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General Discussion / Grieving mom wants answers

« on: June 03, 2014, 04:39:39 AM »

Grieving mom wants answers
Girl, 5, drowns in pool after swim class
Published:
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Jensen La Vende
 
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Jemilia Forde, mother of five-year-old Jemimah Agard (inset), is comforted by Alisha Richardson, left and Porsha Lewis, right, at her home after learning of the child’s death yesterday. Agard, a pupil of Sharon’s Nursery School, Woodbrook, drowned in the YMCA pool in Port-of-Spain after a swimming class. PHOTO:ABRAHAM DIAZ
Two children are now dead after they both drowned in separate instances between yesterday and Sunday. One of the two children, Jemimah Agard, five, drowned moments after a swimming lesson at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) pool at Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain. Her mother, Jemilia Forde, and family are now seeking answers form those responsible for supervising the child during the activity. According to police reports, Agard, of Rose Hill, Laventille, a pupil of Sharon’s Nursery School, Woodbrook, was part of a class which went to the YMCA for swimming lessons between 9 am and 10 am. After the class ended and the children went to change, little Jemimah reportedly asked to use the toilet and was allowed to do so. After some time the teachers noticed the child missing and began searching for her.
 
She was found at the bottom of the pool in the deep end and was fished out and given cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) before being rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where she died. In a brief interview with CNC3 yesterday, a relative of the child, Psyche Baptiste, said doctors tried to everything they could for over 20 minutes to revive her but were unsuccessful.
She said a teacher told her the children were out of the pool and Jemimah went to use the washroom. She said no one was sure if the child entered the pool before she went to the bathroom as she had defecated in the pool. Baptiste added: “Nobody thought to look in the pool and when they did look in the pool they found her at the bottom of the pool.“She turned five on May 2. That could have been anyone’s child, even mine. She was her mother’s only daughter, right now her mother thinks she has nothing to live for.”
 
She said the family had been offered counselling but she said they hoped there were closed circuit cameras to capture what happened so the family could at least have closure. She described the child in one word, “loving”, adding that the family’s life would no longer be the same. “We want answers. What happened? Why was she left alone to go to the washroom unsupervised? No answer could suffice, at least we should get closure,” she said. In the second death, 23-month-old Kriston Obadele Gonzales died after he wandered into a man-made pond in the family’s yard on Sunday. (See other story)
 
Speaking at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, yesterday, relatives of the child, who wished not to be identified, told the media the boy ran out the house when a door was left open and went into the pond. The relatives said around 1.45 pm no one had noticed the child had wandered outside. They added that none of the children at the Alexis Street, Mayaro, home was allowed in the pond. “He was a very nice child, the most loving thing you would ever meet, very intelligent. His parents couldn’t come today. They couldn’t handle it. He was the first and only boy with five sisters,” the relatives added.



What the fack is going on in this country every thing is going the round way .
 

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General Discussion / Re: Isaac Blackman beaten, robbed

« on: June 02, 2014, 06:59:09 PM »

These friggin pest ,there must be a way to get rid of them ,i wonder if raid would work?

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General Discussion / Re: Dana Seetahal murdered

« on: June 01, 2014, 05:39:58 PM »

I know this Trinbagonian woman she was a lieutenant in the NYPD, when she retire I asked her if she was given the job as COP of T &T if she would take ?

She said the only way I would take that job is if I could come with my own staff .   

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Football / Mexico vs Ecuado serious injury

« on: June 01, 2014, 11:45:25 AM »

http://www.mlssoccer.com/worldcup/2014/news/article/2014/05/31/world-cup-mexico-midfielder-luis-montes-seriously-injured-friendly-vs-ecuado.


Did any of you guys see this one ? my blood run cold when i saw it.

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General Discussion / Re: Time for Indians to embrace Caribbean identity

« on: June 01, 2014, 09:46:17 AM »

What is so funny in JA the people of all races consider themselves Jamaicans with all the political divide, in Trinbago it is so different we are the leader in the region with this backward race issue all because we are not patriotic.   

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General Discussion / Re: Ah bunch of facking RATSSS!!!

« on: June 01, 2014, 09:27:14 AM »

I  am quite sure the PNM have something to do with this ,everything that is going round with this PP party the PNM is behind it .Those wicked PNM people they would not leave the UNC alone to do their wuk ,they just out to make them mess up and look bad.

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General Discussion / Re: Homeless man: I was paid to carry racist placard

« on: May 29, 2014, 09:07:24 PM »

Controversial say it the right way ,it is real low what the UNC did .  If you feel that is how far they will go they will surprise you , not me .

 I was living in Princess Town , Couva and notting this Government do would surprise me . 

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General Discussion / Re: Minister caught on Tape!!!

« on: May 28, 2014, 04:40:50 PM »

Kams should make Anil the Minister of Agriculture because he very good with weed and hoes.

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General Discussion / Re: Politics, Rhetoric, Media , Propaganda

« on: May 27, 2014, 05:11:03 PM »

Controversial can you remember how men and women was blasting Manning when the PNM was in power ,you forget that already ,come on man stop playing .

From what I see people in here is about country, stop showing up your self like that or are you just being controversial ? 

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: wackradio / Sprang ah lang

« on: May 26, 2014, 07:28:02 PM »

Check sprang on the controls kaiso history.

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General Discussion / Re: Politics, Rhetoric, Media , Propaganda

« on: May 26, 2014, 06:50:24 PM »

Controversial  are you for real ?  I cant believe you man, come on ,the people with those racist placards was paid cepep workers , cactus plants in the demonstration . Can you remember what they did to Skippy ,you do not know or pretending to not know  how far the PP would go just to hold on to power. 

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Football / Re: De Minister of Sport doing everything but Sports !!!!

« on: May 21, 2014, 09:49:11 PM »

Man seeeing his easy bread supply line about to buss will say or do anything to prevent it from happening .

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Football / Re: De Minister of Sport doing everything but Sports !!!!

« on: May 21, 2014, 08:52:48 PM »

 The   say he is very soft  and cry very easy  .  Kams give him a  :timeout:an  3 

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Re: wackradio / Sprang ah lang

« on: May 19, 2014, 08:07:59 PM »

http://www.wackradio901fm.com/  take in some real kaiso with sprang on the controls.

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General Discussion / Rumours of war, weapons of war By Raffique Shah

« on: May 19, 2014, 06:58:03 PM »

Rumours of war, weapons of war
By Raffique Shah
Story Created: May 17, 2014 at 7:56 PM ECT
Story Updated: May 17, 2014 at 7:56 PM ECT
 
 Maybe he does not realise it, but by his untimely utterances and seemingly panicked posturing, National Security Minister Gary Griffith is fuelling fear among the populace.
Last Friday, according to news reports, rumours of an imminent coup triggered a virtual self-evacuation of Port of Spain, leading to the early closure of some businesses and traffic jams on roads leading out of the capital city.

Now, the minister had nothing to do with the prank call or Internet posting that prompted the panic. However, two weeks ago, in the wake of the murder of Dana Seetahal, Griffith announced that the country was on “orange alert”. Before that, no one, maybe not even the security forces, knew that there existed a colour-coded system of threats to national security.

Even if the National Security Council instituted such codes, why alert the public to them? And what in Dana’s murder posed a threat to national security? As far as we know, the killers did not follow up their clinical hit with threats or attempts on the lives of other judicial or state officials.
Such alarmist language served only to make people jittery.

Even as he assures the nation that “another 1990 (attempted coup) will not happen under my watch”, Griffith is undermining the very confidence among the population that he seeks to instil.
Again, according to recent reports, the minister is quoted as confirming that Cabinet has purchased 20 armoured SUVs and 15 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) for the security forces. What madness is this? Who advised Cabinet to spend US $50 million (my estimate) on war-zone equipment that we do not need?
Is Cabinet convinced that the crime situation in Trinidad has reached the levels of violence that are commonplace in Kabul, Baghdad or Belfast?

APCs are fearsome-looking military vehicles. They resemble tanks, only they do not carry guns as huge as the 120 mm pack howitzer. They are usually armed with 360-degrees, swivel-mounted medium machine guns that pack immense firepower. They carry eight to ten troops, who are protected by armour from rifle and machine gun fire.

One APC, operating with full fire and force in a crime “hot spot” like John John or Bagatelle, can literally level a cluster of maybe 100 houses, killing or maiming hundreds of people, in, say, fifteen minutes. Is that what we want to see in this country?

I know there are many who would respond with a resounding, “Yes!” With crime being endemic, and violence rising to almost epidemic proportions, the majority of people want an end to it—by any means necessary.
But trust me, as someone who trained with APCs, tanks, helicopter gunships and such powerful armaments, you don’t want to go there. There is no turning back, no return to normality once you militarise a country with such firepower.

Look, I am fed up with the crime and criminals and I want to see some semblance of sanity in my country. Our problem in fighting crime is not a lack of firepower—Minister Griffith knows that. Our weakness is in gathering and utilising intelligence, in tracking and trapping the perpetrators, and in bringing them to justice swiftly.

Allow me to do a mini-balance sheet of current firepower. The criminals are armed mostly with semi-automatic pistols that they use indiscriminately. They don’t shoot a victim with two or three rounds: they fire 20 to 30...they empty their magazines. This suggests not only are they poor shots (invariably, they shoot from point blank range), but they must have vast supplies of ammunition.

The police have found a few rifles (mainly AK-47s and AR-15s), and a few sub-machine guns (Uzis, Tech-9s). There is no evidence that these weapons have been used routinely by criminals.
In contrast, the police are armed with the best pistols, sub-machine guns and rifles, which they are trained to use. The armed forces have all of the above plus light and medium machine guns, anti-tank weapons, grenades, mortars and explosives.
In other words, our law-enforcement and other agencies far out-man and out-gun the criminals. They do not need armoured vehicles or APCs as additional firepower. What they need is accurate intelligence that will enable them to identify the culprits and go after them with their current firepower—either bringing them in or taking them out.

Clearly, the weak link in fighting crime is, and has always been, poor gathering of intelligence and the reluctance of agencies so commissioned to share information. I had thought that with the advent of the National Operations Centre, equipped as it is with the most advanced technology, the criminals’ long runwould come to an end.

Two weeks after Dana’s death, I feel less confident. Worse, with Minister Griffith’s alarmist actions, I wonder if we might be entering a new phase of the war, this time with camouflage-coloured APCs rumbling through our streets, with heavy, indiscriminate fire pouring from real weapons of war.

Little wonder there is disquiet among the populace, and there are rumours of war. As a presumably competent Sandhurst-trained officer, Captain Griffith must take the tactical high ground from where he can strike effectively and decisively against the enemy...end of story.
 
Mods if there is a Raffique Shah thread please link this with it .
 

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General Discussion / Medical records at St Ann’s hospital damaged by fire

« on: May 15, 2014, 09:02:00 PM »

Medical records at St Ann’s hospital damaged by fire
Thursday, May 15 2014

An early morning fire at St Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital has damaged medical records of patients and other records pertaining to the business of the institution.

“We have to find out what went on,” Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan told reporters yesterday morning when asked about its origins.

He spoke to the media at yesterday’s commissioning of a ramp at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital.

The fire occurred about one month after requests for records of the purchase of all medical equipment over the past four years were made, a source at the hospital told Newsday yesterday.

The fire, which reportedly started in the medical records department affected patients in Ward 5.

“Thankfully no one was hurt,” Khan said. Patients in Ward 5, who are supposed to be mobile, have been moved to other sections of the facility. “I understand that three patients have left,” he said.

A staffer at the hospital told Newsday that the fire which started at about 12.45 am affected mainly the medical stores records.

“The records were burnt. It was not an electrical fire. Electricity was restored to the building early in the morning and the fire service are still investigating,” he said.

The fire occurred, he said, after the legal department of the North West Regional Health Authority sent a letter to the hospital requesting copies of all transactions of medical equipment that were ordered over the past four years, the quantity that were ordered and the present location and status of the equipment.

“That is what is strange about that fire,” he said.

Of interest, he said, was that the hospital’s electroencephalogram (EEG) machine, which was used to evaluate the electrical activity in the brain, was not functioning and its parts had been cannibalised.

The fire took place on the floor below Ward 8 which is currently under renovation, and where no patient was being accommodated. Ward 5, which suffered mainly from being water logged due to the efforts of the TT Fire Service to contain the blaze from spreading to other parts of the facility, is located opposite the area where the medical records were stored.   

According to Khan some medical records were damaged and they have to be replaced by asking patients about their medical history.

He has been speaking, he said with the Policy Department in the Ministry of Health about creating duplicate records which will allow patients to have one set to take home.

At present, too, he said that the ministry was in the process of seeking to establish an electronic health records system.

A team from the ministry leaves for London today to look at the electronic system in place for health information management, he said.

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General Discussion / Re: MERS makes first U.S. appearance, in Indiana

« on: May 14, 2014, 02:38:10 PM »

Symptoms and Complications of MERS

The main symptoms of MERS are:
cough, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing
diarrhea
high fever (over 38°C or 100.4°F)
Some people also develop kidney failure.

People with existing medical conditions (e.g., heart problems, diabetes) are more likely to be affected more seriously with the infection. Many of the fatal MERS infections have been in patients who had a history of other medical conditions.

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General Discussion / MERS makes first U.S. appearance, in Indiana

« on: May 14, 2014, 02:29:37 PM »

MERS makes first U.S. appearance, in Indiana
By Elizabeth Landau, CNN
updated 11:01 AM EDT, Mon May 5, 2014
Watch this video
First U.S. case of MERS confirmed
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
The patient is a health careprovider who traveled to Saudi Arabia
MERS coronavirus was first reported in 2012 in the Middle East
Saudi officials have noted a recent spike in cases
 
(CNN) -- The first U.S. case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus has been reported in Indiana, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

The patient is a health-care provider who recently traveled to Saudi Arabia to provide health care, said Dr. Anne Schuchat, assistant surgeon general with the U.S. Public Health Service and director for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.

The person, an American male, traveled on April 24 from Riyadh to London, then to Chicago, and took a bus to Indiana, officials said. He began experiencing shortness of breath, coughing, and fever on April 27, according to the Indiana State Department of Health.

The patient was admitted to Community Hospital in Munster, Indiana, on April 28, the same day he visited the emergency department there, the health department said. He has been isolated and is in stable condition. He is receiving oxygen support, but does not require a ventilator, Schuchat said.
 Saudi officials see spike in MERS virus Health workers infected with coronavirus Gupta: MERS outbreak linked to camels Killer coronavirus in the Middle East
MERS: 5 things to know
The virus poses a "very low risk to the broader general public," Schuchat said, as it has not been shown to spread easily from person to person.

The CDC and the Indiana State Department of Health are conducting a joint investigation into the case, according to a CDC statement. The CDC confirmed Indiana test results on Friday.
"The CDC, IDPH (Illinois Department of Public Health) and CDPH (Chicago Department of Public Health) do not consider passengers on the flight or bus to be close contacts of the patient and therefore are not at high risk," said Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, director of the IDPH.

Passengers on the same plane and bus as the patient will be contacted by the CDC as a precautionary measure, starting Saturday, the Illinois statement said. If the CDC identifies ill individuals with possible MERS-CoV, it will notify health officials in Chicago and Indiana.
"There is no reason to suspect any current risk to travelers or employees at O'Hare Airport at this time," said CDPH commissioner Bechara Choucair.
The coronavirus, known as MERS-CoV, was first reported in the Middle East -- specifically, the Arabian Peninsula -- in 2012.
Laboratory testing has confirmed 262 cases of the coronavirus in 12 countries, including the Indiana case, Schuchat said. Ninety-three people have died.

So far, all MERS cases have been linked to six countries on or near the Arabian Peninsula, Schuchat said.
The Saudi Ministry of Health has reported 339 cases, and said nearly a third of those have died. Not all of the Saudi cases have been confirmed by the World Health Organization.
"The MERS virus is of grave concern because of the virulence," Schuchat said. But, she added, "We're not yet aware of confirmed sustained community transmission."

Late last month, Saudi officials noted a spike in new cases.
The CDC has expected MERS to come to the United States, Schuchat said. "We have been preparing for this."
However, "The introduction of MERS-CoV is another reminder that diseases are just a plane ride away," she said.

Opinion: Why MERS virus is so scary
MERS-CoV comes from the same group of viruses as the common cold and attacks the respiratory system, according to the CDC. Symptoms, which include fever, cough and shortness of breath, can lead to pneumonia and kidney failure.

The CDC has issued general precautions such as frequent hand-washing, avoiding close contact with infected people, avoiding touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands, and disinfecting surfaces that are frequently touched.
Pediatricians should ask about where young patients with high fever and respiratory symptoms have traveled, Schuchat said.

"Young children often have fever and respiratory symptoms, but the key here is: Was there a history of travel within the past 14 days to the Arabian Peninsula, or contact with someone? ... They should alert their clinician about that travel or contact," Schuchat said.
Currently, the CDC does not recommend changing travel plans because of the virus, Schuchat said.
No one knows exactly how this virus originated, but evidence is emerging implicating camels. In a recently published study in mBio, researchers said they isolated live MERS virus from two single-humped camels, known as dromedaries. They found multiple substrains in the camel viruses, including one that perfectly matches a substrain isolated from a human patient.

The same group of researchers reported in February that nearly three-quarters of camels in Saudi Arabia tested positive for past exposure to the MERS coronavirus.
MERS mystery: Virus found in camels
Although many of the cases have occurred on the Arabian Peninsula, people have died of the infection elsewhere, including in European countries and Tunisia in North Africa. Egypt reported its first case on April 26, according to the WHO.

Limited human-to-human transmission of the disease has also occurred in other countries -- meaning some people who traveled to the Middle East gave the virus to others.
Officials are not aware of any other confirmed U.S. cases, Schuchat said, adding it's too early to assume no one else is ill. An active investigation is underway.
CNN's Miriam Falco, Caleb Hellerman and Ashley Hayes contributed to this report.


This virus is now in 18 Countries  I wonder if the Health ministe rof Trinbago is aware of this.

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General Discussion / Re: Baby Left in Car dies...

« on: May 14, 2014, 11:14:50 AM »

What is so bad about this a lady who knows the man call and said the grandfather father died about a month ago ,this is what so sad about it .

I hope you can handle it brother . 

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General Discussion / Re: Dana Seetahal murdered

« on: May 13, 2014, 02:18:35 PM »

Inter-American body calls for full probe into her murder
Story Created: May 12, 2014 at 9:52 PM ECT
Story Updated: May 13, 2014 at 8:51 AM ECT
 • WASHINGTON
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has called on law enforcement authorities in Trinidad and Tobago “to fully investigate and prosecute” those responsible for the murder of prominent Senior Counsel, Dana Seetahal.
Seetahal, a former state prosecutor and magistrate, was shot and killed on May 4 as she made her way home from a casino.
The body of the 58-year-old former president of the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago was cremated last Thursday.
The IACHR said it appeared Seetahal’s murder could be linked to her work as prosecutor in several high profile cases.
“The IACHR calls to mind that it is the State’s obligation to proactively investigate acts of this nature and punish intellectual and material authors. In particular, the Commission calls the State of Trinidad and Tobago to conduct an investigation that takes into account whether Seetahal’s murder was committed in retaliation for her work as a prosecutor.
“The Commission also urges the State of Trinidad and Tobago to immediately and urgently adopt all necessary measures to guarantee the rights to life, integrity, and safety of human rights defenders in the country, particularly of justice operators,” the IACHR  said.
 The IACHR, an autonomous body of the Organisation of American States (OAS), said it also “notes that an assault against a justice operator because of his or her functions is a particularly serious matter, not just because it is assault upon a justice operator’s person but also because it has the effect of intimidating and instilling fear, which can spread to other justice operators.
“The risk is that cases involving human rights violations could go unpunished,” it said, adding “in this sense, acts of violence and other attacks perpetrated against human rights defenders not only affect the guarantees that every human being must enjoy, but also seek to undermine the fundamental role that human rights defenders play in society and leave all those for whom they fight defenseless.
“The work of human rights defenders is essential to building a solid and enduring democratic society, as they play a leading role in the pursuit of the full attainment of the rule of law and the strengthening of democracy.”
 
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No one for Dana

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General Discussion / Re: Dana Seetahal murdered

« on: May 13, 2014, 02:17:03 PM »

A.B you know what you are saying there I thought about it , one man i do not trust is that AG guilt could make you say some things sometimes.

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Football / Re: Calling Shaka Hislop!

« on: May 13, 2014, 01:56:42 PM »

Trini is so corrupted everything is a coverup .I wonder if the people on the panel was thinking what we thinking.

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General Discussion / Disciples of Satan at the gates of justice

« on: May 13, 2014, 01:40:09 PM »

Disciples of Satan at the gates of justice
Published:
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Helen Drayton
 
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In Paradise Lost, John Milton opened his epic poem with Satan and a band of fallen angels chained in hell to a lake of fire. The dissident angels, led by Beelzebub, free themselves and they plan to fly to a land of abundant mineral resources.
 
 
Their quest is to wage war against God, so Beelzebub suggests to his boss–Satan—they must corrupt God’s most novel creation—mankind. Satan decides he’ll lead the way, and off he goes. At the gates of hell he meets his two children, Sin and Death, who decide to accompany their father and build a bridge between Hell and Earth. But first, they must get through the sun, so Satan disguises as a cherub to mislead the archangel guarding the sun, then he and his gang begin to travel through Night and Chaos.
 
It is at this point Milton’s poem is paraphrased into a local tale because his devils are masters of disguise and similar to the local folklore character Anansi Krokoko. So in disguise, the evil gang found a place that could be paradise, except that tragedy upstages controversy after controversy.
 
There they have set up headquarters called Mayhem–akin to Milton’s Pandemonium–from where they design plans to remove any citizen who stands in their path. They are among protectors, defenders, gang and drug lords, ammunition dealers and money launderers. They are within prison walls.


I was thinking to add this to the PM OR AG thread.

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General Discussion / Re: Armoured APC's and SUV's coming to T&T soon.

« on: May 12, 2014, 05:57:15 PM »

Weary these people making plans to win the next general elections by any means necessary .

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General Discussion / Re: Armoured APC's and SUV's coming to T&T soon.

« on: May 12, 2014, 11:16:09 AM »

War or wah which one Gary which one ? tell we nah man

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General Discussion / Re: Attorney General Anand Ramlogan Thread

« on: May 11, 2014, 01:17:39 PM »

Former attorneys general on prison scandal: No support from Dana for AG
Published:
Sunday, May 11, 2014
RENUKA SINGH
 
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Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC
Three former attorneys general picked apart slain state prosecutor Dana Seetahal’s last article “Investigate what, exactly?’ published in the May 4 Sunday Express and have found no evidence of support for current Attorney General Anand Ramlogan in the present controversy over the solicitor general and the prison litigation issue.
 
 
In the hours after Seetahal’s murder, Ramlogan said the country had lost a “titan” and made reference to her last article, saying that she was one of the few people who provided support for him in this matter. “I have lost a dear friend and colleague. Our last conversation was about her column in yesterday’s Express. It provided support for me,” Ramlogan stated in his letter then. He had said Seetahal not only came to his defence but also supported his position.
 
But three former AGs—Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, John Jeremie, SC, and Bridgid Annisette-George spoke with the Sunday Guardian in the days after Seetahal’s assassination and all three found that Seetahal’s widely-read article did not support Ramlogan as he interpreted.
 
 
Maharaj: It’s no defence
Maharaj said Seetahal’s column “cannot properly be put forward by the Attorney General as a defence to the allegations.”
 
“Dana Seetahal stated that the Solicitor General referred to the conduct of certain attorneys who were acting for certain prisoners and those investigations against those lawyers were to be conducted by the Disciplinary Committee of the Law Association. Seetahal also referred to the allegations in the Solicitor General’s letter which referred to certain key office holders who allegedly increasingly took action to support the business of prisoners’ litigation against the State for the direct or indirect financial gain,” Maharaj said.
 
He said taking Seetahal’s points into consideration, the question that should follow was who the Solicitor General was referring to when she said “certain key office holders?” “She was certainly not referring to the certain private lawyers who appeared for certain prisoners against the State. That is why there is need for a fair, independent and impartial investigation to identify the individuals,” he said.
 
“She was asking the Prime Minister in the last paragraph of her letter to cause an investigation in the matter by the Inspector of Prisons, the Law Association and the Police Service,” he said. Maharaj said if office holders of the State were supporting the alleged business of certain private lawyers in the prison litigation for direct or indirect financial gain “that could amount to corruption and of perverting the course of public justice which are criminal offences.”
 
 
Jeremie, SC, agrees
Former People’s National Movement (PNM) AG, John Jeremie also added his voice to the matter. “Unfortunately even after the most careful study, I am unable to find any expression of ‘support’ in the said column for the Honourable Attorney General (as he put it) in terms of the ‘present dispute’ involving the prison service litigation in the column,” Jeremie said. Jeremie said there were queries raised in the column as to whether the Solicitor General should simply have reported the matter to the Prime Minister.
 
“Miss Seetahal suggested that the police and the Law Association might have been better placed to treat with aspects of the investigation. There is not stated anywhere in the column support for the Honourable Attorney General in this matter,” he added.
 
 
Annisette-George: Important piece of information missing
Annisette-George said Seetahal’s last article could be interpreted in two ways— neither of which showed support for the Attorney General. In an email response to the Sunday Guardian, she said, “One interpretation could be a challenge to credibility and another very valid interpretation could, in our very Trini way, be saying that she dare not!”
 
Annisette-George said the article made some readers ponder why the Solicitor General would bypass her immediate supervisor—the Honourable Attorney General—and complain to his boss—the Honourable Prime Minister and still find it necessary to use such “cautious and covert language.”
 
“The shelter which the Honourable Attorney General found in the article is certainly subject to interpretation, and that is why an independent investigation is necessary to settle all interpretations and de-shroud all of the facts after full and frank disclosure is made” she said. Annisette-George said Ramlogan has neither admitted or denied in public whether any of the Solicitor General complaints were ever brought to his attention before she turned to the Prime Minister.
 
“To me that is an important piece of information missing from the factual matrix,” she said. “It escapes me to understand how the Honourable Attorney General could take refuge in the said article. The article has never said that there was no justification for an investigation.” she said. It could be that the author was “advancing that the Law Association was the only and the proper authority to undertake an independent investigation of the complaints of the then Solicitor General,” Annisette-George added.
 
“The article highlights the covert language of the letter of the SG and  ends with a very poignant question: If there is evidence of an unethical business venture engaged in by attorneys-at-law acting for prisoners or key office holders taking action to support the unethical business for financial gain, why has she not referred to it?”
News

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General Discussion / Re: Unmanned ‘spying‘ vehicles soon—Gary

« on: May 09, 2014, 08:41:44 PM »

 These people really are  a bunch of show off and it becomes worse when they  drunk the true colors come out.

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General Discussion / Gary Griffith Thread.

« on: May 09, 2014, 08:52:52 AM »

Unmanned ‘spying‘ vehicles soon—Gary
Published:
Friday, May 9, 2014
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Government is considering procuring unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to aid surveillance and early warning systems and is also getting hovercraft for other law enforcement agencies, says National Security Minister Gary Griffith. At yesterday’s weekly government media conference he said Government was providing financial, logistical and administrative support for law enforcement for them to battle crime. He said Government was moving to get one supplier of helicopters to replace the system where three suppliers provide such equipment. He said the current National Operation Centre’s (NOC) fleet of four was almost 30 years old and obsolete and sourcing parts was costly.
 
Having one supplier would aid pilot and technical training and use of components and would be a better more cost-effective option, he said. Griffith said government had seen the value of the NOC’s air division in many areas, including reconnaissance, surveillance and obtaining real-time video footage, Government was also considering the purchase of UAVs to augment NOC air support and non-national security assistance. They could also act as a deterrent and aid with reconnaissance and remote sensing operations, he said. Griffith said UAV use, the first of its kind in T&T, would be subject to development and approval of legislation governing such use in local air space. He said those were not “toys” and would play a big part in ensuring citizens safety and security.
Saying Government was moving with the times, Griffith outlined what was in place with various air and sea assets in the past and outlined what his administration was doing. Griffith said a team would be examining the recommendations of the 1990 coup commission to effect its recommendations. He said Government was doing a K-9 audit to ensure properly trained canine support for air/seaports, roadblocks and other points. The ministry also was increasing the Rapid Response Unit and would be getting hovercraft, he added. He said the National Training Academy would have an indoor shooting range and the recently announced anti-terrorist unit would be formulated to deal with such situations.
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General Discussion / Re: Dana Seetahal murdered

« on: May 09, 2014, 05:58:05 AM »

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Seetahal’s sister, Susan Francois, who delivered the eulogy, read a tribute to Seetahal sent by her colleague of many years, former DPP Geoffrey Henderson, who is now a judge at the International Criminal Court in the Hague. Francois said Henderson was extremely close to Seetahal and had sent the tribute, entitled “A National Treasure”. Henderson, in the tribute read by Francois, stated that Seetahal had a deep love of T&T and a huge desire to give back to T&T and make it a better place. “She loved public service,” Henderson stated. He said Seetahal had done a lot of work for the DPP’s office at peppercorn rates and had mentored lawyers, young and older, and shared her experience freely. “We marvelled at her tremendous work ethic... she was formidable in court,” he said.
 
Henderson said when Seetahal took “silk”, assumed the status of senior counsel, none questioned the decision and many thought it should have been given sooner. “Dana’s silk was true silk,” Henderson noted. His tribute noted Seetahal was also a good resource to the Caricom criminal justice system. Henderson said Seetahal had loved writing the newspaper columns she did and gave careful thought to each and their selection, clarifying complex issues and those which were obfuscated by others. He said her nickname was “Seets” and though sometime rough, she didn’t have a bad bone in her body. “She was honest, loyal, fair and fearlesss. Her murder by gutless cowards has left a deep void,” Henderson said, adding Seetahal’s parents had given T&T a national treasure.
 
Francois, after concluding Henderson’s tribute, said up to last Sunday morning she had five sisters, “Now I have four.” Saying Seetahal was the family’s guiding light, Francois added: “I can speak words of the loss and devastation we feel but they would be woefully inadequate. “We will shed tears that she has gone, but we will smile because she has lived. We will open our eyes and see all she has left and we will cherish her memory and let it live on.” Francois, though looking strained, maintained her composure through the delivery. But when Francois concluded her contribution in a slightly shaky voice, “Go with God, my sister ...,” her bespectacled brother in the pew behind hers, broke down and held his head in his hands. Seetahal’s law school mate, Merlin Boyce, elicited smiles when she related how Seetahal enjoyed facials, designer clothes and hair styling.
 
Boyce spoke about how both might have ended up at the Red House on July 27, 1990 to see former schoolmate Joseph Toney, but Seetahal had said the Parliament was “too boring...”
Rev Daniel Teelucksingh, delivering a stirring sermon, elicited nods including from the Chief Justice Ivor Archie when he said: “T&T is no easy place to govern.” Also on the programme were prayers by RC priest Fr Clyde Harvey and Pundit Rhandir Maharaj. Attendees comprised a who’s who of the legal, political and law enforcement hierarchy. Among the PP and PNM leaders were Senate President Timothy Hamel-Smith, former president George Maxwell Richards, Foreign Affairs Minister (Tunapuna MP) Winston Dookeran, Planning Minister Bhoe Tewarie, National Security Minister Gary Griffith, acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams, PCA head Gillian Lucky, UWI principal Clement Sankat, Justice Vashist Kokaram, attorney Martin Daly, PNM’s Dr Keith Rowley, Amery Browne, Nafeesa Mohammed and others.
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General Discussion / Re: Dana Seetahal murdered

« on: May 08, 2014, 07:13:32 AM »

There is a certain policeman that is mentioned in that hit list a very, very bright guy (LB) i did not know he was that big of a fish ,i mean real big fish ,by now he must have a lot of young ones swimming with him .

These are the men of the law we have looking for bandits ,in other words big fishes looking for small fishes.