Daily Brief - Tuesday 16th January, 2018

NEWS

Hit-and-run victim thankful to be alive

Twenty-year-old Seema Kelly Ramkissoon, the young woman who was struck by a car which never stopped on Friday evening in San Francique, Penal, has been discharged from hospital. Ramkisssoon whose left hand is now in a sling, told Newsday she was thankful to be alive but could not understand how someone could strike a human with a car and never stop to help. Read more here

Newtown Playboys retain single pan title

The first Panorama title of the 2018 season has gone to Angostura Newtown Steel Symphony. The band retained the National Panorama Single Pan Band title on Sunday night, earning 286 points for their performance of a Carlan Harewood arrangement of David Rudder’s Hammer. Pan Jammers was a close second a score of 285 point for Signal To Lara and there was a tie for third place between Marsicans (Party Time Again) and T&T Fire Service (DuDu Yemi) with 282 points. Read more here

Funeral for Joshua

Incarcerated for murdering her niece, Carlene Andrews, mother of slain teen Joshua Andrews, said goodbye to her son yesterday during a private ceremony at Simpson's Funeral Home, Eastern Main Road, Laventille. One of Joshua's brothers, Marcus, who is also in prison on the same murder charge as his mother, also said his goodbyes. Read more here

 

POLITICS

Health Ministry answers heart patient’s prayer

Ailing mother Stephanie Mohammed yesterday celebrated with her husband after getting promising news that the Ministry of Health had granted approval for her to undergo a free medical study for a painful heart condition. Mohammed, 27, of Cunjal Road, Barrackpore, suffers from atrial fibrillation, an erratic beating of the heart, which if left untreated could result in death. Read more here

 

BUSINESS

Ambassador welcomes reactivation of flights to Havana

Cuban Ambassador Guillermo Vázquez Moreno has welcomed the reactivation of flights between Port-of-Spain/Havana. He said the direct flight to Cuba is key to increasing the bilateral commercial relations between the countries. The ambassador’s comments come after Finance Minister Colm Imbert had made the announcement at last Thursday’s post-Cabinet news conference that there would be two flights per week and those flights would also be available to individuals from Caricom-member States. Read more here

Citibank looking for new T&T boss

Citigroup Inc. (Citi) is looking for a new boss for its operations in Trinidad and Tobago, The Bahamas and Barbados. On its website on Saturday morning, Citi advertised the career opportunity for a Trinidad Hub Citi Country Officer (CCO). Citi confirmed yesterday via e-mail that CCO Catalina Herrera, who was appointed in 2013, will be leaving Trinidad and Tobago in March. Read more here

  

REGIONAL

'Ridiculous Sentence! ' - Attorneys Demand Explanation Of Judge's Decision To Give 5 Years For 18 Guns

The "ridiculous" disparity in the sentence handed down by two High Court judges to four men who were held in Portland nearly five years ago with an arsenal of 18 illegal guns and a "bucketload" of ammunition has triggered demands for an explanation from the judiciary. Three of the four - Kirk Smith, Basil Walters and Richard Mitchell - were sentenced yesterday to five years in prison for each gun and four years for the rounds after they opted to stand trial and were convicted last September. Read more here

 

INTERNATIONAL

Russia's hidden world of North Korean labor

In pre-fabricated buildings, down a muddy track on the outskirts of St. Petersburg lies a world of hidden North Korean labor in Russia. On a construction site near their shabby living quarters, a group of laborers building apartment blocks told CNN they are from North Korea. Working in conditions the US State Department calls "slave-like" labor, they are among an estimated 50,000 workers in Russia from the isolated state. US diplomats say up to 80% of their earnings are sent back to Pyongyang to help prop up the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Read more here

Turpin: Shackled siblings found in Perris, California home

A California couple have been arrested after police found their 13 children allegedly held captive at home, some "shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks". David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, were held on charges of torture and child endangerment. The couple's children - aged two to 29 - lived in Perris, 59 miles (95km) south-east of Los Angeles. Read more here

16th January 2018

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