Police Commissioner Trevor Paul has been given a one-year extension in office.
Paul celebrated his 60th birthday yesterday and was officially due to retire on Friday.
He was enlisted in the police service on June 1, 1966, and was appointed Police Commissioner on July 15, 2004.
Sources from the Police Service Commission confirmed yesterday that Paul was asked to remain in office under Section 75 of the Constitution.
That section was amended by the UNC Administration to make it possible for a Commissioner of Police to remain in office even after he or she turns 60, which is the mandatory retirement age in the police service.
Contacted yesterday, Paul told Sunday Newsday that he was officially asked to remain in office until a suitable replacement is found. Paul added that he was unaware of how long that process will take but admitted that he has accepted the proposal to remain in office.
Sunday Newsday learned that on Tuesday, President George Maxwell Richards will officially make public the announcement of a one year extension for Paul. The only other Police Commissioner who was given a one-year extension was Kenny Noor Mohammed on July 19,1998.
The Police Service Commission is searching for a new Commissioner and has received several applications from persons wishing to fulfill the post. The applicants are from Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean, the United States, Canada and England. The recruitment drive for a new Commissioner came about as a result of recent changes to the legislation governing the police service.
Sunday Newsday learned that the PSC is seriously considering an applicant from England but they were advised to give Paul the extension. Commissioner Paul had promised in July 2004, when he became Commissioner to deal with the escalating crime in the country. He said then, “It is no doubt that I am at the helm of the police service at a time when its performance rating is probably at its lowest. “I am now in charge at a time when public opinion suggests that the failure of the organisation to adequately protect and serve our citizens is as a result of major deficiencies at the management level,” said Paul.
Despite the assurance from Paul to make a dent in crime, the country was plagued with murders, kidnappings and other forms of crime.
It was widely speculated that Assistant Police Commissioner James Philbert was the person tipped to replace Paul when he retires. Deputy Police Commissioner Glen Roach is also expected to hold the post as Ag Commissioner until a replacement is found. Yesterday, President of the Police Second Division, Cpl Emrol Bruce, said that the police service has at this point in time persons other that Commissioner Paul who are capable of taking the police service forward.
He added that if an extension has been granted to Paul, he is hoping that the Police Service Commission identifies a suitable replacement from within the police service and not think for a minute about any outside replacement.
“They could train a successor from within the police service because we have competent persons to take us forward,”said Cpl Bruce.
He pointed out that the foreigners who were hired to assist the police service in the transformation process, have done little to assist the police service.
Geezus Kraist!!!
Yuh mean this dotish fockin PNM government done start dey fockery awready.
How the fock yuh could give the biggest cont in the history of the Police Service ah year extension.
Well fockin T&T people, expect more kidnapping, murders (that will never be solved or lost in court), robberies galore, rapes and the fockin beat goes on.
Remember this is the fockin man that get his appointment letter direct from Manning, so he have to be lickin Manning cacahole all the time. Remember this is the big cont that tell ACP Graham in south he "doh want to rock the boat, he goin an retire soon." Remember this is the fockin asshole that went and speak at a PNM cottage meeting. (Lying focker).
Criminals probably celebrating today. Public Holiday for bandits. Another year of fockin prosperity.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Elections 2007 - Post Mortem
To many people, the results of the recent general elections came as no surprise. They knew that the PNM would win because the rest of the votes were split between the UNC and the COP. What blows one’s mind away however was how the COP supporters and the leaders really seemed to have believed that they could win. For a while I believed that many of them knew that they could not win but they were voting on what they called the ‘issues’ and based on their ‘consciences’, only to realize just before the elections that most of them really believed that the COP could win. Needless to say, there were no ‘surprises’ as these people predicted; I believe that the only ‘surprise’ was the one received by them- not a damn seat and PNM back in office.
Of course, for there is always Panday to be blamed, like many of them said before and after, “He is the cause!” Let’s now attempt to examine the COP supporters and try to see what their attitudes and beliefs tell about them.
First of all, they seemed to be really in their own world and totally isolated from the masses. These COP’S seem to be people who believed that they could save Trinidad, save the masses and yet they seemed to be clueless about the feelings of the majority of people whose votes they expected to receive in order to win the elections. One is tempted to ask, how were they going to represent people of whose feelings and interests they seemed to have known very little and which they misread and miscalculated? One is further tempted to ask, if the COP did win, how were they going to address the needs of people about which they obviously are clueless?
It seemed the COP attracted a certain type of individual and a certain group. These supporters seem to be people who choose to be ‘exclusive’. They live a certain kind of life. They seem to be the people who work, work and work and have very little time for general social activities or other people other than their considered few. They seem to be the type who generally show up after the pooja or prayers to which they are invited. They, with their children all of whom come well dressed, dine and then soon after leave.
They don’t come to help and/or be part of the entire activity; no, they are too ‘busy’. When they have their own prayers, it is ‘catered’ and they invite only a few people; again, they are too busy. They also generally don’t go to the temples and if they do one can always spot them, they are ‘exclusive’. These people shop at the malls where they have time to go and also go on holidays. They cater for themselves and their nuclear family. Many of them, mind you, would arrive on time for a function hosted by ‘one of them’ or someone socially ‘higher’.
They listen to 97.1FM and attend exclusive fetes, may socialize with ethnically mixed people but only of their own ‘class’. They have exclusive birthday parties and would boast about the fact that they have never been to a chutney show although they may attend functions which are considered to be ‘politically correct’. Chutney shows are considered by them to be denigrating.
At work they go about their own business and mix only with a selected few and quite often they are the ones who perform their jobs because they have a ‘conscience’. Mind you, there are people like these who may have supported either the PNM or UNC but they know why they associate themselves with these parties and they don’t comprise the majority. There are many others who would have voted COP or UNC just to remove the PNM.
The general COP voter is disgusted with the ‘immorality’ and ‘corruption’ present in the country and especially of the Panday family. One wonders how good many of them would come out looking if their lives were placed under microscopic lenses; at least Oma Panday has raised successful and professional girl children.
Tell me, from where do they get their information, the unbiased media. Are they fair to all individuals and parties? Really! who are being blindly led and by whom? These people talk about how stupid the UNC and PNM supporters are and claim that they deserve what they get for their blind loyalty. The COP supporters’ loyalty seemed to be only to them. They are angry with the sector of the population who did not support their cause. In their view, it seems, Trinidad should be able to facilitate their selfish existence- it must be crime free and corruption- free so that they could continue to lead their selfish existence.
They should be allowed freely to continue to commit their white-collar crimes as doctors, lawyers, Brahmins, business people and others or live honestly but in their own private world not bothered by the ‘low-class’ people and their behaviour and problems. These people, mind you, can pick up and leave at anytime or can afford to live quite comfortably in this country with their salaries.. so many of them could have sacrificed the country for their ‘issues’ and their ‘consciences’.
One wonders how many of them knew Anil Roberts or listened to him when he was on Power 102; the way he bashed Dooks, on the other hand most UNC and PNM people knew him on that radio station. Why, one may question? Also, how many of them listened to Radio Jagriti and Sat Maharaj with whom they would not otherwise associate, for the first time? Was it because it was convenient and catered to their selfish needs?
Another thing about the COP people is their arrogance. Who the hell did they think they were? They were fighting ‘alone’ and would ‘win’. They did not want or need ‘accommodation’. They boasted that they would win all of the 41 seats. Did they think that Courts had a raffle for 41 seats to be won? That’s not surprising, now that we have analysed this group. They think of themselves and do not ‘mix’ too much; they live in their own worlds and are too self-righteous to follow ‘corrupt’ and ‘immoral people’.
Also, one is struck by the aggression, hate and anger of most of these people. One wonders how many of them are aware of the fact that by the end of the day Panday did influence their votes after all; he was their issue! Many of them were quite willing to cut out their noses to spite their faces. They just wanted Panday out; it was personal, and to hell with country and future.
Needless to say, the UNC knew they could not win without the COP voters unlike the Cop voters who arrogantly believed that they could win over decades of UNC support in a few months or better yet, in a few weeks. By the end of the day, it seemed that everyone was listening to his/her people and if they listened to each other at all they did not take heed.
Now we are all faced with another five years of PNM rule but might that be so bad after all? One may question, how could these UNC and COP leaders have done much when they could not even agree to win the war and share in the spoils? At the top the COP must have known like the UNC that they could not win alone but that did not matter to either side.
Throughout the election campaign, the UNC had to concentrate in fighting for survival in holding on to its base rather than going after the PNM in the way they should have. The COP was a threat to them. The COP couldn’t care less whether the country stand or sink. All they were interested in was to ensure that if they can’t win, the UNC must not either.
There are certain so-called professionals and false leaders who went on the COP platform and boasted of how innocent and trustworthy their leader is, one who you can trust and who can put his hand on the state’s money, but if their lives are examined and scrutinized 100%, they would be found condoning many unjust actions committed by their friends and family. One just has to read the newspapers of the past and see all the facts are there printed in black and white.
Remember, there is a God.
Re-examine all those Brahmins and Pundits, they may not be the kind of persons you think they are. For eg. You can shove it up. The COP voted with hate, anger, malice and aggression. All against the BAS.
But you know what, the BAS turned out to be the man who is still very much attractive.
A Winner.
Of course, for there is always Panday to be blamed, like many of them said before and after, “He is the cause!” Let’s now attempt to examine the COP supporters and try to see what their attitudes and beliefs tell about them.
First of all, they seemed to be really in their own world and totally isolated from the masses. These COP’S seem to be people who believed that they could save Trinidad, save the masses and yet they seemed to be clueless about the feelings of the majority of people whose votes they expected to receive in order to win the elections. One is tempted to ask, how were they going to represent people of whose feelings and interests they seemed to have known very little and which they misread and miscalculated? One is further tempted to ask, if the COP did win, how were they going to address the needs of people about which they obviously are clueless?
It seemed the COP attracted a certain type of individual and a certain group. These supporters seem to be people who choose to be ‘exclusive’. They live a certain kind of life. They seem to be the people who work, work and work and have very little time for general social activities or other people other than their considered few. They seem to be the type who generally show up after the pooja or prayers to which they are invited. They, with their children all of whom come well dressed, dine and then soon after leave.
They don’t come to help and/or be part of the entire activity; no, they are too ‘busy’. When they have their own prayers, it is ‘catered’ and they invite only a few people; again, they are too busy. They also generally don’t go to the temples and if they do one can always spot them, they are ‘exclusive’. These people shop at the malls where they have time to go and also go on holidays. They cater for themselves and their nuclear family. Many of them, mind you, would arrive on time for a function hosted by ‘one of them’ or someone socially ‘higher’.
They listen to 97.1FM and attend exclusive fetes, may socialize with ethnically mixed people but only of their own ‘class’. They have exclusive birthday parties and would boast about the fact that they have never been to a chutney show although they may attend functions which are considered to be ‘politically correct’. Chutney shows are considered by them to be denigrating.
At work they go about their own business and mix only with a selected few and quite often they are the ones who perform their jobs because they have a ‘conscience’. Mind you, there are people like these who may have supported either the PNM or UNC but they know why they associate themselves with these parties and they don’t comprise the majority. There are many others who would have voted COP or UNC just to remove the PNM.
The general COP voter is disgusted with the ‘immorality’ and ‘corruption’ present in the country and especially of the Panday family. One wonders how good many of them would come out looking if their lives were placed under microscopic lenses; at least Oma Panday has raised successful and professional girl children.
Tell me, from where do they get their information, the unbiased media. Are they fair to all individuals and parties? Really! who are being blindly led and by whom? These people talk about how stupid the UNC and PNM supporters are and claim that they deserve what they get for their blind loyalty. The COP supporters’ loyalty seemed to be only to them. They are angry with the sector of the population who did not support their cause. In their view, it seems, Trinidad should be able to facilitate their selfish existence- it must be crime free and corruption- free so that they could continue to lead their selfish existence.
They should be allowed freely to continue to commit their white-collar crimes as doctors, lawyers, Brahmins, business people and others or live honestly but in their own private world not bothered by the ‘low-class’ people and their behaviour and problems. These people, mind you, can pick up and leave at anytime or can afford to live quite comfortably in this country with their salaries.. so many of them could have sacrificed the country for their ‘issues’ and their ‘consciences’.
One wonders how many of them knew Anil Roberts or listened to him when he was on Power 102; the way he bashed Dooks, on the other hand most UNC and PNM people knew him on that radio station. Why, one may question? Also, how many of them listened to Radio Jagriti and Sat Maharaj with whom they would not otherwise associate, for the first time? Was it because it was convenient and catered to their selfish needs?
Another thing about the COP people is their arrogance. Who the hell did they think they were? They were fighting ‘alone’ and would ‘win’. They did not want or need ‘accommodation’. They boasted that they would win all of the 41 seats. Did they think that Courts had a raffle for 41 seats to be won? That’s not surprising, now that we have analysed this group. They think of themselves and do not ‘mix’ too much; they live in their own worlds and are too self-righteous to follow ‘corrupt’ and ‘immoral people’.
Also, one is struck by the aggression, hate and anger of most of these people. One wonders how many of them are aware of the fact that by the end of the day Panday did influence their votes after all; he was their issue! Many of them were quite willing to cut out their noses to spite their faces. They just wanted Panday out; it was personal, and to hell with country and future.
Needless to say, the UNC knew they could not win without the COP voters unlike the Cop voters who arrogantly believed that they could win over decades of UNC support in a few months or better yet, in a few weeks. By the end of the day, it seemed that everyone was listening to his/her people and if they listened to each other at all they did not take heed.
Now we are all faced with another five years of PNM rule but might that be so bad after all? One may question, how could these UNC and COP leaders have done much when they could not even agree to win the war and share in the spoils? At the top the COP must have known like the UNC that they could not win alone but that did not matter to either side.
Throughout the election campaign, the UNC had to concentrate in fighting for survival in holding on to its base rather than going after the PNM in the way they should have. The COP was a threat to them. The COP couldn’t care less whether the country stand or sink. All they were interested in was to ensure that if they can’t win, the UNC must not either.
There are certain so-called professionals and false leaders who went on the COP platform and boasted of how innocent and trustworthy their leader is, one who you can trust and who can put his hand on the state’s money, but if their lives are examined and scrutinized 100%, they would be found condoning many unjust actions committed by their friends and family. One just has to read the newspapers of the past and see all the facts are there printed in black and white.
Remember, there is a God.
Re-examine all those Brahmins and Pundits, they may not be the kind of persons you think they are. For eg. You can shove it up. The COP voted with hate, anger, malice and aggression. All against the BAS.
But you know what, the BAS turned out to be the man who is still very much attractive.
A Winner.
St Barb’s man shot dead
BY KYLE JEREMIAH
The shooting death of a St Barb’s resident led to an explosion of rage in Laventille neighbourhood yesterday with some residents calling for a new election to retract their votes for the ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) to support the Congress of the People (COP).
Residents allege that 29-year-old Sheldon Des Vignes, a labourer with Community Environment Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP), died following an altercation with the police.
Des Vignes was the father of an eight-year-old girl and a boy, nine.
According to Des Vignes’ sister Afisha, police entered their yard at about 12 noon and started harassing her cousin Richie because he was wearing a camouflaged pants.
Sheldon subsequently intervened to defend his cousin from being assaulted by police when he was then shot twice in the head.
Residents claim Des Vignes’ body was “thrown” into a van and transported to a location unknown to them.
The mother of Des Vignes’ children Asma Mohammad, surrounded by dozens of angry residents, explained that Des Vignes was the only provider for her children.
Residents enraged
The residents’ rage was fuelled by the refusal of police to allow the media to view the scene of the incident.
“Let them see. All yuh only trying to cover up what all yuh do,” cried one resident.
One woman, who gave her name only as “Warrior Princess,” said: “I want Manning to call election now so we could vote for COP instead.”
Other residents also questioned their votes for the PNM in the general election on Monday, saying that they were being victimised after they lent support for the party they were “born into.”
Several allegations were made that certain officers told the residents that they voted for the PNM and as a result, that was the treatment they voted for.
“Panday say that. He say when somebody get killed we can’t blame nobody but we self,” were the words piercing through the crowd as residents clamoured together to try to get police to explain to them what had happened.
Residents blocked the main road leading to the community with huge boulders.
Hypolite in the bacchanal
Newly-elected Member of Parliament for the Laventille West constituency NiLeung Hypolite was on spot for the confusion as he had started a walkabout around the community yesterday to thank residents for their support in the election.
Des Vignes was Hypolite’s employee under CEPEP, residents said.
“Sheldon Des Vignes was a very peaceful and quiet guy. I don’t know exactly what happened. We have to wait until the investigators come so any information can be confirmed,” Hypolite said.
But Hypolite was also heavily criticised for proving himself to be “a weak MP” by not being able to ensure that media personnel were able to view the scene of the crime.
“This is who we vote for?” asked one resident.
Police account
Police sources told the Guardian they received a tip-off that Des Vignes’ cousin Richie had a gun in the pocket of his camouflaged pants.
Upon investigation, they said, Des Vignes confronted police allowing Richie to escape.
A scuffle ensued, before he was shot twice in the head.
Up to late yesterday, residents were protesting against what they believed to be police brutality and made threats to take matters into their own hands if they did not get justice.
ACP Gilbert Reyes said yesterday the matter would be thoroughly investigated and refused to comment further.
VOTE PNM!
The niggas continue killing one another..Hahahahah doh worry, the saga continues.
One less vote for the PNM in the upcoming local elections...
Another one bites the dust.
The shooting death of a St Barb’s resident led to an explosion of rage in Laventille neighbourhood yesterday with some residents calling for a new election to retract their votes for the ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) to support the Congress of the People (COP).
Residents allege that 29-year-old Sheldon Des Vignes, a labourer with Community Environment Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP), died following an altercation with the police.
Des Vignes was the father of an eight-year-old girl and a boy, nine.
According to Des Vignes’ sister Afisha, police entered their yard at about 12 noon and started harassing her cousin Richie because he was wearing a camouflaged pants.
Sheldon subsequently intervened to defend his cousin from being assaulted by police when he was then shot twice in the head.
Residents claim Des Vignes’ body was “thrown” into a van and transported to a location unknown to them.
The mother of Des Vignes’ children Asma Mohammad, surrounded by dozens of angry residents, explained that Des Vignes was the only provider for her children.
Residents enraged
The residents’ rage was fuelled by the refusal of police to allow the media to view the scene of the incident.
“Let them see. All yuh only trying to cover up what all yuh do,” cried one resident.
One woman, who gave her name only as “Warrior Princess,” said: “I want Manning to call election now so we could vote for COP instead.”
Other residents also questioned their votes for the PNM in the general election on Monday, saying that they were being victimised after they lent support for the party they were “born into.”
Several allegations were made that certain officers told the residents that they voted for the PNM and as a result, that was the treatment they voted for.
“Panday say that. He say when somebody get killed we can’t blame nobody but we self,” were the words piercing through the crowd as residents clamoured together to try to get police to explain to them what had happened.
Residents blocked the main road leading to the community with huge boulders.
Hypolite in the bacchanal
Newly-elected Member of Parliament for the Laventille West constituency NiLeung Hypolite was on spot for the confusion as he had started a walkabout around the community yesterday to thank residents for their support in the election.
Des Vignes was Hypolite’s employee under CEPEP, residents said.
“Sheldon Des Vignes was a very peaceful and quiet guy. I don’t know exactly what happened. We have to wait until the investigators come so any information can be confirmed,” Hypolite said.
But Hypolite was also heavily criticised for proving himself to be “a weak MP” by not being able to ensure that media personnel were able to view the scene of the crime.
“This is who we vote for?” asked one resident.
Police account
Police sources told the Guardian they received a tip-off that Des Vignes’ cousin Richie had a gun in the pocket of his camouflaged pants.
Upon investigation, they said, Des Vignes confronted police allowing Richie to escape.
A scuffle ensued, before he was shot twice in the head.
Up to late yesterday, residents were protesting against what they believed to be police brutality and made threats to take matters into their own hands if they did not get justice.
ACP Gilbert Reyes said yesterday the matter would be thoroughly investigated and refused to comment further.
VOTE PNM!
The niggas continue killing one another..Hahahahah doh worry, the saga continues.
One less vote for the PNM in the upcoming local elections...
Another one bites the dust.
Penny to decline Deputy Speaker post?
BY CAROL MATROO
FORMER Public Utilities Minister Pennelope Beckles was last night on the verge of declining the post of Deputy Speaker of the House which Prime Minister Patrick Manning on Thursday said he had offered her.
Insiders of the People’s National Movement (PNM) said yesterday that Beckles, who was first elected to represent the Arima constituency in 2000, indicated that she was not prepared to accept the post of Deputy Speaker.
A party source said Beckles hinted at this when she met with the Arima party executive on Thursday night.
The source who attended the meeting said this might be Beckles’ way of defying Manning for passing her over for his Cabinet.
Beckles served as Minister of Tourism and Culture and as the Minister of Public Utilities and the Environment in the 2002-2007 Parliament.
Beckles was bypassed for a ministerial portfolio in favour of PNM candidates in the 2007 general election who had no experience serving in Cabinet. There are 13 ministers in the 23-member Cabinet who have no previous experience at the central government level.
If Beckles declines to accept the post of Deputy Speaker, she would be the second former minister to spurn an offer made by Prime Minister Manning. The Prime Minister admitted that Christine Sahadeo, the former Minister in the Ministry of Finance, had been offered a Cabinet position which she declined. Speaking with the media after the swearing-in ceremony for the Cabinet at President’s House on Thursday, Manning did not reveal what was the portfolio that Sahadeo declined.
Sources speculated that Beckles was so hurt by the prime-ministerial snub that she was contemplating resigning from the PNM.
Manning’s explanation for Beckles being left out of his Cabinet was that the PNM faced an experienced Opposition in Parliament.
In light of that, Manning said, the Government needed an experienced Deputy Speaker of calibre; a void which Beckles was supposed to fill.
Beckles’ victory in the 2007 general election at Monday’s polls earned her her fourth successive term in the House of Representatives.
Concerns about East representation
People in east Trinidad were now concerned that, if Beckles were to resign from the PNM, then that would leave the constituents in the East without PNM representation, the source said.
During the general election, the PNM lost the Mayaro seat to UNC’s Winston “Gypsy” Peters. This seat was previously held by PNM’s Franklin Khan, who is currently before the courts on charges of corruption.
The Cumuto/Manzanilla constituency was won by the UNC’s Harry Partap.
Beckles’ resignation would leave PNM supporters without representation in the House, the source said.
Several attempts to contact Beckles yesterday were unsuccessful.
Her mobile phone was out of service and a female, who answered her home phone, said Beckles was not in.
Look Penny! We Indian people real like yuh. Buh yuh have to understand wa happenin.
Manning lookin for fresh pussy! Yours slack now and is of no use to him. Yuh ent see what he do to Christine Sahadeo. Da oman geh bull all over Trinidad, ask Malcolm Jones.
Is only Christine Kangaloo (Garcia, ah doh know why she fraid to use the Garcia. Everybody know she married ah ole nigga.) geh a lil position because we understand that Brian now start to fock she.
Doh fret yuh self girl... doh worry bout Linda too...she is the blow job expert. Stress relief nah.
FORMER Public Utilities Minister Pennelope Beckles was last night on the verge of declining the post of Deputy Speaker of the House which Prime Minister Patrick Manning on Thursday said he had offered her.
Insiders of the People’s National Movement (PNM) said yesterday that Beckles, who was first elected to represent the Arima constituency in 2000, indicated that she was not prepared to accept the post of Deputy Speaker.
A party source said Beckles hinted at this when she met with the Arima party executive on Thursday night.
The source who attended the meeting said this might be Beckles’ way of defying Manning for passing her over for his Cabinet.
Beckles served as Minister of Tourism and Culture and as the Minister of Public Utilities and the Environment in the 2002-2007 Parliament.
Beckles was bypassed for a ministerial portfolio in favour of PNM candidates in the 2007 general election who had no experience serving in Cabinet. There are 13 ministers in the 23-member Cabinet who have no previous experience at the central government level.
If Beckles declines to accept the post of Deputy Speaker, she would be the second former minister to spurn an offer made by Prime Minister Manning. The Prime Minister admitted that Christine Sahadeo, the former Minister in the Ministry of Finance, had been offered a Cabinet position which she declined. Speaking with the media after the swearing-in ceremony for the Cabinet at President’s House on Thursday, Manning did not reveal what was the portfolio that Sahadeo declined.
Sources speculated that Beckles was so hurt by the prime-ministerial snub that she was contemplating resigning from the PNM.
Manning’s explanation for Beckles being left out of his Cabinet was that the PNM faced an experienced Opposition in Parliament.
In light of that, Manning said, the Government needed an experienced Deputy Speaker of calibre; a void which Beckles was supposed to fill.
Beckles’ victory in the 2007 general election at Monday’s polls earned her her fourth successive term in the House of Representatives.
Concerns about East representation
People in east Trinidad were now concerned that, if Beckles were to resign from the PNM, then that would leave the constituents in the East without PNM representation, the source said.
During the general election, the PNM lost the Mayaro seat to UNC’s Winston “Gypsy” Peters. This seat was previously held by PNM’s Franklin Khan, who is currently before the courts on charges of corruption.
The Cumuto/Manzanilla constituency was won by the UNC’s Harry Partap.
Beckles’ resignation would leave PNM supporters without representation in the House, the source said.
Several attempts to contact Beckles yesterday were unsuccessful.
Her mobile phone was out of service and a female, who answered her home phone, said Beckles was not in.
Look Penny! We Indian people real like yuh. Buh yuh have to understand wa happenin.
Manning lookin for fresh pussy! Yours slack now and is of no use to him. Yuh ent see what he do to Christine Sahadeo. Da oman geh bull all over Trinidad, ask Malcolm Jones.
Is only Christine Kangaloo (Garcia, ah doh know why she fraid to use the Garcia. Everybody know she married ah ole nigga.) geh a lil position because we understand that Brian now start to fock she.
Doh fret yuh self girl... doh worry bout Linda too...she is the blow job expert. Stress relief nah.
Gang murders man, terrorises family
UJISTAR Narine, 44, of Dora Meah Trace, Las Lomas No 1, was an avid bird lover. He was looking forward to hearing his birds whistling at family celebration to commemorate his 22nd wedding anniversary yesterday, but that was not to be.
It was the same birds he went out of the house to protect around 2 a.m. yesterday, after he heard them making a distressing noise.
Armed with his pellet gun, Narine stepped outside and entered the yard. As he walked out, he was approached by six men, five wearing masks, who had just come out a car.
The men told him they came to collect the "pepper money". They then overpowered Narine, relieving him of the pellet gun, then they stormed into the house.
While there, some began waking up other members of the household, demanding money and jewelry. The others began grabbing anything they could lay their hands on, including a computer, stereo equipment and other electronics.
Narine's family was asleep when the men stormed in.
One of his sons, Jason Narine, 16, was awakened in his bedroom by one of the men, who began beating him with the flat side of a cutlass. The bandit chopped off a piece of the young man's left ear.
Another one of Narine's sons, Jessie, 14, was also planassed. So severe was the beating, bits of his skin was removed from his legs.
The bandits also kept asking for Narine's daughter, aged 18, who was at the home of a relative at the time.
Narine's wife, Dhanmatie, pleaded with the bandits to take what they could but not to harm anyone.
"Oh God, leave we alone, we is Christian," she said she told them, as she recalled the ordeal yesterday.
One of the bandits replied that he knew.
After taking what they could, the men dropped it into the Narines' Toyota Cressida. Narine, in the meantime, had been dragged out his yard, beaten even more and then shot with his own pellet gun. The men then dumped him on the side of the road close to his home and sped off in the family's Cressida laden with the stolen items.
Narine, who was also known as Krisendath and was an employee with the San Juan/Laventille Regional Corporation, is believed to have died shortly after.
Apparently, in their haste to get away, the car skidded off the road about a half mile away from the house. The bandits then took the loot and set the car ablaze.
Narine was a farmer who specialised in the cultivation hot peppers and egg plant crops around his house.
Speaking about the brutal murder yesterday, a female family member, who did not want to be identified, said, "We will miss him for his regular words of wisdom to members of his family, which he was well known for. They have taken his body but his spirit will always remain with the people in the trace because he was a good man to everybody."
Yesterday morning there were about 200 people at the trace, sympathising with the family.
The mourners included former Caroni East MP Ganga Singh, who said he heard about the murder from a community activist in the area.
"As a community we are very hurt about the incident and hope the Minister of National Security would deal with the murder and bring the perpetrators to justice," Singh said.
Family members also said that earlier in the night, they had seen four strange men walking along the trace.
Over the last couple weeks, Las Lomas residents had staged several protests about the high level of crime in the area, after several attacks on households by bandits.
Homicide Bureau officers are continuing investigations.
Well, we told these fockin assholes that support the COP that this will happen. We told dem that the PNM just put ah hold on things for the campaign. We told them that after all yuh split the mudder cont vote that the fockin thugs will restart to terrorise Indian fockin people.
But........the mudder cont knife and fork coolies who feel that they does shit ice cream doh want to hear that.
Well the fockin action now start. Ah hope dem fockin criminals leave poor people like meh boy above and start goin for the knife and forkers.....
They are the ones that empower all yuh.
It was the same birds he went out of the house to protect around 2 a.m. yesterday, after he heard them making a distressing noise.
Armed with his pellet gun, Narine stepped outside and entered the yard. As he walked out, he was approached by six men, five wearing masks, who had just come out a car.
The men told him they came to collect the "pepper money". They then overpowered Narine, relieving him of the pellet gun, then they stormed into the house.
While there, some began waking up other members of the household, demanding money and jewelry. The others began grabbing anything they could lay their hands on, including a computer, stereo equipment and other electronics.
Narine's family was asleep when the men stormed in.
One of his sons, Jason Narine, 16, was awakened in his bedroom by one of the men, who began beating him with the flat side of a cutlass. The bandit chopped off a piece of the young man's left ear.
Another one of Narine's sons, Jessie, 14, was also planassed. So severe was the beating, bits of his skin was removed from his legs.
The bandits also kept asking for Narine's daughter, aged 18, who was at the home of a relative at the time.
Narine's wife, Dhanmatie, pleaded with the bandits to take what they could but not to harm anyone.
"Oh God, leave we alone, we is Christian," she said she told them, as she recalled the ordeal yesterday.
One of the bandits replied that he knew.
After taking what they could, the men dropped it into the Narines' Toyota Cressida. Narine, in the meantime, had been dragged out his yard, beaten even more and then shot with his own pellet gun. The men then dumped him on the side of the road close to his home and sped off in the family's Cressida laden with the stolen items.
Narine, who was also known as Krisendath and was an employee with the San Juan/Laventille Regional Corporation, is believed to have died shortly after.
Apparently, in their haste to get away, the car skidded off the road about a half mile away from the house. The bandits then took the loot and set the car ablaze.
Narine was a farmer who specialised in the cultivation hot peppers and egg plant crops around his house.
Speaking about the brutal murder yesterday, a female family member, who did not want to be identified, said, "We will miss him for his regular words of wisdom to members of his family, which he was well known for. They have taken his body but his spirit will always remain with the people in the trace because he was a good man to everybody."
Yesterday morning there were about 200 people at the trace, sympathising with the family.
The mourners included former Caroni East MP Ganga Singh, who said he heard about the murder from a community activist in the area.
"As a community we are very hurt about the incident and hope the Minister of National Security would deal with the murder and bring the perpetrators to justice," Singh said.
Family members also said that earlier in the night, they had seen four strange men walking along the trace.
Over the last couple weeks, Las Lomas residents had staged several protests about the high level of crime in the area, after several attacks on households by bandits.
Homicide Bureau officers are continuing investigations.
Well, we told these fockin assholes that support the COP that this will happen. We told dem that the PNM just put ah hold on things for the campaign. We told them that after all yuh split the mudder cont vote that the fockin thugs will restart to terrorise Indian fockin people.
But........the mudder cont knife and fork coolies who feel that they does shit ice cream doh want to hear that.
Well the fockin action now start. Ah hope dem fockin criminals leave poor people like meh boy above and start goin for the knife and forkers.....
They are the ones that empower all yuh.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
SORRY
SORRY FOLKS FOR NOT KEEPING YOU UPDATED DURING THE COURSE OF THE ELECTION.
AH WAS TOO BUSY CAMPAIGNING FOR THE UNC!
WE SHOULD BE BACK TO NORMAL NOW.
AH WAS TOO BUSY CAMPAIGNING FOR THE UNC!
WE SHOULD BE BACK TO NORMAL NOW.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
How they voted
How they voted
PNM 26
UNC-A 15
COP 0
By Gail Alexander
Heading to Government for another term, the People’s National Movement (PNM) completed yesterday’s general election race with preliminary results of 26 seats over the United National Congress’ (UNC-A) 15 seats.
Both parties trounced the new Congress of the People (COP) which lost in all of the 41 constituencies.
COP leader Winston Dookeran—who lost his former St Augustine seat—conceded defeat by 10.45 pm.
PNM leader Patrick Manning—who appeared set to lead his party back into Government for another term—declared victory where his own San Fernando East seat was concerned, at 11.20 pm.
Manning said the constituency which had elected him to serve for a tenth consecutive year, had made history with the move.
He also called for the public to put aside all animosities now that the election was over.
“The one thing we know is that in a society like ours we must dwell together in harmony,” Manning added.
Manning left south Trinidad to head up to PNM’s Balisier House headquarters, where a packed courtyard of PNMites in red had been celebrating since 10 pm when the party’s lead had been established.
Manning took the PNM to victory in 1991. He also headed a PNM Government in 2001 for a year following the 18-18 election deadlock of that year. And he again headed the PNM which won the 2002 election with 20 seats.
PNM’s campaign manager Conrad Enill, speaking at 12.30 am, said the preliminary results for the party was a 26-seat win.
Panday: Tremendous success for UNC-A
Over at UNC headquarters—where supporters had started gathering since 8 pm—UNC leader Basdeo Panday said around 10.50 pm that his party had had tremendous success.
Panday who won his Couva North seat—and will be returning to the Parliament—added:
“The people have lost and the “mafia” has won. Crime has won, high prices have won and other problems in T&T have won since all of those things will continue. If that is what people want, well they will have it.
“One thing I do know is that if I were Mr Manning I would reward Winston Dookeran very handsomely because had the COP not split the opposition votes, the UNC-A would have won the elections.”
Based on the results up to that time, Panday agreed, the UNC-A would be heading to the Opposition bench of the Parliament.
Panday said he did not know if he would be Opposition Leader.
He added: “Our MPs will meet and decide, but that doesn’t matter. The point is that the mafia has won since they got the COP to split the votes and made it possible for the PNM to win. And if this is what the people want they have got it.”
According to yesterday’s preliminary results of 15 UNC seats, the party now has one less than the 16 seats it possessed in the last Parliament.
Dookeran: T&T not ready for change
At COP headquarters—where some supporters had gathered—COP leader Dookeran said on television in a solemn tone:
“From the disappointing results we have seen the country is not ready for the change we offered. We still believe a change will one day become the reality for people in T&T.
“Let us not consider this day the darkest day in T&T as you will be tempted to do.
“Let us look at it as an effort made by thousands of citizens and to break the politics of the past and give the politics of the future a change.”
Dookeran, who said the COP was here to stay and that the youth of the T&T would “do what is right,” added:
“For now the politics of the past has won but I know we are right and it will happen.”
Dookeran lost the St Augustine seat which he had won initially under a UNC ticket.
UNC’s Vasant Bharath won the seat for UNC last night.
Dookeran had formed the COP with several former UNC MPs last September when they fell out with the UNC leadership.
PNM took an early lead in several seats including San Juan/Barataria and Pointe-a-Pierre. UNC picked up its safe seats including Mayaro, which Winston Peters won.
The total registered electorate was 990,352.
EBC estimates put yesterday’s voter turn-out at around 53 per cent. This was at midnight, when boxes of ballots were still coming in.
The voter turnout in the 2002 election was approximately 69 per cent.
Yesterday’s voting exercise which started at 6 am and ended at 6 pm, was free from violence, police confirmed.
There were several complaints from the UNC and COP on various issues.
PNM 26
UNC-A 15
COP 0
By Gail Alexander
Heading to Government for another term, the People’s National Movement (PNM) completed yesterday’s general election race with preliminary results of 26 seats over the United National Congress’ (UNC-A) 15 seats.
Both parties trounced the new Congress of the People (COP) which lost in all of the 41 constituencies.
COP leader Winston Dookeran—who lost his former St Augustine seat—conceded defeat by 10.45 pm.
PNM leader Patrick Manning—who appeared set to lead his party back into Government for another term—declared victory where his own San Fernando East seat was concerned, at 11.20 pm.
Manning said the constituency which had elected him to serve for a tenth consecutive year, had made history with the move.
He also called for the public to put aside all animosities now that the election was over.
“The one thing we know is that in a society like ours we must dwell together in harmony,” Manning added.
Manning left south Trinidad to head up to PNM’s Balisier House headquarters, where a packed courtyard of PNMites in red had been celebrating since 10 pm when the party’s lead had been established.
Manning took the PNM to victory in 1991. He also headed a PNM Government in 2001 for a year following the 18-18 election deadlock of that year. And he again headed the PNM which won the 2002 election with 20 seats.
PNM’s campaign manager Conrad Enill, speaking at 12.30 am, said the preliminary results for the party was a 26-seat win.
Panday: Tremendous success for UNC-A
Over at UNC headquarters—where supporters had started gathering since 8 pm—UNC leader Basdeo Panday said around 10.50 pm that his party had had tremendous success.
Panday who won his Couva North seat—and will be returning to the Parliament—added:
“The people have lost and the “mafia” has won. Crime has won, high prices have won and other problems in T&T have won since all of those things will continue. If that is what people want, well they will have it.
“One thing I do know is that if I were Mr Manning I would reward Winston Dookeran very handsomely because had the COP not split the opposition votes, the UNC-A would have won the elections.”
Based on the results up to that time, Panday agreed, the UNC-A would be heading to the Opposition bench of the Parliament.
Panday said he did not know if he would be Opposition Leader.
He added: “Our MPs will meet and decide, but that doesn’t matter. The point is that the mafia has won since they got the COP to split the votes and made it possible for the PNM to win. And if this is what the people want they have got it.”
According to yesterday’s preliminary results of 15 UNC seats, the party now has one less than the 16 seats it possessed in the last Parliament.
Dookeran: T&T not ready for change
At COP headquarters—where some supporters had gathered—COP leader Dookeran said on television in a solemn tone:
“From the disappointing results we have seen the country is not ready for the change we offered. We still believe a change will one day become the reality for people in T&T.
“Let us not consider this day the darkest day in T&T as you will be tempted to do.
“Let us look at it as an effort made by thousands of citizens and to break the politics of the past and give the politics of the future a change.”
Dookeran, who said the COP was here to stay and that the youth of the T&T would “do what is right,” added:
“For now the politics of the past has won but I know we are right and it will happen.”
Dookeran lost the St Augustine seat which he had won initially under a UNC ticket.
UNC’s Vasant Bharath won the seat for UNC last night.
Dookeran had formed the COP with several former UNC MPs last September when they fell out with the UNC leadership.
PNM took an early lead in several seats including San Juan/Barataria and Pointe-a-Pierre. UNC picked up its safe seats including Mayaro, which Winston Peters won.
The total registered electorate was 990,352.
EBC estimates put yesterday’s voter turn-out at around 53 per cent. This was at midnight, when boxes of ballots were still coming in.
The voter turnout in the 2002 election was approximately 69 per cent.
Yesterday’s voting exercise which started at 6 am and ended at 6 pm, was free from violence, police confirmed.
There were several complaints from the UNC and COP on various issues.
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