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Human Trafficking Bacchanal
Posted: Sunday, February 26, 2023
HUMAN TRAFFICKING BACCHANAL
Former United National Congress minister and senator Devant Maharaj has claimed that between the years 2010 and 2015, internal investigations by the UNC confirmed allegations that some of its party members were involved in human trafficking.
UNC PRO to Devant: Take human trafficking information to the police
JEREEM TOPS WORLD TOUR
Rice farmer welcomes government's $5m investment
The money will be used to rehabilitate and repair rice field access roads, irrigation and drainage channels and other supportive infrastructure works as well as land clearing and drainage/irrigation upgrades.
200 youths begin training in government agri programme
The first 200 people in the Youth Agricultural Homestead Programme (YAHP) began training on Thursday. YAHP is a two-year training programme that gives young people between 18-35 an opportunity to become agribusiness entrepreneurs.
Heartbreak as mom loses 3 sons
...still troubled by last son's death in Paria pipeline
Flowers, tears for divers one year after Paria tragedy
Tears, heartbreak as divers' families return to scene of tragedy
Temperature the Band too hot for competition wins NCC brass again
The Justin Phillip-led musical outfit out-played nine bands at the National Carnival Commission's (NCC) Brass Bacchanal Competition, held on Carnival Monday night at the Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain.
Red Cross, corporate T&T tackle country's period concerns
Primary schools in this country's capital city, as well as those located in the rural areas of Trinidad, are facing the challenge of menstruating girls flushing cloth into the toilet as a result of period poverty.
This was among the "shocking findings" that community liaison monitoring and evaluation officer at T&T Red Cross Society Alejandra Mendez said was made during focus groups with over 100 principals in the eight educational districts in T&T.
Human rights group seeks return of 90 people held in Syria
When ISIS collapsed in 2019, people learned that TT citizens were among those detained in detention camps by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces. The majority of men died but a large number of the survivors were their wives and children who travelled to Syria and Iraq with their parents, as well as some who were born there of Trinidadian parentage.
Scrap-metal industry reopens, dealers lament delay in export licences
"As at February 24, 2023, the TLU has received 21 consent to entry forms. Six applications for export licences have also been received and are now being processed."
Vandals set fire to TSTT circuit in San Fernando
"It is deeply troubling that this is the second incident in approximately six months in this area. In August 2022, vandals destroyed underground cables at the same site resulting in $1 million in damage and extensive inconvenience to customers across the country, with concentrated impact in South Trinidad. The company hopes that this matter is investigated thoroughly."
That incident led the Government to implement a six-month ban on the scrap-iron industry which came into effect under the Customs Act on August 12. That ban was lifted on Friday.
NGOs question delay to restart prison rehab programmes
Murder and 'madness' in Morvant leave residents gripped by fear
As the country nears its 100th murder for this year, nine of these took place in Morvant.
3 men in Princes Town police-involved shooting identified
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