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Global inflation has hiked prices for Hajj dramatically, with costs mounting for airlines, transportation, food and accommodation in and around
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An HDC official at the site, who did not what to be named, told Newsday the HDC could not give an exact date for the finishing the repairs.
However, the spokesman said the corporation is working to do so as quickly as possible once the weather does not affect the work.
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By Larisa Karr The Biden administrationannouncedit is reinstating the “Remain in Mexico” program initially started under the Trump administration as of Dec. 6. Formally known as the “Migrant Protection Patrols,” […]
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Nearly nine months to the day a winter storm froze Jackson’s water system, James Brooks is boiling his tap water. Again. It’s maybe the third or fourth time this year. He isn’t sure.…
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Greg Tate, a music writing and journalism titan who many consider the Godfather of Hip-Hop writing has passed away. He was 64.
The son of a 68-year-old health officer who was gunned down near his Tacarigua home on Tuesday afternoon says law-abiding citizens are doing all that they can to protect themselves, and called on the authorities to do a better job of protecting the public.
Police said Dharan Manoo was shot dead near his Beccles Street home at around 5.30 pm on Tuesday. A relative heard the gunshots and saw Manoo bleeding in the street.
Police went to the area with a district medical officer, who declared Manoo dead.
Up to Wednesday afternoon investigators did not have a motive for the murder.
Newsday visited and spoke with Manoo's oldest son, Ian Manoo, who said he was also baffled.
Asked what more he felt the public could do to protect themselves from criminals, Manoo said the public were already doing more than what was required of them and called on the police to step up.
He said his father's murder was a reflection of the state of crime.
\"At the end of the day, I am severely bothered by this, and it is an indictment on the condition of this country with crime.
\"I have no idea why this happened. It's Christmas time; I don't know if someone tried to rob him or something. I don't know.
\"I think the average citizen actually does more than they are supposed to do. The onus is on us a little too much now. The State and the authorities need to step up their game and be more vigilant to make people feel safer as well. We are doing our part. The responsibility is on them now to do their part.\"
Manoo said the area, one of the streets north of the Eastern Main Road. did not have a lot of crime.
His father worked as a health officer under the port health department of the Ministry of Health and was assigned to Piarco Airport. His son said Manoo retired a few years ago but remained on contract.
One neighbour, who asked not to be named, said Manoo enjoyed joking and exercising and remembered seeing him going to the nearby Eddie Hart Savannah to jog.
\"He was a really pleasant person. This is a really quiet place, so the fact that this happened so close to the main road, where there is so much activity on an afternoon, is even more shocking.\"
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While accepting the Innovator of The Year Award at Variety’s Hitmakers Brunch in Los Angeles on Saturday, Lil Nas X admitted that he had \"a lot of fun pissing people off this year,\" Out reports . The confession, of course, doesn't come as a surprise for Lil Nas X fans, who have followed the rapper closely throughout the year. In October, the artist pissed off one of his biggest critics, Boosie , as Blavity previously reported . \"So, I been working on this song with Lil Boosie, bro,\" the 22-year-old singer said, clearly trolling his fellow rapper, on Instagram Live. \"I got this song with Lil Boosie finna come out. Fire, I ain't even gon' lie, for real. Song with Boosie finna come out.\" Boosie responded with homophobic rhetoric. \"STOP TROLLING ME F****T LOL,\" he wrote. \"U A WHOLE B***H PLAYING WITH A GANGSTA SMH U CAN KEEP SUCKING D**K N GETTIN F**KED N YOUR ASS N PEACE N #uhateyourself I WOULD TOO IF I WAS YOU LOL NASx IF YOU #commitsuicide YOU WOULD DO THIS WORLD A HUGE FAVOR....
A Nashville man has been charged with assault after he and his mother physically assaulted a Black male worker in the secure garage of their apartment building on Saturday night.
Vanessa Bryant filed a new motion, claiming she has been \"taunted by people threatening to leak the photos or posting fake images of Kobe’s dead body\" online.
The issue of the school-to-prison pipeline disproportionately impacts young Black men who enter the criminal justice system at higher rates than other races. In many Texas schools thousands of students face disciplinary actions that land them behind bars. This is a problem Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) addressed during its Third Annual Summit on Improving […]
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Affectionately known as the Barbz, Minaj's fans are all over Twitter praising their queen in celebration of her birthday, which is today (Dec. 8).
Year two electrical and computer engineering students at UWI's’ St Augustine campus are not satisfied with the plans for their end-of-semester exams, which will be held in a physical format.
The students, about 80 of them, met with the head of the department, the campus registrar and the dean of the engineering faculty on Wednesday to have their concerns addressed.
However, several told Newsday they were not satisfied, as the meeting did not solve their concerns.
Given the rise in covid19 cases, the students say their safety and that of their families were being put at risk.
Earlier this week, Bridget Ramroop, the representative for the Engineering Society in the Guild of Students, wrote to the head of the examination board as well as other senior officials at UWI on behalf of the year two students.
Students from year one-four also have the same concerns over in-person exams.
In the letter, Ramroop said throughout the semester they were under the impression all exams would be held online, as they had been since the start of the pandemic in TT in March last year.
She said on November 18, students outside TT were told there would courses for which examinations would be done in a physical format.
Ramroop said after raising the issue with the head of the department, students were told the decision was solely dependent on the board of examiners, which was awaiting approval from the Ministry of Health.
She said local students were not contacted and received no formal notice from the university’s administration.
The guild’s representative said on December 5, students received an e-mail saying one of their exams will be held physically on December 15.
Ramroop reminded that university guidelines say all examination announcements must be made two weeks before the date of the exam, so, since they were only told ten days before, “That notice is void, since it does not meet the 14-day requirement.”
She also said there has still been no confirmation of whether exams on two other courses will be held physically, and “We, the student body, would like to be informed of this decision almost immediately, preferably with at least two weeks’ notice...
“This period has caused the student population an enormous degree of stress and during this period of uncertainty we are placed (under) an even higher degree of stress and inconvenience.”
Ramroop said other departments at the university were having online exams and “it is unfair that we should be exposed to the public and risk our lives in light of the rising number of new and active cases, as well as deaths each day.”
In her letter, Ramroop said students were concerned because the country was in its third wave of covid19 and the situation now was even worse than during the semester when they were present on campus for laboratory exercises, which were done safely in small groups.
She also said a major percentage of the country was unvaccinated and far from meeting the requirements of normality, as there are still pandemic restrictions in place.
“Student
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Pepper and Vanessa Lateefah Willaims are the perfect example of the saying “opposites attract. Pepper is all-out, full-blown diva, who will snap on you if you do anything that doesn’t jibe with his spirit, and prance around like a runway model when all is right in his world. Vanessa, on the other hand, is living, […]
A PENAL mason will pay a fine and be registered as a sex offender after he pleaded guilty to having sex with a female under the age of 14.
Parmannd Bachan, 28, who was indicted under the name Avie Bachan, appeared virtually from one of the Judiciary’s virtual access centres for his sentencing on Wednesday.
He pleaded guilty on August 18 and was sentenced by Justice Hayden St Clair-Douglas who, in addition to imposing the $5,000 fine, also ordered Bachan to report to the Penal police station every year for five years.
Bachan’s name will also be put on the National Sex Offenders’ Registry and the sex offenders’ website, in accordance with the Sexual Offences Act.
St Clair-Douglas said the punitive objective of deterrence in imposing a sentence was not paramount in this case, because the offender was not likely to re-offend.
He also said he took into account Bachan’s remorse; the fact there was no orchestration, planning or grooming in the commission of the offence which took place on January 26, 2012; and the impact on the covid19 pandemic if a custodial sentence were imposed.
It was the prosecution’s case, which Bachan accepted, that on the day in question, at Rochard Douglas Road, Penal, the victim, then 13, called out to him as he passed by her home.
She was home alone, although her mother had sent her to a neighbour’s home while the mother was in the hospital. The girl returned home and invited Bachan into the house.
He initially refused, but when she invited him again, he went in.
Bachan joined the girl on a hammock and she began kissing him. They then went into a bedroom, where she suggested they have sex.
The facts, as read out by the judge, said Bachan again refused but eventually gave in, asking her if she was sure she wanted “to do this,” and she said yes.
They then had sex.
“She was a willing, encouraging participant,” the judge said but maintained that that was not a defence that the court considered a mitigating factor. St Clair-Douglas reminded that under the law, the penalty for sex with minors carried a life sentence, emphasising: “Sex with underage females is off limits and punishment will be severe.
“It will not avail a man to point out that the virtual complaint was precocious,” he said.
But the judge said each case must be examined on the basis of its individual facts.
“The fact that the virtual complainant willingly participated in the sexual activity is not a factor to ameliorate the sentence with a reduction.\"
He said Bachan was 18 at the time of the offence, had a clean record before and has not reoffended since.
“It was a one-off offending,” he said.
The judge started with a sentence of two and a half years, or 30 months, and reduced it by a year because of the mitigating circumstances attributed to Bachan’s age at the time, his clean record, and his remorse.
From the remaining 18 months, he received his one-third discount for his guilty plea, leaving 12 months.
Having taken into consideration all the factors, the judge said he also considered the imp
The Justice Department has closed its investigation into the 1955 killing of Emmett Till for the second time, CNN reports . His relatives were informed on Monday about the department's decision. Till’s cousin, Rev. Wheeler Parker, expressed his disappointment in the mishandling of Till's case. “Today is a day we will never forget,” the reverend said during a press conference, according to Atlanta Black Star. “For 66 years we have suffered pain for his loss, and I suffered tremendously because of the way that they painted him.\" The Justice Department initially conducted an investigation into Till's death from 2004 to 2006, according to the Detroit Free Press. The DOJ closed the case in 2007 when a jury failed to indict Till's accuser, Carolyn Bryant Donham, and the statute of limitations had run out . The department reopened the investigation for a second time after uncovering an excerpt from author Timothy Tyson’s book The Blood of Emmett Till , which exposed an alleged confession...
Arima police are probing an incident in which alcohol, jewellery and a safe containing a pistol and ammunition were stolen from the house of a 33-year-old flight officer in Arima.
Police said after leaving his house at Ackberali Street East, Malabar, Arima, at around 7.45 am on Monday , the man returned at around 6 pm and found it had been broken into and his jewellery, alcohol and safe were missing.
His Sig Sauer pistol had been inside the safe.
Arima police believe the bandits entered the house through a window.
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Tommy Hilfiger's influence on Hip-Hop fashion is indelible. In a new Q&A he details his legacy and more. HypeBeast recently interviewed the renowned designer after he receieved Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2021 Fashion Awards. During the conversation, the Elmira, New York native discussed his People’s Place initiative, a program with a goal of better […]
Black women have been hit excessively hard by COVID-19 and its its economic affects, including job loss and eviction. To help offset that, a new guaranteed pilot program will provide Black women in Georgia $850 per month over two years.
Kyle Rittenhouse has been making the right-wing rounds ever since he was acquitted of murder by appearing on Fox News, meeting with Donald Trump and appearing on right-wing podcasts to complain about LeBron James mocking his fake tears. Now he has a new official Twitter account.
Sources have confirmed reports of the death of Judge Larry W. Baraka, on Monday, after a lengthy illness.Judge Baraka served as a Criminal District Court #2 Judge from 1985-1997.A graduate […]
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The Anjuman Sunnat ul Jamaat Association (ASJA) acting president has apologised for an imam's request for a Chaguanas supermarket to remove all Hindu murtis and other Hindu items from its shelves.
On Tuesday, ASJA acting president Haji Zainool Sarafat wrote to the Sanatna Dharma Maha Sabha SDMS general secretary Vijay Maharaj, He said, \"ASJA makes it abundantly clear that it does not endorse the statements in the document. ASJA would like to completely distance itself from this action and dispel any perception that this matter is perpetrated or a creature of ASJA. Far from it.\"
He said over the years ASJA has had a harmonious relationship with the SDMS in which there has been mutual respect for each other's religion and culture.
ASJA said it wished to apologise to the Hindu community, \"which seems to be targeted by this unfortunate document.\"
It said ASJA has respected every creed and race in Trinidad and Tobago and has demonstrated this through its involvement with the IRO.
On Sunday, a copy of the letter bearing the signature of Inter Religious Organisation (IRO) PRO Imam Imtiaz Ali of the Real Street Jamaat and addressed to chairman Kazim Ali began circulating on Facebook. It asked for the Price Club Supermarket to remove the items.
In the letter, Ali said a student had told him Hindu items were being sold there.
Ali asked for ASJA to take action by informing ASJA’s second vice president, Shamshad Ali – one of the directors of Price Club – to remove these items from his business.
When Newsday contacted Imam Ali, he said he had orally raised this issue several times before but was told it needed to be in writing.
“The chairman asked me to do a letter, so I did the letter,” he said. “It is not about Hindu or Muslim. It is an internal matter. It was a confidential letter that someone leaked out on social media.” he said. “I did not raise the matter publicly, but we will deal with the matter at our (ASJA) executive meeting on Sunday.”
Ali said the matter has been ongoing for a long time and he only became involved six weeks ago. As a spiritual leader, he said, he has an obligation to inform his followers of the challenges faced by religious communities.
On Monday, the Price Club Supermarket issued a statement on its Facebook page responding to Ali and saying there was a personal issue between him and one of its directors \"who serves voluntarily in his private capacity on the boards of several bodies including that of a religious organisation.”
It said the items offered for sale on its shelves are based on the demand and needs of its customers, and the supermarket is a commercial entity that has no affiliations to any religious organisation.
“The Price Club shall not entertain the utterances of any individual who devises to create disharmony and disunity of this cosmopolitan, harmonious rainbow nation that we all call home,” it said.
In the statement, it asked for a public apology from Ali.
Asked whether he was going to apologise to the supermarket management, he said he has first to c
There was a time during the pandemic when Jacoby Browder, a Birmingham native who grew up around Prattville, was unemployed for around seven months. Add to that the pressure of being the non-working partner in a relationship and caring for a child, and Browder found himself in a depressed state of mind.
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Special economic zones will help to reduce white-collar crime, as companies must comply with international and local regulations, Government Senator Renuka Sagramsingh-Sooklal said on Tuesday.
Sagramsingh-Sooklal, during debate on the Trinidad and Tobago Special Economic Zones Bill, 2021, said government had introduced many incentives to outweigh for companies the fact that they would be monitored to prevent white-collar crime.
She said the courts would make an ultimate determination as to whether a CEO or employee commits gross negligence, with the board making the first determination, so as to not infringe on the separation of power between the board and the government.
Consultation on bill has been ongoing since 2017. She said some of the organisations consulted were the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the European Code of Conduct Group, as well as consultation to ensure the bill was consistent with the revised Treaty of Chaguaramas.
The bill is an act to provide for the designation, development, operation and management of Special Economic Zones, the establishment of the Special Economic Zones Authority, the repeal of the Free Zones Act, Chap. 81:07, the regulation of Special Economic Zones and matters related thereto.
Sagramsingh-Sooklal, responding to concerns raised by Opposition Senator Jerlean John, said compliance with international regulations such as the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) creates an avenue for integration in TT's financial system, especially in the global financial system.
'Some of the advantages of being compliant with AML international standards are preventative measures, as we know, such as customer due diligence, identification of beneficial ownership of financial assets and suspicious transaction reporting, we know, can definitely impede tax fraud and tax evasion. We also have the protection of the integrity and stability of the international financial system, and the SEZs would then benefit at their aim of attracting new and foreign business and business of a different calibre. Strong AML/CFT controls increase public confidence in financial institutions and national systems and promote markets and investments through cross-border financial and direct foreign investment.'
Sagramsingh-Sooklal said the rationale behind the requirement that large businesses have more than 50 employees on-site was to prevent the setting up of shell companies by foreign organisations for money laundering purposes.
Responding to concerns by Independent Senator Paul Richards about SEZs becoming dumping grounds for contraband, fake products, illegal transshipments of contraband, and a lack of transparency and accounting mechanisms, she said Section 45 of the Customs Act had a comprehensive list of items that are prevented from being imported, and the Excise and General Provisions Act both applied to the SEZs. She said the government remained cognisant of the need to protect m
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A former Rwandan prison director accused of stealing money from a British inmate was on Friday sentenced to five years in prison after he was found guilty of the crime. According to BBC, Innocent Kayumba was once the director of Kigali’s main prison. The accused was sentenced together with his former deputy, Eric Ntakirutimana. An...
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The 2021 People’s Choice Awards took place on Tuesday night, airing live from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. Hosted by Saturday Night Live actor and producer Kenan Thompson, the evening’s festivities recognized the best of fan favorites across TV, film and music. Since y’all know how […]
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A man was charged with arson and other crimes Wednesday for setting fire to a 50-foot (15-meter) Christmas tree in front of Fox News headquarters in midtown Manhattan, police said.
