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Friday, January 27, 2023 GUARDIAN OF THE PEOPLE No 39888 guardian.co.tt

2023 SOCA
MONARCH
CANCELLED
Promoter claims lack of Minister says Govt
funding killed plans couldn’t give $10M sought
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“ ... all I ask of the people of

Trinidad and Tobago is to give
me the opportunity to show
you that I can also perform
my duties in the way that the
Constitution expects me too.
—President-elect Christine Kangaloo
”
Kangaloo
urges T&T
to give her
a chance
House Speaker Bridgid
Annisette-George, left, presents
the Instrument of Election to
President-elect Christine
Kangaloo at the Red House in
Port-of-Spain yesterday.
PICTURE ABRAHAM DIAZ
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The
News
Digest
Today’s stories
in capsule
OPINION
Doomsday Clock
now 90 seconds
to midnight
P
rime Minister Dr Keith
Rowley’s announcement
that T&T will resume
doing business with Venezue-
la’s sanctioned state company
PDVSA in the Dragon Gas
Field, would not only bene-
fit our country but enhance
Caribbean energy security for
some of our Caricom neigh-
bours who have been getting
our LNG. It will also maintain
the LNG stream to Europe,
which is now vital to them due
to the Ukraine-Russia war.
This war has forced an
about-turn in the US interna-
tional policy, with its sanctions
against Venezuela, as the USA
now seeks energy streams else-
where, as well as forging ties
with Venezuela in an effort to
isolate Russia from its remain-
ing international allies.
Venezuela President Nicolas
Maduro has now become a
beneficiary of the war.
The Dragon Field discus-
sions had started with previ-
ous leaders, Patrick Manning
(T&T) and Hugo Chavez (Vene-
zuela), years ago.
Senator Dr Varma
Deyalsingh
—Page 12
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LEAD STORY
2023 International Soca
Monarch cancelled
There will be no International
Soca Monarch competition this
year, as its promoters have taken
a decision to cancel the event
after Government refused their
request for funding for Fantastic
Friday to the tune of $10 million.
It represents the first time in
30 years that the Soca Monarch
competition has been voluntarily
cancelled.
Caribbean Prestige Foundation
director Geoffrey Wharton-Lake
confirmed the decision in a tele-
phone interview with Guardian
Media last night... —Page 5
INSIDE YOUR T&T GUARDIAN
ODD SPOT
School hopes lights can finally shut off after costly glitch
(AP) — It’s hoped that the lights at a
Massachusetts high school will be able
to be turned off by the end of next
month, about a year-and-a-half after a
computer glitch kept the lights on night
and day, officials say.
The unusual challenge faced by
Minnechaug Regional High School,
located in the western Massachusetts
town of Wilbraham, means there has
been no way to turn the lights off short
of unscrewing bulbs or flipping circuit
breakers that leave entire sections of
the building in the dark.
NEWS
$.3m missing from
Siparia Corporation
The Fraud Squad of the T&T Police
Service is investigating the disap-
pearance of more than $300,000
from the Siparia Regional Corpo-
ration (SRC). This was confirmed
by chairman Dinesh Sankersingh
who said an administrative officer
has been transferred.  January 6 insurrection.
Sankersingh said he is hoping
criminal charges will be laid and
the money returned.
“I have spoken to the CEO and
the police are conducting an
investigation. I should be inter-
viewed later in the week together
with the Leader...  —Page 7
“We are very much aware this is
costing taxpayers a significant amount
of money,” Aaron Osborne, an assistant
superintendent of finance at Hampden-
Wilbraham Regional Schools, told
NBC News. “And we have been doing
everything we can to get this problem
solved.”
Osborne estimated the extra cost to
the district for the nearly 7,000 lights in
the 248,000-square-foot building is in
the thousands of dollars a month, but
“not in the tens of thousands.”
The school serves about 1,200
INTERNATIONAL REC
Donald Trump to be Spotlight on women
allowed back on at Soca for Her
Facebook after 2-year ban
Facebook parent Meta said
On February 3, at the Queen’s
Park Savannah from 9 pm, some
Wednesday it will restore for- of the world’s hottest soca stars
mer President Donald Trump’s will saturate the stage headlined
personal account in the coming at the Randy Glasgow Promotions
weeks, ending a two-year suspen- (RGP) event titled, Soca For Her.
sion it imposed in the wake of the “It’s one of our contributions
towards The Mother of All Carni-
The company said in a blog post vals 2023,” stated Glasgow.
it is adding “new guardrails” to en-
sure there are no “repeat offend-
Catering to “women all over,”
the cast for the one-of-a-kind
ers” who violate its rules, even if event includes T&T’s Farmer
they are political candidates or Nappy, Voice and The Top 5, Er-
world leaders. phaan Alves, Lyrikal, Nadia Bat-
“The public should be able to son and SASS and Patrice Roberts
hear what their... —Page 14 and A-Team... —Page 22
WEATHER
45 MOSTLY SUNNY, BREEZY
Quote of the Day
Mostly sunny and breezy at times
“Do the best you can until despite the low chance of a brief,
isolated shower. Mostly fair and cool
you know better. Then when night.
you know better, do better.” Piarco Max 31°C Min 21°C
Crown Point Max 30°C Min 22°C
— Maya Angelou
bpTT Renegades president Colin Greaves, left,
long-serving band member Lennard “Bold Face”
Patrick, Port-of-Spain Mayor Joel Martinez,
bpTT president David Campbell and Minister of
Energy Stuart Young at the unveiling of the
Renegades Way sign at the corner of Park and
Charlotte Streets, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.
PICTURE KERWIN PIERRE
students from the towns of Wilbraham
and Hampden.
The situation has drawn the
attention of Saturday Night Live, which
mentioned the lights-on challenge
during the Weekend Update segment of
its January 21 broadcast.
In a November 2021 story, the
school’s student newspaper, The Smoke
Signal, reported that a computer server
that controlled what was supposed to
be a lighting system designed to save
power, failed in August 2021 and could
not be fixed.
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Kamla: No retreat, no surrender
STORIES BY GAIL ALEXANDER
No retreat, no surrender!
That was the vow yesterday
from Opposition Leader Kamla
Persad-Bissessar after she received
firm backing from her parliamen-
tarians, party arm members and
membership.
This after “Bahut Kuchoor”
(plenty mischief ) was at play
against her, UNC deputy leader
Roodal Moonilal and other UNC
MPs said, following reports of mo-
tions against the party’s executive
and Persad-Bissessar.
An unsigned “anonymous” mo-
tion calling for Persad-Bissessar to
step down was floated on social
media on Wednesday, at the same
time former MPs Fuad Khan and
Ramona Ramdial filed a motion
with the party for debate at Sun-
day’s party congress.
Khan’s motion, however, ad-
dressed bringing back dormant
UNC members and strengthening
the executive without removing
Persad-Bissessar. But it didn’t qual-
ify for debate. (See story below)
Following an erroneous Trini-
dad Express report headline that
“Kamla Must go,” UNC MPs, Sen-
ators, Natex officials and the par-
ty’s Women’s Arm all “backed”
Persad-Bissessar firmly yesterday.
Responding briefly to T&T
Guardian questions, Persad-Bis-
sessar said, “It’s Carnival time
and what’s been happening shows
UNC stalwarts’ motion to call back old guard rejected
Rejected—again.
That’s the fate of the motion
that former United National Con-
gress MPs Dr Fuad Khan and Ra-
mona Ramdial had proposed for
debate at Sunday’s UNC National
Congress.
UNC general secretary Peter
Kanhai yesterday said the motion,
which proposed that the old guard
of the party be welcomed back
into the fold among other things,
didn’t qualify to be raised. He in-
dicated this in a reply to Ramdial
yesterday.
Ramdial had seconded Khan’s
motion.
Khan, who filed the motion on
Wednesday, said it was designed to
return the UNC to government. It
involved bringing back all past and
inactive UNC members. Part of the
motion also involved strengthen-
ing the UNC’s National Executive
without removing leader Kamla
Persad-Bissessar, he’d stressed.
Khan had expressed concern
that there was no movement in the
party and with general elections
two years away, the UNC had to
start putting things in place from
now. Attorney Larry Lalla, who
supported the motion, had also
spoken of UNC’s “failings.” Ram-
dial, however, had anticipated
the motion wouldn’t have been
allowed.
Yesterday, UNC general secre-
tary Kanhai’s following letter to
Ramdial confirmed the situation:
UNC leader gets full backing of MPs, execs
clearly that the moko jumbies and
lagahoos are coming out. How-
ever, the UNC membership has al-
ready rejected the two framers of
this motion.”
On the impact of the issue and
others—such as the three spoilt
ballots during the election of the
President last week—Persad-Bis-
sessar said, “Remember one thing:
we in UNC abide by democracy.
“The UNC is fully mobilised, it is
strong and we will show you that
at Sunday’s Congress. It is a new
year. We are on the move. And
we’re ready for Government. No
retreat. No surrender.”
Moonilal added, “Khan’s mo-
tion is illogical and out of time. If
they want to remove the leader
and executive, they can mobilise
members and at the appropriate
time, seek to change the exec-
utive through the constitutional
process.”
He said the other “nameless”
motion to remove Persad-Bis-
sessar was designed for political
mischief and felt the PNM had in-
filtrated and was behind that mat-
ter and using what they feel are
UNC faces to attack UNC.
“It’s what we say is ‘Bahut Ku-
choor’—plenty mischief,” he said,
adding Khan’s motion appeared
to be a bid to remove UNC’s exec-
utive via a process ultra vires to
“Please be advised that I write
to inform after due consideration,
your motion does not qualify to be
raised.
“I take this opportunity to re-
mind you and your co-sponsor
that only a few months ago in the
UNC internal elections, you were
both soundly rejected by the UNC
membership.
“I further remind you that Mrs
Persad-Bissessar was not gifted
the leadership of the UNC in 2010.
She earned the honour to lead
the UNC by defeating the then-
UNC leader in the internal party
elections. She has since retained
that honour by winning the over-
whelming majority of votes from
the UNC membership in all subse-
quent UNC internal elections.
“Under the leadership of Mrs
Persad-Bissessar, the UNC is fo-
cused on diversity, meritocracy
and a mix of youth and competent
experience. Hard work, proper
planning, efficient execution of
tasks, promotion of new talent
and merit-based recognition are
our philosophy.
“The Political Leader, Natex and
UNC membership have unequivo-
cally rejected the politics of caste,
class, family connections, segrega-
tion, discrimination and dynasty.
We are committed to promoting
the children of the rank-and-file
UNC membership who have edu-
cated and qualified themselves to
be the next generation of leaders.
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-
Bissessar outside the Red House last
Friday. PICTURE ABRAHAM DIAZ
UNC’s constitution.
“I can only conclude the objec-
tive is Bahut Kuchoor too. I think
he and (Ramona) Ramdial, who
are visibly absent from UNC’s
daily battles, are frustrated with
Keith Rowley’s mismanagement
and don’t know what to do. But
the UNC is the most vibrant Oppo-
sition party in the Caribbean—no
other has such high public inter-
face thrice weekly.”
MP Barry Padarath said he was
among the first to receive Khan’s
motion from Khan himself.
“But it’s vacuous and mischie-
vous. Both Khan and Ramdial
unsuccessfully contested UNC’s in-
ternal election last year and since
Dr Fuad Khan
“Please be informed that the Po-
litical Leader and members of the
Natex have been actively engaging
many members of all the groups
mentioned in your correspond-
ence. Further active discussions
are also occurring with other po-
litical entities, members of civil
society, business groups and non-
aligned individuals.
“The UNC reiterates that all are
welcome to work with us to im-
prove the lives of our citizens. We
encourage you and your co-spon-
sor to contact your constituency
executives, Local Government
representatives and Members of
Parliament so you can be updated
on our party activities and out-
reach.
“If you cannot, we urge you
both to access online our Face-
book pages, website and numer-
ous press conferences and public
meetings so you will be better in-
then, haven’t contributed to the
party’s development and rebuild-
ing in any significant way. Instead,
they’ve attacked the party, the ex-
ecutive and leader with a self-serv-
ing interest,” Padarath said.
“Both must say what they’ve
done in members’ interest. They
and the handful supporting them
have said nothing on the high lev-
els of crime, cost of living and mas-
sive unemployment. They only
found their voice when an election
is upon us, or they see a political
opportunity to create division and
criticise UNC. Both should behave
and work towards removing the
PNM—not Kamla.”
MP Rodney Charles added, “It’s
an attempt to create mischief,
calumny and Kuchoor. My good
friend Fuad and others are crea-
tures of the media and Facebook
and have no substantial following
on the ground.
“There are avenues to come
into the party—work hard, get the
numbers and challenge, if you win
and people will follow you. If you
don’t win, we go with the people
elected. So, until people are ready
to do the hard work, they’ll just
continue being creatures of Face-
book and the media.”
UNC whip David Lee said mem-
bers, the National Executive and
the Parliamentary Arm remain in
formed in the future.
“We assure you both that the
Political Leader, Natex and UNC
membership have your best in-
terest at heart. We hope you can
eventually work with us to pro-
mote a new generation of UNC
leaders.”
Khan, Ramdial still
hope for change
Contacted yesterday, Ramdial
said she expected the motion
wouldn’t have been accepted.
“But they didn’t say on what
grounds. So, we’ll be there Sunday
and since they’ve said they’re en-
gaging with others, I’ll be looking
to see if labour leaders and those
from the NTA, PDP, PEP, MSJ will
also attend.”
She said another anonymously
issued motion which arose at the
same time of Khan’s motion on
Wednesday, had nothing to do
with Khan’s motion and wasn’t
theirs.
That motion was circulated on
social media and called for Per-
sad-Bissessar to step down in three
months. It, however, bore no pro-
poser’s name and no signature.
Yesterday, however, UNC offi-
cials trashed that type of “propa-
ganda,” which they said wouldn’t
have been considered for Con-
gress debate without a proposer,
seconder and other information.
Meanwhile, Khan, who lost the
2022 leadership election to Per-
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full support of Persad-Bissessar.
He said any report/story to the
contrary “is not only futile but is
just malicious, cowardly political
hubris echoed by those who have
lost political relevance and value
self-interest above national inter-
est.”
“The Opposition Leader con-
tinues to be loved not only by her
party’s membership but by cit-
izens who value her as the only
person that could save this nation
from the socio-economic turmoil
it faces,” he added, detailing her
battles for the public.
UNC chairman Dave Tancoo,
added, “There’s no vacancy for
leadership. There’s a democrat-
ically elected Political Leader
and national executive. The UNC
elected their party representatives
and voted overwhelmingly for Mrs
Persad-Bissessar and her slate. It’s
unfortunate that some who were
badly defeated seem unable to put
their loss behind them, and have
refused the leader’s open offer to
work with the party towards gov-
ernment.”
MPs Rudy Indarsingh, Saddam
Hosein, Rishi Seecheran, Arnold
Ram, Rushton Paray, Michelle
Benjamin and Ravi Ratiram also
said they supported Persad-Bis-
sessar.
MPs Dinesh Rambally, Anita
Haynes, Rai Ragbir, Vandana
Mohit, Kadijah Ameen didn’t an-
swer calls.
sad-Bissessar, said, “It is sad—the
approach taken by the UNC’s gen-
eral secretary, who would have
obviously discussed the motion
among UNC National Executive
members and they’ve come to
their decision to continue in the
manner they’re presently doing.
“So, I haven’t much to say, ex-
cept I believe the NAR party has
completely taken over the UNC
—since UNC’s power players are
former NAR members—and UNC’s
membership has slept and allowed
it. But I’ll continue assisting peo-
ple. Things have to happen and
something will. As they say, God
is a Trini.”
Khan also said he was incorrectly
quoted by the Trinidad Express
about the motion and “removing
Kamla.” He said he was correctly
quoted in the T&T Guardian that
the issue involved strengthening
UNC’s executive without moving
the political leader.
“But I’m now being attacked
based on a wrong motion by peo-
ple singing for their supper.”
Khan said he yesterday wrote to
the Express seeking correction of
the erroneous article and a retrac-
tion of parts that caused discom-
fort to him and Ramdial.
UNC PRO Kirk Meighoo also
chided the newspaper and called
for correction on “an injurious
factual error” concerning their
headline. He said (Khan’s) motion
didn’t say “Kamla Must Go.”
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Soca Monarch competition cancelled
... Govt blanks promoters’ request for $10M in funding
SAMPSON NANTON
There will be no International Soca
Monarch competition this year, as
its promoters have decided to can-
cel it after Government refused
their request for funding to the
tune of $10 million.
It represents the first time in
30 years that the Soca Monarch
competition has been voluntarily
cancelled.
Caribbean Prestige Foundation
director Geoffrey Wharton-Lake
confirmed the decision in a tele-
phone interview with Guardian
Media last night, saying it was
based solely on their financial in-
ability to host it.
“The 2023 edition of the Soca
Monarch is definitely off,” Whar-
ton-Lake said.
He said it was “not financially
sustainable” based on the private
and government funds available
this year.
Wharton-Lake was unwilling
to share the amount sought from
Government.
However, Minister of Tourism,
Culture and the Arts Randall
Mitchell later revealed the figure
when contacted.
“They are effectively asking for
$10 million to run Soca Monarch,”
he said.
“It is unconscionable for the
Kangaloo asks T&T for a chance to prove herself
... cut ties with PNM when she became Senate President
LEE ANNA MAHARAJ
leeanna.maharaj@guardian.co.tt
President-elect, Christine Kan-
galoo has asked citizens to give her
a chance as she takes up her post.
Noting that many politicians in
the past have managed to move
on to areas of national interest
without much complaint, she said
yesterday that she should also be
granted a chance to prove herself
in her new office.
“You have had persons who
ran as candidates for particular
parties who became independent
senators, who became members
of service commissions, and that
transition happened, and no one
has questioned their credibility.
So, all I ask of the people of Trin-
idad and Tobago is to give me the
opportunity to show you that I can
also perform my duties in the way
the Constitution expects me to... I
ask people to give me a chance,”
Kangaloo said after she received
her Instrument of Election at the
Red House in Port-of-Spain.
She said she is confident that her
past political ties to the People’s
National Movement (PNM) will not
affect her judgment in office.
She noted, however, that she
has not been a part of the political
party for the past seven years—the
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Government to underwrite the full
cost of an event that is privately
owned,” Mitchell added.
Wharton-Lake told Guardian
Media the intended first prize for
the competition was $1 million and
the sum of all prizes would have
amounted to $2.5 million. In ad-
dition, he said it would have cost
between $5 and $6 million to put
on this year’s event.
Wharton-Lake said they had
seen a lot of interest from artistes
this year and the planning had
reached a stage where they were
ready to “press the button and go.”
However, the show was also fac-
ing a major competing event this
year, as soca superstar Machel
Montano, who won seven Soca
Monarch titles—five Power Soca
and two Groovy Soca—is due to
hold the Machel Montano 40 One
Show event on what would have
been the same night of this year’s
Soca Monarch.
Montano, who traditionally
drew Carnival’s largest crowds in
his previous Machel Monday con-
certs, has said One Show will be
the only place he will perform for
Carnival 2023.
Asked what role Montano’s
event played in their event cancel-
lation, Wharton-Lake said, “Noth-
ing, absolutely nothing.”
From his perspective, Minis-
President-elect Christine Kangaloo chats with Senate President Nigel De
Freitas, as she signs the Instrument of Election at the Rotunda of Red House
in Port-of-Spain yesterday. At left is House Speaker Bridgid Annisette-
George.
period she had spent as Senate
President.
“When I became President of
the Senate, I resigned from par-
ticipation in the political party,
I resigned my membership,” she
revealed.
“I, also, since 2015, as the Pre-
siding Officer, as the President of
the Senate, I have attended no
political functions. I have taken
part in no local activities. I have
made no political decisions. I have
received no political instructions—
that is how I have been conducting
myself for the last seven years,”
news 5
ter Mitchell insisted to Guardian support the culture. The Govern-
Media that Government could not ment supports the culture. I be-
fund the full sum the organisers lieve in soca. I would make a call
were seeking to host what remains for promoters and people hosting
a private event. events next year to continue to
He said Government had first proceed to do so,” he said.
chosen to let the National Carnival Mitchell agreed the Soca Mon-
Commission (NCC) support the arch was a “staple” in Carnival.
event. yet noted, “but you will agree that
“This year, the board of the NCC it has been dying.”
took a decision to offer $800,000. He said over the last few years,
They too found it unconsciona- other promoters saw that the
ble that a private entity should be show was becoming less impor-
fully funded by the Government,” tant to fans and had started put- Geoffrey Wharton-Lake
he said. ting on private shows on the same when Darryl ‘Farmer Nappy’
He noted that in 2020, Govern- night of the once-mega event. Henry won with BackYard Jam in a
ment helped fund the event to the He said given the show has show significantly reduced due to
tune of $5 million, as well as offer served to develop and give a plat- the restrictions due to the COVID-
prize money, the venue and in- form to upcoming soca artistes, 19 pandemic.
frastructure. However, he argued the NCC is now considering host- There was no show last year dur-
that with other priorities such as ing a similar soca competition next ing the mini celebrations known as
the provision of water and paving year, but would likely have to call the Taste of Carnival.
of roads, Government had to cut it by another name. While the event had tradition-
down on the amount they could Guardian Media also contacted ally catered for ‘Power Soca’
offer this year. NCC chairman Winston “Gypsy” songs, it was split in 2005 to in-
Yet, he said, apart from the Peters, but he opted not to com- clude a ‘Groovy Soca’ category.
NCC’s offer, Government was still ment on the topic before hearing Both Montano and Superblue
prepared to offer $3 million to- the minister’s views. share the most wins—seven each—
wards the show and provide the He did say, however, that the one of which was shared between
promoters with a venue, which NCC does not have money to fully them in 2013, when Montano per-
he noted would have amounted to fund major events but could lend formed Float and Superblue sang
roughly another $2.5 million. some assistance. Fantastic Friday.
He said he was disappointed to The Soca Monarch competition Aaron ‘Voice’ St Louis is the
hear views that the cancellation began in 1993 with Austin ‘Super- next most successful Soca Mon-
was solely due to Government’s blue’ (formerly Blue Boy) Lyons arch artiste, with six wins, which
“failure to support the culture.” winning with Bacchanal Time. included three Power Soca titles
“I have always indicated that I It continued annually until 2021, and three Groovy Soca crowns.
to be open and accessible, but of
course, the dictates of propriety
and what the office demands, all
ter with the Responsibility for So- of that will come into play.”
cial Services Delivery, where she She said she will also try her best
never questioned those in need to be abreast of everything and to
and which party they were affili- be as involved as she can be.
ated with. When asked what symbol she
“I can tell you without anyone hopes to become for the citizens
being able to contradict me that I of T&T following times of crisis,
never treated anything on a parti- she said she wishes to be a symbol
san basis. I didn’t look at someone of resilience, to demonstrate that
and asked ‘well, which political Trinbagonians are strong.
party do you belong to?’ I can- Commenting on the protesters
not assist you’. That’s not how it at the Red House last Friday, who
works.” chanted “No to Kangaroo” in ef-
When asked if she would be able forts to reject her nomination,
to effectively challenge the Prime Kangaloo said she was not sur-
Minister, Kangaloo said: “If you prised by this name-calling.
look at what I have been doing for “There’s no joke that you can
the last seven years, I think you make about my surname that
can judge that there’s nothing that I don’t know about. We’re in a
PICTURE ABRAHAM DIAZ can be a challenge to me in that democratic country and if you
the President-elect added. regard.” are aspiring to be in the position
Kangaloo said while she does She noted, however, that she that I am soon going to hold, then
not deny her past political ties, wishes to be more involved as the you have to allow the voices to be
she never treated anything with Head of State, and although she heard,” she said.
political bias. hopes to be more accessible to the Kangaloo also said she plans
“It will be artificial of me to deny public, she will choose what she is to take up residence at the Presi-
that I was a member of a political vocal about. dent’s House in Port-of-Spain, and
party and that I held different of- “I want to be accessible, but I she will meet with outgoing Presi-
fices at different times in my life, don’t think that the President of dent Paula-Mae Weekes next week.
but I also want to say that while the country should be in a press She said her husband will continue
I held those offices as minister, I conference every week. I think to practise as an attorney.
performed my duties without any there are times to speak and there She also thanked the members
sort of partisan interest,” she said. are times to be quiet, so it’ll be of the Senate and said it was a priv-
Kangaloo gave an example of according to my intuition, and if ilege to work alongside them.
when she served as the Minister I say so, my intuition has guided Kangaloo’s term of office will
in the Office of the Prime Minis- me over the years. So, I intend commence in March.
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Acting CoP:
TTPS dismantling
criminal gangs
ANNALISA PAUL
A more focused and efficient
approach by the T&T Police Ser-
vice (TTPS) has forced criminals
to migrate from their traditional
geographic spaces in search of
opportunities elsewhere, acting
Commissioner of Police (CoP)
Erla Christopher said yesterday.
She also admitted that the spike
in murders since the start of year
has increased the demand for
policing.
“The TTPS is continuously
monitoring these changes and
reviewing and updating its strat-
egies to confine and apprehend
these criminal elements,” she
assured in response to questions
from reporters.
TTPS statistics put the murder
count for the year so far at 45,
compared to 41 for the same pe-
riod last year.
Christopher said: “The TTPS
will continue to utilise the intelli-
gence and information available
to it to effectively deploy those
strategies that will cause us to
succeed in targeting the offend-
ers and initiating operations that
will be successful in seizing fire-
arms and detaining offenders.
“Every effort is being made
to increase and improve the in-
telligence that is available to the
Cocorite
man killed
at home
A Cocorite man, who had
only returned to the coun-
try last week after spending
time abroad with relatives,
was killed by gunmen on
Wednesday night as he got
ready for bed.
Jelani “Jello” Worrell was
gunned down around 2 am
on January 25, at Ratchet
Hill.
The 38-year-old painter
was at home alone when
residents reported hear-
ing a single gunshot, on
Wednesday night. The
victim’s body was found
by his 46-year-old cousin
who went to check on him
after being unable to reach
him all day. He was lying in
a pool of blood, clad only
in a pair of boxers and ap-
peared to have been shot
in the head.
This killing, along with
another fatal shooting in
Debe, pushed the murder
toll to 45 for the year so far.
TTPS to inform its operations.”
She added: “Naturally some
operations are more successful
than others but the mandate to
all police divisions and station
districts is to maintain a height-
ened level of operations that will
ensure a deterrent effect and
a swift and effective police re-
sponse where necessary.”
The acting CoP praised the
crime fighting efforts of her of-
ficers.
“They are being challenged
but are making progress in many
instances,” she said, adding that
the focus is on firearm retrieval
and active visibility.
Christopher said the TTPS
“continues to be relentless, im-
plementing strategies to sup-
press and dismantle gangs and
criminal networks who are in-
volved in drug trafficking.”
She said warring gangs are try-
ing to best each other in “wrest-
ing control of drug turfs” which
often ends in shootings, wound-
ings and murders but police of-
ficers are mobilised and all units
are working to remove weapons
from the hands of criminals.
“The seizure of illegal firearms
remains a top priority and we in-
tend to build upon past successes
and continue sustained efforts to
bear results,” she added.
Man gunned down following high-speed chase in Debe
RADHICA DE SILVA
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.tt
Several Venezuelan migrants have
moved out of Wellington Road,
Debe, after a man was shot and
killed following a high-speed chase
in the area on Wednesday night.
The victim, who is yet to be
identified, is believed to be a Vene-
zuelan national. He died in his car
after being shot through the head
at Debe Sub Office Trace. 
One of the spent shells found at
the scene had markings from the
T&T Police Service.
Police said at around 10 pm they
received a distress call from a man
who said someone had just been
shot at the corner of Wellington
Road and Sub Office Trace. When
they arrived at that location they
saw the victim slumped behind
the wheel of a red Hyundai Elantra
which had crashed into an electric-
ity pole.  shells at the scene, including 26
An eyewitness said he  saw the
red Elantra being pursued by a
silver Nissan B-15 along Papourie
Road and unto Wellington Road.
After the car crashed into the pole,
there was a shootout between the
occupants of the two vehicles.
Villagers hid in their homes dur-
Christopher said Operation
Overload, a series of nationwide
intelligence-led exercises on Jan-
uary 24 had resulted in seizures
of illegal guns, ammunition and
narcotics and the arrests of 61
suspects for various offences.
The exercises were co-ordi-
nated by Deputy Commissioner
of Police (Ag.), Intelligence and
Investigations Curt Simon and
were tailored to dismantle gangs
and adversely impact criminal
activities in hot spots, she said.
The acting CoP said there will
be ongoing exercises in the build
up to Carnival and beyond. She
urged citizens to co-operate with
law enforcement and continue
providing information that could
result in more arrests and sei-
zures of illegal items.
She reiterated that the in-
creased, intentional presence
of police officers is meant to
“reduce crime and return the
country to a sense of safety and
security rather than an inconven-
ience to law-abiding citizens.”
The 61 suspects detained dur-
ing Operation Overload were
held mostly for serious crimes
and gang-related offences. Of-
ficers also seized three guns,
including an AR-15 rifle and
two revolvers, two magazines,
a quantity of ammunition and
ing the exchange of gunfire.
The police found 27 spent
which had been fired from a 9mm
semi-automatic revolver. One of
the spent shells had TTPS mark-
ings. Police also seized two live
rounds of ammunition and a cell
phone.
District Medical Officer Dr Ram-
rattan visited the scene and or-
Deputy Commissioner of Police Erla Christopher
several amounts of marijuana,
including more than 500 seed-
lings. A quantity of cocaine and a
bullet proof vest were also found
during the exercises.
In a television interview last
week, Christopher lauded the
success of Operation Grand
Slam, a police exercise aimed
at suppressing and dismantling
gang-related and other criminal
activities in specific locations.
She cited data which showed that
homicides are occurring in the
North Central and Northern Di-
dered the body removed to the
Forensic Science Centre.  An autopsy will be done once the
A resident who requested ano-
nymity said several Venezuelan na-
tionals had been living in a house
close to the scene of the shooting.
“This is not the first incident in-
volving Venezuelans,” the resident
said.
In recent times, residents have
been keeping indoors in fear of
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PICTURE NICOLE DRAYTON
visions and revealed that certain
individuals had been identified.
The first week of that operation
included house searches, stop
and search and roving exercises
during which 26 suspects were
detained, including 12 in connec-
tion with gang-related activities.
Christopher appealed to citi-
zens to report crimes and pro-
vide information on suspected
illegal activities by calling 555,
the CoP’s anti-crime line at 736-
TTPS, CRIME STOPPERS at 800-
TIPS’, or via the TTPS App.
Debe Sub Office Road, Debe,
where an unidentified
Venezuelan national was shot
and killed on Wednesday night.
PICTURE KRISTIAN DE SILVA
crime.
body is identified.
Visiting the scene were ASP Jai-
karan, Insp Mohammed, Sgt Singh
and Homicide officers PC Ramou-
tar and PC Nelson. Police are inves-
tigating reports that the shooting
could be drug related. Officers
from Homicide Region 3 are con-
tinuing investigations.
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TTPS: Car thefts on the rise
Motorists advised to install GPS trackers
ANNALISA PAUL
A senior officer of the T&T Police Service
(TTPS) is urging the public to reset their
priorities and ensure their vehicles are out-
fitted with GPS trackers.
TTPS Media Ambassador acting ASP Ra-
jesh Lal, who appeared on CNC3’s Morning
Brew yesterday, also advised party-goers to
adjust their spending and even their outfits
to avoid becoming a target of criminal dur-
ing the Carnival season.
Although he would not say what the
TTPS is doing to reduce the current high
incidence of vehicular theft across the
country, Lal warned citizens not to make
themselves a “hard target.”
“We are asking members of the public if
they can have those GPS systems installed
in the vehicles,” he said.
Although he did not provide statistics,
Lal claimed the majority of stolen vehicles
recovered had GPS devices installed and in
some instances suspects had been arrested
in the vehicles.
He said the TTPS is continuing to develop
and enhance ways to track stolen vehicles.
“There are cases where the police were
able to go into certain premises and find
vehicles that were reported stolen,” he
said.
According to Lal, a trend has been ob-
served where stolen vehicles are taken to
isolated locations where the thieves try to
find out if it is outfitted with a GPS tracker.
He said the police are working on ways
$300,000 missing from Siparia Corporation
RADHICA DE SILVA
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.tt
 
The Fraud Squad of the T&T Police Service
is investigating the disappearance of more
than $300,000 from the Siparia Regional
Corporation (SRC). This was confirmed by
chairman Dinesh Sankersingh who said an
administrative officer has been transferred.  Taklalsingh claimed that prior to the
Sankersingh said he is hoping criminal
charges will be laid and the money re-
turned.
“I have spoken to the CEO and the police
are conducting an investigation. I should be
interviewed later in the week together with
the Leader of Opposite chair Mr Debisette.
I want to advise the matter is being inves-
tigated and the money must be returned.
I recommend that criminal investigations
take place to bring to justice whoever mis-
appropriated this money,” he said.
“I do not have a command of all informa-
tion. The police called me and asked me if
I can discuss it. I agreed but the police are
yet to come. They said this week or next
week.”
Councillor for Avocat/San Francique
Doodnath Mayrhoo said based on informa-
tion he had received a cheque was made
out by the SRC and an employee went to
the bank to cash the cheque.
“The bank became suspicious and real-
ised that the cheque was tampered with
and the figures on the cheque had been
changed to a larger amount. They went to
another bank and the cheque was cashed.
There were some red flags raised and then
it was picked up when the bank realised it
was a fraudulent cheque,” Mayrhoo said.
Asked whether the bank had any sup-
porting documents or signatures, Mayrhoo
Parked cars along Independence Square, Port-of-Spain, on Wednesday.
PICTURE ROBERTO CODALLO
to reduce the number of vehicular thefts.
He said there has been an increase in
theft of Honda City cars and Kia pick-up
truck and noted that while vehicle owners
spend money to install music systems and
upgrade rims, they seldom got around to
installing GPS devices.
“You may not get that chance,” he
warned.
Lal advised patrons at Carnival fetes to
park in well-lit areas, inspect the vehicle
before getting in and plan safe and easy
Siparia Regional Corporation chairman Denish Sankersingh, centre, speaks at a media
conference yesterday. With him are Brighton/Vessigny councillor Gerald Debisette, left, and
Avocat/San Francique councillor Doodnath Mayrhoo.
said: “Someone initialled the cheque and
when the bank officials checked the signa-
ture they realised it was different.”
Mayrhoo said the situation is worrisome
and embarrassing especially since the cor-
poration is cash-strapped and cannot find
enough money for the delivery of goods
and services.
He said since the incident all transac-
tions done by the SRC are being flagged
by the bank and the teller always checks
with the SRC Accounting Department for
verification before cashing any cheque.
access routes.
He also warned persons against leaving
keys, gate remotes and bills in their vehi-
cles as they go to party as anyone can glean
an address from the paperwork and access
the property, or follow the individual after-
wards.
He said victims of vehicular theft should
“communicate with 999 immediately.”
He also warned against going to parties
with large amounts of cash and wearing
flashy jewelry whether it is real or not.
PICTURE KRISTIAN DE SILVA
PNM councillor for La Brea Gerald Debi-
sette said he wanted the police to speed up
the investigations and bring the perpetra-
tors to justice.
“When councillors get their stipend they
go to the bank. An alderman went to the
bank and he found it strange when the
teller told him to hold on and wait because
they went to check the bank records,” Deb-
istette said.
The police confirmed that the matter is
under investigation and documents have
already been seized.
news 7
MoE, TSC
to meet
denominational
boards again
on teacher
recruitment
RYAN BACHOO
ryan.bachoo@cnc3.co.tt
The Teaching Service Commission
(TSC), Ministry of Education (MoE) and
the denominational boards have agreed
to continue discussions regarding sev-
eral issues, including the now conten-
tious teacher recruitment process.
The parties met yesterday at the TSC’s
office in Port-of-Spain to discuss this and
other issues related to the education sys-
tem.
Speaking to Guardian Media after-
wards, chair of the Association of De-
nominational Boards, Sharon Mangroo,
said, “There was an opportunity for
people to speak and the commission
was able to present their plan and they
were very clear on what their plan is.
Several heads of the denominational
boards were able to give some of their
input and at the end of it, we were able
to air several of the issues.”
The meeting took place in the wake
of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha
(SDMS) threatening legal action against
the TSC for changing the method by
which teachers are recruited for denom-
inational schools.
SDMS lawyer Kiel Taklalsingh, in cor-
respondence on January 19, claimed the
ministry and commission acted illegally
when they introduced the policy that
fundamentally differs from the tradi-
tional process under the Concordat,
which has governed the relationship
between denominational school boards
since before Independence.
introduction of the policy late last year,
people interested in joining the teaching
service would first have to register with
the ministry and obtain a teaching reg-
istration number.
Mangroo, who also sits as chair of the
Catholic Education Board of Manage-
ment, told Guardian Media that while
there are some issues all parties can
agree on, others are still outstanding.
“I don’t think it’s a matter of compro-
mising at this point. It depends on what
we are compromising on. As I said, the
general vision is what we all agree on.
Most aspects of the proposal are very
good but there are one or two areas that
are legal and at this point, the less said
about it the better,” she said.
Mangroo added, “One of the issues
coming up is settling around some legal
matters and one has to be explored
further. However, I think we are all in
agreement with the vision of the TSC
and MoE in having our schools staffed
by competent teachers and having our
vacancies filled promptly.”
She said the meeting was very cordial.
“There is some optimism that we will
be able to continue discussions and par-
ticularly the minister is very interested
in being open and frank.”
 8 news
Lady IB ordered to pay TUCO
boss for defamatory comment
Calypsonian Ingrid “Lady IB” Brath-
waite-Matthew will have to pay
compensation to Trinbago Unified
Calypsonians’ Organisation (TUCO)
president Ainsley King for defama-
tory statements she made on social
media in late 2021.
During a virtual hearing of King’s
case yesterday, High Court Judge El-
eanor Donaldson-Honeywell granted
a default judgment to him.
King’s legal victory in the case was
not based on a detailed analysis of
the merits of his case but rather due
to Brathwaite-Matthew’s failure to
participate in the litigation despite
being served with it.
While Donaldson-Honeywell
granted an injunction barring Brath-
waite-Matthew from repeating the
defamatory comments and requiring
her to remove the posts, as sought by
King in the case, she did not imme-
diately assess the compensation to
be paid to him. The assessment will
take place at a later date.
Brathwaite-Matthew was also or-
dered to pay King’s legal costs for
pursuing the case.
In a press release issued by TUCO
to reveal the development in the
case, King claimed that he was
pleased with the outcome.
“This is a wake-up call for anyone
who believes they can defame some-
one’s character unjustly without any
evidence of truth. Therefore, I am
pleading to those alike to let good
sense prevail and think before act-
ing,” King said.
King was represented by Lytton
Alfred.
Lady IB. PICTURE INNIS FRANCIS
Last year, High Court Judge Kevin
Ramcharan dismissed a lawsuit from
veteran calypsonian Morel “King
Luta” Peters over its failure to hold a
by-election following the passing of
King’s predecessor Lutalo “Brother
Resistance” Massimba in 2021.
In the case, Peters claimed that
the organisation’s General Coun-
cil breached its constitution when
it voted to elevate King to the post
after Massimba’s passing.
In dismissing the case, Justice
Ramcharan upheld an application
from TUCO to strike it out based on
Peters’ failure to plead an essential
element of his case related to his
membership in the organisation.
File: Revellers from Madness Crew’s presentation of Jungle Fever parade during Chaguanas Carnival Tuesday
celebrations in February 2020.
Chaguanas Mayor:
No funding for Central mas yet
Chaguanas Mayor Faaiq Moham-
med has said that central Trini-
dad is still awaiting funding from
the National Carnival Commis-
sion for Carnival 2023.
Speaking to Guardian Media,
Mohammed said in December
last year, organisers of Carnival
in central Trinidad met with the
NCC, and since then there has
been no word.
He said there was a plan to
consolidate all the central groups
and this did not sit well with band
leaders and event holders.
“So in Central, we were sup-
posed to be grouped with Couva
and Carapichaima. What they
wanted each of these areas to do
is choose an event to host for Car-
nival. Chaguanas is known to host
kiddies Carnival, J’Ouvert and the
downtown Parade of the Bands.
Public concerns growing over
local lyrical content—TATT
ANGELO JEDIDIAH
While there may be concerns
about the songs played and their
lyrical content, members of the
public are calling for additional
regulation over the airwaves.
On Wednesday, the Telecom-
munications Authority of Trini-
dad and Tobago (TATT) hosted
the 35th ICT Open Forum titled
Lyrics on the Radio: Regulation
or Free Reign.
At the televised event, chief
executive officer Cynthia Red-
dock-Downes said public senti-
ments have been growing over
claims that local lyrical content
has grown more aggressive, vio-
lent and sexually explicit.
“The authority actively works
to address the possible negative
impact of the broadcast of in-
appropriate content on the na-
tional community in the absence
of laws and regulations such as
the Broadcasting Code,” Red-
dock-Downes said.
Last October, the Broadcast-
ing Commission of Jamaica (BCJ)
announced a ban on audio and
video recordings that promotes
illegal drugs, illegal guns and
scamming throughout the coun-
try.
NCC hasn’t got back on to this
date to the committees”, he said.
He added, “We are planning
and our plans are still subject to
change depending on what NCC
says. We applied for approxi-
mately $400,000 in funding and
to this day we haven’t gotten any
confirmation of funding from
NCC, so I hope that this issue is
resolved soon.”
Mohammed explained, “So I
hope that you know we are basi-
cally heading into the 11th hour
into Carnival and Chaguanas
Cynthia Reddock-Downes
Locally, while there is not such
a strict ban, various methods
of been used to ensure certain
words do not come across the air-
waves, though it may be deemed
unsuccessful.
“Songs may be poorly edited or
bleeped out and you will hear the
beginning of a word, the other
part is bleeped out, but you know
the word. You can clearly identify
the word…And there is other con-
tent that it is just plainly not right
for the public’s consumption,”
said TATT executive member,
Karel Douglas.
Last month, local soca artiste
Rodney ‘Benjai’ Le Blanc called
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PICTURE SHASTRI BOODAN
plans to have our launch on Feb-
ruary 4. I think we will be plan-
ning on going ahead. I spoke to
the chairman of the committee,
Ms Renee Bailey and she said
that we will plan and continue to
go ahead and we’ll try to make
things work out well. With cor-
porate Chaguanas, they always
come to our aid when we need
them and definitely we will be
seeking their assistance as well,
because what you get from the
National Committee only sustains
us for so much, after that you
need private sponsorship.”
Efforts to contact Chairman of
the National Carnival Commis-
sion (NCC) Winston Gypsy Peters
on this matter proved futile as
calls to his cellphone went unan-
swered.
—Reporting by Otto Carrington
out his peers in the music and
entertainment industry who con-
tinue to release content that is
considered to be ‘positive.’
“We the artistes have to come
better than that man… that is best
you can sing boy? These radio sta-
tions have the power to control
what going through the people
and them ears,” the singer said.
But according to BCJ president
Cordel Green, the situation on ‘re-
sponsible broadcasting’ remains
a complex subject due to the fact
that there are artistes who make
their music for a particular sector
or space, should not be punished
with the unnecessary bleeping
and excessive re-editing of their
works.
“The fact is artistes are mo-
tivated to create art and they
create art based on their dysfunc-
tionalities, their religious beliefs,
their world view, they create art
for their specific spaces. Now,
why would an artiste bother to go
to create to exercise and stretch
themselves and create another
work which is specific for the
radio space, if radio stations and
DJs are tripping over themselves,
chopping, shopping and cutting
content which was clearly not
made for the space,” Green said.
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OAS appeals ruling to set aside $850M
arbitration award over highway extension
DEREK ACHONG
Brazilian construction company
Constructora OAS SA has ap-
pealed the decision of High Court
Judge Frank Seepersad to set
aside the $850 million arbitration
award it received over the Solo-
mon Hochoy Highway extension
project.
Guardian Media understands
that on Wednesday, the compa-
ny’s lawyers filed the notice of
appeal over Seepersad’s decision
from mid-December, last year.
In the court filings, obtained
by Guardian Media, the company
raised 13 grounds of appeal, in
which it claims that Seepersad
mishandled the case brought by
the National Infrastructure Devel-
opment Company Ltd (Nidco).
“The learned judge failed to
apply, properly or at all, the gen-
eral principles to setting aside an
arbitral award, in particular, that
an arbitral award can only be set
aside in limited circumstances
where there is misconduct or the
ward was improperly procured,
that courts strive to uphold arbi-
tral awards and do not clinically
dissect them, that a court cannot
conduct a review of the merits
of the dispute submitted to ar-
bitration and that courts apply
the principles of finality, party
autonomy, and minimal crucial
interference to arbitral awards,”
its lawyers said, in one of their
grounds.
In his judgment in the case,
Seepersad remitted the case to
the London Court of International
Scrap iron dealer freed
of ammo, ganja charges
A Tunapuna scrap iron dealer
has been acquitted of posses-
sion of a large cache of ammu-
nition and marijuana that was
found by police during a search
of his home in 2007.
Samuel Ramesar, of Cen-
tenary Street, Tunapuna,
was freed of the charges on
Wednesday after seven jurors
on a nine-member panel before
High Court Judge Lisa Ramsu-
mair-Hinds rejected the State’s
case against him.
According to the evidence,
Ramesar was arrested by police
on November 23, 2007, after
they executed a search warrant
at his home and found over 600
rounds of assorted ammunition
and a large quantity of mari-
juana.
PC Dillon Harper, who was
among the officers who con-
ducted the search, claimed that
he and his colleagues suspected
that Ramesar was in possession
of items stolen from a robbery
File: An aerial view of the Solomon Hochoy Highway Extension project at
Mosquito Creek.
Arbitration for its reconsidera-
tion.
Seepersad found that on the
face of the award, the tribunal fell
into error and/or disregarded, or
misconstrued the law and failed
to properly evaluate the evidence.
He said: “Having reviewed the
evidence which is before the tri-
bunal, this court is resolute in its
view that no reasonable arbitrator
cognisant of the law and seized of
the evidence adduced could have
arrived at the position reflected in
the award.”
“In the circumstances, this
court, without fear or hesita-
tion, must exercise its inherent
in Mayaro.
Testifying in his defence,
Ramesar denied any involve-
ment in the robbery and
claimed that the ammunition
was found in a room that he had
recently rented to a man for a
short period.
Ramesar admitted that he had
a small quantity of marijuana in
his pocket and not the parcel
that the officers allegedly found
in the room. The officers also
seized some appliances, jew-
elry, and a game console, which
they suspected were the stolen
items.
Ramesar claimed that he was
arrested alongside his pregnant
common-law wife and his ten-
ant’s girlfriend and they were
taken to the Mayaro Police Sta-
tion.
Ramesar was detained at the
station for several days and was
only charged with ammunition
and drug possession as the
robbery victims did not claim
PICTURE IVAN TOOLSIE
jurisdiction and discharge its
obligation to defend the rule of
law and to protect the public in-
terest. Consequently, the com-
mercial decision reflected in the
contract to have disputes deter-
mined by the arbitrator has to be
overridden and the court must
set aside the award, as same was
premised upon findings that were
unsupportable on the evidence,
inconsistent with the law, and are
decisions which no reasonable
arbitrator could have arrived at,”
he added.
In early 2011, OAS was awarded
the contract for the project,
which was then estimated to cost
the household items that were
seized from his home.
During the trial, State pros-
ecutors did not produce the
quantity of marijuana allegedly
found at Ramesar’s home as it
could not be located at the sta-
tion. They were allowed to ten-
der the certificate of analysis
from the Forensic Science Cen-
tre in St James into evidence.
In summing the case up to the
jury, earlier this week, Justice
Ramsumair-Hinds noted that
under Section 21 of the Danger-
ous Drugs Act, a person could
be deemed to be in possession
of narcotics found in their prop-
erty, vehicle or vessel unless
they can prove that it was there
without their knowledge and
consent.
Ramesar was represented by
Fulton Wilson while Assistant
Director of Public Prosecutions
(DPP) Danielle Thompson rep-
resented the State.
— Derek Achong
approximately $5.3 billion.
After the contract was termi-
nated in 2016, the project was put
on hold for several years before
being restarted with local con-
tractors.
In August 2021, Nidco an-
nounced that the project was
three-quarters complete.
However, several months later
a segment of the highway at Mos-
quito Creek collapsed.
Delivering a decision on a par-
tial final award on April 16, last
year, arbitrators John Fellas,
Adam Constable, KC, and An-
drew White, KC, upheld OAS’ ar-
bitration claim against Nidco and
ordered US$126.3 million in com-
pensation.
In the 223-page ruling, the ar-
bitration panel ruled that Nidco
was wrong to have terminated the
contract based on the two main
grounds it claimed.
In the arbitration proceedings,
Nidco claimed that Constructora
OAS effectively abandoned the
project in late 2015 after it slowed
down work, dismissed most of its
staff, and became insolvent by let-
ting debt accumulate to suppliers
and contracts.
The company denied any
wrongdoing as it claimed that the
issues raised by Nidco were due
to the fact that it (Nidco) failed to
make a major interim payment
under the contract.
It claimed that at the time of the
termination, it had injected a fur-
ther US$31 million in the project
and had renewed its performance
and retention bonds.
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bitration tribunal ordered that it
be paid US$127,072,326 in dam-
ages minus the US$706,426.70
offset granted to Nidco.
The damages represent the
company’s claims for perfor-
mance and retention securities, a
series of unpaid interim payment
certificates (IPCs), materials in
stock, temporary works, and con-
tracting equipment.
In the case before Seepersad,
Nidco’s lawyer British King’s
Counsel Anneliese Day submit-
ted that the arbitrators made er-
rors when assessing the case and
failed to provide reasons why it
ignored evidence that supported
Nidco’s contentions.
The company’s attorney Rol-
ston Nelson, SC, claimed that the
case should not be entertained
based on a clause in the contract
between the parties, which stated
that they would resolve their dis-
putes solely through the arbitra-
tion process.
In his judgment, Seepersad
pointed to various areas of the
award where he found the tribu-
nal failed to put forward a posi-
tion, properly evaluate, or make a
finding on the evidence and con-
tentions put forward by Nidco.
“The tribunal had an obligation
to critically review all the infor-
mation before it and to explain
why the claimant’s arguments
and evidence were rejected. How-
ever, the award does not reflect
that such a measured evaluation
of the evidence was engaged,”
Seepersad said.
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Ex-cop awarded Councillor: Use Dragon Field
$200,000 in windfall to help migrants
damages over
RADHICA DE SILVA back when they arrive at the Cedros
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.tt port.
  “This is forcing Venezuelans to enter

promotion issue
Now that the United States has tempo- illegally,” Teelucksingh said.
rarily lifted sanctions against Venezuela, He noted that Cedros is very close to
allowing T&T to exploit Venezuela’s Cedros councillor Shankar
Venezuela and there should be diversifi-
Teelucksingh speaks during an
Dragon Field, the councillor for Cedros cation of the economy in Cedros so they interview with GML yesterday.
SASCHA WILSON
Shankar Teelucksingh says profits from are less dependent on energy,” Teeluck- PICTURE KRISTIAN DE SILVA
the Dragon deal should be used to help singh said. He called on the ministry to
A retired police superintendent, who sued the
migrants from the peninsula. explore setting up aquaponic farms in zuela?
then Commissioner of Police over four years ago
Speaking to Guardian Media at the Si- Icacos and Cedros. Teelucksingh said now that T&T stood
after he was bypassed for promotion because of
paria Regional Corporation yesterday, “The Great Icacos Lagoon is sinking to benefit financially with more energy
a pending charge, has been awarded more than
Teelucksingh said over 250 Venezuelan and there is one one-lane traffic there,” profits, he hoped that the Bonasse
$200,000 in damages.
migrants are living in Cedros and many Teelucksingh said. He noted that Cedros Health Centre should resume 24-hour
High Court Master Shurland Pierre awarded the
of them are suffering. and Icacos had tremendous potential operations. He said that even though
money to Celestine Phillip who was successful in
“It is interesting to hear that the US for tourism and the windfall from the the nurses’ quarters had burnt down,
his judicial review claim against the then commis-
has lifted sanctions for exploration. Dragon Gas Field should be pumped several buildings in the peninsula could
sioner.
What is alarming is why is there only back into Cedros where there is an in- be used to house medical staff. 
Phillip contended that the commissioner failed
negotiations to lift sanctions in energy creasingly larger migrant population. A total of 91 illegal points of entry have
to complete an investigation into allegations
and not in other areas. I am referring to He also questioned what Venezuelans been identified by the T&T Coast Guard.
against him in a timely manner, resulting in his
the sanctions at the Cedros port. There will be getting out of the Dragon Field Near the Galfar volcanoes, migrants
mandatory retirement and being denied promo-
are currently restrictions on Venezue- exploitation. hide out in the forests before they are
tion to the rank of Senior Superintendent.
lan vessels entering the Cedros port,” “I want to know what is the present picked up by local contacts.
An investigation was initiated after indecent
he said. situation of natural gas in Soldado North There are also illegal ports at Erin
assault allegations were made against Phillip by a
He noted that Venezuelans can leave Field. Why are those gas not produced? Beach, Palo Seco, Los Iros, Mon Diablo
woman police constable. As a result, Phillip was
via the port but ferry operators from Why concentrate on Dragon Field and Beach, Fanny Village Beach, King’s
suspended on March 15, 2012, pending an inves-
Venezuela say they are being turned what benefit will this bring to Vene- Wharf, Oropouche Bay, and Jumbie Bay.
tigation.
His suspension was lifted on April 5, 2016, to fa-
cilitate his mandatory retirement from the Police
Service.
Phillip, however, had successfully written the
police promotion examination and got sufficient
points to be placed second on an Order Merit List
for elevation to the rank of senior superintendent.
But, his promotion was withheld due to the
pending investigation and he subsequently re-
tired.
Represented by attorneys Michael Rooplal,
Jamie Amanda Maharaj and Vishan Girwar, Phillip
was granted leave by Justice Kevin Ramcharan on
November 7, 2018 to pursue judicial review pro-
ceedings.
Two years later, Ramcharan found that the fail-
ure and continued failure of the commissioner to
make a decision in the investigation into the alle-
gations against Phillip, within a reasonable time,
was unlawful.
In his ruling, the judge stated that “in the ab-
sence of any evidence to the contrary, the claim-
ant ought to have been promoted to the rank of
Senior Superintendent.”
Following the judge’s ruling, the matter went be-
fore Master Pierre for an assessment of damages
and was heard in May 2022.
On Tuesday, Pierre ordered the State to pay Phil-
lip $125,000 in general damages, $70,000 for loss
of salary and $10,000 for nominal damages for
loss of pension.
The State also has to pay Phillip’s legal costs.
The commissioner was represented by attorneys
Karlene Seenath and Amrita Ramsook.

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opinion
Established 1917

T&T must prevent another

outflow of gas finances
To use Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s cautionary phrase
of “not wanting to get ahead of ourselves,” T&T’s citizens
must avoid a build-up of expectations of earning significant
foreign exchange from processing and selling Venezuelan
gas. Nonetheless, we must learn from our past experiences
with what is known in economic jargon as the “Dutch
Disease.”
It’s a virus that takes hold of a country which receives a
boom in revenue from its energy resources. Its distracting
effect is to remove all focus on other sectors of the economy. NGC Joylanders, led by arranger Stefon West, deliver their rendition of The Fete Ent Over Yet by Sylvester Lockhart
Soon enough, when the benefits of the boom dissipate, as it during preliminary judging for Pan Trinbago’s Medium Conventional Band competition at their Railway Road, Couva
did on a few occasions here, the economy finds itself minus panyard on Wednesday. The semifinal will be on February 5 at the Queen’s Park Savannah. PICTURE VASHTI SINGH
square one, as other productive sectors of the economy have
not been given attention, and the foreign exchange from

P
rime Minister Dr Keith Row-
energy has been severely depleted.
Typical symptoms of the virus include revenue not being
ley’s announcement that
T&T will resume doing busi-
Doomsday Clock now 90
utilised to build manufacturing, tourism, agriculture, finance
and other onshore industries. Instead, with foreign currency
easily available, the economy and consumers are captured
ness with Venezuela’s sanctioned
state company PDVSA in the
Dragon Gas Field, would not only
seconds to midnight
by the import sector. benefit our country but enhance
What sets-in is a spiral of price increases, as demands Caribbean energy security for
by labour for higher salaries grow more insistent, and a some of our Caricom neighbours Senator Dr Varma Deyalsingh
drift by workers to the non-productive sectors. Along with who have been getting our LNG. It varmadeyalsingh@gmail.com
such characteristics comes widespread increases in social will also maintain the LNG stream
welfare, as the government in office seeks to stay there, and to Europe, which is now vital to Doomsday Clock time reflects that annihilation.”
opposition parties begin to promise “milk and honey.” them due to the Ukraine-Russia reality. It has now been set 90 sec- While we are looking at nuclear
The result, foreign exchange leaks out (gushes out really) war. onds to midnight. This is the clos- destruction on the surface of the
to foreign producers. This war has forced an about- est the clock has ever been set to Earth, five days ago, scientists Yi
T&T went through that cycle on a few occasions in the turn in the US international pol- midnight!” Yang and Xiaodong Song, working
immediate past. So notwithstanding Prime Minister Rowley’s icy, with its sanctions against After the US exploded nuclear out of Peking University’s Sino-
Venezuela, as the USA now seeks bombs over Japan in 1945, Albert Probe Lab at the School of Earth
prescient warning of not getting ahead of ourselves by
energy streams elsewhere, as well Einstein and other physicists at and Space Science, published in
salivating for the prospect of another boom, the entire
as forging ties with Venezuela in the University of Chicago founded Nature Geoscience that the Earth’s
country has to learn from past experiences of when the an effort to isolate Russia from its the Bulletin of the Atomic Scien- inner core, located some 3,000
Dutch Disease infected the economy and society. No one remaining international allies. tists, which began sounding the miles under us, has stopped spin-
should forget the early 1980s-1990, with the aggressive and Venezuela President Nicolas alarm about the bombs’ existential ning, and may now be reversing
demanding political protests which led to July 27, 1990. Maduro has now become a bene- threat to the planet. The scientists the direction of its rotation.
Productive sectors do not emerge overnight; they must be ficiary of the war. felt that they “could not remain This suggests that the Earth’s
planned to absorb the money circulating in the system; it The Dragon Field discussions aloof to the consequences of their center pauses and reverses direc-
can be an opportunity for the financial boom to be utilised had started with previous leaders, work” and worked to inform the tion on a periodic cycle lasting
to ignite the historical ambition of diversification of the Patrick Manning (T&T) and Hugo public about man-made threats to about 60 to 70 years. The Earth’s
economy. Chavez (Venezuela), years ago. human existence. inner core is a solid metal ball that
At the level of the private sector, and that includes the Energy expert Anthony Paul is They created the Doomsday is 75 per cent the size of the Moon
small and medium-sized producers, they have to begin not convinced that this venture Clock in 1947 to convey how close and spins at different speeds and
envisioning and preparing to produce local goods and will bring much revenue, and it is humanity is to destroying itself. directions. The core has intense
services to cope with “spendamania.” The banks and the possible that when the war ends, From seven minutes to midnight heat comparable with the surface
finance houses are the ones that eventually receive savings Uncle Sam can once more attempt in the 1940s, that level was relaxed of the Sun and remains one of the
and investments for re-investment; it’s imperative the funds to isolate Venezuela. to 17 minutes in 1991, when the So- least understood environments on
are utilised to replace imports and to fund innovation. A possible dangerous turn of viet Union collapsed, ending the our planet. It generates the Earth’s
The bank directorship has always argued that they events has now occurred in this Cold War. magnetic field, which plays a role
cannot utilise the savings and investments of their clients war. Germany’s Chancellor Olaf This group is not alone to voice in many processes that make our
in greenfield projects. The answer, therefore, is for the Scholz has recently confirmed concern. Steve Fetter, who speaks world habitable to life.
expansion of the non-bank financial sector. that he will send Leopard 2 battle on public policy at the University This discovery might give in-
tanks to Ukraine and USA Presi- of Maryland, said nuclear risks sight into the changing climate
Another sure responsibility of the Government will be
dent Biden has also committed to have increased significantly due and geological phenomena affect-
to focus on developing the infrastructure for production.
sending some M1 Abrams battle to the war. He said that Russian ing our planet.
The modernisation of the public sector from its retarding
tanks. One cannot predict how President Vladimir Putin, “has In 2020, at the height of the
bureaucratic logjam, to one which is agile and service- Russia would react. repeatedly raised the spectre of pandemic, which made the world
oriented, is a must. This new development has nuclear use.” feel so dystopian, the Doomsday
Without getting ahead of ourselves Prime Minister Rowley, urged Rachel Bronson, CEO of the Last year, UN Secretary-General Clock was set to 100 seconds to
if the planning does not start now, we shall contract another Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Antonio Gutteres said, ”Humanity midnight. Now, at 90 seconds to
dose of the Dutch Disease; and a vaccine has not yet been to say, “We are living in a time of is just one misunderstanding, one midnight, it seems we are closer
invented to stop us from getting the virus again and again. unprecedented danger, and the miscalculation away from nuclear to Armageddon.
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guardian.co.tt opinion 13

The roar of Mother of all Carnivals

my heart I t is alleged that 2023 will be
the mother of all Carnivals in
Trinidad and Tobago.
I kid you not.
Make no mistake about it.
I recall a certain political
Garvin Heerah leader promising the mother
of all elections.
Strategic Security Consultant and Where is he now?
He is not in the politics of
Organisational Transformation Expert T&T in his winter years.
He has a close relative who
fizzes up like soda water before
elections and boils down like
bhagi prior to the election day.
Does the said family have a
tabanka for office?
Will they ever assume office
again?
So T&T, 2023 will be the
Mother of all Carnivals, come
what may.
Winston “Gypsy” Peters,
make it happen.
Yes you can.
To all the visitors, foreign
and returning nationals, wel-
come to the best Carnival in
the world; enjoy.
We are glad to have you.
Come again.
I have a kaiso for 2023, “If
you bounce up meh bumper,
ah go mash up yuh radiator.”
Doh stop we carnival.
AV RAMPERSAD
Princes Town

S o, the old folks have reminded

us time and time again that, “we
can make the children, but we can’t
make their minds.” To be truth-
ful, many have agreed and lived by
this statement. I often wonder how
deep this statement is and at times
explored its substance to disagree
to some extent. I still hold fast that
we as parents, as adults and as gate-
keepers in society, can influence
thoughts, behaviours and actions in
our young people.
I strongly believe that we can
guide and advise, we can exhibit and
lead, we can show and live out val-
ues and morals that can be adopted
and followed. However, in the same
stride, we can stumble and fall. We
can have mis-steps and fail, we can
miscommunicate and the conse-
quences can be detrimental. The key
to this concept I believe, is that we
should not just accept the fact that
we only made them, brought them
into this world, but their minds, ac-
tions, thoughts and choices are left
up to them, no, we have a greater
role to play and we are accountable
as parents.
I have said all of this and ex-
panded my preamble to highlight
a proud daddy moment. A moment
this week that amplified my position
as father. I truly held on to the con-
firmation that I had made the child
(of course I mean fathered) and had
a great influence in her mind and
thoughts. Such influence was mir-
rored in her writing and her expres-
sions.
This week, my last daughter, Ghe-
riel Tisanya Heerah, just 16 years
old, completed her Human and
Social Biology CSEC Exams as an
external candidate (she is home-
schooled and online tutored) and
whilst waiting for us to pick her up,
she penned what I would assess as
a gem of a piece. She allowed her
thoughts to flow and her emotions
to be expressed through her pen, or
should I say keys.
When I read her piece, which she
titled The Roar of My Heart, I smiled
as a lone teardrop eased down my
cheek. I felt good, honestly, I did. I
felt that somewhere, sometime my
influence had resonated unto her
thoughts, her heart and her giftings.
Some would say a chip off the old
block, I would prefer to say, a reflec-
tion of a gifted seed sown with love,
kindness, joy and an obedience to
God.
So, I share her piece with all of you
today, read it, absorb it, hear her
“ To be or not to be, that is the
question.”
That. Is. The. Question. Question?
Who are we, and what are we to be?
“For we are but mere mortals,” I
think that’s the line, I can’t fully re-
member.
But aren’t we? Mortals that is, not
mere. Oh, we are not mere, that I
know for sure.
You, you are grand, as a matter
of fact. With so much potential em-
bedded in your soul and so much
power than what you give yourself
credit for.
I get it. That feeling of anxiety and
nerves rushing through your veins,
making you tremble at the sound of
a voice, whom you think is better?
But why have we made room for
persons to feel belittled and feel as
though they are not enough. We
have made room for mediocrity be-
cause others have emphasised their
superiority more than it should have
been.
Placing pressure on a title given,
appointed, granted with the expec-
tation of duties being fulfilled and
responsibilities being delegated.
But we have failed. And by we,
I mean everyone. I am not God, I
know nothing of what you think.
However, I can observe, for your
actions speak louder than a lion
screaming, no, roaring to acknowl-
edge his…or her superiority.
As our, as my leaders, why do
you not hear me or furthermore
listen for me? I’m screaming no, I
am roaring for you to acknowledge
my definitive discipline, my under-
standing tolerance, and my exces-
sive production.
But you do not care, for if you
cared you will quiet your thirst for
power and listen to the starving soul
waiting to be fed by proper leader-
ship and guidance.
You are not above us. You are not
better than us. You are supposed to
be us.
A new morning begins with the
hope of destiny, fate being fulfilled.
But no new actions have been taken.
Leaders of today, we thank you for
showing us, the leaders of tomor-
row, how not to be.
We have potential and we have
purpose. We are grand and we are
leaders.
You have disappointed us but it’s
okay, because we are in charge of
tomorrow and we won’t disappoint.
We are on each other’s level, none is
better than the other and we are pre-
pared to listen to the noise of our peers

”
voice and assess it with an opened and make music for the world.
mind, The Voice of The Future: —Gheriel Tisanya Heerah
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Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago
World
Digest
Donald Trump to be allowed back
on Facebook after 2-year ban
Facebook parent Meta said yester-
day it will restore former president
Donald Trump’s personal account
in the coming weeks, ending a
two-year suspension it imposed
in the wake of the January 6 insur-
rection.
The company said in a blog post
it is adding “new guardrails” to en-
sure there are no “repeat offend-
ers” who violate its rules, even if
they are political candidates or
world leaders.
“The public should be able to
hear what their politicians are
saying—the good, the bad and the
ugly—so that they can make in-
formed choices at the ballot box,”
wrote Nick Clegg, Meta’s vice pres-
ident of global affairs.
Clegg added that when there is
a “clear risk” to real-world harm,
Meta will intervene.
“In the event that Mr Trump
posts further violating content,
the content will be removed and
he will be suspended for between
one month and two years, de-
pending on the severity of the
violation,” he wrote. Facebook
suspended Trump on January 7,
2021, for praising people engaged
in violent acts at the Capitol a day
earlier. But the company had re-
sisted earlier calls—including from
its own employees—to remove
Trump’s account.
Meta said Trump’s accounts will
be restored “in the coming weeks”
on both Facebook and Instagram.
Banned from mainstream social
media, Trump has been relying on
Truth Social, which he launched
after being blocked from Twitter.
Facebook is not only the world’s
largest social media site, but had
been a crucial source of fund-
raising revenue for Trump’s cam-
paigns, which spent millions of
dollars on the company’s ads in
2016 and 2020.
The move, which comes as
Trump is ramping up his third run
for the White House, will not only
allow Trump to communicate di-
rectly with his 34 million follow-
ers—dramatically more than the
4.8 million who currently follow
him on Truth Social—but will also
allow him to resume direct fund-
raising. During the suspension,
his supporters were able to raise
money for him, but couldn’t run
ads directly from him or in his
voice.
Responding to the news, Trump
blasted Facebook’s original deci-
sion to suspend his account as he
File: President Donald Trump
gestures as he arrives at a rally on
January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.
praised Truth Social.
“FACEBOOK, which has lost
Billions of Dollars in value since
“deplatforming” your favour-
ite President, me, has just an-
nounced that they are reinstating
my account. Such a thing should
never again happen to a sitting
President, or anybody else who is
not deserving of retribution!” he
wrote.
Other social media companies,
including Snapchat, where he re-
mains suspended, also kicked him
off their platforms following the
insurrection. He was recently rein-
stated on Twitter after Elon Musk
took over the company. He has not
tweeted yet.
Civil rights groups and oth-
ers on the left were quick to de-
nounce Meta’s move. Letting
Trump back on Facebook sends
a signal to other figures with large
online audiences that they may
break the rules without lasting
consequences, said Heidi Beir-
ich, founder of the Global Project
Against Hate and Extremism and a
member of a group called the Real
Facebook Oversight Board that has
criticised the platform’s efforts.
“I am not surprised but it is a
disaster,” Beirich said of Meta’s
decision. “Facebook created loop-
holes for Trump that he went right
through. He incited an insurrec-
tion on Facebook. And now he’s
back.”
NAACP President Derrick John-
son blasted the decision as “a
prime example of putting prof-
its above people’s safety” and a
“grave mistake.”
“It’s quite astonishing that one
can spew hatred, fuel conspira-
cies, and incite a violent insur-
rection at our nation’s Capitol
building, and Mark Zuckerberg
still believes that is not enough to
remove someone from his plat-
forms,” he said.
Russian attacks on Ukraine
reported; at least 11 dead
Russian forces fired another rash of
missiles and self-exploding drones
in nearly a dozen provinces of
Ukraine early yesterday, causing
the first attack-related death of the
year in Kyiv and killing at least 11
people in all.
The spokesperson for Ukraine’s
State Emergency Service, Olek-
sandr Khorunzhyi, announced
the casualty toll in comments to
Ukrainian television. He said the
attacks also wounded at least 11
people.
The attacks adhered to Russia’s
recent pattern of launching wide-
spread strikes about every two
weeks. However, the latest on-
slaught came a day after Germany
Panama ex-president, 2 sons
barred from US for corruption
The US State Department banned
former Panamanian president
Ricardo Martinelli from ever trav-
elling to the United States, saying
that he had participated in “sig-
nificant corruption” in awarding
government contracts. The ban
also applied to two of the former
president’s sons, who returned to
Panama yesterday after complet-
ing prison sentences in the United
States for laundering millions of
dollars in bribes from Brazilian
construction giant Odebrecht.
“Martinelli accepted bribes in
exchange for improperly award-
ing government contracts during
his tenure as the president” from
2009 to 2014, the State Depart-
ment said in a statement.
The sons, Luis Enrique Mart-
inelli Linares and Ricardo Mart-
inelli Linares, arrived Wednesday
evening, said an official in the Na-
tional Immigration Service, who
spoke on condition of anonymity
because they were not authorised
to speak publicly.
Expectations were running high
for the brothers’ return because
KYIV, UKRAINE
and the United States upped the
ante in Russia’s 11-month war by
promising to send high-tech battle
tanks to Ukraine and green-lighting
other allies to do the same.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said
one person was killed during the at-
tacks, the capital’s first such death
since New Year’s Eve. Two others
were injured, he said. The head of
the Kyiv city administration, Serhii
Popko, said Ukrainian air defenses
shot down 15 cruise missiles head-
ing to the area.
The regional prosecutor’s office
in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia province
said three people were killed and
seven injured in a strike on an en-
ergy facility. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the
PANAMA CITY
FILE - The sons of Panama’s former president Ricardo Martinelli, Ricardo
Martinelli Linares, right, and his brother Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares, stand
inside a holding cell at the court building in Guatemala City on July 7, 2020.
they will be among 36 people
going on trial in August for the
Odebrecht scandal. They are ac-
cused of laundering millions of
dollars in bribes paid by Odebre-
cht during their father’s adminis-
tration. The elder Martinelli hopes
to run for re-election in the 2024
national elections. Attorney Gen-
eral Javier Caraballo said Tuesday
that his office has high expec-
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People wait
on a street
blocked by
police after
a rocket
attack in
Kyiv,
Ukraine,
yesterday.
PICTURES AP
commander of Ukraine’s armed
forces, said yesterday’s volley in-
volved a total of 55 missiles, of
which 47 were intercepted.
Self-exploding drones swept
in overnight before the missile
strikes, in what a spokesperson for
Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces
said appeared to be a Russian at-
tempt to overwhelm or distract
Ukraine’s air defenses. As air raid
sirens echoed across the country,
civilians, some tugging pet dogs
on leashes, poured into subway
stations, underground parking lots
and basements to seek shelter.
It was the first such barrage of
Russian firepower across the coun-
try since January 14. (AP STORIES)
tations to see the brothers face
justice in Panama. The brothers
paid about a $14 million bond in
advance of their arrival to avoid
being detained in Panama. They
served three-year sentences in the
US for conspiring to launder about
$28 million in bribes from Odebre-
cht. Before being extradited to the
US, they were held in Guatemala
for 23 months.
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Angostura
Ambassadors
Newl
Newly
N ewly appointed
appoini ted
t d Angostura
Angos
go tura
CEO Laurent Schun
alongside soca artistes
Nailah Blackman and Voice
(Aaron St Louis) following a
press conference at the
House of Angostura in
Laventille yesterday. Voice, a
three-time Soca Monarch,
was officially unveiled as the
brand ambassador for the
House of Angostura while
Blackman was revealed as a
brand ambassador for White
Oak rum during the event.
PICTURE PETER CHRISTOPHER
NGC prepared to play its
part in Dragon field project
The National Gas Company says it is ready
to play its part in supporting the govern-
ment following the announcement that
the United States has given T&T approval
to operate within the Dragon Field.
“NGC stands prepared to play its part in
supporting GORTT in the resumption of
the Dragon Project and is excited to work
together with both Shell and GORTT to
bring gas from the Dragon Field to T&T
in the shortest possible timeframe,” a re-
lease from NGC stated.
“The company reaffirms its commit-
ment to work closely with GORTT and
other stakeholders in the pursuit of max-
imising and leveraging opportunities for
the resilience and sustainability of T&T’s
energy sector that will ultimately serve
the national interest,” it stated.
On Tuesday Prime Minister Dr Keith an-
nounced that the US government had ap-
proved T&T’s development of the Dragon
Field via an OFAC Waiver from sanction,
with specific terms to be finalised.
NGC stated this was welcomed news.
business
“These recent developments are viewed
as a positive step in the overall efforts to
secure future gas supply for the local en-
ergy sector which augurs well for the ben-
efit of the people of T&T,” NGC stated.
“NGC notes that the Prime Minister
has indicated the terms of the license are
still being finalised and the company an-
ticipates discussion with GORTT and the
Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries
on the next steps for the development and
commercialisation of the Dragon Field. As
such, NGC will refrain from making any
premature statements on the resumption
of the Dragon Project or pre-empt such
terms,” it stated.
Energy Minister Stuart Young in an in-
terview with the state-owned television
station TTT yesterday stated that Vene-
zuela will be adequately paid for the gas
although there are non-cash stipulations.
“As the prime minister said the Vene-
zuelans obviously are going to be paid and
compensated for their gas and those are
the discussions that we are now having
15
Business groups
hail new gas deal
Business groups across the country continued to
hail the news that the United States government
had granted a licence allowing T&T to develop
Venezuela’s Dragon Gas Field.
In a press release, the American Chamber of
Commerce of T&T said it welcomed the decision
by the Biden-Harris administration and congrat-
ulated the T&T government for their successful
lobbying, led by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley
and Energy Minister Stuart Young.
“This demonstrates how pivotal leadership
around a clearly defined objective can be,” Am-
cham T&T said.
The chamber also hailed the work done by
Ambassador Candace A Bond and the team at
the US Embassy in T&T. Amcham T&T said it is
“optimistic that this license will strengthen our
nation’s energy security, which will also, prove
beneficial to other countries in this hemisphere
and beyond.”
“This new development will allow some of the
pre-work to be progressed so it is a very positive
step and we are optimistic that the details that
would allow gas to flow can be worked out in
short order,” Amcham T&T stated.
The Confederation of Regional Business Cham-
bers chairman, Vivek Charran, also stated he was
pleased with the development.
Charran said in a release, “The CRBC thanks
with Venezuela and that we were having
the United States Government, and in particular
Vice President Kamala Harris for her committed
efforts in granting this sanctions waiver.”
He, however, pushed for urgent action to make
maximum use of the opportunity as soon as pos-
with Venezuela before. There are ways
sible. “The Government has to move with haste
that this can be done by the provision of
and speed to have all the necessary approvals
fuel, by the provision of LPG, by the provi-
from the international institutions (regarding
sion that the prime minister hinted to with
how to navigate the international sanctions
other products etcetera. So this is not a
waiver) and the local regulatory bodies. One of
taking of gas from Venezuela without the
our nation’s concerns is continuity and sustain-
requisite, fair, and proper compensation
ability of gas supply, and this is my key reason
to Venezuela. It is not going to be in cash
for urging Government to move at a quick pace,”
and these are the discussions that have to
Charran stated.
take place now but we expect it to go well
Charran added, “The Ministry of Energy has to
because it will benefit both Venezuela and
have a thorough but fast turnaround on bid eval-
T&T and then the wider region, the Cari-
uations, and announce winner(s), if any – within
com region and even potentially Europe
three/four months. On top of that, it is also crit-
and other places,” Young said.
ical for Government to monetise the gas reserve
Meanwhile, in a post to his Twitter page
that is within the Dragon field, as this will be of
Finance Minister Colm Imbert took aim at
significant benefit to the people of T&T.”
some of the naysayers to the deal.
Charran called on Minister Young to meet with
“The approval by the US of the supply
all the state agencies involved in these processes,
of gas from the Dragon Field has confused
including the EMA, Customs Division, Town and
the critics, one of whom got so befuddled
Country Division, National Gas Company NGC
that he said we have nothing to get from
and Heritage Petroleum, to ensure they are on
this, in complete denial of the fact that
the same page with regard to this goal and that
T&T earns billions from the supply of nat-
those agencies have a defined method to achieve
ural gas to PetChem companies.”
successful action on the opportunity.
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First-Tier
Daily Report on Trading, Thursday, January 26, 2023 Market registers
ALL T&T INDEX: 1,983.60
CHANGE: 0.86
COMPOSITE INDEX: 1,310.88
CHANGE: -20.79
NUMBER OF SHARES
BOUGHT/SOLD: 367,724
VALUE OF SHARES
BOUGHT/SOLD: 4,458,089.31 367,724 shares
OPEN DAY’S DAY’S O/S BID O/S BID O/S O/S LAST SALE LAST SALE VOLUME CLOSE CHANGE
valued at
SECURITY
$4,458,089.31
PRICE HIGH LOW ($) VOL. OFFER OFFER PRICE($) DATE TRADED PRICE ($)
($) ($) ($) ($) VOL. ($)

ORDINARY SHARES
AGOSTINI’S LTD 54.00 54.00 2,306 59.50 1,000 54.00 25/01/2023 54.00 Overall Market activity resulted
ANGOSTURA HOLDINGS 23.50 23.70 23.50 23.50 1,083 23.70 415 23.70 26/01/2023 943 23.51 0.01 from trading in 19 securities of
ANSA MERCHANT BANK 45.00 45.00 1,924 45.00 25/01/2023 45.00 which eight advanced, nine de-
ANSA MCAL 49.50 50.00 4,667 50.50 1,250 49.50 24/01/2023 49.50 clined and two traded firm.
FIRST CITIZEN GROUP FINANCIAL HOLDINGS 50.01 50.10 50.01 50.00 62,385 50.10 1,460 50.10 26/01/2023 1,961 50.04 0.03
Trading activity resulted in
FIRST CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL 6.00 5.60 5.60 5.87 505 6.00 15,704 5.60 26/01/2023 2,000 5.60 -0.40
GUARDIAN HOLDINGS 27.00 26.00 26.00 26.50 1,041 26.99 153 26.00 26/01/2023 2,348 26.00 -1.00
the following movements of
GRACE KENNEDY & CO 4.50 4.50 4.12 4.45 2,200 4.50 1,718 4.45 26/01/2023 39,423 4.37 -0.13 the TTSE Indices:
GUARDIAN MEDIA LTD 2.15 2.15 2.15 2.15 809 2.15 26/01/2023 1,191 2.15 The All T&T Index advanced
JMMB GROUP LTD 2.07 2.25 1.95 2.10 1,999 2.19 14,326 2.24 26/01/2023 24,661 2.08 0.01 by 0.86 points (0.04%) to close
LJ WILLIAMS A 0.20 0.21 161 0.20 12/02/2021 0.20 at 1983.60.
LJ WILLIAMS B 2.75 2.50 2,800 2.70 990 2.70 25/01/2023 2.75 The Composite Index de-
MASSY 4.49 4.49 4.45 4.48 7,000 4.49 29,784 4.49 26/01/2023 80,933 4.48 -0.01
clined by 20.79 points (1.56%)
NCBFG 4.56 4.35 4.00 4.10 5,000 4.30 17,398 4.30 26/01/2023 17,300 4.04 -0.52
NATIONAL ENTERPRISES LTD 3.41 3.70 3.40 3.55 2,769 3.70 5,003 3.70 26/01/2023 14,827 3.60 0.19
to close at 1,310.88.
NATIONAL FLOUR MILLS 1.51 1.55 1.50 1.50 53,886 1.55 18,664 1.55 26/01/2023 102,893 1.51 The Cross-Listed Index de-
TTNGL 21.45 21.38 21.00 21.35 1,100 21.38 5,816 21.38 26/01/2023 18,937 21.34 -0.11 clined by 6.15 points (6.92%) to
ONE CARIBBEAN MEDIA 3.11 3.11 25,000 3.50 30,000 3.11 24/01/2023 3.11 close at 82.74.
PRESTIGE HOLDINGS 6.75 7.00 6.99 6.72 217 7.00 45,213 7.00 26/01/2023 30,121 7.00 0.25 The SME Index remained at
POINT LISAS DEV 3.50 3.19 3.06 3.07 2,550 3.50 295 3.07 26/01/2023 3,450 3.08 -0.42 57.12.
RFHL 137.30 138.00 137.45 138.00 1,303 138.50 1,017 138.00 26/01/2023 18,697 137.73 0.43
77.82 77.95 77.70 77.82 925 77.95 2,526 77.95 26/01/2023 575 77.73 -0.09
Trading activity on the First-
SCOTIABANK
T’DAD CEMENT LTD 3.60 3.60 1,612 3.84 993 3.60 25/01/2023 3.60 Tier Market registered a vol-
UNILEVER CARIB LTD 13.60 13.60 13.05 13.05 2,000 13.59 3,182 13.60 26/01/2023 1,020 13.06 -0.54 ume of 367,724 shares crossing
WEST INDIAN TOBACCO CO 21.00 21.85 20.51 20.51 610 21.85 12,496 21.85 26/01/2023 6,444 21.57 0.57 the floor of the Exchange val-
ued at $4,458,089.31.
National Flour Mills Limited
PREFERENCE SHARES was the volume leader with
GUARDIAN MEDIA LTD 65.70 65.85 1,000 65.70 11/03/2020 65.70
3.79 3.79 5,000 3.79 13/04/2021 3.79
102,893 shares changing hands
WILLIAMS LJP
for a value of $155,394.50, fol-
SECOND TIER SHARES lowed by Massy Holdings Ltd
MORA VEN HOLDINGS 12.00 12.00 14/12/2018 12.00 with a volume of 80,933 shares
being traded for $362,935.17.
MUTUAL FUND UNITS Calypso Macro Index Fund
CALYPSO MACRO INDEX FUND 20.15 20.25 20.25 20.00 258 20.25 550 20.25 26/01/2023 450 20.25 0.10
was the only active security on
CLICO INVESTMENT FUND 27.46 28.00 30/12/2022 27.46
0.71 0.71 13/01/2023 0.71
the Mutual Fund Market, post-
EPPLEY CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
EPPLEY CARIBBEAN VALUE FUND 1.60 1.60 100 1.60 25/05/2022 1.60 ing a volume of 450 shares val-
ued at $9,112.50.
SME SHARES The Second Tier Market did
CINEMAONE LIMITED 8.00 8.00 600 8.00 19/01/2023 8.00 not record any activity.
ENDEAVOUR HOLDINGS LTD 10.05 9.50 9,933 10.05 24/01/2023 10.05 The SME Market did not re-
cord any activity.
USD EQUITY SHARES The USD Equity Market did
MPC CARIBBEAN CLEAN ENERGY LIMITED 0.98 0.98 9,300 0.98 20/01/2023 0.98
not record any activity.

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Atlantic Council
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members of the Atlantic Council to discuss the en-
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Students of
the Nursing
Assistant
Training
Programme in
San Fernando
celebrate
during the
Class of 2020-
2022
Graduation
Ceremony at
the City Hall
Auditorium in
San Fernando
on Wednesday.
PICTURE RISHI
RAGOONATH

T&T gets permission from Women know

US to drill in Venezuela
I magine that???!!! The United
States is giving permission to
Trinidad and Tobago to drill and
explore for oil and gas in Vene-
zuela.
Back then, when there were
the Guido issues and United
States sanctions, I stated that
Trinbago should just continue
working with Venezuela.
Trinbago needed the oil and
gas. Venezuela had no markets
due to sanctions.
But many, including the Oppo-
sition, were worried about sanc-
tions by the United States.
Today, due to the Rus-
sia-Ukraine war/invasion, Vene-
zuela now becomes attractive.
And this permission by the
United States will only bear fruit
sometime in 2025, with luck.
If Trinbago had continued
working since 2018, today,
2022/23; we would have been
happier than happy than pappy.
But yes, the United States gave
T&T permission to drill and ex-
plore in Venezuela.
Imagine that!!!
PHILIP AYOUNGCHEE
when to step down
T he resignation of New Zealand
Prime Minister Jacintha Arden
last week stunned the country
and the world at large. At the
prime age of 42, five years after
she became the world’s youngest
female head of government.
There are many lessons to be
learnt by this feat. As a matter,
writers must be busy using this
topic for their next book. Lead-
ership gurus would be using this
resignation as their “mantra” for
Zealand through the COVID-19
pandemic and a series of disas-
ters, including the terrorist attack
on two mosques and the White Is-
land volcanic eruption.
Notwithstanding that, she said:
“This has been the most fulfilling
five years and a half of my life”
She added: “I hope I leave New
Zealanders with a belief that you
can be kind, but strong, emphatic
but decisive, optimistic but fo-
cused—and that you can be your

I
was recently asked “who would
you like to see leading our na-
tion?” and I was at loss for words—
every time I mentioned someone,
the reply was “but he/she is this or
that colour/race.”
How sad, but tragically that is
how the majority of our people
think. I’m using the word think
quite loosely there, as our edu-
cation system doesn’t promote
“thinking as a nation” as part of
the syllabus!!
Then, this morning, I was read-
ing the parable of “sowing the
seeds”—(how many of our youth
have even heard of that wonderful
story with regard to behaviour?).
Who will lead?
Well, in case we have never heard
it, as religion in schools has been
abolished, the story is about a
sower planting seeds and the var-
ious places where the seed fell—
some on rock, some among weeds
and some on rich soil. Neither
their dissertations. own kind of leader—one who
“It’s time,” she added. “I am knows when it is time to go.”
human, politicians are human. Ms Arden claimed she was not
We give all that we can for as long leaving because she felt that they
those on rock nor among weeds as we can. And then it’s time. And were going to lose the elections,
made any progress, while those for me it’s time.” she felt that a fresh set of shoul-
on good soil prospered and grew How many leaders can make ders were needed to move the
to produce quality food. such a bold decision? How many party further. Is there a lesson
Now put that in the context of leaders in the past (and present) here for other politicians or lead-
our education system—what is the have to be forced out? The list is ers for that matter?
seed? Could it be the seed of the 10 extremely long. Jennifer Lees-Marshment, an
Commandments? ie, do not steal, Historically, leaders have associate Professor of Politics and
do not kill, do not covet, do not lie waited to be pushed. International relations at the Uni-
and do not commit adultery!!!! So Many would say she was going versity of Auckland, said: “I did
easy to say. How about it T&T, are through a rough time and “might” not expect it to happen, because
we rocky soil, weeds or rich soil ? have lost their (New Zealand’s) it is rare that politicians are that
Perhaps with Carnival in the air, elections in October this year. strategic and selfless.”
this might not be possible but if Many may say she could not Joshua Kurlantzick, senior
not NOW—WHEN?? handle the pressure like a “man” fellow of South East Asia at the
Let’s make a start while would have. Some would say she Council on Foreign Affairs, en-
there is still Hope. God bless. was fearful for her life. dorsed: “It’s particularly hard

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But, I personally can’t recall
any leader resigning under those
conditions. And especially at
to imagine a politician resigning
in the US as Arden did: Likely to
win re-election and still being re-
such a young spected globally.”
9,653 square feet of freehold land with three (3) level age. I know “Women know when to step
executive residential building (8,170 sq. ft.) with swimming pool.
First Floor –Master Bedroom, ensuite walk in closet,
toilet & bath / 4 Bedrooms ensuite toilet & bath/ 2 Balconies
VACANCIES of leaders
who have
failed time
down…Their egos are lower,”
World Trade Organization Di-
rector Okonjo-Iweala said. She
Ground Floor – Kitchen / Entertainment Room / Dining Room / Foyer / Porch / *Claims Officers *Underwriting Clerks and again added that Arden “set a good
2 Balconies / Laundry Area / 2 Toilet & Bath / Garage and still cling example by stepping down after
Lower Ground Floor – Pool / Pool Bar / Entertainment Area / *Accounts Clerks on to power. giving her best.”
Storage Room / Utility Room / Pump Room / W.C. & Shower Cubicles. Needed for Insurance Company Amongst Former Australian Prime Minis-
with branches in East, West, her power- ter Kevin Rudd tweeted: “Jacinda
Send Sealed Bids Marked ful and most Arden rewrote the rulebook for
“Offer for Sale”
North & South Trinidad.
insightful how world leaders are supposed
P.O. Box 7384
statements to look and act, and further en-
CUNUPIA Some Experience is preferred. was: “I’m deared the citizens of the world
Offers Close February 20, 2023 leaving, be- to NZ because of it”.
Email Resume with a coloured cause with Ms Arden concluded with to
VIEWING BY APPOINTMENT ONLY such a priv- Neve (her daughter): “Mum is
photograph of yourself to:
For further information ileged role looking forward to being there
Phone 800-5662 Extensions 42188 / 42123 / 790-5993.
resumett2021@gmail.com comes re- when you start school this year
sponsibility.” and to her soul-mate Clarke—let’s
The Mortgagee does not bind itself to accept the highest or any offer. Unsuitable applications Ms Arden finally get married.”
Unsuitable offers will not be acknowledged. presided
will not be acknowledged.
over New TERRENCE KALLOO
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Take time to understand elderly, disabled

A s the world continues to
evolve and propel itself in
the direction of uncertainty,
with a strong drive to suppress
the good, as well as create a feel-
ing of despair, one might ask the
question, why is there so much
support for negativity, which
seems to be popular among the
powerful?
Well, if we as a society would
stop for a moment and consider
how many good people are over-
looked, it would be incredible.
Sensitivity has been, and will al-
ways be, a key component in ana-
lysing whether or not elderly and
disabled folks are understood or
discriminated against.
First, let’s deal with the under-
standing. Somehow, it seems as
though dealing with the elderly
and disabled creates a problem
when it comes to just sitting and
chatting with them. One of the
vital areas of showing affection to
these folks is applying patience.
I was once told by an elderly
person that the greatest gift she
ever received was when any of
her siblings visit and spent time
chatting with her.
What I learned from that sim-
ple gesture was the importance
of showing appreciation in a
meaningful manner. All these
folks need is for someone to lis-
ten and chat about the good old
There was a time when it was
natural to give time to the elderly and
disabled, but somehow that time is no
longer and seems to be lost from the
ones who are supposed to be caring.
Anton La Fond
An advocate for the elderly and disabled
lafondant55@yahoo.com
days and if possible, explain to
them what is taking place today.
One thing is certain and that is
that with a little love and atten-
tion, these folks will surely have
longer lives.
Sometimes, they yearn for an
opportunity to say something,
but they have no one to talk to;
they may have an opinion about
a subject, but due to the lack of
conversation they remain silent
and the thought disappears from
their mind.
At times, the question that is
asked is, is that fair? No, of course
it isn’t, but who is to blame for
such disrespect?
It was once suggested that
young people take time to sit
with elderly folks and attempt
to extract their history, so that
all their knowledge would not be
wasted.
There are some elders who are
of sound mind and body and are
willing to contribute to society,
but are not given the time or
space to do so.
To understand these folks, one
must first show affection and
deep love. How do we as a soci-
ety change our attitude towards
the elderly and disabled?
Well, we must first understand
that we are looking in a mirror
and with the aid of the Lord,
someday we would be just like
them.
With that in mind, a level
of consciousness will develop
which would surely make a dif-
ference in our way of dealing
with them.
In today’s world, including our
own society, the reflection from
the mirror of life seems to be giv-
ing a distorted meaning. There
was a time when it was natural
to give time to the elderly and
disabled, but somehow that time
is no longer and seems to be lost
from the ones who are supposed
to be caring.
There is an old saying that you
are never too old to learn and as
a result, each one of us can learn
from and help each other.
So let’s now delve into discrim-
ination as it pertains to the el-
derly and disabled.
The Oxford dictionary de-
scribes discrimination as “a basis
for prejudice or unfair treat-
ment.”
Having understood the mean-
ing of the word, I felt it necessary
to draw examples of how our el-
derly and disabled are unfairly
treated.
Let us start with washrooms,
are they fully accessible for the
said folks? Another area is the ac-
cess and egress to buildings; are
they fitted with ramps and hand-
rails, and are they separate from
general entryways?
When the need to line up ex-
ists, do these folks have a spe-
cial line or are given preferential
treatment?
This becomes a debatable sub-
ject. Car parking spaces at public
and private buildings have im-
proved quite significantly, and
the effort to have these folks ac-
cess special parking should be
congratulated.
However, the problem with
these parking spots is that so-
called normal drivers use them
with an attitude that once the
space is vacant, it can be used.
How impolite that is.
The final aspect is the inhu-
mane way in which these folks
are treated. Is it safe to say that
elderly and disabled folks are
dealt an equal share of societies’
gains?
With a reasonable level of
thinking, one can conclude that
much more is desired. A change
is imperative and has to come
about immediately.
Compassion has to be the way,
for love surely gives a form of
tranquility that will enhance the
future for these folks.
From this time forward, let us
as a society take the time to listen
in a manner that we can under-
stand and appreciate our elderly
and disabled, so their lives will
be a peaceful and faith-filled one
with the Lord.

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Tourist Karen with her camera before the start of a Buccoo Reef tour.
Misadventures in Paradise
ZAHIDA HOSEIN
Tobago… When the word is ut-
tered, what senses are tickled?
The insatiable hunger for crab
and dumpling, the massage of hot
sands under one’s feet, the perme-
ating aroma of the ocean winds at
every turn, the pulsating rhythm
of the blue-green waters as it
whistles the tunes of invitation…?
Or is it the balmy sea breeze that
brought Gang Gang Sara all the
way from Africa? Great Race,
cock fighting… Tobago provides a
unique experience in a first-time
visit and mine was extraordinary.
As the boat stopped, the tour
guide, Tadpole, reminded every-
one that it was a dry snorkel be-
fore jumping into the water. He
was so skinny that the vast waters
of Buccoo Reef seemed to swal-
low him. When he disappeared
under the water, is when I began
to fully appreciate the meaning of
his nickname. In a split second, he
had swum to the other side of the
large boat.
“Hmmm. They shoulda call him
dolphin instead,” I thought as he
resurfaced.
One by one, he helped us dis-
embark the boat.
After having almost drowned
during seven of my eight consec-
utive visits to Maracas, one would
think I had developed a fear of
the open waters and would not
venture out into them. But I am
an island child and a water baby
and I didn’t need much coaxing.
Besides, now I could swim, and I
was no longer a fourteen-year-old
carefree child. And while there
was no uncle to drag me out of
the deep waters, I had something
more reliable—a life jacket! Yes, I
was fine. Like I said, I didn’t need
much convincing.
My sister, armed with the cam-
corder, viewed through its lens as I
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Tobago Writers Guild member
Zahida Hosein dry snorkelling
at Buccoo Reef.
put on the snorkel and jumped off
the boat. I dreamt from childhood Buccoo Reef, Tobago
of this moment, when a would-be PICTURE
marine biologist, me, would brave SHUTTERSTOCK
the waters of the best reef in the
Caribbean. Of course, my bias
came from my well-placed patriot-
ism. I am Trinbagonian, after all.
Anyone who spawned from the
depths of this paradise would un-
derstand my exuberance. In fact,
even Karen, the Englishwoman
(how ironic, she was no infa-
mous Karen), shared my joy and
I brimmed with over-confidence.
As I hit the water, I inhaled into
my snorkel. The saltwater went
down with a hard, audible gulp.
I was breathing anything but air!
My frantic kicking did not help.
Flashes of my near-drowning ex-
periences plagued my undisci-
plined thoughts. A hand grabbed
me… Karen? As I surfaced and
through burning salty eyes, I
could see the frame of a man
with a ponytail that was longer
than mine. Tadpole! He calmly re-
minded me again that it was a dry
snorkel. Until that point, I had not
understood what it meant. Now
seconds later with a half-belly of “Needlefish!” high, hoping to capture the fish pitality and helpfulness kiss at the
Buccoo’s water and partial blind- Most of the passengers peered on my camera. A hand pulled me horizons of the Caribbean Sea.
ness, I did. from the top floor of the boat to closer to the railing. Where the journey from Canaan
As a teacher, I always encour- catch a glimpse. A crew member pointed below. to Charlotteville is filled with the
age my students to learn via prac- I raced up the stairs, sure that I A collective gasp chorused as we rustic Tobago humour and when
tical means. Yet, I could neither would miss it, as my myopic astig- stood in awe at the sight we be- the nostalgia of a place makes one
breathe nor laugh at my silliness. matism—it never ceased to disap- held. Even from that high, the book a ticket before it wears off -
It was my sister’s cackling laugh- point. From the top of the boat, fish seemed at least 3 feet long. that is Tobago…
ter coupled with Captain Otis’ I could see a school of very large It cruised by the boat, as its long-
concern that drew stares from the fish swimming near the jet skis, pointed snout led the way. It was Zahida Hosein is a published
passengers. where many of the foreigners had truly a sight to behold. author and a member of the
“You good, lil’ shark?” he asked, gathered. My sea-sick mom smiled. The Tobago Writers Guild, a regis-
as I surfaced with Tadpole within “Barracudas?!” crew had made sure she was al- tered NGO that supports and
an arm’s grasp. My unintentional outburst drew right for the two-hour trip. A nurtures local authors. If you
Captain Otis was sure to lie that a chuckle from the captain, who quality that made me revere them would like to join the Guild or
my misadventures happened in simply replied, “Not here.” even more. have enquiries, please call or
each of his trips, before he ded- As he spoke, someone screamed So, what comes to mind when whatsapp 1(868)620-5799, visit
icated Shurwayne Winchester’s out “look!” we utter the word TOBAGO? My our social media on Facebook
Alequa. Firstly, I was on the wrong side answer? The warmth of a people. and Instagram @TobagoWrit-
Tobago humour, he called it. of the boat. As everyone rushed to A place where strangers become ersGuild or email TobagoWrit-
“Once we alive, we good.” the other side, I held my hand up friends in an instant. Where hos- ersGuild123@gmail.com
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The University of the West Indies

(UWI) hosted their premium
all-inclusive fund-raising fete, ReLive,
at UWI’s St Augustine Campus on
8:,5(/,9(
Sunday. Here are some scenes from the
fete. PICTURES DARREN RAMPERSAD
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Spotlight on
woman at
SANDRA L BLOOD
mindup.slblood@gmail.com

O n February 3 at the Queen’s Park Sa-

vannah from 9 pm, some of the world’s
hottest soca stars will saturate the stage head-
lined at the Randy Glasgow Promotions (RGP)
event entitled, Soca For Her.
“It’s one of our contributions towards The
Mother of All Carnivals 2023,” stated Glasgow.
Catering to “women all over,” the cast for
the one-of-a-kind event includes T&T’s Farmer
Nappy, Voice and The Top 5, Erphaan Alves, Voice
Lyrikal, Nadia Batson and SASS and Patrice
Roberts and A-Team, Saint Vincent’s Skinny
Fabulous, US-based Problem Child, Belize’s
Adam O and Saint Lucia’s Motto.
RPG said, “There is a need to significantly
St Lucia’s Motto
highlight woman—the bearer of each of us—
and there must be avenues to allow them to
know that they are special and worthy while objective is for everyone to have a grand, memo-
they in themselves, command the respect rably-pleasurable time.
they deserve, and at the same time, continue Tickets set out as early-bird general admission:
to respect themselves, and what better way females $250, males $300, and VIP females $350
than through the love of music and healthy and males $400, can be sourced online via: islan-
socialisation.” detickets.com, or at Cache’s nationwide and Extra
They intend for all their events to be safe Foods Grand Bazaar.
havens: RGP said Chutneyland 2023 has been moved to
Health-wise: Patrons and workers are February 18, and in partnership with Back 2 Ba-
urged to ensure they are well, selfless and of sics Calypso Tent, the three-night Calypso Tent
good conscience to meet and greet loved ones Festival Calypso Epicness will be on February 14-
whom they are seeing in a fete environment 16.
for the first time since 2020. Not only look- For further information: 745-5555 US-based Adam O
ing at COVID-19 but other contagious diseases
whether deadly or not.
Physically-wise: Come prepared to stand
for some hours, jump, wave, scream, wine
down and up; have a good time without hurt-
ing each other. And...
Psychologically-wise: Despite a little
bounce or mash or push, or a bit of drink
spilt on you from someone else, react in a way
that will prevent being taken away by law en-
forcement officers or creating any dangerous
or damaging repercussions, because the sole
St Vincent’s Skinny Fabulous

Patrice Nadia
Roberts Batson
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Calypso Queen Makeda Darius
Kalypso Revue
in ripping form
...for diamond anniversary season 2023
SANDRA L BLOOD
mindup.slblood@gmail.com
In 1963, the Kalypso Revue calypso
tent was birthed but opened in 1964
by businessman Leslie Samaroo as
Calypso Review, following which it
experienced a series of name changes
streaming from Revue, to Strand
Revue, Trinidad Review, Kitchener’s
Revue to its current Kalypso Revue.
Its name was also once, Caravan.
The 60-year-old tent was shaped
by prominent calypso bards etched
in the tent’s archive as being Lord
Kitchener; the Mighty Bomber; the
Mighty Sniper; Black Stalin; Denyse
Plummer; Crazy; Poser and others; a
tent from whose performers also won
a series of competitions and made it
“big” in the international circles.
It was the first tent to have staged
its show at SAPA when it was newly
built in 2013, and today, it’s managed
by former National Calypso Monarch
Sugar Aloes, and is co-managed by
calypsonian and calypso promoter
Morisha Ransome.
In 2021, in the thick of the COV-
ID-related entertainment restrictions,
in his attempts to ensure he kept the
tent relevant and the artistes moti-
vated, Aloes introduced a show for
the virtual stage termed The New
Calypso Tent where Queens, Kings,
Princesses, Princes and Monarchs
were featured.
Life since last year has somewhat
reverted to a semblance of how it
used to be notwithstanding health
protocols to be still adhered to, as
Manager of Kalypso
Revue, Sugar Aloes
(Michael Osuna)
rec 23
Multi-National Calypso
Monarch, Chalkdust
(Prof Hollis Liverpool)
Calypso Queen,
Attorney-at-Law,
Sacha-Ann Wilson
Michelle Henry
EXTENSION NOTICE
CENTRAL TENDERS BOARD
GOV ERNM ENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
well as physical safety strategies
adopted, and the Kalypso Revue is set Supply, Delivery, Inst allat ion and Com m issioning of Four ( 4 )
to welcome back its regular in-person Large Scale Non-Int rusive Inspect ion, High/ M edium Energy
patrons and embrace the new ones
to their diamond-studded 2023 pro- M obile X-Ray Syst em s t o t he Cust om s and Excise Division,
gramme.
Come tonight at 7 pm at the Arima
M inist ry of Finance, Governm ent of t he
Velodrome, Kalypso Revue opens its Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
season presenting expertly-structured
calypsoes to be artfully delivered by
a star-spangled cast of 22, headlined Prospect ive t enderers are advised t hat t he closing dat e for t he receipt
by Chalkdust, Baron, Pink Panther,
Devon Seale and Aloes, himself. Oth- of t enders for t he above m ent ioned project has been ext ended f rom
ers slated are MBA, Skatie, Kernell Thursday January 26, 20 23 t o 1:0 0 p.m . ( local t im e) on Thursday
Roberts, Maze, Tempo, Bevon St Clair,
and Diamond and reminiscent of the February 9 , 20 23.
adage, “diamonds are a girl’s best
friend,” to intensify the glitz: Morisha
Ransome, Makeda Darius, Alana Sin- Tenderers are rem inded t hat t he dim ensions of t he slot in t he Tenders
nette, Sasha-Ann Moses, NISA, Jadee, Box are 37.5 cm x 5.5 cm .
Mahalia Regis, Singing Sonia, Michelle
Henry, and Nicole Greaves.
Lat e Tenders w ill not be considered in any circum st ances.
„ CALENDAR OF EVENTS
JANUARY 27: TONIGHT
Arima Velodrome (Opening night)
JANUARY 29: SAPA, 7pm Angela Dw arika-Lochan
Chairm an
FEBRUARY 12: SWWTU Hall (Ladies
Night; three patrons, one ticket) Cent ral Tenders Board
Governm ent of t he Republic of
FEBRUARY 3: Adjudication
Trinidad and Tobago
FEBRUARY 418: Regular show
(Wednesday to Saturday)
FEBRUARY 14:
CTB: 26/ 6/ 16 Vol. V1
Special Valentine’s night show January 18, 20 23
Tickets can be purchased at Seon’s Bar,
San Fernando or at respective gates.
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DJ Spice, Team Soca for Trinidad Carnival
SANDRA L BLOOD
mindup.slblood@gmail.com
Around the world, there are
people of Caribbean ancestry
fighting the good fight with high
hopes of establishing the soca
music genre, as a solid one, in
the international music market.
DJ Spice Trini-native, US-based DJ Spice
of TeamSoca.com is one such
person.
In 2008, he made the deci-
sion to “do something for the
culture,” having envisioned an
international music spectrum,
inclusive of Caribbean artistes,
DJs and personalities. His mis-
sion continues.
Forty years in the DJing and
music business, NY-city-resident
Spice has taken on the massive
undertaking and has no plans of
slowing down. In fact, as one of
the only Caribbean DJs that has
worked at major mainstream
radio stations like Power105FM,
Hot 97, 105.9FM, WBLS in New
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York and now, Sirius XM Satellite
Radio, Spice’s inroads are being made
strategically with powerful intention.
TeamSoca.com—a powerful tool
that has proven effective in bridging
the gap between Caribbean nations—
remains as active today. It employs
the services of many prominent
names in the music business, among
them, DJ Stephen, Walshy Fire, Willy
lover’s efforts to promote the Carib-
Chin, Dr Jay, Freeze International,
bean Diaspora.
The Wassi One, Barry Hype, Deejay
“My restaurant isn’t just for Car-
Puffy and countless others.
ibbean people. We entertain and
For these DJs who hold the arsenal
welcome people from all cultures
of soca music power in their music li-
and when we do that, they have the
braries, the opportunities for expan-
opportunity to feel the Caribbean en-
sion and growth are endless.
ergy, in a very tangible way.”
“The DJs at Team Soca are care-
In 2022, as Soca King Machel Mon-
fully selected and maintained based
tano celebrated 40 years in the soca
on their quality and standard,” ex-
industry, so too did DJ Spice. He has
plained Spice. He also highlighted
proudly flown the T&T flag around
that the network affords DJs to break
globally, however, his high point in
new ground based on affiliations be-
the business, he recalled, was being
tween each other.
among the Caribbean men and
“My network becomes their net-
women to perform on stage at Bar-
work and vice versa. Each DJ comes
clay’s Centre in New York.
fully equipped with their personal
“That was a feeling that I cannot
studio and is able to deliver online,
begin to describe. It’s Barclays!”
from the comfort of their personal
The grandson of the iconic T&T
space.
steel orchestra, Trinidad All Stars’
“The brand is a solid one, built from
pioneer, Neville Jules, DJ Spice was
a place of passion and enterprise, and
a proficient DJ from age three having
the aim is to continue building. Our
been influenced by his dad; Mad Man
Team Soca clothing line is something
Maddy; T&T’s Rennie Bishop; and
we’ll be putting a lot of effort into.
many others.
We see it as yet another tool when
He said soca music raised him, and
it comes to the promotion of ‘brand
he’s grateful and proud to announce
soca.’ Our prints are conversation
it in different ways. Among his chest
starters and once that conversation
of awards are Soca Ambassador, DJ
gets started, you become an ambassa-
Grammy, New York City DJ of the
dor of the culture, soca music played
Year, International Soca DJ of the
around the clock at teamsoca.com.”
Year, New York City Soca DJ of the
Spice considers soca a golden art,
Year, Best Soca Mix of the Year.
and said he believes it’s only a mat-
When the member of the New
ter of time before an interested party
York Radio Coalition is in T&T, he
or parties make the choice to lift the
adds more spice to the already spicy
genre to its rightful position in the
Guardian Media Ltd’s Vibe CT105FM
music market because all it truly
menus.
takes is the interest of one person to
For this carnival, flagged the
spark a shift.
Mother of All Carnivals, DJ Spice will
“I’ve made it my mission to keep
be atop a music truck in Port-of-Spain
the conversations about soca going,
delivering soca for the revellers of
within the spaces that I personally
Paparazzi Carnival. He has done the
occupy time and space.”
same for numerous bands over the
It’s not the only way Spice has been
years.
increasing momentum for Caribbean
“This is who we are. Soca is Life!
culture though. In Brooklyn, he is
We are soca ambassadors and the
the owner of PiCH or People in Car-
world needs to recognise this genre.
ibbean Heritage. It’s a restaurant, bar
#teamsoca,” he stressed.
and lounge that adds to this culture
Trini-native US-based, multi US-award winner, restaurateur and CEO of Team Soca,
DJ Spice proudly raises his cap to display his favourite motivating quote: “Soca
music raised me.”
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The Lost Tribe’s FeteYard a
celebration of Carnival icon
The band known for its unmistak-
able look, vibe and energy on the
road is finally hosting a fete.
On February 3, 2023, powder will
fill the air as The Lost Tribe presents
its inaugural Carnival cooler event,
FeteYard.
At the centre of this year’s Fete-
Yard is a spotlight on one of Trinidad
and Tobago’s most iconic Carnival
traditions—sailor mas.
Fete-goers will party alongside
some of the country’s most prolific
sailor mas veterans and are encour-
aged to come out in their own inter-
pretation of sailor wear.
Local content creators and influ-
encers have already begun posting
fashion inspiration for the event.
Commenting on the concept, The
Lost Tribe creative director, Valmiki
Maharaj, said, “This has been a long
time in the making and when we de-
liberated over what this event would
offer to our patrons, something cele-
brating tradition felt like an obvious
answer. So much of what The Lost
Tribe does is in celebration of and
pays homage to the pioneers of Trin-
idad and Tobago Carnival and so, I
wanted to take this icon of Carnival,
this symbol that every Trini knows
and loves, and reintroduce them to
our feters and masqueraders. Sail-
ors will be the first, and every year
thereafter we want to highlight an-
other icon and emblem of our dis-
tinct Trinidad and Tobago Carnival.”
The theme is not FeteYard’s only
rec 25
unique feature. The event will take
place at a brand new venue in
downtown Port-of-Spain—Furness
City Park—where patrons will party
surrounded by the capital city’s sky-
line.
The event will feature perfor-
mances by Tevin Hartman, Kris Ken-
nedy, Mical Teja, Olatunji, Skinny
Fabulous and one surprise act.
A full cast of DJs—Aaron Fingal,
Lord Hype, Agent B, Poison Sound,
Aidan the DJ, Jose Pedro and Artiste
Team—will keep the crowd moving
all night between the soca acts.
The event is being made possible A fancy sailor, portrayed by Keith Simpson, on Ariapita Avenue at Sunset Theatre in 2022.
by a wide range of sponsors, notably PICTURE RICHARD LYDER
Carib Beer, Blue Waters and Ango-
stura.
There will be giveaways, activa-
tions and more for patrons to enjoy.
FeteYard starts at 9 pm and secure
parking will be available on site.
Tickets start at $250 and are
available at the Lost Tribe Mas
Camp, TRIBE Mas Camp, and Solera
branches in Woodbrook and Mara- PALO SECO CREDIT UNION CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD.
bella.
They can also be purchased on-
856-858 Siparia Erin Road
line at islandetickets.com. LOS BAJOS
NOMINATION NOTICE
WE ARE CALLING YOU TO SERVE
Nominations are invited from eligible members of the Palo Seco
Credit Union who are desirous of serving on the Board of Directors,
Supervisory and Credit Committees.
Members wishing to be considered should be active in the Credit
Union, be of good standing and possess a sound appreciation of
the Credit Union’s philosophy and operating principles.
They should be academically qualified for the position sought
and possess the dedication and commitment that is required for
serving on the Board of Directors, Supervisory Committee and
Credit Committee.
2023 nomination forms are available at the Credit Union office.
Contact #649-5683/649-4507.
Completed forms must be returned to the Credit Union’s
Office no later than Friday 3rd March, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.
Incomplete and late applications will not be accepted.
RICHARD PRINCE
HON. SECRETARY
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Tennessee, on September 10, 2022. TSU is hoping to make history after their
marching band was nominated for a Grammy in the roots gospel category. The
historically black university’s Aristocrat of Bands teamed up with gospel
songwriter and producer Sir the Baptist last year to record The Urban Hymnal.
PICTURE AP/GARRETT E MORRIS
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Horoscope Eugenia
Last
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
miine you
Take charge of your life. Refuse to let anyone undermine o oorr pu
pushh you
push o
BY DEAN YOUNG

in a direction you don’t want to travel. Focus on what you enjoy doing,
BLONDIE

and be responsible for your happiness. Change begins with you, not an
outsider who doesn’t understand your needs. Be brave, think outside the
box and follow your heart. Make romance a priority.
BIRTHDAY BABY
You are charming, intelligent and disciplined. You are helpful and curious.

YOUR NUMBERS
7, 12, 19, 23, 31, 35, 43.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY
HEART OF THE CITY

Patton Oswalt, 54; Alan Cumming, 58;

Bridget Fonda, 59; Cris Collinsworth, 64.
BY MARK TATULLI

Aries
March 21-April 19
3 STARS Size up situations and
summarise what others want from
you. If you have a plan, you’ll find it
easier to take care of business and
have ample time to enjoy friends or
family. A personal change will lead
to efficiency and praise.
Libra
Sept 23-October 22
3 STARS Speed things up and
leave nothing incomplete. An
opening you’ve been waiting for
will unfold, but you’ll have to act
fast, or someone will snatch what
rightfully belongs to you. Replenish
your energy.

Scorpio
Taurus
BY TOM ARMSTRONG

October 23-Nov 21
April 20-May 20
3 STARS Speak up, find out
MARVIN

3 STARS Haste makes waste;
rushing around will result in
mistakes, misunderstandings and
misfortunes. Pay attention to the
way you present your ideas to
others. Don’t give the impression
that you will do the work yourself.
where you stand and clarify your
objective. Dealing with people
who don’t share your opinion will
require compromise. Know what
you are willing to give up before
you enter negotiations. You’ll have
to earn respect.

Gemini Sagittarius
Nov 22-December 21
May 21-June 20
4 STARS Look for opportunities. 5 STARS You may feel competent,
Reconnect with people you enjoy
PEANUTS

but someone’s waiting for you to

working with and you’ll learn
something valuable. Your hard work
will pay off, but don’t let it debilitate
you. Know when to take a break and
protect your health and well-being.
Cancer
June 21-July 22
2 STARS You’ll make headway if
you follow your heart and do what
matters to you most. Practice makes
BIZZARRO
slip up. Be ready to defend your
beliefs and plans, regardless of
what or who tries to intervene.
Taking a trip may entice you, but
clear up personal matters before
you take off.
Capricorn
December 22-Jan 19
2 STARS Don’t expect to slip
under the radar if you do things
differently. Someone will question

perfect; hone your skills and display what you are doing. Be prepared to
your accomplishments. Use your use charm and persuasive tactics
attributes to bring about positive to win acceptance. Maintain
change. momentum, but follow the rules.

Leo
July 23-Aug 22
5 STARS Treat money and shared
expenses responsibly. Decline to
get involved in joint ventures. Pay
BY JOHNNY SCOTT
Aquarius
January 20-Feb 18
4 STARS Keep your intentions and
feelings to yourself. Don’t jump

only for what you want, and be from one thing to another. Being
blatant regarding money matters consistent and passionate about
and overindulgence. Learn to say what you want to accomplish will
DILBERT

no. make it easier to get things done

without interference.

Virgo
August 23-Sept 22
5 STARS Make unique plans for
two. A getaway will bring you
closer together and give you time
to map your goals. Don’t neglect
your work responsibilities. Take care
of business first; you’ll ease stress
BY MARK TATULLI
Pisces
Feb 19-March 20
4 STARS Read between the lines
if you want to know what will
happen next. Don’t expect others
to be upfront or accommodating.
Look out for your interests, do your
own thing. Refuse to let anyone

and enjoy your time off more. take advantage of you.

1 star: Avoid conflicts; work behind the scenes. 2 stars: You can
accomplish, but don’t rely on others. 3 stars: Focus and you’ll reach
.LIO

your goals. 4 stars: Aim high; start new projects. 5 stars: Nothing can
stop you; go for gold.
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Martin,
second right,
accepts
applause
after the
presentation
of her Haute
Couture
Spring
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2023
collection
in Paris
yesterday.
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Aryna Sabalenka of
Belarus reacts after
winning a point
against Magda Linette
of Poland during their
semifinal match at the
Australian Open tennis
championship in
Melbourne, Australia,
yesterday.
Rybakina, Sabalenka to meet in
Australian Open women’s final
MELBOURNE, A
MELBOURNE Australia (AP)—What all
t li (AP)
seemed so different, so daunting,
even, about trying to win a Grand
Slam title to Elena Rybakina a lit-
tle more than six months ago is
now coming rather naturally.
And if she can win one more
match, she will add a champion-
ship at the Australian Open to the
one she collected at Wimbledon.
Rybakina, a 23-year-old who
represents Kazakhstan, reached
her second final in a span of three
major tournaments by beating
Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (4), 6-3 at
Melbourne Park yesterday, signal-
ling a rapid rise toward the top of
tennis.
“Everything was new at Wim-
bledon,” Rybakina said after hit-
ting nine aces in the semifinals
to raise her tournament-leading
total to 44. “Now I more or less
understand what to expect.”
That could come in handy Sat-
urday, when she will face No 5
seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.
Sabalenka reached her first Grand
Slam title match at age 24 by beat-
ing unseeded Magda Linette 7-6
(1), 6-2 in yesterday’s second sem-
ifinal.
Sabalenka improved to 10-0 in
2023, winning all 20 sets she has
contested this season.
More importantly, the victory
over Linette gave Sabalenka her
first taste of success in a Slam
semi after going 0-3 at that stage
until now, losing each previous
attempt by a 6-4 score in the third
set.
sports
Rybakina
R bakina and Sabalenka em em-
m Both found the conditions slowed
ploy a somewhat similar brand
of tennis, relying on big serves
and big hitting at the baseline.
Sabalenka is far less cautious,
though, and her penchant for
high-risk, high-reward play was
evident against Linette, who had
never before been past the third
round in 29 appearances at ma-
jors.
Sabalenka finished with a
whopping 33-9 edge in winners,
but also compiled more unforced
errors—including a trio that led to
a break at love by Linette in the
opening game.
The key to both semifinals
turned out to be a first-set tie-
breaker. Azarenka lost the mark
on her strokes, for the most part,
making things smoother for Ry-
bakina, while Sabalenka raced to
a 6-0 lead in hers. It wasn’t the
case that each and every shot Sa-
balenka hit landed right on a line,
but it must have seemed that way
to Linette.
“In the tiebreaker, I really found
my rhythm,” Sabalenka said.
“Started trusting myself. Started
going for my shots.”
Rybakina’s win over Azarenka,
the champion at Melbourne Park
in 2012 and 2013, added to what
already was an impressive run
through a string of top opponents.
She also beat No. 1 Iga Swiatek
and No. 17 Jelena Ostapenko—both
owners of major titles—and 2022
Australian Open runner-up Dan-
ielle Collins.
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Magda Linette of
Poland plays a
forehand return to
Aryna Sabalenka of
Belarus yesterday.
PICTURES AP
slo
YESTERDAY’S
YESTERDAY’S KEY RESULTS
KEY RESULTS
down the tennis balls.
“Kind of misjudged a lot of
Women’s Singles Semifinals: No. 5 Aryna Sabalenka beat Magda Linette 7-6 balls,” Azarenka said.
(1), 6-2; No. 22 Elena Rybakina beat No. 24 Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (4), 6-3. Rybakina encountered similar
Men’s Doubles Semifinals: Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski beat Jeremy Chardy issues and her occasional incon-
and Fabrice Martin 6-3, 5-7, 6-2; Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler beat No. 8 sistency was encapsulated by the
Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 6-4, 6-2. very first game. She began, in-
auspiciously enough, with a dou-
STAT OF THE DAY
ble-fault, before holding with the
22 — Number of years since the last time a woman beat three past Grand help of three aces.
Slam champions during one Australian Open. Rybakina did it this year; Jennifer Azarenka nosed ahead by
Capriati did it in 2001.
breaking for a 3-2 lead on a leap-
QUOTE OF THE DAY ing, full-extension volley winner
with both women at the net. Ry-
“Roger Federer.” — Rybakina, asked to name her tennis idol. bakina, though, broke right back,
and then once more to go up 5-3.
“For sure, they’re very expe- just 25th, but those numbers are Azarenka saved a set point at
rienced players,” said Rybakina, rather misleading and not indica- 5-3 with a terrific down-the-line
whose parents and sister have tive at all of her talent and form. forehand passing shot, wound
been in town throughout the Aus- She did not get the usual bump up taking the game with a back-
tralian Open. “I knew that I have from her title last July at Wimble- hand she accented with a shout of
to focus on every point.” don, where zero rankings points “Let’s go!”
She delivered serves at up to were awarded after the All Eng- A mistake-filled tiebreaker
117 mph (189 kph) and stinging land Club banned players from ended with Azarenka pushing a
groundstrokes that she used to Russia and Belarus because of the forehand wide to cap an 11-shot
close points seemingly at will on invasion of Ukraine. exchange, and the set belonged
Thursday. Her performance was Rybakina was born in Moscow; to Rybakina. She broke at love for
particularly noteworthy against she switched to Kazakhstan in a 2-1 lead in the second, and while
a returner and defender as estab- 2018, when that country offered they competed for another 25
lished on hard courts as Azarenka, to fund her tennis career. minutes, the outcome was never
a former No. 1 and a three-time It was breezy and chilly at Rod really much in doubt.
runner-up at the US Open. Laver Arena from the start of Sure, Rybakina again faltered
“Kind of hard to digest,” Aza- Rybakina vs Azarenka, with the for a bit while trying to serve
renka said. “Obviously, I had quite temperature dipping below 70 out the victory at 5-2. No one ex-
a few chances that I gave myself.” degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees pected Azarenka to go quietly. But
Rybakina is just 23, 10 years Celsius). one last break, aided by a dou-
younger than Azarenka, and the That had a role in the way the ble-fault from Azarenka, allowed
future sure looks bright at the first set was as much of a seesaw Rybakina to take another step to-
moment. as can be, with each player seem- ward another trophy.
Rybakina might be seeded just ing to gain the upper hand—and “Ready,” she said, “to give
22nd in Melbourne, and ranked then ceding it just as quickly. everything I have left.”
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Stewart, McBride
exit US football,
leaving coach
Berhalter in limbo
NEW YORK (AP) — The US men’s
national team shakeup that began
after a public spat erupted be-
tween two well-known American
football families accelerated yes-
terday when sporting director
Earnie Stewart announced he is
quitting the US Soccer Federation
to join PSV Eindhoven.
Men’s general manager Brian
McBride also is resigning, leaving
coach Gregg Berhalter in limbo
following the expiration of his
contract on December 31. Berhal-
ter is under investigation for a 1991
domestic violence incident and
Anthony Hudson, one of his assis-
tants, led his first game as interim
coach on Wednesday.
US Soccer Federation president
Cindy Parlow Cone said it likely
will be many months before the
coach situation is sorted out.
Sportsology Group, a company
that has worked with the Los Ange-
les Rams and several soccer teams,
was hired to lead the sporting di-
rector search and analyse coach
candidates. The sporting director
will then make the coach decision.
“We’re hopeful that we can fill
these two positions by the end
of the summer so that the men’s
team has plenty of time in prepa-
ration for the World Cup in leading
up to 2026,” Cone said.
“Greg remains a candidate.”
Following the Americans’ round
of 16 elimination against the Neth-
erlands on December 3, Berhalter
told a management conference
in New York that he nearly sent a
player home from Qatar for lack
of hustle in training. The remarks
clearly were about 20-year-old Gio
Reyna, a son of former captain
Claudio Reyna and former wom-
en’s player Danielle Egan Reyna.
The Reyna parents complained
to Stewart and McBride about
their son’s lack of playing time in
Qatar, where he was limited to a
pair of substitute appearances.
Danielle Reyna notified Stewart
of a 1991 incident in which Berh-
alter kicked a woman who later
became his wife, Rosalind Santana
Berhalter, who was Danielle’s col-
lege roommate. The USSF hired
the law firm Alston & Bird to inves-
tigate in a probe that is ongoing.
Berhalter has said, “There are zero
excuses for my actions that night.”
Stewart, 53, played for the US
at the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World
Cups and was hired as the first GM
of the team in June 2018 as part
of a management reorganisation
that followed the Americans’ fail-
ure to qualify for the 2018 World
Cup. Stewart recommended to the
sports 39
board in December 2018 that Ber-
halter be hired as coach.
Stewart was elevated to sporting
director of the men’s and wom-
en’s programs in August 2019 and
McBride, a former American star
forward, was hired as GM by Stew-
art in January 2020.
McBride said he told the USSF
of his planned department in Oc-
tober.
“I didn’t want any of the focus
FILE - US Soccer Federation sporting director Earnie Stewart stands on the field before the World Cup group B
off of the team in the leadup or match between Iran and the United States at the Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on November 2, 2022.
during the World Cup,” he said in US Soccer Federation sporting director Earnie Stewart is leaving to join PSV Eindhoven following the
a statement. departure of American general manager Brian McBride, a management shakeup that leaves men’s coach
McBride apparently was a can- Gregg Berhalter in uncertainty. PICTURE AP
didate to succeed Stewart, say-
ing “another opportunity inside
the federation arose” during the
tournament and “I spent the last
month looking into the position.”
“The position has been put on
hold for the foreseeable future,”
McBride said, “which leads me to
this statement.”
Cone said McBride will leave
on January 31 and it is unclear
whether he will be replaced.
Stewart, who born in the Neth-
erlands and grew up there, will
depart on February 15 to become
PSV’s director of football. The
USSF is releasing him from his
contract, which ran through 2026,
and Cone hopes to hire a replace-
ment before the Women’s World
Cup opens on July 20.
“This isn’t the process that we
chose to go down,” she said.
“I know this moment feels a bit
uncertain. What it actually is is a
clean canvas.”
Cone, a former women’s player,
became USSF president in March
2020. JT Batson, hired last Sep-
tember as CEO, said the Berhal-
ter investigation had “no impact
whatsoever” on the departures.
Sporting staff will report to Batson
until Stewart is replaced.
Hudson, a former coach of Bah-
rain and New Zealand, will lead
the US against Colombia on Satur-
day, a pair of CONCACAF Nations
League matches in March and
likely in June games and the CON-
CACAF Gold Cup this summer,
much like Dave Sarachan’s tenure
as interim coach from October
2017 until Berhalter was hired.
“On the head coaching job. I will
work directly with Sportsology
on that to continue to move that
search forward,” Cone said.
“And then as we bring the
sporting director on board, that
sporting director will then join
me in leading that search. And ul-
timately, this new sporting direc-
tor will be tasked with hiring the
men’s national team coach.”
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Mendez ready for Sean Bowen:

18-day ban
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Sian’s Gold Sprint

KELVIN ‘N’

Former champion trainer Glenn Men-

dez will saddle two horses in the feature
Sian’s Gold Sprint on Saturday, when
the 2023 local racing opens at Santa
Rosa Park, Arima. The likeable Mendez
will race the 2022 Stewards Cup winner
General JN and the Marvel Vigor in the
1,100 metres feature event.
The 2023 Sian’s Gold Sprint will live
up to the billing as one of the most com-
petitive events for 2023. This race is the
Sean Bowen
first Graded event for the new year and
the winner of this event will no doubt
handed 18-day ban
go on to better things in the year.
Seven horses have been entered in for whip breaches
the event, headed by the Jerry Nar- Leading jump jockey Sean Bowen received an 18-day
ace-owned General JN, who won the ban yesterday with six days deferred for two months,
2022 Stewards Cup on December 4, for misuse of the whip after a British Horseracing Au-
2022, at Santa Rosa Park, Arima. General thority disciplinary panel hearing.
JN looks like the horse to beat. General The pivotal incident in question was his ride aboard
JN is in good hands and former cham- Mackelduff in a Wetherby handicap chase on January
pion trainer Glenn Mendez will no doubt 14, where he was deemed to have struck the horse
have his horses ready to run on Satur- without giving him time to respond approaching the
day. What stands out for Mendez is that last fence.
Jockey Dillon Khelawan eases off the saddle of his charge Errol Stables, Glenn Mendez-
both his horses have improved and both trained four-year-old Marvel Vigor as the horse leaps towards the winning pole to win The offence warranted a suspension ranging from
have repeatedly won on the turf. Race 6, the Modified Benchmark Handicap 3.Y.O and over horses rated 60-45 at Santa two to six days, but as the penalty would have been
Guardian Media Sports spoke to Men- Rosa Park, Arima, on Emancipation Day. PICTURE RALPH BANWARIE Bowen’s fifth within the prior six months, he was re-
dez yesterday and he stated, “Both my ferred to the panel.
horses are fit and well. The race is a The panel dismissed Bowen’s claim that his whip
R6: 4:25PM - NLCB SIAN’S GOLD SPRINT (GR III) -OPEN TO ALL HORSES 3 Y.O. & OVER -
competitive one and I expect that from 1100M (TURF) - $66,240 use aboard Mackelduff was corrective, agreeing upon
the break it will be pace. However, my 221 1 Top Of The Game S Khan/K Razack 42 (2-1) a suspension of two days, but the overarching matter
horses are fine and I think they will do 562 2 Pawan Putra M Lutchman/R Jadoo 48 (12/1) was the longer-term penalty for successive breaches
well.” 321 3 Marvel Vigor G Mendez/N Mohammed 45 (4/1) of the whip rules.
When asked about the preparation of 193 4 Cool Cat L Alexis/R Ali 51 (10/1) Three of Bowen’s previous suspensions were in-
both horses, Mendez explained, “Gen- 734 5 Arsalan L Alexis/J Boodramsing 45 (20/1) curred because he was not striking the horse on the
eral JN is a strange character. He works 404 6 Super Bird J O’Brien/B Boodramsing 51 (7/2) correct part of the hindquarters, an issue that had
when he feels to. You never know when 691 7 General JN G Mendez/D Khelawan 57 (1-1) arisen because the rider was attempting to learn the
he is going to gallop for you. But, we backhand technique when using the whip.
have gotten some of the work into him. turned to win over 1,350 metres. The beat but my horses are well.” The BHA had proposed to outlaw using the whip
He does not work and that has been so Stewards Cup runner-up has been gal- The first Graded event for the new in the forehand position under revised rules—which
for a long time now. We cannot plan a loping well and could be one of the season will also bring out another Men- have subsequently been amended to scrap that direc-
gallop for him but he will be there on main contenders for the Sian’s Gold dez-trained speedster Marvel Vigor. tive—prompting Bowen to try the method, although
Saturday.” title. He cruised up to challenge 500 This horse was tremendously impres- the rider’s solicitor Rory Mac Neice said his physical
The eight-year-old General JN has im- metres out and will indeed close on the sive when winning over course and stature made the use of the backhand difficult, result-
proved since being put on the turf and grass. distance on Boxing Day with eight kilos ing in him striking the wrong area of the horse.
has won repeatedly on the turf course. Mendez continued with his other overweight. Marvel Vigor pulled ten The panel included Alison Royston and Jodie Mog-
He will prove difficult to beat at the challengers, Marvel Vigor, “He is fit and lengths clear of his rivals between the ford and James O’Mahoney, the latter of whom was
weights. However, the question is, “Can well and is in great shape. He may have 500 metres marker and the 300 metres the chair and said whilst delivering the penalty: “Mr
the eight-year-old beat his younger ri- to go up in weight as he will be ridden marker, and never looked likely to be Bowen is a busy rider, his use of whip is in fact spar-
vals?” by Nela Mohammed who I cannot catch caught. He will go very close if in the ing with long periods without infringements.
On Boxing Day, General JN caused a his weight. He may take up about five same mood for the Errol Stables. “Regard has been given to his previous offences,
major upset when he beat Top Of The kilos more but he will go well. However, The Grade Three - Sian’s Gold Sprint described as technical offences, and the coaching
Game in a pulsating finish to the Stew- with jockeys having to take up over- will be run off on the Turf Course and that he has had to, in simple terms, change the golf
ards Cup but Top of the Game has re- weight, General JN should be hard to what a race this is expected to be. swing in the context of the state of play regarding the
rules as to use of the whip.
When De Mark Buss FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2023 LAST DRAW: THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2023 “We do accept the argument
about his comparatively small size
Marks Times played Marks Times played
10.30am 1pm 4pm 7pm Total 10.30am 1pm 4pm 7pm Total
PLAY WHE PICK TWO compared to other jockeys in the
01 CENTIPEDE 0 0 1 1 2 19 HORSE 1 1 1 1 4 context of the use of the whip in
TODAY’S STAR BETS 10.30 am 31 28 the backhand.
02 OLD LADY 1 0 1 0 2 20 DOG 1 1 0 2 4
03 CARRIAGE 0 1 1 0 2 21 MOUTH 0 2 0 3 5
3 (Carriage) “Our conclusion, taking into ac-
04 DEAD MAN 1 0 1 1 3 22 RAT 0 0 0 2 2 13 (Crapaud) 1 pm 23 2 count all of those matters, and the
05 PARSON MAN 0 3 2 0 5 23 HOUSE 0 0 0 0 0 25 (Morocoy) matrix to which I have referred,
24 QUEEN 34 (Blind Man) 10.30 am 5 (Parson Man) 1 pm 34 (Blind Man) 4 pm 10 36
06 BELLY 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 is one of 18 days of suspension of
07 HOG 0 0 0 0 0 25 MOROCOY 0 0 0 0 0
7 pm 29 2 licence.
08 TIGER 0 1 0 1 2 26 FOWL 0 1 0 0 1 BACKUP MARKS
“One third of that period of sus-
09 CATTLE 1 0 0 0 1 27 LITTLE SNAKE 1 0 0 0 1 9-14-23-27-35-36
10 MONKEY 1 1 0 2 4 28 RED FISH 0 0 1 1 2 Under: (Last Friday) pension will be deferred for a pe-
PREFERRED LINES 10.30 am..................... 24-7 riod of two months.”
11 CORBEAU 0 1 0 2 3 29 OPIUM MAN 1 0 0 0 1 3-4-5-7
32 (Shrimp) 4 pm 17 (Pigeon) 7 pm 1pm ............................. 21-22 Bowen is also required to at-
12 KING 0 3 2 0 5 30 HOUSE CAT 1 1 1 0 3
PICK FOUR 4 pm ............................ 3-9
13 CRAPAUD 2 2 0 0 4 31 PARSON WIFE 0 0 0 0 0 7 pm ...........................16-33 tend a jockey coaching session
14 MONEY 0 0 0 1 1 32 SHRIMP 1 0 3 1 5 Under: (Last Friday) with Richard Perham during his
15 SICK WOMAN 0 1 3 0 4 33 SPIDER 2 1 1 1 5
10.30 am 1 6 5 7 10.30 am............... 6-7-6-9 PICK TWO SELECTIONS suspension, owing to the fact that
2-17 16-17
16 JAMETTE 0 0 0 0 0 34 BLIND MAN 2 0 0 0 2 1 pm........................5-3-8-7 his breaches in the main were
1 pm 2 6 9 4 CASH POT
17 PIGEON 0 2 0 1 3 35 BIG SNAKE 0 0 1 1 2 4 pm ...................... 3-1-6-6 deemed ‘technical’ and it was
18 WATER BOAT 3 0 1 0 4 36 DONKEY 1 1 1 0 3 SELECTIONS
4 pm 1 1 1 4 7 pm....................... 9-8-5-3 4-5-13-16-19 therefore considered that work
Play Whe—Under: (Last Friday) PICK FOUR SELECTIONS RESULTS on his technique would be bene-
10.30 am: 10 (Monkey) 1 pm: 19 (Horse) 4 pm: 18 (Water Boat) 7 pm: 28 (Red Fish) 7 pm 8 8 5 8 2-7-8-5 4-8-11-15-17 Mx3 ficial.
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Russia’s path to 2024 Olympics
takes shape, Ukraine objects
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Rus-
sia’s path to sending a team to the
Paris Olympics next year became
clearer yesterday amid fierce ob-
jections from Ukraine.
The International Olympic Com-
mittee indicated on Wednesday it
favours officially neutral teams
from Russia and its ally Belarus at
the 2024 Olympics despite a plea
from Ukrainian President Volod-
ymyr Zelenskyy to exclude them
entirely.
A day later, Russia and Belarus
were invited to compete at the
Asian Games, a key Olympic qual-
ifier.
Russia normally competes as
part of Europe but has a tense re-
lationship with many of the coun-
tries set to host qualifying events
there. Russia and Belarus have
been barred from almost all inter-
national competitions in Olympic
sports following the invasion of
Ukraine.
Zelenskyy has said he told
French President Emmanuel Ma-
cron, whose country is hosting
the Olympics, that Russia should
have “no place” there. Ukraine is
seeking to rally support against
the IOC-brokered plan.
“IOC has been disregarding
Russian war crimes, claiming that
‘No athlete should be prevented
from competing just because of
their passport’, while Ukrainian
athletes continue to be killed by
Russia because of their passports.
I urge all sports figures to make
their stance known,” Foreign
Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote on
Twitter yesterday.
Ukraine boycotted an Olympic
qualifier in judo last year when
Russians were allowed to compete
as neutrals.
In Russia, there was praise for
the IOC’s approach from Igor Levi-
tin, an aide to President Vladimir
Putin who holds influential gov-
ernment and sports posts.
“I think it is already a success.
Olympic society understands that
the Olympic Games cannot be
staged without Russia,” said Levi-
tin, who is the senior vice-pres-
ident of the Russian Olympic
Committee, in comments reported
by state news agency Tass.
Some Russian officials ex-
pressed unhappiness at the IOC
declaring it would not allow ath-
letes found to be “actively sup-
porting the war in Ukraine.” ROC
president Stanislav Pozdnyakov
said on Wednesday he opposed
“any restrictions, extra require-
ments or sanctions.”
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said
she backs Russians competing
as neutral athletes when her city
hosts the Games, without the Rus-
sian flag.
“I think it’s a time for athletes
and that you shouldn’t deprive
athletes of their competition. But I
think and I plead, like a large part
of the sporting movement, that
there isn’t a delegation behind the
Russian banner,” she told France 2
television.
“Of course the Games are taking
place in a geopolitical time. I hope
the war in Ukraine will be behind
us when we welcome the Paris
Games.”
There was no immediate re-
sponse from the French govern-
ment, even as other European
countries criticised the IOC. Brit-
ish Culture Secretary Michelle
Donelan said the IOC’s stance was
“a world away from the reality of
war being felt by the Ukrainian
people.” In Germany, Interior Min-
ister Nancy Faeser called it “the
wrong path.”
The IOC statement on Wednes-
day referenced the civil war in
the former Yugoslavia around the
1992 Olympics in Barcelona. The
country was under United Nations
sanctions so Yugoslav athletes
were allowed to compete individ-
ually only as “Independent Olym-
pic Participants.” They didn’t take
part in team sports such as soccer
and basketball.
That would be stricter than pre-
vious IOC measures against Rus-
sia in the years-long fallout from
one of the largest doping cases in
sports history. Russians competed
under the name “Olympic Athlete
from Russia” at the 2018 Winter
Olympics and as ROC in 2021 and
2022, without their country’s an-
them or flag but with national col-
ours on uniforms.
The Asian Games will be in
Hangzhou, China, in Septem-
ber and October, and function
as Olympic qualifiers in several
sports including archery and box-
ing. Some other sports host their
own Asia-specific qualifying com-
petitions.
sports 41
“The OCA believes in the uni-
fying power of sport and that
all athletes, regardless of their
nationality or the passport they
hold, should be able to compete
in sports competitions,” the OCA
said in a statement.
The long-time director general
of Kuwait-based OCA, Husain
al-Musallam, is also the president
of World Aquatics, which is over-
seeing the core Olympic sport of
swimming in the IOC home city
Lausanne. “The OCA has offered
to give eligible Russian and Bela-
rusian athletes the opportunity to
take part in competitions in Asia,
including the Asian Games,” the
organisation said.
The OCA added it “remains on
standby” until the IOC and the in-
dividual sports’ governing bodies
finalise the conditions for Russia
and Belarus to compete.

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Marcano fires Southgate to

Division One Indoor promotion
NIGEL SIMON
nigel.simon@guardian.co.tt
T&T standout Teague Marcano
scored a tournament-leading 30
goals to lead Southgate Hockey
Club to one of the two promotion
spots when the six-club England
Hockey League Adult Super 6s
Indoor Championships Men’s Na-
tional Division Two concluded at
Repton School, Derby, England
on Sunday.
Under the supervision of player/
coach, Kwandwane Browne, a for-
mer T&T international with more
than 400 appearances for the na-
tional team, the free-scoring Mar-
cano banged in six goals to power
Southgate to a commanding 14-7
thumping of Khalsa Leamington
in their opening match on Satur-
day.
The 22-year-old Marcano scored
in the ninth minute to put his
team ahead 2-1 and added further
items in the 11th, 19th, 20th, 32nd,
and 36th to add to the 19 goals he
scored in the Men’s Division Two
South round-robin series, level
with Tom Minall of the University
of Bristol.
However, in their second match
on Saturday, Marcano was sur-
prisingly held scoreless by a well-
planned Guildford team who eked
out a 5-4 win.
Needing to win all three matches
on Sunday’s final day of competi-
tion, Marcano (24th and 31st) and
Charles Hamilton (21st and 30th)
scored twice each and captain
John Sterlini got a hat-trick (12th,
12th, 28th) in their 9-5 win against
previously perfect Beeston.
Southgate then coasted to a
record.
Marcano, who has also netted a
league-best 14 goals to lead South-
gate to a perfect 9-0 record and 27
points at the halfway stage of the
English Hockey League Division
One South Outdoor competition,
picked up where he left off on Sat-
urday by scoring a beaver-trick,
his third in as many matches as
Southgate with Browne serving
as player/coach also on target as
they battled past the University of
Bristol 7-5.
He then netted a hat-trick in a
9-4 defeat of Guilford before end-
ing off his tournament, with his
fourth beaver-trick in their 11-3
trashing of Fareham for a perfect
5-0 record and 15 points, five clear
of fellow qualifiers to the Division
Two National playoffs, Guildford,
and the University of Bristol.
T&T’s Teague Marcano, second from left back row, and player/coach Kwandwane Browne, second from right in front Overall, Marcano’s 30 goals
row, pose with their Southgate Hockey Club teammates after sealing one of the two promotion spots when the six- tally included 16 field goals, ten
club England Hockey League Adult Super 6s Indoor Championships Men’s National Division Two concluded at penalty corners, and four pen-
Repton School, Derby, England on Sunday. Marcano scored 30 goals during the second and final phase of the alty strokes, four more goals than
competition, 11 over the last two days as Southgate ended with a 4-1 win-loss record and 12 points, the same as Simon Egerton (26) of Bowdow
Beeston, who finished top of the table with a superior goal-difference of plus-27 to Southgate’s plus-20, while while Ammad Butt was third with
Bowdon ended third with nine points from a 3-2 record. PICTURE COURTESY SOUTHGATE 23 goals, and Sterlini, fourth with
7-1 victory over the University of pionship with a 4-1 win-loss re- qualifiers Guilford, and the Uni- 20.
Bristol with Marcano (26th) and cord and 12 points, the same as versity of Bristol. The next best contributors for
Browne (34th) both netting one Beeston who finished top of the Bowdon was also flawless in Southgate were Charles Hamilton
goal each, while Jack Middleton table with a superior goal-differ- the North Division winning all with 15, Middleton with seven,
netted twice to set up a must-win ence of plus-27 to Southgate’s five matches for a maximum of and Karan Sofat with six with
match against Bowdon with a pro- plus-20 while Bowdon ended 15 points, three ahead of Beeston Browne netted twice.
motion spot up for grabs. third with nine points from a 3-2 (4-1), while Khalsa Leamington Marcano has also been in scin-
The nippy Marcano was up for record. ended in third spot with a 2-1-2 tillating form for Southgate in the
the contest from the first whistle, Earlier this month during the record and seven points. first half of the England Hockey
and scored the first two goals, in first phase of the competition, In his opening match, Marcano League Division One South Out-
the sixth, and 13th minutes, while in the Men’s Division Two South scored a beaver-trick in South- door season with 14 goals for
Middleton (13th and 22nd), Ster- round-robin series Marcano gate’s opening 14-2 mauling of Southgate who have managed
lini (14th and 23rd) also netted scored 19 goals inclusive of four Trojans, followed by another four- to win all nine of their matches
twice in a 7-3 triumph. beaver-tricks to lead Southgate to goal display in his team’s 10-5 de- to lead the ten-club table with a
With the win, Southgate ended the top spot with a maximum of feat of his former club, St Albans maximum of 27 points, six ahead
the National Division Two Cham- 15 points, five more than fellow to end Saturday with a perfect 2-0 of second-placed Teddington.

Damian Lillard scores 60 points, helps Blazers beat Jazz

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Damian
Lillard scored a season-high 60
points, hitting nine 3-pointers,
and the Portland Trail Blazers
beat the Utah Jazz 134-124 on
Wednesday night.
Lillard tied for second-most in
the NBA this season. Donovan
Mitchell had 71 in an overtime
game for Cleveland against Chi-
cago on January 3, and Luka Don-
cic scored 60 in Dallas’ OT victory
over New York on December 27.
Jerami Grant added 19 points
to help Portland win its second
straight game.
Lauri Markkanen led the Jazz
with 24 points. He had a layup
followed by a tip shot with 5:20
left that got Utah to 115-108.
When Lillard came to the free-
throw line late in the game, the
home crowd stood and chanted
“MVP! “MVP!”
76ERS 137, NETS 133
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — James
Harden hit two 3-pointers and
had a driving layup in the final
four minutes against his former
out Kevin Durant.
The game was the first regu-
lar-season matchup between Em-
biid and former teammate Ben
Simmons since a February 2022
trade that sent Simmons to Brook-
lyn for Harden. Simmons missed
the rest of the 2022 season with
various injuries, then Embiid was
injured and missed the Sixers’
win in Simmons’ Philadelphia re-
turn November 22.
WARRIORS 122,
GRIZZLIES 120
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jordan
Poole scored the winning layup
with a second remaining to cap
a crazy, back-and-forth final min-
ute, and Golden State fought back
Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard, centre, dribbles past Utah Jazz to beat Memphis.
forward Jarred Vanderbilt, left, and guard Jordan Clarkson during the first Brandon Clarke had a tying
half of an NBA game in Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday. PICTURE AP dunk with 6.3 seconds left for
Memphis on a pass from Ja Mo-
Brooklyn teammates and Phil- Philadelphia was 35 of 36 from
rant after Klay Thompson’s
adelphia stretched its winning the foul line.
3-pointer with 14.6 remaining put
streak to six games. Seth Curry had a season-high 32
Tyrese Maxey led the 76ers points for Brooklyn. Kyrie Irving the Warriors ahead. Thompson
with 27 points, and Joel Embiid had 30 for the Nets, who have lost then missed a rushed baseline
had 26. Harden added 23, and five of the last seven games with- jumper with five seconds to play,
but Golden State got the ball out
of bounds.
Stephen Curry outdueled Mo-
rant and scored 34 points before
being ejected with 1:14 remaining
in another thrilling game between
the rivals who played last year in
the Western Conference semifi-
nals won by the Warriors in five
games.
Morant wound up with 29
points and 12 assists after missing
a game with an ankle injury. He
converted a pair of free throws
with 26.6 seconds left to put
Memphis ahead before Thomp-
son’s big 3.
Curry hit a tying jumper with
2:18 left and made three free
throws at the 1:55 mark. He drew
the ejection for throwing his
mouthpiece into the seats.
OTHER RESULTS
BUCKS 107, NUGGETS 99
TIMBERWOLVES 111, PELICANS 102
RAPTORS 113, KINGS 95
WIZARDS 108, ROCKETS 103
HAWKS 137, THUNDER 132
LAKERS 113, SPURS 104
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Deboulet goes
after Olympic
dream this year
WALTER ALIBEY
walter.alibey@guardian.co.tt
Chaqueda Deboulet has to do a bal-
ancing act if she is to qualify for the
Olympic Games in Paris, France next
year.
From the giddy heights of being
ranked close to 1,000 in the world,
Deboulet has successfully gone
down to 275th, needing to be among
the top 100 players to earn Olympic
qualification. And she is expecting
the road to be even more challeng-
ing as she faces some of the better
players in the world.
During the COVID-19 pandemic,
Deboulet, considered the top wom-
en’s player in the country, reduced
her ranking drastically by training
abroad and competing at many in-
ternational tournaments.
But that, she told Guardian Media
Sports yesterday, has been a drain
on her pocket as she said she may
not be able to do that again with little
to no funds available.
“I will have to balance my trav-
els this year. So far I am catering to
play at the Giraldilla International
in Cuba in mid-March, as well as the
sports 43
Pan American Individual Champion-
ships which is carded to take place
in Jamaica in April. The other inter-
national tournaments will all depend
on if I get the funding.”
Deboulet, who earned a bronze
medal when she teamed up with
Nicholas Bonkowsky last year at the
Mexican Future Series Badminton
Tournament, is bracing for a hercu-
lean task to make it in the top 100.
She said as the players will be aiming
for an Olympic berth, the level of the
competition will be peak high.
“This means I will have to ensure
that I can lift the quality of my game
and this would mean going to more
international training and then com- Chaqueda Deboulet
peting at international meets. All
this, however, will depend on fund-
ing because I wouldn’t want to spend
large sums of money to go to and
train outside and I don’t have to go
to an international tournament, so
it will be a balancing act,” Deboulet
explained.
She said she is excited about the
coming Ranking Tournament which
will take place next month, as well
as the national tournament to take
place soon after the ranking tourney.
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Smith withdraws legal threat
against Tennis Association
DEREK ACHONG
derek.achong@guardian
Former sports minister Darryl Smith
is no longer pursuing a lawsuit
against the Tennis Association of T&T
(TATT), over two of his three chil-
dren being excluded from a develop-
ment programme for junior athletes
seeking to represent the country at
two international tournaments.
Smith’s decision to withdraw the
legal proceedings was announced by
the association in a press release is-
sued this morning.
“The Executive of the Tennis Asso-
ciation of T&T continues to strive to
be fair, transparent and equitable in
dispensing its duties as we serve the
tennis community and the citizens
and residents of T&T,” the release
said.
Last Wednesday, Smith’s lawyer
Amy Rajkumar sent a legal letter
to TATT president Hayden Mitchell
threatening to seek an injunction
from a High Court Judge unless it
reversed its decision to exclude
his 15-year-old son Yeshowa Camp-
bell-Smith and his 11-year-old daugh-
ter Abba Campbell-Smith from the
National Junior Development and
Performance Programme for under
14s and under 16s, which was sched-
uled to take place last weekend.
In a response issued on Friday,
TATT’s lawyer Clay Hackett main-
tained his client’s position with re-
gard to Smith’s children.
Guardian Media Sports under-
stands that TATT subsequently gave
an undertaking to postpone the
event to allow Smith’s lawyers to pur-
sue the proposed legal action.
In the legal letter, earlier last week,
Rajkumar claimed that the children’s
exclusion based on their relatively
low rankings was due to TATT’s fail-
ure to host local competitive tourna-
ments over the past two years.
According to Rajkumar, TATT’s
website contained a pair of similar
policies titled “National Junior Rank-
ing System”, which listed the local
and international tournaments that
would be considered in assessing
athletes.
“The events mentioned above
used to rank athletes were not prop-
erly announced and/or hosted or
properly executed by the TATT. This
constitutes a breach of duty by the
TATT to my clients,” she said.
Rajkumar pointed out that the
RBC Tennis Tournament in 2021
was postponed last minute due to
the COVID-19 pandemic, while the
TATT National Tennis Tournament,
which carries the most points and in
which participation is mandatory to
represent T&T at international tour-
naments, was cancelled three times.
She also stated that the Catch Na-
tional Junior Championships was not
hosted by TATT, last year.
Rajkumar claimed that after Smith
failed to get satisfactory responses
from TATT over the schedule for
local tournaments, he was forced
to register his son and daughter in
regional tournaments, which they
sports 45
subsequently learned clashed with Hackett also denied that his client
local tournaments including the RBC acted unreasonably in not hosting
Tennis Tournament in December, the tournaments during the pan-
last year. demic due to public health regula-
“The TATT cannot reasonably ex- tions that were in place at the time.
pect athletes to prepare for any re- Stating that his client was unwill-
gional/international without proper ing to revisit its position, Hackett
notice of when the event is likely to claimed that if it chose to accommo-
take place or even estimated to take date the siblings, other athletes who
place,” Rajkumar said. were deemed to not meet the eligibil-
Former minister of Sport & Youth Affairs Darryl Smith, left, presents
She noted that Yeshowa, who rep- ity requirements could make similar
TennisTT president Hayden Mitchell with a symbolic cheque valued
resented T&T at Central American requests. at TT$306,000 back in June 2017.
and Caribbean Tennis Confedera-
tion (COTECC) events in the past,
was ranked 5th on TATT’s National
Junior Rankings Boys Under 14 up
to December 21, last year, and TATT
only recently published updated
rankings in which he placed 19th in
the 22-player Under 16 ranking.
She said that Abba participated in
the Little Mo Tennis Tournament in
2021 and secured the championship.
She placed 3rd on TATT’s National
Junior Rankings Girls Under 12 up to
December, last year.
Despite Smith’s younger children
being excluded, his older daughter
Em-Miryam Campbell-Smith was
selected to participate in the pro-
gramme.
In calling on the TATT to reverse
its decision, Rajkumar suggested
that TATT would benefit as the
best teams would be selected for
World Junior Tennis Championships
(Under 14 Team) and the Junior Davis
Cup (Under 16 Team).
“Excluding two world-ranking ath-
letes from the selection playoff will
only be to the detriment of the TATT
team being selected to represent
T&T,” she said.
In his response to the legal threat,
Hackett noted that the two policies
identified by Rajkumar were used in
conjunction to rank junior athletes.
“In the Association’s considered
view, neither Mr nor Mrs Camp-
bell-Smith is eligible for participation
in the said programme, having regard
to the operation and conjoint effect
of the Junior Selection Policy, the Na-
tional Junior Ranking System Policy
and the aforementioned related rules
and guidelines,” Hackett said.
Dealing specifically with Yeshowa,
Hackett noted that after turning 15,
he could no longer be ranked in the
Under 14 category.
“Even though your client is agitat-
ing for Mr Campbell-Smith to com-
pete in Under 16 Tournaments, it is
noteworthy that the only Under 16
Tournament which he competed in
was in 2021, when he competed in
the Lease Tournament, in which he
only obtained a mere 10 points,” he
said.
Referring to Abba, Hackett stated
that she needed to be 11 years old to
be eligible for Under 14 regional and
international tournaments and she
only attained the age on December
8, last year.
While he claimed that she could
have still participated in local Under
14 events, he noted that she only par-
ticipated in Under 12 events which
would not have assisted her in the
Under 14 rankings.
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Babar wins ICC men’s cricketer of the year award
DUBAI (AP) — Pakistan all-format captain
Babar Azam was named the men’s player
of the year by the International Cricket
Council yesterday.
Babar and England’s Nat Sciver were
picked as the one-day international play-
ers of 2022 and England test captain Ben
Stokes was judged the best men’s test
cricketer.
Babar led Pakistan to the finals of two
Twenty20 tournaments last year—the
World Cup and Asia Cup—and scored
nearly 2,600 international runs in all
formats at an average of 54. Nobody else
passed 2,000.
Other highlights included saving a draw
in the second test against Australia in Ka-
rachi with 196, his highest test score.
He got his second straight ODI men’s
award—the first to receive consecutive
awards since Virat Kohli in 2017-18—for
leading Pakistan to wins in all three of
its ODI series, and scoring 50 or more in
eight of the nine matches.
“The most satisfying and accomplish-
ing aspect for me was to compete and
perform in front of my home fans against
Australia, England and New Zealand’s
touring sides,” Babar said in an ICC state-
ment. “Of course, reaching the finals of
two major tournaments in the United
Arab Emirates and Australia were also
some of the highlights for me and my
team, and we hope to do better this year.”
Stokes has been leading England’s rev-
olution in the test arena with a fearless
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attitude. England won nine of its 10 tests
after winning only one of its previous 17.
New Zealand and Pakistan were white-
washed.
“We have played some incredible
cricket with series wins against New Zea-
land, South Africa, a significant perfor-
mance against India and a historic victory
in Pakistan,” Stokes said.
“We are enjoying our cricket and love
having fun wherever we play. The way in
which we approach test cricket is to ex-
cite the fans and making it a spectacle for
everyone to get behind and enjoy regard-
less of the result for England.”
Sciver became the first English wom-
en’s winner of the ODI award since Sarah
Taylor in 2014.
Reggae Boy Michail Antonio celebrates his goal.
Reggae Boy Antonio
says he may leave
Hammers
LONDON – Record-breaking Reggae Boy Michail An-
tonio has hinted he could leave English Premier
League strugglers West Ham United in the January
transfer window.
The 32-year-old Antonio, who joined the Ham-
mers from Nottingham Forest for £7 million
(US$8.6 million) in 2015, confirmed he had been
in contact with other clubs.
Antonio became the Hammers’ top scorer in the
Premier League in August 2021 with his 48th top-
flight goal, breaking Paolo di Canio’s club record.
He has scored only four goals and provided
three assists in all competitions so far this season
in which manager David Moyes’ side have found
themselves in a relegation fight. They lifted them-
selves out of the bottom three last weekend with a
win over fellow strugglers Everton, however.
Speaking on The Footballer’s Football Podcast
on BBC Radio 5 Live, the forward said: “Honestly,
I’ve not ruled anything out. That’s all I can say.
“Nothing has been ruled out. There are talks, so
whatever happens, happens,” he told the podcast.
Antonio has been linked with rivals Wolver-
hampton Wanderers, as well as a loan move to
Chelsea. Reports suggest West Ham are open to
selling the Jamaica international, who made his
debut for the Reggae Boyz in a 3-0 defeat against
Panama in a World Cup qualifier in September
2021, but do not want to loan him out.
Antonio admitted the current Premier League
campaign had been a “very difficult” one for him
personally, but could not say which teams he had
spoken to. He said leaving West Ham would be
tough.
“I’ve been here for eight-and-a-half years now,
become top goalscorer for the club and I’ve loved
every moment of it,” Antonio said.
“Every single moment is somewhere close to my
heart and I’ll always be looking out for it. I love the
fans, I’ve loved my time at West Ham.
“It’s just one of those things. I’m not saying
goodbye, I’m saying basically, if it happens, it hap-
pens and if it doesn’t, it doesn’t.
“I won’t be upset about staying and I’ll definitely
be upset if I leave because obviously I’ve enjoyed
my time here, but football is football. (CMC)
LOST STOCK CERTIFICATE
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Lara takes up new West Indies Mentor role Former West Indies and T&T’s bat-
ting legend and captain Brian Lara
has agreed to take on a role as ‘per-
formance mentor’ with the West
Indies teams and academy, Cricket
West Indies (CWI) announced yes-
terday.
CWI said that Lara’s new role will
be to “support the various head
coaches in providing players with
tactical advice and improving their
game sense.”
Lara played 131 tests for West In-
dies averaging 52.88 and making
11,953 runs. He also scored 10,405
runs in One Day Internationals.
The left-hander holds the record
for the highest score in a test in-
nings with his unbeaten 400 against
England in Antigua in 2004.
Lara, 53, will work alongside
Jimmy Adams, the CWI’s Director
of Cricket, on strategy and planning
for major tournaments.
West Indies batting legend Brian Lara with West Indies medium pacer “Having spent time with the play-
Kyle Mayers in the nets. ers and coaches in Australia and in
discussions with CWI, I really be-
lieve that I can help the players with
their mental approach to the game
and with their tactics to be more
successful,” Lara said.
“I’m looking forward to joining
the group in Zimbabwe and the op-
portunity to work with other West
Indies teams later in the year,” he
added.
Adams, a contemporary of Lara’s
during his playing days said that
Lara would provide “invaluable
guidance and advice to our play-
ers and coaches. We are confident
that Brian will help to improve our
high-performance mindset and
strategic culture that will bring us
more success on the field across
all formats. Everyone is excited to
have Brian involved in supporting
our players.”
Lara, who holds several batting
records is currently with the West
Indies Test squad in Zimbabwe
ahead of the first Test in Bulawayo
which starts next week.
The Kraigg Brathwaite-led unit,
which is being overseen by interim
head coach Andre Coley, are pre-
paring for the opening Test in Bula-
wayo on February 4.
Lara was recently part of a three-
man panel which provided a review
of West Indies early exit from last
year’s Twenty20 World Cup.
The report warned that West Indies
cricket may “cease to exist” unless
the issue of its players prioritising
global Twenty20 leagues ahead of in-
ternational duties is resolved.
This was one of the conclusions
drawn by CWI review committee
comprising Patrick Thompson Jr
(chair), Mickey Arthur, who has
been head coach with South Africa,
Australia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka,
and is currently at Derbyshire and
Lara who were appointed to probe
West Indies’ failure to get past the
first round of the 2022 men’s T20
World Cup in Australia.

Pride begin Immigration woes hit rugby

title bid at ahead of Commonwealth Games
WALTER ALIBEY

iconic stadium CWI manager,

Cricket
Operation,
walter.alibey@guardian.co.tt

Political intervention is probably the

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados—Barbados Pride’s bid
for a third successive first class crown will
begin at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground
in Antigua next week, when they take on tra-
ditional rivals Guyana Harpy Eagles.
Cricket West Indies formally announced the
match schedule for the opening two rounds
of the five-round tournament which runs from
January 31 to April 1 and will also be played in
Grenada and T&T.
In fact, the Grenada National Stadium will
host the tournament opener next Tuesday
when Windward Islands Volcanoes clash with
Trinidad and Tobago Red Force.
Pride’s fixture will be one of two bowling off
next Wednesday, with Leeward Islands Hurri-
canes hosting Jamaica Scorpions at Coolidge
Cricket Ground.
“We are happy to announce the match
schedule and venues for the first two rounds
of the West Indies Championship, our flagship
regional tournament on the annual calendar,”
said CWI’s manager of cricket operations, Ro-
land Holder.
“The six teams have been preparing dili-
gently for the upcoming season and we expect
to see keen competition this year as they bat-
tle for the Headley Weekes trophy.
“From the tournament, the best perform-
ers also have the reward of playing for Team
Weekes and Team Headley in the new tourna-
ment announced by CWI scheduled for April
and May.”
The Headley Weekes Series will com-
prise three matches and three teams – Team
Headley, Team Weekes and the West Indies
Academy – and run from April 19 to May 6 at
Coolidge Cricket Ground.
Team Headley and Team Weekes will be
made up of the tournament’s best performers
who do not currently feature in the starting
West Indies Test XI.
Round two of the Regional First Class Cham-
pionship will bowl off February 8 and will see
Pride taking on Scorpions at Coolidge, Red
Force clashing with Hurricanes at the Vivian
Richards Cricket Ground and Harpy Eagles
up against Volcanoes at the Grenada National
Roland Holder
Stadium. The last three rounds of the cham-
pionship will take place in Trinidad starting
March 15. (CMC)
FIXTURES
Regional First Class Championship
ROUND 1 (January 31 – February 3)
Windward Islands Volcanoes vs Trinidad & Tobago
Red Force – Grenada National Stadium
February 1-4 (Antigua)
Barbados Pride vs Guyana Harpy Eagles – Vivian
Richards Cricket Ground
Leeward Islands Hurricanes vs Jamaica Scorpions –
Coolidge Cricket Ground
ROUND 2 February 8-11
Windward Islands Volcanoes vs Guyana Harpy Eagles
– Grenada National Stadium
Leeward Islands Hurricanes vs Trinidad and Tobago
Red Force – Vivian Richards Cricket Ground
Jamaica Scorpions vs Barbados Pride – Coolidge
Cricket Ground
ROUND 3
(Trinidad & Tobago – venues yet to be
announced)
March 15-18
Trinidad and Tobago Red Force vs Guyana Harpy
Eagles
Jamaica Scorpions vs Windward Islands Volcanoes
Leeward Islands Hurricanes vs Barbados Pride
ROUND 4 (March 22-25)
Trinidad & Tobago Red Force vs Barbados Pride
Guyana Harpy Eagles vs Jamaica Scorpions
Leeward Islands Hurricanes vs Windward Islands
Volcanoes
ROUND 5 (March 29 – April 1)
Trinidad & Tobago Red Force vs Jamaica Scorpions
Guyana Harpy Eagles vs Leeward Islands Hurricanes
Barbados Pride vs Windward Islands Volcanoes
only hope for the T&T Under-18 men’s
rugby which has been preparing ahead
of the Commonwealth Youth Games to
take place here in T&T, national coach
Larry Mendez has said.
Mendez said the immigration laws
have been preventing them from re-
cruiting the services of several young
rugby players who live abroad but have
T&T parentage. The T&T Rugby Football
Union has already identified many play-
ers who can wear the red, white and
black of T&T, but they will not be able
to secure them in time for the August
4-11 Commonwealth Games due to the
Larry Mendez, T&T U18 coach
tedious process involved in getting them
their passports.
were only able to retain five players
Mendez said the problem is that in
with the required age. This means we
neighbouring Jamaica, young players have had to revert to the schools league
with Jamaican parentage are being
where no tackling is done. This format of
snapped up and the country has been
the game was introduced to the schools
doing quite well with them.
because of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
Last week national football coach “At the schools level, they only play
Angus Eve sang a similar tune, high-
touch-rugby, which would put our team
lighting the country’s immigration laws at a disadvantage as they will be up
which has hampering players who have against players abroad who have been
been born outside of T&T with T&T par-
playing rugby with tackling for years.
entage to play for the Soca Warriors at
As it is now, it will be a difficult task be-
international tournaments.
cause as host, we can be demolished,
Charmaine Ghandi-Andrews, the for- as teams such as New Zealand, South
mer Chief Immigration Officer tried to
Africa and England, which all have very
ease Eve’s concerns by assuring that
strong youth programs, will feature very
players can be recruited through the
powerful teams. It will be very impor-
Citizenship Act, as the country’s citizen- tant for us to field a competitive team
ship laws only allow for one generation
as the host nation,” Mendez explained.
to have dual nationality. He noted that to help their cause,
Like Mendez, Eve had complained they have hired more coaches to scout
that this international recruitment prac-
talented players across the nation at this
tice is done all over the world. 99th hour. “Once players are spotted,
Mendez was thrown into this pre-
they will be called together at the week-
dicament after a core group of about ends for sessions where the squad can
16 young players, who were called for
be picked,” Mendez said.
training last year for the Rugby Amer-
The country will be represented by
icas North (RAN) Youth Championship
an under-18 men’s and women’s teams,
in Mexico, has exceeded the age limit while an under-19 men’s team is also in
to play in the commonwealth youth
training ahead of the RAN U-19 Champi-
games. onships from July 10-18 at a venue to be
“Out of that amount of players, we determined.
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APPLAUSE

West Indies and T&T batting

legend BRIAN LARA has been
appointed as a Performance
Mentor for all teams across
Cricket West Indies (CWI)
including its academy
programme. Lara, 53, has over
11,000 Test runs and 10,000 ODI
runs and has been assisting the
West Indies in various aspects
of rebuilding the sports that
hold pride among all Caribbean
people.
PLAIN TALK

“I’ve been here for eight-and-

a-half years now, become top
goalscorer for the club and I’ve
loved every moment of it. Every
single moment is somewhere
close to my heart and I’ll always
be looking out for it. I love the
fans, I’ve loved my time at West
Ham.”
— Reggae Boy MICHAIL
ANTONIO has hinted that he
could leave English Premier
League strugglers West Ham
United in the January transfer
window.

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WOODBROOK- 4 bedroom, 2
baths + annexe $3M
CASCADE- 11,029 sq.ft. land +
#1 Calcutta Road #3, Deonarine Junction, CESSPIT CLEANING T&C approvals $2.1M
Mc Bean Village, Couva
#392-394 Cedar Hill BELMONT CIRCULAR- 3
24HRS Road, ClaxtonBay floors, townhouse, Res/Comm
672-2852/ 765-4442 768-9800/373-2558 BROADWAY- BUILDING

WANTED BRAND NEW

3 Ton LPG FORKLIFT
+
FOR SALE
12,000 sq.ft. on 4,000 sq.ft.
freehold .
OTAHEITIE 5,000 sq.ft. lots flat
@$125.00 sq.ft.
COOK ONE WOODBROOK PLACE BLANCHICHEUSSE- 4.09
3.5 Ton Diesel FORKLIFT SINGLE FLOOR UNIT, acres $2.1M
SKILLED IN PREPARATION OF ASIAN 2000sq.ft, 3 B/R, 2.5 Baths
4 BEDROOM HOUSE,
AND ARABIC CUISINE, DELAGATION FULLY FURNISHED AND
7 ACRES, BEAUTIFULLY
EQUIPPED
OF TASKS TO KITCHEN STAFF AND $4.4M LANDSCAPED,
LONGDENVILLE. 741-3135
ENSURING SANIATION REGULATIONS 798-4619
FOR FOOD PREPARATION. AT HOME PDN C180 Mercedes Benz, white, DIEGO MARTIN 2 bedroom,

MUST HAVE FOOD AND

RETIREMENT CARE
SECURE, COMFORTABLE
& AFFORDABLE
HANDLING CERTIFICATION MEETING THE NEEDS
OF ALL SENIORS
668-7895/ 378-9487
CONTACT: 271-7822 www.athomeretirementcare.com
ALSO SUBMIT A COPY OF
APPLICATION TO: CHIEF MANPOWER
OFFICER, MINISTRY OF LABOUR,
SMALL & MACRO ENTERPRISE
DEVELOPMENT 50-54 DUKE STREET,
PORT OF SPAIN
USED RESTAURANT/CATERING
equipment for sale: convection
oven, slicer, grill, griddle,
Standing proofer and more….
Call 280-2814.
excellent condition, $135,000.
752- 7321.
HAY NISSAN, PCR Dodge , PDA
Nissan Vennette, PCD Chevy.
374-8207.
Audi TT $135k. Mileage 35k. Pris-
tine Condition 2008. 755-7680.
PDP X3, dealer maintained,
42,000KM, lady driven, excel-
lent condition, $245,000.00.
678-3128
+ 2 t/b apartment, 1 secure
FOR SALE
USED VEHICLES
ST. JOSEPH, 8 NEW
TOWNHOUSES (1550 sq.ft)
3 B/R, 2.5 BATHS,
FULLY AIR-CONDITIONED
(5 Units Remaining)
PDT TOYOTA FIELDER End $1.99M, Inner $1.95M
COMPLETION DATE:
HYBRID (70K)
QUARTER 1, 2023.
798-4619
TDW (5E) WINGLE P/UP
$300k HOUSES
(80K) CONCRETE BUILT
327-4819
E25 LOW TOP GLASS HOUSE & Land Borde Narve Vil-
SIDE ($65k) lage. Negotiable 732-6855
4 BEDROOM Chase Village on 2
TRINCITY EXQUISITE TWO lots . No Agents. 482-4330.
STORY,
CUNUPIA 4 bedrooms,
3 Bedrooms, 2½ Baths, $1.950M. 734-4856
Automatic Gate.
Fully Air-conditioned, MARABELLA GOPAUL Lands.
Easy Access To Main Road 2 storey apartment building.
And Bus Route, 2 Porch, 688-4816
park. $1.250M Great location.
685-9052
HOUSE & Land. 11,183sqft.
Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz. $2.4M.
739- 7738.
$300k HOUSES
CONCRETE BUILT
327-4819
2 BEDROOM House and Land
E.M.R Manzanilla 388-1163
DIEGO MARTIN Blue Basin
Gardens. 3 bedrooms, 2 toilet/
bath, 5,000+sq.ft. land. 776-
9654
CUNUPIA 3 BEDROOM
Executive And Modern
Townhouse In Desirable,
Secured And Gated Community.
Motivated Seller $1,590,000
620-8518.

:$17('
Granite Counter Tops HOUSE & 2 acres of land. $1.2M
Close To Amenities. BEL AIR Extension- townhouse, o.n.o. Prime property located at
$2.1m 726-3430 3 bedroom, 3 toilet/ bath, pre- Mandingo Road, Princes Town.
EXCELLENT BUY construction, $2.2M. 681-5653 332-3312 for further information.

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(PDLOVHDOVSUD\WW#JPDLOFRP MORTGAGEE SALE
HYUNDAI TUCSON PDR5142
Vehicles Can Be Viewed & Sealed
Bids Submitted at:
REX KAR LIMITED
URIAH BUTLER HIGHWAY
CHARLIEVILLE CHAGUANAS
Or EMAIL BIDS TO
LDCMUSTSELL@rfhl.com
Vehicles will be sold
“As is & Where is”
THE MORTGAGEE DOES NOT
BIND ITSELF TO ACCEPT THE
3RUW2I6SDLQ HIGHEST OR ANY BID.
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OF TRANSFER FEES”
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MARAVAL
3 BEDROOM, 3 BATH
NEW HOLLAND Tractor, Model
6,254SF $2.5M
FASHION JEWELRY/ GERMAN/ BELGIAN Sheppards, TD5.100, 4 Wheel Drive, Good 392-4500
CROCHET COURSES 3 months, large breed. $1500. Working Condition. $150,00.00
7820851 683- 8839. ONO. 634- 4443. MARABELLA 2 storey. 688-4816
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CUMACA; 12A;
4.5KM JUNCTION
PLATANAL TRACE
M. RAMRATTAN TYRE CENTRE LTD. AND CUMAC ROAD;
497-7712
39-41 SOUTHERN MAIN ROAD, MARABELLA
SANGRE CHIQUITO: Sales Office: 772-5520/Office:
18A FREEHOLD 622-3831/228-9927
LANDS; 2½MM Email: laurahomestt@gmail.com
Facebook: Laura Homes TT
GAJADHAR ROAD;
(1) FOR SALE-
497-7712 ARIMA – Providence Circular – 3 bedrooms, 2.5
185-60-15 205-70-15 225-65-17 11R 22.5 baths T/H – TT$1.4M O.N.O.
LP 52 Ghandi Village, Debe. CHAGUANAS – Rainbow Crescent – 3 bedrooms,
185-70-14 215-60-15 235-60-16 265-60-18 2993.1 square meters, concrete 2 baths, 4 Units – TT$1.25M
195-60-14 215-65-16 245-70-16 265-65-17 structure 45X35, town/ country CUNUPIA – Bamboo Creek Villas – 3 bedrooms,
195-65-15 215-70-15 265-70-16 outline approval. 475-1868 2.5 baths – TT$1.55M

205-55-16 275-65-17
225-70-16
700-15, 700-16
D’ABADIE – Vale Royal Estates – 3 bedrooms, 2.5
baths – Starting at TT$2.261M &200(5,&$/%8,/',1*
)256$/(255(17
DIEGO MARTIN – Dickson Avenue – 4 bedrooms,
205-60-15 225-60-17 255-70-16 7.50-16 4 baths – REDUCED TT$3M
8 APARTMENTS, Tacarigua. GLENCOE – Gittensdale – 1 & 2 bedrooms –
4.3mil. 782-8510. Starting at TT$1.2M – TT$1.4M
RUN FLAT TYRES AVAILABLE & MANY MORE SIZES & DESIGNS MARAVAL – Hillsboro – 5 bedrooms, 4 baths $UDQJXH]0DLQ5RDG6DQ-XDQ
CIPERO STREET 688-4816 – TT$5M O.N.O
FOR INFO. CALL: 2 BEDROOM house. O’meara
MAYARO – Investment Property – One self-
contained Apartment Building (4 units), One %XLOGLQJVL]HVTIW
653-3124 OR 776-1437 Road, Arima. 731-1404 3-bedroom house – TT$3.5M
PALMISTE – Burlington Court - 3 bedrooms, 2.5 /DQGVL]HVTIW
baths - Starting at TT$2.7M 3DUNLQJVSRWV
SAN FERNANDO – The Residences at South Park
– 3 bedrooms, 2.5-baths - Starting at TT$3M *UHDW/RFDWLRQ
ST. JAMES – The View – 3 bedrooms, 3 baths 6$/(0 7R9LHZ&RQWDFW
5(17SHUVTIW
– TT$2.1M
ST. JOSEPH – Off Buena Vista Rd. – 3 bedrooms, -HVVFLD
2.5 baths, 8 T/H units – Starting at TT$1.95M VSDFHVIURPVTIW .HLWK
TOBAGO – Shirvan Road, Plantations, Samaan
GOODMAN HILLS Gasparillo
gated community approved lots
for sale $750,000 o.n.o 357-3471.
BARRACKPORE APPROVED
lots for sale $250,000 all approv-
als 357-3471.
CLIFTON HILL Point Fortin
Seaview, 25,600 sq.ft.
$1.6M Negotiable. 788-6128
SANTA CRUZ (UPPER)
22603,sqft @75.00 $1.695M
Residential Land, negotiable
750-5353.
MAYARO- 3¾ MILES
FROM JUNCTION
ON GUAYAGUAYARE
ROAD,
1.1 ACRE
678-4949/ 659-0640
MAYARO BEACHFRONT 389-
9799
CARENAGE GATED, ocean
views. 680-2978
6 LOTS Cumana, Toco. $300,000.
Close to beach. Access to lights &
water. 744-9569
ORANGE HILL Tobago. Freehold
lot, $395,000.00. 620-2316
AGRICULTURAL/RESIDENTIAL
LANDS in Moruga.19, 16, 5 and
1 acre parcels. 5 acre with mature
lumber. 683-4327.
LOTS IN St. Helena. 687-9448.
GRAN COUVA 2 contiguous
parcels of land measuring 10
acres. 7 acres, 3 roods + 20
perches. $8.5M. 312-8382
TODDS ROAD; 37A
AGRICULTURAL LAND;
497-7712
Grove and more – TT$1.35M – TT$3.6M up VTIW
TRINCITY – Sunrise Park – 3 bedrooms, 2
baths – TT$2.3M
WOODBROOK ANNEX
$4,900.00 390-0523
1 BEDROOM, Orchid Drive,
Sales Office: 772-5520/Office: Edinburg Gardens, Chaguanas.
622-3831/228-9927 Downstairs apartment, hot/ cold,
Email: laurahomestt@gmail.com tiled, kitchen cupboards, secure
Facebook: Laura Homes TT parking for one, $4,500.00. 492-
AGRICULTURAL LAND AVAILABLE 4041.
- email us for full details ALICIA’S PALACE
CHAGUANAS (STERLING Guest House with pool MARAVAL 2 BEDROOM
GARDENS) – 5,558 sq ft & 6,656.4 sq open 24/7
ft – TT$1.3M & TT$1.5M O.N.O (868)225-8539/231-1587
681-3928
D’ABADIE – The Foothills – 6,431 sq
ft – TT$1.35M info@aliciaspalace.com ST. JAMES 2 bedroom Apt, A/c,
ST. HELENA – Santa Monica Trace – $5500. No agents. 787-7400.
5,000 sq ft – TT$175,000.00 CARNIVAL RENTAL. 3 Bedroom
FREEPORT – Central Springs – 5,000
2 Bath. St. Anns. $3500US per GLENCOE STUDIO Apt, A/c, All
sq ft up – Starting at $495,000.00 Amenities, Monthly $3000.00,
GLENCOE – Zephyr Heights – 17,000 week. 744- 3939.
Weekly $900.00.
sq ft – TT$2M O.N.O.
SAN FERNANDO – Cipero Road – 633-1845, 747-1244
10,700 sq ft – TT$1.3M O.N.O.
SAN FERNANDO - Victoria Street –
5,360 sq ft – TT$1.4M
AROUCA
SANTA CRUZ – Residential – 7,100
sq ft up - Starting at TT$100.00 per
WESTMOORING 5 bedroom APARTMENT
sq. ft and up villa, pool. 680-2978 FULLY FURNISHED.
SOUTH OROPOUCHE – Berridge
Trace – 5,720 sq ft – TT$450,000.00 5 MINS FROM PBR,
O.N.O. H/C, UTILITIES,
ST. JOSEPH - Elizabeth Gardens –
10,013 sq ft – TT$1.95M PARKING FOR 1, $3500
ST. JOSPEH – Maracas Gardens –
20,000 sq ft – TT$1.5M 3 BEDROOM Cocoyea $3000. 234-9289
TOBAGO – Gated Communities – Job letter required. 330-5761 SINGLE PROFESSIONALS Only.
5,000 sq ft up – TT$590,000.00 up
VALENCIA – 24 plots 10,000 sq ft DIEGO MARTIN -3 Bedroom, 2 Maraval, large one bed, full AC,
each – TT$650,000.00 each Bath, $7,500.00. 767-3241 Appliances and furniture. Off
Champs Elysees on Eckel Avenue.
PLEASANTVILLE FLAMINGO Annex on gated compound. Fully
Crescent, 3 bedroom, 2 t/b, flat. furnished. Call RAY on 748- 4261.
688-4816
VISTABELLA SINGLE Profes-
sional fully furnished Studio
apartment inclusive of Electricity
& Wifi. 709-8166
DIEGO MARTIN 5 bedrooms,
3 toilet/ bath, air-condition,
gated, view. 776-9654
1 BEDROOM Maraval, near
GUAICO Lynch Drive, utilities included
TAMANA $3000, 747-0400/ 663-1844.
AGRIGULTURE LAND
2.3 ACRES
CUNUPIA APPROVED $800,000.00 NEG
RESIDENTIAL 2 LOTS
6000 SQ.FT 387-1995/ 265-4981
aabdoolassociates@gmail.
10,063 com STUDIO APT Arima, $2000.00,
EXQUISITE GUAICO TAMANA free wifi, ac, semi-furnish,
759-4454/764-3720
AND $600,000 NEG
387-1995/ 265-4981 SANTA CRUZ, large studio, large
SECURE GATED aabdoolassociates@gmail. back patio, secured parking,
com washer/dryer. Electricity and
COMMUNITY. HENRY STREET POS. 3 levels, WiFi included. $3,300. 317- 5068/
15,000sq.ft. 776-9654
$650,000 + 221- 8789.
CHAGUANAS
620-8518 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY HTTPS://AUCHIN2000.WIX
SITE.COM/WEBSITE2
FOR SALE
1 LOT Roadside. Plum Mitan $2.3M
388-1163 461-4772
1 BEDROOM, St Ann’s. Gated,
parking, air-condition, $3,500.00.
1 BEDROOM Tumpuna Road 4 BEDROOM unfurnished, Diego PALMISTE 3 bedroom, 2 toilet/
South, Arima. 731-1404 Martin. 623-9022/ 295-5526 bath, $7,500.00. 681-5653
678-3460
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NEWLY RENOVATED and

spacious, 2 bedroom $2850/1
bedroom $2250,gated park-
ing.Security deposit & proof of
employment, with referral.Pay
electric, a/c, h/c.Call Bev Olson
8042749040 on WhatsApp.
1 BEDROOM spacious upstairs
apts Morvant, $2200/2000, 342-
3296/221-5315
GLENCOE NEW 2 bedroom,
2 toilet/ bath, fantastic view.
776-9654
CUMUTO JUNCTION 2 bed-
room downstairs, 13mins to
Arima/ Sangre Grande, $2,500.
302-9972/ 675-6083
MAYARO 3 bedroom. 680-2978
BY THE Sea, Sunset Cove, La
Romaine. One & Two bedroom
apartments, hot/ cold, a/c. 795-
7101/ 680-6944
JEAN AVENUE Diego Martin.
2 bedrooms, unfurnished,
$3,000.00. 785-2093
2 BEDROOM Apartment North
West Dr. Diego Martin, light bill
not included and parking for 2
vehicles $3,000 358-0660.
BARATARIA 2 bedrooms $3000,
Call 345-5392.
3 BEDROOM unit Cocoyea.
771-0034
1 BEDROOM unit Cocoyea.
771-0034
AVOCAT FYZABAD 2 bedrooms,
499-2224
1 BEDROOM, $2100. San Juan.
Single/ Couple only. 345- 8940.
+ CASCADE – Coblentz Avenue - 2
CHAGUANAS
2 BEDROOM APARTMENT
$3,000
461-4772
2 BEDROOM Palmiste, fully A/C,
secured parking, remote gate,
camera surveillance, utilities
included, 785-6715.
GOPAUL LANDS, Marabella
apartments, air-condition, 2
toilet/ bath, tiled. 652-8464,
716-9095
3RD ST Barataria- Ground
Floor, Spacious 2 Bedroom
1 t&b Gated/ Parking for 1
$4,000.00 p/m- 680-1597
/751-1141
OFFICE SPACE,
SEMI-FURNISHED,
1733SQ.FT,
LADY HAILES
AVENUE,
SAN FERNANDO
(NEXT TO UNIPET
GAS STATION).
PHONE 384-9001
OFFICE FOR RENT
Upper Abercromby Street
750sq.ft, Parking On Site.
Suitable For Professional.
662-2266/ 623-3129
BUILDING FOR SALE
OR RENT
28-31 EASTERN
MAIN ROAD,
ST JOSEPH (OPP
WASA)
GROUND FLOOR
& LOBBY - 30 CAR
PARKS
1ST FLOOR - 7,000
SQ.FT
2ND FLOOR - 7,000
SQ.FT
RENTAL: $12 / SQ.FT
SALE: $14.5M NEG
CONTACT: 395-0001
844 SQ/FT, Commercial Space
for Rent, Maraval. 681-4497
FOR SALE OR RENT.
Diamond Vale - Factory Road.
Warehouse/Office 5000sqft.
$2.3m or $3.50psf Neg.
WhatsApp (1-418-264-8584)
Sales Office: 772-5520/Office:
622-3831/228-9927
Email: laurahomestt@gmail.com
Facebook: Laura Homes TT
bedrooms, 2 baths, self-contained
Annex, UF – TT$7,500.00
CHAGUANAS – Samirah’s Park
– 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, UF –
TT$6,200.00
GLENCOE – Gittensdale – 3
bedrooms, 2 baths UF – TT$7,000.00
MARAVAL – Fairways – 3
bedrooms, 2 baths, FF – US$3,000.00
PORT OF SPAIN – Queen Street
– 1 Office space (2 cubicles) –
TT$3,000.00 (or TT$1,500.00 each)
SAN FERNANDO – The Residences
at South Park – 3 bedrooms, 2.5
baths, UF/SF/FF US$3,000.00 up
SANGRE GRANDE – Sou Sou
Lands – 2 1-bedroom, 1-bath, UF -
TT$1,500.00 each
ST. CLAIR – (few homes)
4 bedrooms, 4 baths, plus
self-contained Annex – from
US$4,500.00 up
ST. CLAIR – Commercial Spaces –
call or email for details
ST. JOSEPH – 1 & 2 bedrooms,
1-bath, UF – TT$6,000.00 each
TOBAGO – Commercial Spaces –
Upstairs -TT$8,000.00 / Downstairs
TT$2,000.00
WESTMOORINGS – Regents Towers,
Marine Villas, La Fontaine, La Riviera,
The Towers, Western Circle, Falcon
Heights – USD$2,000.00 up
CUNUPIA APARTMENTS
2 bedroom $3,000 utilities
included
Spacious 4 bedroom $5,800
279-6085/ 684-7318
DIEGO MARTIN 1, 2 & 3 Bed-
room Apartments. 776-9654
UNFURNISHED ROOMS Port-
Of-Spain 295-5526
HART: DONALD (Donny) Died
on January 21, 2023 at age 76.
Son of Gerald and Sene (both
deceased). Husband of Sandra
and Meena (deceased). Father
of Donna, Janelle, Joanne and
Denzil. Grandfather of Justin and
Tsai-an. Brother of Jean, Janet
(Earl), Victor (Patricia), Shirley
(Anthony, deceased) and An-
nmarie (Moishe). Father-in-law of
Derek and Dillon. Uncle of many.
Funeral service takes place at Bel-
groves Memorial Centre, Trincity,
at 10 am on Saturday January 28,
2023. Private cremation. For en-
quiries contact O.P. Allen Funeral
Home, 638-7700.
11,000S.F. LAND, opposite
Magdalena Grand. 688-4816
CANOEBAY 5 acres. 389-9799
SUMMERLAND
SUITES
294-3330
All rooms self-contained
summerlandsuitestobago@
gmail.com
FB: Summerland Suites
Hotel Guest Houses Tobago
KS KONDOS
BON ACCORD
1 & 2 bedroom
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Salt Water Pool
361-0299
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SANDY POINT
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389-2378, 357-3337
sandypointvillagehotel@
gmail.com
www.sandypointhotel.se
LONG TERM Bon Accord,
near Pigeon Point. Also suit-
able for retirees. Studios & 2
bedrooms from $2,500.00.
767-9300 before 5:00pm.
BONACCORD NEAR Storebay
holiday apts 1b/r, 2b/r, 3b/r
phone 747-0400 663-1844.
CROWN POINT furnished ca-
bana adjoining Storebay. Augus-
tus 633-0406
SANDY POINT TOBAGO.
Sleeps 7. All amenities.
632-4127/ 754-9705

MAYARO LARGE office com- MAYARO,

pound. 680-2978 FRONTIN ROAD,
COMMERCIAL/ RESIDENTIAL Beachfront, 5-Bedroom,
Spaces, Downstairs $6000/ A/C, Wifi, Security
upstairs $5500 monthly. #6 Cameras.
Tunapuna Road, Tunapuna, Near
E.M.R. 735-5191 678-4210
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