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Father and daughter reunited
'Miracles do still happen'
By Joel Julien joel.julien@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Jul 19, 2012 at 10:58 PM ECT
Story Updated: Jul 19, 2012 at 10:58 PM ECT
WHEN Bernadette Radoo was three years old, her father Ulric Marks went away to England.
For over 50 years She had not seen him again.
Radoo became a wife, a mother and a grandmother.
And in the midst of it all she had one wish: to see her father again.
On September 25 last year, Radoo's lifelong dream was on the way to becoming a reality.
"I was at home at the time and my dog started to bark. When I looked outside I saw a van with three men inside it," Radoo said during an interview at Express House in Port of Spain yesterday.
"One of the men came out of the van and asked me if I was Bernadette Radoo," she said.
Radoo answered in the affirmative.
"The man responded 'then you are the person we are looking for. You know how long your father has been looking for you?'"
The man turned out to be a private investigator hired by Marks.
Inside the van was another private investigator along with Radoo's uncle, Vesta Marks.
"It felt like a dream. I could not believe that it was happening, I started to cry and thought 'Lord I wish this is true'. I cried so much I could not talk," she said.
Radoo hugged her uncle.
"Then (Vesta) pulled out his phone and called my father who was in St Vincent," Radoo said.
She was able to speak to her father over the phone.
The reunion between father and daughter was envisioned by Radoo's paternal grandmother.
"My grandmother died the month before my father and I were reunited but on her deathbed she told my father 'do not worry you will find Bernadette soon'," Radoo said.
Radoo met her uncle and spoke to her father over the phone on a Sunday.
Marks was scheduled to celebrate his 76th birthday the Thursday afterward.
He got the best birthday gift he could have wished for.
Radoo flew to St Vincent to reunite with her father.
"When I saw him I started to cry. I could not stop crying. This was the moment I lived my whole life for. I felt like my life was finally complete," she said.
Father and daughter hugged and cried for what seemed like forever, Radoo said.
She spent two weeks in St Vincent getting to know her father.
Radoo is Marks' only child.
Last month Marks travelled to this country to spend time with his daughter and his extended family.
"When he came down he just fit perfectly into the family, everyone loved him, the children, the grandchildren everyone accepted him with open arms," Radoo said.
Radoo said being able to reunite with her father after five decades is a "miracle".
"I prayed for this day to come, I prayed to be able to see and talk to my father again and it happened. Miracles do still happen."
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Fat ... 31666.html
VEERA THE LAWYER
AG to present girl born without arms to the bar next Friday
By Innis Francis innis.francis@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Oct 21, 2011 at 11:48 PM ECT
Story Updated: Oct 21, 2011 at 11:48 PM ECT
Veera Bhajan, who was born without arms but overcame all obstacles to earn a law degree, is now employed with the Office of the Attorney General.
And Attorney General Anand Ramlogan will be in court when she is called to the bar at the Hall of Justice, Port of Spain, next Friday.
Ramlogan announced this during an address to celebrants who attended the Divali Nagar in Chaguanas Thursday night.
Bhajan was honoured at the function.
Ramlogan said: "Veera is a personal inspiration to me. It is an accomplishment for a human being with no arms to pass through all levels of schools to become a lawyer. She is a shining example and role model for our youths. She appeared on Facebook and asked me to present her to the bar to become a lawyer. And I humbly accepted," Ramlogan said.
Bhajan, who is employed at the Central Authority at the AG's office, said she deals with extradition matters and mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.
Bhajan said she was excited that Ramlogan had agreed to present her to the bar following which she can practise as an attorney and appear in court to represent clients.
"I am enjoying all that is happening for me so far. It is indeed an honour and privilege. I am looking towards having a successful career," she told the Express on Thursday night while challenging others to step up "despite obstacles in their way".
She gave this advice: "Always believe in yourself, have faith in God and never give up. With self belief and confidence nothing is impossible."
In 2009, Bhajan was awarded the Express Individual of the Year Award and in 2004, earned the Express Youth of the Year award.
The nation first got to know Bhajan when still an infant.
Learning to live without arms, Bhajan, of Cacandee Road, Felicity, was enrolled at the Princess Elizabeth School for the differently abled, but excelled at academics and was transferred to the Felicity Hindu primary school.
There she astounded teachers, and secured a place at the St Augustine Girls' High School, going on to obtain full CXC passes and distinctions at the Advanced-Level examinations.
She graduated with her Bachelors of Law degree from the University of the West Indies last year, after studying at the Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, where her mother stayed, to be her hands. Her every word was written with her toes.
Along the way, Bhajan, who received a State scholarship to pursue her studies, was awarded the Hummingbird Silver medal in 2005.
In his address at Divali Nagar, Ramlogan noted that the Divali celebrations were taking place during a State of Emergency.
He said, "In our country today, Divali is celebrated under the State of Emergency with curfew in most areas. But it is pointed out that if there is one thing that the Government has done and if there is one signal we have sent, is that we have built a new jail.
"We have signalled to the criminals, we have made space for you and at the same time we have places like the Divali Nagar to change your life."
Ramlogan said the Government stands committed "to assert vigorously the rights of the State of Emergency "against those who wish to jeopardise the interest of the State and the public's interest".
Ramlogan said he will act with compassion in appropriate cases in the interest of justice.
"The State of Emergency will come to an end and rest assured we have to deal with the post-State of Emergency period," Ramlogan added.
35 'deadbeat' fathers arrested
Story Created: Aug 6, 2012 at 10:58 PM ECT
Story Updated: Aug 6, 2012 at 10:58 PM ECT
THIRTY FIVE delinquent dads owing a total of over $172,000 in child support were arrested over the weekend, public information officer of the Police Service Sgt Wayne Mystar said yesterday.
Between the hours of 10 p.m. on Sunday and 6 a.m. yesterday a warrant exercise was conducted in the Northern Division, Mystar said at yesterday's police press briefing held at the Police Administration Building, Sackville Street, Port of Spain.
"Forty one persons were arrested, 35 of which were delinquent fathers, with sums totaling $172,349," the release from the Police Service stated yesterday.
The officers involved in the exercise were officers of the Court and Process department under the supervision of Cpl Ellsworth Jack and including PC Buckmire, WPC Salazar, PC Reyes and Williams.
The exercise was coordinated by Snr Supt David Abraham. —JJ
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/35_ ... 17706.html
Cops detain suspect in $.5m ATM robbery
By Susan Mohammed susan.mohammed@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Aug 6, 2012 at 10:58 PM ECT
Story Updated: Aug 6, 2012 at 10:58 PM ECT
POLICE HAVE detained a suspect in the half-million dollar hold-up of armed security officers in a mid-day robbery at a bank in Princes Town on Sunday.
The suspect, 35 years old, of Fyzabad, was detained early yesterday by police.
Around 11.45 a.m. three security officers employed with G4S Security Services Ltd went to clear an automated teller machine (ATM) at Naparima Mayaro Road, Craignish Village.
Two security officers alighted and went into the ATM and another remained in the vehicle. The two security officers were holding cash bins when they were confronted by two men who pointed firearms at them.
The thieves announced a hold-up and grabbed the cash bins containing some $500,000 and two revolvers from the security officers.
The assailants ran to the nearby gas station where they escaped in a waiting vehicle.
They were chased by police, who were on patrol, and there was an exchange of gunfire.
The thieves abandoned the vehicle and escaped into the bushes.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Cop ... 17686.html
Squatter: God told me to take this house
By Carolyn Kissoon and Trevor Watson
Story Created: Aug 7, 2012 at 11:15 PM ECT
Story Updated: Aug 7, 2012 at 11:15 PM ECT
An integrated security service is being established to patrol Housing Development Corporation (HDC) communities to prevent people from entering and occupying housing units illegally.
Minister of Housing Dr Roodal Moonilal said yesterday the service will comprise HDC agencies, including the Estate Management & Business Development Company Ltd (EMBD) and the Land Settlement Agency (LSA).
Moonilal made the announcement after armed security guards moved in on a man who was occupying a house at Ridgewood Gardens, Golconda, without permission.
The man told HDC officials that God sent him to the house.
The man was ordered to vacate the premises and remove his belongings from the house around 11 a.m. His clothing and household items were placed outside the two-bedroom concrete house.
"At the Ministry of Housing we are not going to tolerate citizens who bridge the law in such an obscene manner where they move into Government property. We have over 100,000 persons who have applied for housing and the majority of them are waiting patiently and praying and hoping that they will be facilitated. And it is not only illegal but so unfair that persons will choose to break the locks at an HDC site and move in, in such a boldfaced manner while others are sacrificing and waiting," Moonilal said.
The Express learned that the intruder broke open a door at the side of the house and entered through the kitchen.
"The gentleman broke into the house and said God sent him there. God is not employed at the allocation department and God didn't tell us that either. Last weekend security moved to remove him but he is now packing up what could amount to a lot of personal effects," he said.
HDC managing director Jearlean John said the house will have to be repaired before being allocated to an applicant.
"We will have to spend between $45,000 to $60,000 to repair that unit," she said.
Moonilal said there was a similar incident recently in Point Fortin.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Squ ... 74666.html
Praise for crime-fighters
Warner encourages Central Division officers
By Susan Mohammed susan.mohammed@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Aug 18, 2012 at 10:58 PM ECT
Story Updated: Aug 18, 2012 at 10:58 PM ECT
Fight fire with fire.
This was the message to police officers from Minister of National Security Jack Warner yesterday as he congratulated them for their work in the Central Police Division.
Warner was at the Chaguanas Police station where Supt Johnny Abraham and other police officers of the Central Police Division displayed a quantity of stolen items, firearms and ammunition which were recovered over the last week.
He encouraged them to continue to fight crime, and he invited them to dinner next week in their honour.
Police officers conducted several exercises and recovered several flat screen televisions, cell phones, gold jewelry, cash, as well as two revolvers, two sawed-off shot guns, 11 rounds of nine millimetre ammunition, and three rounds of 12 guage cartridges.
Some of the items were recovered during a shoot-out with police where two men were killed while attempting to rob a house at a gated community at Chaguanas last Friday.
Police said the three thieves stole a flat screen TV and a stereo system from a house at Indus Lane, Riverview Park.
Police arrived at the scene and the thieves and police exchanged gunfire.
The three suspects were shot, two of whom died.
The third is at hospital.
A .9 mm pistol and two spent shells were also recovered.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Pra ... 69386.html
Walcott signs with Triangle Sports Management
Story Created: Sep 6, 2012 at 10:00 PM ECT
Story Updated: Sep 6, 2012 at 10:00 PM ECT
2012 Olympic gold medallist, Keshorn Walcott has signed with Triangle Sports Management, Inc.
Triangle Sports is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
The 19-year-old Trinidad and Tobago athlete shocked the entire Olympic stadium and men's javelin field by becoming only the second non-European athlete to win the event at the Olympic Games.
Walcott will embark on his professional career, collaborating with Triangle Sports Management. He will attempt to win his first World Championship title, next year in Moscow, Russia.
"Keshorn is an exemplary and exceptionally talented athlete, adding another facet to the Triangle Sports family. His youth, combined with desire, are formidable opponents in any competition, and I am looking forward to big things from this young man. A 'Quiet Storm' is brewing," said Treshell Herndon, president of Triangle Sports Management.
In a press release, Triangle Sports Management was described as "a representation agency focusing on the personal growth and career development of professional athletes and coaches".
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/W ... 60266.html
Lara: This one's for Bunty
...says 213 his best innings
Story Created: Sep 15, 2012 at 10:56 PM ECT
Story Updated: Sep 15, 2012 at 10:56 PM ECT
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West Indies legend Brian Lara, inducted into the International Cricket Council's Hall of Fame at the ICC Awards ceremony yesterday, dedicated the award to his late father Bunty Lara, who died before his son made his international debut for the West Indies.
"This person you see today before you accepting this Hall of Fame honour is someone he moulded. He ensured that I had everything I needed to succeed as a cricketer and in life, even in trying times. He made a special effort to make sure everything was there," Lara said.
"I had to work hard...but I knew I had strong support. My biggest pain was that he did not see me play a Test match, but having the West Indies team in Trinidad at his funeral was a special tribute to the man who made sure I was given the tools to play this glorious game and make such a lasting contribution."
Lara was one of the game's most prolific batsmen. He represented the West Indies in 131 Tests in an international career that spanned 17 years. He amassed a West Indies record 11,953 runs at an average of 52.88 runs per innings. He made 34 Test centuries and 48 half-centuries. His highest score was the monumental 400 not out against England at the Antigua Recreational Ground in 2004 and to this day that score still remains the highest by any Test batsmen.
"Tonight I had my brother and my sister here with me. Agnes is the one who took me to my first coaching clinic when I was six, and Winston was a role model as a stylish right-handed batsman...so to have them here is very special," Lara said.
"As a boy, you never really thought of Hall of Fames, you never really thought of records. Growing up in the 70s my heroes were Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards and Roy Fredericks as a left-handed batsman. I am happy I was able to spend 17 years in the West Indies and was able to contribute in a way worthy of this honour. It is nice to share it with my family. It is something I want all West Indians to aspire to.
In the 299 ODIs that Lara played he scored 10,405 runs at an average of 40.48 that included 19 centuries and 63 half-centuries. In 2004 when captaining the West Indies, he led the team to victory in the ICC Champions Trophy against England at the Oval. Lara's first -class career began in 1987 and when it ended in 2008 he had scored 22,156 runs. His highest score was the amazing 501 not out for Durham against Warwickshire in the English County Championship in 1994.
Looking back at his career, Lara said the most rewarding period was the 1999 Test Series against Australia when he played two sensational back-to-the-wall innings to help the West Indies draw the four-match rubber. He made 213 in the second Test at Sabina Park in Jamaica and followed up with 153 not out in the next match at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
"The 213 against Australia in Jamaica is definitely my best innings. You have to understand the climate at that time and going into that match, landing in Jamaica and knowing that everything was on the line – your captaincy, the series, respect and adoration by your fans...the mental strength that I mustered up during that week was something that when I looked back it was very hard to measure anything up against that," Lara said.
"The 153 in Barbados the following week was rated higher by Wisden and the cricketing gurus but the double century in Jamaica was my best effort."
Lara, now 43, joins several other West Indies legends in the ICC Hall of Fame. They are: Lance Gibbs, Gordon Greenidge, George Headley, Michael Holding, Rohan Kanhai, Clive Lloyd, Malcolm Marshall, Sir Vivian Richards, Andy Roberts, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Clyde Walcott, Sir Everton Weekes, Sir Frank Worrell, Courtney Walsh, Joel Garner and Curtly Ambrose.
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Rory Phoulorie wrote:I would personally like to thank all the hard working teachers out there who went beyond the call of duty to impart their knowledge to their students. To those teachers who took mediocre students and turned them into exceptional students...thank you. To those teachers who took poor students and got them to show improvement in their work...thank you.
Daran and family, this vote of thanks is not applicable to your lazy asses.
De Dragon wrote:Your apparent beef with Daran aside, you should visit reality every now and then and realize that there are some teachers who don't give a fack.
I have no "beef" with Daran (you should actually read what he wrote and you would see that he dug his own grave with the ignorance in his postings). But while there are some teachers who could not give a rats ass about students' welfare, there are actually a lot who do. But in typical Trini fashion, it is the bad apples who always seem to hog the limelight.Hybrid vehicle delivered to Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs
04 October, 2012 09:54:00
October 04, 2012:
Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs Senator the Hon. Kevin C. Ramnarine took delivery of a hybrid vehicle which his ministry has purchased in order to boost energy efficiency awareness in Trinidad and Tobago.
The vehicle was handed over to the Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs (MEEA) in front of its office at Tower C of the International Financial Centre, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain, today (Thursday October 4th 2012).
The Toyota Prius was purchased to be used as an awareness tool in the MEEA Energy Awareness National Communication Campaign that was launched on September 17, 2012.
Given that several Ministries currently use low efficiency diesel vehicles, the MEEA has taken a leading role in increasing energy efficiency by incorporating the Prius into its fleet. Minister Ramnarine has recommended that MEEA vehicles purchased in the future be CNG powered or Hybrid vehicles.
Hybrid vehicles reduce the consumption of fuel by using the vehicle's own motion to provide power. The energy is then stored in specially designed battery compartments. Using this technology, the Prius can achieve an economy rate of 50 miles per gallon. A traditional similar size vehicle typically uses 25 to 30 miles per gallon.
Minister Ramnarine has also expressed his willingness to take a proposal to Cabinet to seek incentives toward increasing the affordability of energy Hybrid vehicles. This is expected to assist the public in purchasing more energy efficient cars.
Courtesy the Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs
http://www.news.gov.tt/index.php?news=11812
One lesszoom rader wrote:eliteauto wrote:zoom rader I challange you to quote a post where I have said that:
I am a PNM supporter
that the PNM can do no wrong
That anyone should vote for the PNM
if you cannot find one will you agree to a username change to zoom racist? I await your reply.
Heres what eliteauto take a poll and let tuners vote who is the most racist between both of us and who loses dont ever come back on tuner.
‘Gangnam’ Lifeguards Rehired
The residents of El Monte, Calif., can swim safely once again. Fourteen lifeguards fired from a Southern California pool for making a parody video of Psy’s "Gangnam Style" in city-issued swimsuits will get their jobs back, reports the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. After news of their termination in September, the lifeguards’ Facebook page garnered local and global support. In early October, 300 resolute citizens packed into a council meeting demanding the decision to fire them be revoked. Set in motion by Mayor Andre Quintero, the recommendation to rehire all 14 was approved in a 3-2 vote by the city council.
UML wrote:Mas now copyright protected
By Wayne Bowman wayne.bowman@trinidadexpress,com
Story Created: Oct 12, 2012 at 10:49 PM ECT
Story Updated: Oct 12, 2012 at 10:49 PM ECT
Carnival mas band designers, bandleaders, artisans, musicians and others involved in what is defined as works of mas will from now enjoy copyright protection for their respective creations and productions.
Blind UWI grad raises the bar
By Camille Bethel camille.bethel@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Oct 25, 2012 at 9:55 PM ECT
Story Updated: Oct 25, 2012 at 9:55 PM ECT
There was thunderous applause and cheerful shouts from the floor of the UWI SPEC, St Augustine yesterday as blind student Anil Waithe graduated with a BSc in Information Technology (IT).
Waithe, 25, who deemed himself the first ever visually impaired person to start and complete a BSc in IT at UWI, St Augustine, and has already started his Masters in Computer Science, told the Express in an interview he did the programme just to pave the way for other visually impaired persons who will now follow in his footsteps.
"Being the first to do IT, I could have picked up a normal reading subject but I actually took up a course to help pave the way for others. So I knew it would be a challenge but with me having graduated, and the university now being aware of the challenges, I believe that if any visually impaired student picks up the subject in the future they should be able to graduate with First Class Honours."
Waithe, who lives in Tacarigua, said although he could have taken up a reading programme in literature or law, like other visually impaired students he wanted to do something unique because he also hoped to motivate other visually impaired students to break new ground academically.
The challenge, he said, was having to repeat a few courses in the beginning but having completed the programme with Upper Second Class Honours he believes the sky is the limit.
"I would like to tell parents that not because their child has a disability that they should hold them back, because I believe that success is within us all," he said.
Truly grateful for all the support he got while pursuing his first degree, Waithe said:
"I would like to thank my parents because my mummy takes me to class and brings me back. Ms Janet Reyes at the Disability Unit, she actually advocated to get some rules changed to assist me in pulling through."
Addressing the graduands at the graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture yesterday UWI Chancellor George Alleyne said he desperately hoped that more funds would be pumped into the area of research and development because the current 0.1 per cent of GDP was not enough.
He added that universities must become entrepreneurial institutions and congratulated National Entrepreneurship Development Co Ltd (NEDCO) on partnering with UWI.
The Chancellor also pointed to the importance of diversification of the academic course of study at the university which he said.
Our New Year's resolution includes hoisting giant bags of cacao from Trinidad! This is the first single origin cacao from Trinidad to ever reach our shores! It is going to be a great year for chocolate eaters and makers alike!
Coast Guard seizes $10.6m in cocaine
Story Created: Jan 15, 2013 at 9:53 PM ECT
Story Updated: Jan 16, 2013 at 6:34 AM ECT
ONE man was arrested by Coast Guard officers on Monday and then handed over to the police after they intercepted a pirogue with more than 26 kilos of cocaine on board.
According to the police, around 9 a.m., officers aboard Coast Guard Interceptor 030 were on routine patrol off Chacachacare Island when they saw the pirogue with a lone occupant on board.
Officers boarded the pirogue and discovered a crocus bag with 25 tightly wrapped packets. Each weighed 26 kilogrammes and all 25 packets were valued at $10.6 million.
The suspect, aged 32, was handed over to officers of the Organised Crime, Narcotics and Firearms Bureau (OCNFB).
Up to last night the suspect was still being questioned by investigators.
—GG
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UML wrote:Coast Guard seizes $10.6m in cocaine
Story Created: Jan 15, 2013 at 9:53 PM ECT
Story Updated: Jan 16, 2013 at 6:34 AM ECT
ONE man was arrested by Coast Guard officers on Monday and then handed over to the police after they intercepted a pirogue with more than 26 kilos of cocaine on board.
According to the police, around 9 a.m., officers aboard Coast Guard Interceptor 030 were on routine patrol off Chacachacare Island when they saw the pirogue with a lone occupant on board.
Officers boarded the pirogue and discovered a crocus bag with 25 tightly wrapped packets. Each weighed 26 kilogrammes and all 25 packets were valued at $10.6 million.
The suspect, aged 32, was handed over to officers of the Organised Crime, Narcotics and Firearms Bureau (OCNFB).
Up to last night the suspect was still being questioned by investigators.
—GG
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Coa ... 49881.html
AND
$10 million in compressed marijuana seized yesterday/today as well
zoom rader wrote:UML wrote:Coast Guard seizes $10.6m in cocaine
Story Created: Jan 15, 2013 at 9:53 PM ECT
Story Updated: Jan 16, 2013 at 6:34 AM ECT
ONE man was arrested by Coast Guard officers on Monday and then handed over to the police after they intercepted a pirogue with more than 26 kilos of cocaine on board.
According to the police, around 9 a.m., officers aboard Coast Guard Interceptor 030 were on routine patrol off Chacachacare Island when they saw the pirogue with a lone occupant on board.
Officers boarded the pirogue and discovered a crocus bag with 25 tightly wrapped packets. Each weighed 26 kilogrammes and all 25 packets were valued at $10.6 million.
The suspect, aged 32, was handed over to officers of the Organised Crime, Narcotics and Firearms Bureau (OCNFB).
Up to last night the suspect was still being questioned by investigators.
—GG
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Coa ... 49881.html
AND
$10 million in compressed marijuana seized yesterday/today as well
Did rfari read this? Hes always looking for a drug bust under the pp
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