TT Police Service (TTPS).

At about 9am, Haydee Paul, 28, and her daughters Akasha and Shakira Paul, eight and seven years old respectively, had just left the Central Market in Sea Lots, where they had spent the majority of the morning shopping.
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Machel Montano Fined for Night Club Brawl

Published on February 26, 2013 in Court, Crime in T&T, Culture, Entertainment, General T&T, Music and Violence. 1 Comment Tags: Abuse, Crime in T&T, Machel Montano.

Machel and his mother Elizabeth Montano at Club Zen in 2007
at Machel Montano’s Appreciation Ceremony

SLAP ON WRIST

By Laurel V Williams
February 26 2013 – newsday.co.tt

HAVING been convicted last year of assaulting four persons outside a Port-of-Spain nightclub in 2007 and for using obscene language, soca superstar Machel Montano got a virtual “slap on the wrist” when he was fined $13,700.
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