Daily Archives: January 7, 2014

Crime in T&T, General T&T, Law, People's Partnership, Police, Politics, Violence

BLOODY HELL

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By Alexander Bruzual
January 07, 2014 – newsday.co.tt

BLOODY HELLTWO young men were yesterday gunned down in broad daylight next to Nelson Street Girls’ RC School in Port-of-Spain on the first day of the new school term — bringing to 16 the number of murders committed in the first six days of January. This, according to statistics, is the bloodiest start to a New Year in the past six years.

In the first six days of January 2008, 15 persons were murdered. The murder rate soared to 547 by December 31 of that year — the highest number of murders ever recorded in a calendar year in this country’s history.
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Crime in T&T, General T&T, People's Partnership, Politics

Surrender…and Die

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By Raffique Shah
January 05, 2014

Raffique ShahWe have tried every conceivable strategy, many inconceivable ones, and some downright dotish crime plans. And we have failed—miserably so. From Anaconda to Iguana, Baghdad to Budapest (where we lost young footballer Akeem Adams to a heart attack, of all things!), nothing has stopped the march of the criminals.
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Crime in T&T, General T&T, Media, People's Partnership, Politics, Security

Gary: Criminals killing criminals

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By Joel Julien
January 07, 2014 – trinidadexpress.com

Gary GriffithSIX out of every ten people murdered last year were involved in “serious criminal activities”, National Security Minister Gary Griffith has said.

Griffith said because the majority of murders committed in this country for 2013 was criminals killing criminals it was hard for the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service to protect them.
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Caribbean, Culture, Education, England, Features, Gender, General T&T, Religion

Worship and Women, Wha’s De Scene?

How should we approach Faith and Feminism in the Caribbean?

By Corey Gilkes
January 06, 2014

BibleI wouldn’t mind doing about two or three articles expressing my opinions on the topic. Not sure why, I suppose fools really do rush in where……. Anyhow, it partly stems from the IGDS conference last week plus something I saw in a post two mornings ago, particularly two words: “fornication” and “adultery.” I don’t know why the person’s use of the two words struck me given that they are still commonly used but I suppose I’m always deluding myself that in this age of accessing information with just a click, certain terms would die a natural death as people become more conscious.
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