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A TACARIGUA businessman who held two booths at the Public Transport Services Corporation (PTSC) San Juan mall has been ordered to pay over $168,000 for rental fees he owes.

Justice Frank Seepersad made the order on Tuesday but applied a 90-day stay of execution of his decision to give Stanisclaus Huggins time to pay.

Huggins, at a brief trial at the Judicial Waterfront Centre, Port of Spain, admitted he was in debt with PTSC. He also admitted the corporation was entitled to the rental fees and was free to reject an instalment plan.

However, he said while he knew he was in arrears, the corporation had not sent him any invoices.

Huggins represented himself at the trial of his claim against the corporation for a written tenancy agreement. He also wanted damages for the breach of his tenancy contract and an injunction to restrain PTSC from evicting him.

In his claim, Huggins said he operated a defensive driving school at the San Juan mall. One of the booths was used as a classroom while another was used as his office. He also said he got permission to use another booth as his office instead of one of the others he had before.

He said in 2018 when he went to pay his monthly rent, he was told his name was not on the list of tenants and he decided to withhold his rent until PTSC agreed to give him receipts in his name.

Huggins also said he was locked out of the booths and this situation continued for two-and-a-half years before PTSC, on July 29, 2020, demanded immediate payment of the arrears.

Huggins said he offered to pay some arrears in monthly instalments but was, instead, ordered to vacate the premises.

He sued for breach of his tenancy contract.

In his ruling, Seepersad said he could not grant a request for Huggins to pay his debt in instalments but said it was open to PTSC to engage in negotiations with the former tenant since he has said he cannot pay a lump sum.

The judge said that would be entirely up to PTSC but also advised Huggins to consider giving up possession of the booths by handing over the keys since the longer he holds on to the booths, “your indebtedness continues.”

“It is entirely a commercial decision for you to make.” Huggins was also ordered to pay PTSC's legal costs in the sum of $14,000.

PTSC was represented by attorney Nirad Ramrekersingh.

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"Spirituality is a way of life."

So said Santa Rosa First Peoples chief Ricardo Bharath Hernandez as he described the river ritual that was held by the Santa Rosa First Peoples Community at the Arima river, Blanchisseuse Road on Tuesday morning.

The river ritual is among the activities carded for Heritage Week, a week of festivities from October 10 – 15 to commemorate the first peoples annual day of recognition on October 14. This year's theme is Acknowledging the Resilience and Creativity of Our First Peoples.

"We have been lobbying for quite a while for a day of recognition as the first people's of Trinidad and Tobago. We had to choose a day of significance, so we chose the 14th of October."

Bharath Hernandez said on October 14, 1637, Chieftain Hyarima of the Nepuyo people did his "most daring act" when he fought against Spanish oppression of his people by attacking the town of St Joseph – burning it to the ground.

"It is a day of resistance against the oppressors."

Bharath Hernandez said his people revere water and as such pay homage at the river to honour its deep-rooted significance to their culture.

"Everything we do everyday is based on some aspect of our spirituality. The first peoples would have made their villages at the banks of rivers or near a watercourse because of the importance of water for life generally."

"Water is sustaining, it is healing, it is cleansing, you cannot live without water and we respect the water. We sing praises to the water, we do offerings in the water with some of the traditional foods like the cassava bread and so on. And, through the flowers that we carry we make personal offerings."

Bharath Hernandez said indigenous people contigents from Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Belize, St Vincent and Dominica travelled to TT to take part in Heritage Week festivities.

This year’s Heritage Week programme will include:

October 10: Conference on Reparations, UWI St Augustine campus (10am – 12 noon)

October 11: River Ritual, Arima river (6.30am)

October 12: Remembering the Ancestors ritual, Red House (10am)

October 13: Youth Forum, University of Trinidad and Tobago, Point Lisas campus (9am – 11.30am)

October 14: Day of Recognition, gathering at Hyarima monument (6.30am)

October 15: Church service and procession to Santa Rosa First Peoples head quarters (6pm)

Parang festival (8pm)

Newsday's chief photographer Jeff K Mayers captured these images from the Santa Rosa First Peoples river ritual.

[caption id="attachment_980013" align="alignnone" width="1024"] The First People paid homage to water during the river ritual at the Arima river on October 11. - Photo by Jeff K Mayers[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_980011" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Drummer Sergio Bergmans of Suriname says a personal prayer while blowing smoke from the tobacco leaves at the First Peoples river ritual at the Arima River, Blanchisseuse Road on October 11. - Photo by Jeff K Mayers[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_980010" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Suriname Shaman An

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