By Anika Gumbs-Sandiford, guardian.co.tt
Monday 21st May, 2007
A Guru who arrived in Trinidad last week to give religious discourses (sat sangh) throughout the country on Hinduism has been detained in connection with the alleged rape of 22-year-old Guayanese woman.
The 85-year-old man, who is unable to speak English fluently, is on a one-month visit to T&T.
He was arrested by police at a house in Palmiste late Friday night.
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‘Prophetess’: I spoke to PM 5 times
By Rhondor Dowlat, newsday.co.tt
Monday, May 21 2007
PRIME Minister Patrick Manning got advice at least five times from a woman who has been described as his “prophetess.”
Newsday visited the woman, who sees herself as a spiritual guide rather than a prophetess, at her West Trinidad home yesterday. She had a few conditions for the interview.
Her identity and address must not be made public. The woman, who is mixed with Chinese and Spanish, spoke for a few minutes outside the gates of her home before inviting me upstairs, into her “counselling room.”
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