AN elderly Princes Town couple were attacked by six men who broke into their home on Monday night.

The couple was beaten, tied up and robbed of cash, jewellery, their registered guns and firearm user's licence (FUL), along with ammunition.

Mohan Persad, 78, and his wife Shirley Persad, also 78, a housewife, went to bed at their home at Sixth Company Road, New Grant, Princes Town, around 9.30 pm.

They were awoken around 3 am on Tuesday by six men of African descent who broke in.

The armed men beat the couple, tied their hands with tie straps and covered their faces.

The bandits emptied a vault which contained $10,000, one Smith and Wesson revolver with 25 rounds of 38 ammunition, valued at $7,000, aRemington shotgun with ten rounds of 12-gauge ammunition valued at $8000, and the FUL.

They also stole two Samsung cellphones valued at approximately $6,000, a Hicks DVR, more TT cash, and jewellery of unknown value.

The men escaped on foot.

The couple were able to untie themselves and contact the police.

WPC Harripersad, PC Harripersad and PC Harricharan, along with CSI officers, visited the and found workable fingerprints.

The thieves are believed to have got in by prying open a window and left through the front door.

PC Harripersad is continuing enquiries.

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EDUCATION IS crucial to a country’s socio-economic progress. Have as many “natural resources” as you like, you need education (and, of course, enlightened governance) for ordered development. What, for instance, are Singapore’s natural resources? In 1962, when we both became politically independent, their gross domestic product per capita was US$472; ours was US$704. In 2021, ours was US$15,243; theirs was US$72,794. Yes, you read that correctly.

And where do the two countries stand educationally? In his 2023 budget statement, Finance Minister Imbert claimed that “the quality of our human capital (was) comparable with many advanced and emerging developing countries.”

Compare us with Singapore. That country tops the list of the 174 countries surveyed in the 2020 World Bank Human Capital Index; TT is 67th. Singapore’s ranking was no fluke. The 2015 Programme for International Students’ Assessment (PISA) also lists it first (of 70 countries surveyed) in science, reading and maths. TT is number 53. Brilliant.

But what do we mean by “education?” I wrote this in September 2015: “(It) has seemed to me for years that we measure accomplishment in that field by the number of passes obtained by this school, or grades obtained by that pupil, in the various academic subjects taken at any of the three levels we have…

“However, is education only, or primarily, success in exams? To what end are we ‘educating’ our nation? Are we turning out people who can think critically, or people who, as a former UWI lecturer was telling me (recently), merely regurgitate what they have been fed?” What has changed in the last seven years? We’re not alone, of course; indeed, our deficiencies are exceeded by those of many others. But we shouldn’t be judging ourselves against the shortfalls around.

Minister Imbert went on to assert that covid19 had caused “a clear reduction of achievement,” and he announced a number of remedial measures. I was particularly interested to hear him say that “in this new arrangement, national priority needs (would) be a determining factor.” That hasn’t always been the case.

I would like to hope that TT sent a strong delegation to last month’s UN Summit on Transforming Education, and that we will be guided by the vision statement of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and by the summit’s recommendations largely based on that statement.

The SG’s opening words were: “Education is a fundamental human right.” But education, he continued, “beset by inequalities and struggling to adjust to the needs of the 21st century, is (today) in crisis…Some 30 years after global commitments to ensure Education for All, nearly half of all children of the world are not enrolled in pre-primary education. Studies show that up to 70 per cent of children in poorer countries are unable to read a basic text by age ten. In a world that is experiencing a fourth industrial revolution, nearly half of all students do not complete secondary school and a full 700 million adults are illiterate, the majority of whom are wo

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COLM IMBERT’S epic budget presentation, which on Monday took more than four hours to deliver, was revealing not only for what was said but for what was left unsaid.

The Finance Minister glossed over the fact that projected revenue for the upcoming year is $54 billion. This figure is down from last year’s initial projection.

While it remains higher than previous years, its shrinking comes amid much boasting about a rebound: growth has moved from 1.5 per cent in 2022 to three per cent in the first quarter of this year. Unemployment is now just 3.7 per cent, which is statistically close to what is termed “full employment.”

So why will revenues not reflect this momentum? Why is expenditure expected to outstrip earnings yet again, resulting in a $5.2 billion deficit?

The answer relates to the fact that much of this revenue is still not tied to real economic performance, but rather oil prices. The minister has pegged the budget on an assumption of US$85 per barrel, compared with US$92.50 per barrel in 2023.

While the non-energy sector keeps recording stellar growth, and indeed non-oil revenue is expected to be $35.5 billion – more than double oil revenue – the pace of growth is simply not fast enough to keep the economy on an even keel as yet.

This is the context in which Mr Imbert’s decision to provide much relief to the population should be understood. He announced an increase in the minimum wage to $20.50, which will benefit 190,000 people; a $1,000 schoolbook grant which will benefit 65,000 students; a deferral of residential property tax for the needy; a freeze on National Insurance Scheme (NIS) contribution increases for now; backpay by Christmas for public-sector workers; and efforts to ease foreign-exchange pressures and make it easier to use e-payments.

Schools also stand to benefit from new measures that will allow the private sector to provide sponsorship up to $500,000. The message was an acknowledgement that the Government understands it must do something to help, even if it is constrained.

Even before Mr Imbert rose to begin his speech, aspects of that constraint had already been written by public expectations arising from high crime levels. With his announcement of the tripling of police recruits and more police cars, there was evidence of a shift in the Government’s approach, though there will be much to discuss on the anti-crime front in coming days and weeks.

By the end of the minister’s presentation, in which much emphasis was placed on global uncertainties, clouds had gathered over the Parliament building. Despite Mr Imbert’s provision of some momentary respite, thunder and lightning over the capital city on Monday night spoke symbolically of possible stormy times ahead.

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In a collaboration between Winston Nanan Bird Sanctuary Tours and the renowned Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic, and hosted by Tourism Trinidad, a group of 50 international explorers came to Trinidad and Tobago last week and visited several popular sites.

[caption id="attachment_1038301" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tour guide Allister Nanan of Winston Nanan Caroni Bird Sanctuary Tours talks about the sanctuary to explorers from Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic. - Andrea De Silva[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_1038299" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Explorers from Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic react when they see an ant eater during a tour with Winston Nanan Caroni Bird Sanctuary Tours. - Andrea De Silva[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_1038296" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Flamingos enhance the scenic beauty of the Caroni Bird Sanctuary. - Andrea De Silva[/caption]

A city tour provided insights into Trinidad’s rich culture and history, while a visit to the Caroni Bird Sanctuary allowed them to witness the breathtaking spectacle of vibrant scarlet ibises in flight.

[caption id="attachment_1038295" align="alignnone" width="1024"] A woodpecker taps at Caroni Bird Sanctuary. - Andrea De Silva[/caption]

But, the adventure didn’t stop there. Allister Nanan, with his intimate knowledge of the islands, led the expedition to Tobago. There, the visitors explored the enchanting Main Ridge Forest Reserve, ventured to the pristine shores of Little Tobago, and marvelled at the ecological wonders of the Bon Accord lagoons and wetlands.

[caption id="attachment_1038294" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Allister Nanan, left, conducts a tour with explorers from Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic at the Caroni Bird Sanctuary. - Andrea De Silva[/caption]

Next year’s TT will once again host a National Geographic team.

As the sun set on this year’s expedition, the explorers from Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic departed with memories of a lifetime, leaving behind a promise of return –a testament to the allure of TT’s natural wonders and the enduring partnership between those who seek to explore and those who call these islands home.

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