Minister of Finance, the Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, will present the Budget for Fiscal Year 2022/23 this afternoon (Monday 26th September 2022) at 1:30 PM in the House of Representatives.
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The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) has issued a Riverine Flood Alert (Yellow Level) for a total of forty-eight (48) hours. The Alert began at 10:00 AM this morning (Monday 26th September 2022) and will remain in effect until 10:00 AM on Wednesday (28th September 2022).
The Alert applies to the following areas:
According to the Met Office, the South Oropouche River is very near its capacity and may have already breached its bank in some parts with water spilling into surrounding communities in South Trinidad that are prone to flooding. There is expected to be an increase in the volume of water into this main watercourse with added rainfall from intermittent showers and isolated thunderstorms expected during the course of today. Due to heavy rainfall overnight in Tobago, the Crooks and Bacolet Rivers both overspilled their banks causing flooding in Scarborough. Citizens are advised to monitor weather conditions and river levels before venturing out. Avoid areas with flood waters. Monitor updates from official sources and plan safety measures, including emergency supplies of food and water. Follow the instructions of Government Officials. This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates. According to the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS), a trough in the upper levels of the atmosphere has enhanced some low-level perturbation and convergence. This has caused showers and rain this morning (Monday 26th September 2022) and the flaring up of a few thunderstorms along the Lesser Antilles, including Trinidad and Tobago.
The Met Office says partly cloudy to cloudy conditions are forecast to continue today with light to moderate showers occurring in varying areas and a medium chance (60%) of isolated heavy showers or thunderstorms. Conditions are expected to gradually settle during the evening. In the event of a heavy shower or thunderstorm, always be on the look-out for street or flash flooding and gusty winds in the vicinity. A Riverine Flooding Alert (Yellow Level) has been issued for 10:00 AM today to 10:00 AM on Wednesday (28th September 2022). Tropical North Atlantic The Met Office notes that this morning there is a flagged area of disturbance in our area of interest in the tropical North Atlantic and East of the Lesser Antilles. At 8:00 AM today, this area was given a high chance for cyclonic formation over the next forty-eight (48) hours, but its forecast track is expected to eventually take it Northwestward. Given the projected path at this time, it is not expected to pose any direct threat to Trinidad and Tobago. Police are asking anyone who has information on a shooting and attempted robbery incident in St. Ann’s on Friday afternoon (23rd September 2022), along Hutten Road, to contact the Port-of-Spain Divisional Task Force (PoSDTF) at 623-0929.
Detectives are currently tracing a Steyr Mannlicher pistol with six (6) rounds of nine-millimeter ammunition that was dropped and later seized following the melee. According to Police reports, at 1:05 PM on Friday afternoon, Police Officers of the PoSDTF responded to a report of a shooting in progress along Hutton Road, St. Ann’s, where two (2) men were said to be armed with firearms. Upon arrival, Police Officers learned that the suspects approached a group of workers, pointed a firearm at them and announced a hold-up. A struggle subsequently ensued between one of the workers and one of the suspects, during which loud explosions were heard. The worker managed to grab hold of one of the firearms while the suspects later escaped by running South along Hutton Road. One of the workmen was injured during the fracas and is listed in critical condition at Hospital. The Steyr Mannlicher pistol, which was dropped during the altercation, was seized by the responding Officers. PC George of the PoSDTF is leading investigations into the incident.
Pictured Above: Glen Dodough (Left), Ian Alleyne (Center) and Melesia Dodough (Right).
The parents of Greg Dodough, one of the four (4) men killed during a shootout with Police for their involvement in the deadly heist outside Pennywise Plaza in La Romaine on Monday 19th September 2022, have broken their silence on the tragedy.
Allied Security Officers Jeffery Peters and Jerry Stuart were killed and Officer Peola Baptiste critically wounded under a hail of gunfire by the heavily armed bandits. The bandits shot dead by Police were later identified as Greg Dodough, Deaundre Montrose, and brothers Kyle and Keyon Ramdhan, all of Fyzabad. Greg’s parents, Glen and Melesia Dodough, in an interview with talk show host Ian Alleyne last Wednesday (21st September 2022), expressed shock and grief that their son was involved in the incident since they said he was never in trouble with the law and had a clean criminal record. “We are praying for the families of the people who got killed. We are praying for the lady at the hospital that she pulls through. We know that they were innocent people. We wish that we could turn back time, turn back the clock. Greg was such a good, loving child. We are still in a lot of shock and grief.”
The parents said they own and operate a sandblasting and painting business, and at Christmas they gave back to the community with charity work, a toy drive, and decorating the Fyzabad and Oropouche Police Stations. Greg would have turned 22 years old today (Sunday 25th September 2022), and worked with his father, Glen, in the family’s sandblasting and painting business. Greg’s parents said he was headed to Barbados with his family, and he had already packed his suitcase, which Glen showed on his son’s bed.
The father said that he believed that it was his son’s friends who led him down the wrong life path. “We are in shock and at a loss. We try to teach our children the correct morals about life. The friends just carried him. He had no matters before the Court,” said the father. “I know my son did the wrong thing. I apologize to the families in mourning. That side of my son I do not know it. My son never back answered me. He was quiet. You could go around the village and ask. This is a shock to the family.”
Glen said he knew Deaundre Montrose, who was also killed by Police, and another man who was detained by Police as a person of interest following the deadly heist. The parents did not know brothers Kyle and Keyon Ramdhan who were also killed by Police.
However, the four (4) simultaneously attended the Fyzabad Anglican Secondary School. “I know Montrose and [person of interest named]. But I do not know the rest of them. To my knowledge they were not criminals so I would not warn him because they were friends. They would eat, lime, go party, come here [by the Dodoughs’ home] to have lunch,” Glen said in the interview with Alleyne. His advice to other parents was to know more about the friends with whom their children spend their time. “The parents who know their children, get to know their friends. And get to know their friends’ friends. The bad influence out there. I am not making any excuses for him. We work hard for our stuff, for our children,” said the father. Glen said his son spent most of the day on Monday [day of the heist] at their home. “During the day he was up and down in the yard walking. I was in the back doing something, and his mother was asleep. He walked off. He told his cousin, ‘I am coming back just now. I am going with my friend’,” said the father. He added that when Police Officers came to his home, he did not hesitate when they requested to search the premises. “I told them to come in and feel free. They searched the place, and they didn’t get anything. There is nothing to find here. We live an honest life,” said the father. Meanwhile, Greg’s mother, Melesia, said she did not wish to watch videos of the deadly shooting and robbery at the gates of Pennywise Plaza. “I know the kind of child I raised and that is not him. I never had any reason to doubt him. Greg was so loving. He would do anything for anybody. This is not Greg,” she wept as she said parents were not always to blame for their children’s actions. “There is nothing that I did not do to make sure our children were on the right track. There are parents who go the extra mile for their children. But there is a minute that friends get to the children,” said the mother. The father said it has a been living nightmare for the family since the incident. [Source: Trinidad Express] A patient at St. Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital brutally attacked a male nurse early on Saturday morning (24th September 2022), leaving his ankle partially separated from his leg. Authorities said the male nurse is currently listed in serious condition following the attack.
According to reports, the male nurse was at the Hospital in the vicinity of Ward 8, when he was confronted and attacked by the patient around 2:30 AM on Saturday. The victim fell on the ground and the patient allegedly stamped on his ankle repeatedly. By the time other persons in the area came to the victim's aid, there was a partial separation of his ankle from the leg. The victim was then taken to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he was treated. His condition is said to be stable, but serious. Doctors are said to be hopeful that the victim's foot will be saved. A report of the attack has been made to the Belmont Police Station's CID Division and Officers are investigating the incident. This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates. [Source: Loop] According to reports, Police received an anonymous call about three (3) bodies seen floating at sea near Chatham Beach South on Friday night (23rd September 2022). When Officers responded to the scene, they discovered a human skeleton.
Police said a rope was tied around both feet. This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates. [Source: Loop] Pictured Above: The Mac 11 submachine gun found at the scene, outfitted with a red laser light. According to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), Officers continue to risk their lives to rid the streets of illegal firearms, with the latest exercise bringing them face to face with a suspect wielding a submachine gun.
The suspect is currently undergoing treatment at Hospital following a Police-involved shooting incident which occurred in the Western Division on Thursday night (22nd September 2022). Officers conducted an anti-crime exercise in the Carenage district around 7:00 PM on Thursday, during which they proceeded to Francois Street, where they observed a male suspect armed with a Mac 11 submachine gun, outfitted with a red laser light, running along a flight of stairs. The Officers called on the gunman to stop, but he allegedly pointed the firearm in their direction. The Officers, in keeping with the Use of Force Policy, opened fire in the direction of the suspect. The man was hit about the body and fell to the ground. He was rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital for treatment where he is listed in serious condition. The suspect is a 39-year-old from the district. The firearm was subsequently recovered from the scene. Meanwhile, a 29-year-old St. Ann’s man was granted bail in the sum of $350,000 or a $35,000 cash alternative, when he appeared before Port-of-Spain Magistrate Maureen Baboolal-Gafoor on Thursday (22nd September 2022), charged with multiple gun-related offences. Fredixon Tyndale was arrested and charged with possession of firearm, possession of ammunition, shooting with intent, possession of firearm with intent and possession of ammunition with intent by Cpl Caracciolo of the Belmont Police Station. This follows investigations into a report of shooting with intent which occurred in the Belmont district on 15th July 2022. Officers of the Criminal Investigations Department Operations Unit, the Inter-Agency Task Force Strike Team the Port-of-Spain Task Force, the Air Support Unit and the Canine Branch, conducted an exercise across several Divisions, during the period 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Thursday (22nd September 2022). Based on information, the Officers proceeded to a basketball court in Port-of-Spain, where they found one (1) Taurus pistol loaded with a magazine containing five (5) rounds of ammunition and an extended magazine containing eighteen (18) rounds of ammunition. The same party of Officers then ventured to a cemetery in Tunapuna where a search resulted in the discovery of 100 fully grown marijuana trees and 200 seedlings. The plants were subsequently destroyed. Investigations are ongoing. Pictured Above: Suspects Haqqani Ali, 32 (Top), Kerry Matthews, 32 (Bottom Left) and Marioxi Trujillo, 26 (Bottom Right). Two (2) men and a woman appeared in Court yesterday (Thursday 22nd September 2022), charged with a total of nine (9) offences under the Trafficking in Persons Act and the Children’s Act.
Haqqani Ali, 32, and Marioxi Trujillo, 26, both of Chase Village, Chaguanas, were jointly charged with trafficking in children, one (1) count each of causing a child to engage in prostitution and one (1) count each of knowingly receiving a financial benefit from trafficking in children, when they appeared before Chaguanas Magistrate Adrian Darmanie, on Thursday. Kerry Matthews, 32, of Diego Martin and Ali, were charged with one (1) count each of sexual penetration of a child. Ali was granted bail in the sum of $900,000 with surety and is to report to the Chaguanas Police Station once a month between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM. He was also put under a daily curfew between the hours of 9:00 PM and 5:00 AM at his home and ordered to stay at least 400 meters away from the victim. Matthews was given bail with surety in the sum of $350,000. As part of his bail conditions, he has to report to the West End Police Station once a month between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM. He was also ordered to stay at least 400 feet away from the victim. Trujillo was denied bail and told to apply to a Judge in Chambers for same. The matters were adjourned to 21st October 2022. The trio was arrested on 15th September 2022 in the Central Division and eight (8) Latin American females, inclusive of two (2) minors, were rescued from a house in the Chase Village district. The investigation was spearheaded and co-ordinated by Assistant Commissioner of Police ‘Criminal Division’ Sharon Gomez-Cooper with legal advice given by TTPS Legal Officer, Zaheer Ali. The accused were charged by Officers of the Counter-Trafficking Unit (CTU) following painstaking and meticulous investigations conducted by members of the CTU and the Special Investigation Task Force, with operational support from the Multi-Optional Police Section (MOPS) and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). Acting Commissioner of Police, Mc Donald Jacob, has praised the work of the Officers in rescuing the victims and bringing this investigation to a successful close. He notes that continued partnership with members of the public is crucial in ending the scourge of human trafficking in Trinidad and Tobago. Five (5) Police Officers and two (2) civilians have to date been charged, in connection with the ongoing Firearm Users License (FUL) investigation. The latest charge brings to twenty-six (26), the total number of charges brought against persons by investigators in relation to breaches of the Firearms Act.
According to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), No. 16862 Cpl (Ag.) Kareem Jamaldin, was given bail in the sum of $200,000 by Justice of the Peace (JP) Stephen Young on Thursday (22nd September 2022), after being charged with soliciting $25,000 from a man to expedite a FUL. The accused is expected to appear before a San Fernando Magistrate on 28th October 2022. He was arrested and charged in connection with the incident on Thursday (22nd September 2022), by Officers of the Financial Investigations Branch (FIB), led by W/Insp. Joseph. The seven (7) persons have been charged with offences ranging from possession of a firearm for the purpose of trafficking to misbehaviour in public office, all arising out of breaches of the Firearms Act. The other six (6) accused who are all currently before the Courts are as follows:
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