Hey elan ,Yuhs ah real annoying fly oui!!! dum dum! the USA have over 300 million ppl, just look @ the last 2 articles tuh post, it's from 2 differant states!!!!
you acting like if america is the size of haiti? this place real big wid ah whole lot ah waste land, states, and ppl from all over the world, so how could you compare it too an area the size of delaware!!!!!
let me tell yuh this pardener, no matter how yuh twist it and tun it, T&T still have more crime than the U.S. population wise! and if we were as big as them and had the same slack goverment,.....boy..... what a scary thought.
So what you saying crime is different because it have less of a chance of affecting a great number of people or a majority of the total population?
All I saying is crime happens everywhere and people can be made to feel as prisonersin theur home as a result of crime.
Then why dont you post the crime articles from trinidad, given that this thread is discussing crime in trinidad. No one say it aint have crime in america, we just said that per person, the crime rate in trinidad can be interpreted as being higher that the us. And that thing about the serial killer in SC, didnt we just have two in trinidad? The PH driver and his female accomplice who it is believed were responsible for at least 5 deaths and who knows how many more missing in that central region?
Anyway since we discussing Trinidad I will start it for you... here's hoping you not in a situation like this poor family
No electric saw to perform autopsy
Saturday, July 4th 2009
FUNERAL arrangements for two-year-old Kiara Jackie have been put on hold until next week because pathologists at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mount Hope had no electric saw to perform her autopsy yesterday.
According to Jackie's grandmother, Wendy Maynard, the idea of a morgue not having a saw sounded "ridiculous", but she had no choice but to wait because it was a police matter and they had no authority to remove her granddaughter's body.
"The autopsy was supposed to be held today (yesterday), and now I'm here and they told me that they have no saw, so they cannot do any autopsy until Monday ... but I just don't understand why they have to make us go through this," she said.
Speaking to the Express via telephone from the hospital yesterday, a distraught Maynard said she hoped that when she goes on Monday "they are done".
When the Express called the morgue yesterday to enquire about the situation, a reliable source at the facility said they were on a strike because they were "fed up of using hacksaw blades to cut people open".
According to the source, for more than a year they have been forced to complete autopsies using hacksaw blades, because management had failed to get them the tools they need to perform efficiently. The source said the problem has been a chronic one for a long time but they were doing the best they could with what they had.
"You could ask the Government for a budget of $10 million, you will get, and you know you get, but you don't see it ... and it is more than ridiculous," the source said.
Contacted on the matter yesterday, chief executive officer at the North Central Regional Health Authority, Caroline Washington-Agile, said they borrowed an electric saw yesterday from an undisclosed source to carry out autopsies at the facility.
"We are in the process of getting a new saw and replacing the motor in the one that was damaged...because the intention is to have two," she said.
However, the source at the hospital told the Express that the saw and the parts, which would not cost the hospital more than US$3,000, are yet to be tendered.
-Aabida Allaham
Or here's for all the people complaining it have no jobs in trinidad
Foreign invasion
12,212 non-Caricom nationals get work permits
Published: 4 Jul 2009
The National Security Ministry granted 12,212 work permits to non-Caricom nationals between 2007 and 2008. Of this number, 2,827 work permits were granted to Chinese nationals, the ministry has confirmed.
Minister in the Ministry of National Security Donna Cox gave these figures in reply to an Opposition question in the Lower House yesterday. One question called for answers on the number of non-Caricom workers entering T&T and granted work permits for 2007 and 2008, and the number of Chinese immigrant labourers-workers employed in T&T for 2007 and 2008. Another question called for the nature of the contracts and terms of employment of Chinese workers entering T&T in 2007 and 2008.
Cox said 1,071 work permits were granted to Chinese nationals in 2007 and 1,756 to such nationals in 2008. She also said 5,103 work permits were granted to other non-Caricom workers in 2007 and 7,109 work permits in 2008. The ministry, in a written reply to the other query, stated that its database showed that most of the Chinese workers were employed with construction companies and restaurants. For 2007, approximately 74 per cent of the workers were employed in construction related occupations—carpenters, masons, welders, etc.
In addition, about 11 per cent of Chinese workers were employed in food services occupations—chefs, cooks, etc. For 2008, approximately 82 per cent of the workers were employed in construction-related occupations, while five per cent were employed in food services occupations. The ministry stated that such workers were usually granted a 12-month work permit. The terms and conditions of employment for these workers were between respective employers and workers and do not form ministry records, the ministry stated.
and some more crime articles you missed elan
Security guard gunned down
Camille Clarke
Published: 29 Jun 2009
Machel Huggins...shot dead.
Camille Clarke
A 22-year-old security guard was shot dead on Saturday night in Maloney. Machel Huggins, a former airport employee, of Building Four in Maloney, was liming with friends in front of the apartment building when he was shot, a report said.
Police said Huggins and his friends were approached by two gunmen around 8.30 pm. The gunmen opened fire on the group. While his friends scampered for safety, Huggins was shot about the body. He was taken to the Arima Health Facility where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The victim’s father, Wayne Huggins, said he believed his son was killed because “he had been in the wrong place at the wrong time.” He said, “I spoke with several youths in Maloney. I think my son was in the wrong place. He travelled before and wanted to go abroad and study.” During an interview at his Bellbird home in Malabar, the grieving father said he was also mourning the loss of his daughter, Stacey Huggins.
Stacey was killed in a vehicular accident on January 2007, that also claimed the lives of three other people. “I am already mourning the death of my daughter. We (Huggins) were close and spoke with each other on a regular basis,” the senior Huggins said. “He was murdered...There are too many innocent youths losing their lives.
They should try and be peaceful and loving. They should read about leaders and think positive instead of taking innocent lives,” he said. He described his son as “loving, disciplined and helpful.” Detectives said they had no motive for his Huggins’ killing. However, they suspect his death was due to gang warfare in the area.
Man gunned down in St James bar
Akile Simon
Published: 28 Jun 2009
Akile Simon
An argument between two men turned fatal after a 25-year-old Morvant man was shot and killed while liming in a bar at St James on Saturday morning. The incident occurred around 3 am at Club Rush, located next to Smokey and Bunty.
Sean Thomas, of Dorata Street, Morvant, has been identified as the victim. Police said Thomas was a member of the “Gambino gang” and was among 13 men before the court charged with the rape of a schoolgirl in the Morvant district last year. Sources at the North-Eastern Division said Thomas was the second accused in the matter to be shot and killed.
According to investigators, Thomas was in the company of a male relative at the establishment when he got into an argument with another man. The suspect left the club and returned a short while later. He approached Thomas from behind and shot him once in the head, before quickly making his escape. Upon hearing the sound of gunfire, patrons scampered out of the liming spot. Thomas’ body was later discovered on the floor. He died at the scene.
Officers of the Port-of-Spain Homicide and the St James Police Station visited the scene and are continuing investigations. Only last Saturday, Sterlin Nero, 22, of Rich Plain Road, Diego Martin, was shot dead moments after he walked away from two separate confrontations with a group of men and a woman while liming at Crobar, Ariapita Avenue, Woodbrook.
Hospital has become the country’s latest murder victim. Clyde Patrick Horsford was found shot to death, a few metres from his Mt D’Or Road, Champ Fleurs, home yesterday afternoon. Horsford’s mother, Albertina, said she suspected something like this would have happened, after her son’s home was burnt last Sunday.
Speaking with the T&T Guardian at the scene, the 75-year-old mother of ten said she, too, remained baffled over the incident. “I was prepared for this already since they burn down his house on Father’s Day,” she said. With tears streaming from her face, Albertina said Clyde’s death caught her by surprise, since he never interfered with anyone.
“I was down the road and when I came home, I saw plenty people in the gallery, then one of the boys told me that Clyde dead,” she said. “Look, I bring food for him to eat, but he can’t eat it again. “I don’t know what to do...When I went ah take a look, I saw him lying there dead, and from the time I saw that, it hurt me real bad, I really can’t take this one,” the woman said, as she looked at crime scene investigators, who searched the bushy area for clues.
Police said that around 1.15 pm, they received a report that a bullet-riddled body of a man was found in some bushes at Mt D’Or Extension Terrace. When the officers got to the scene, they found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds to the back. Officers suspect the incident may have stemmed from an argument between Clyde and another man last Sunday.
A team of officers led by Senior Supt Rajendranath Maharaj, Sgts Hosein and Katwaroo, PCs Mohammed, Grant and Thomas of the St Joseph CID and Region I Homicide Bureau, along with officers of the Special Anti-Crime Unit, visited the scene. Grant is continuing investigations.
Suspect shot in robbery attempt
Akile Simon
Published: 4 Jul 2009
A suspected robber has been shot and wounded during a botched robbery at a Barataria businessplace yesterday. The 24-year-old suspect remains warded in serious condition under police guard at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope, up to late yesterday.
He sustained a gunshot wound to the neck. Officers of the North Eastern Division have also launched a search for a second suspect who escaped. According to police, around 11.15 am, two men, one armed with a pocket knife and the other a firearm, entered Mollineau’s Optical at Eastern Main Road, Barataria, and announced a hold-up.
Police said the robbers ordered the proprietor to the back of the store where they demanded cash and jewelry. The men began pushing the victim around, following which the man drew his licenced firearm and fired shots at the suspects. One of the men was hit in the neck while the other quickly made his escape. Officers recovered a blood-stained knife and clothing from the scene. Insp Moses and WPC Weekes, of the Morvant CID, visited the scene and are continuing investigations.
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