Escaped teenagers still missing
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.tt
Two of five boys who escaped the custody of the Children’s Authority last month remain missing up to yesterday.
Head of the Child Protection Unit, Supt Claire Guy-Alleyne, renewed the call to the public to assist in finding the boys.
Guy-Alleyne said the teenagers’ safety was at risk as they are unsupervised while hiding from the authority and the police. On March 19, Semion Daniel, 15, Antonio Francois, 16, Stephan Nicholas, 16, Recardo Thompson, 15 and Stephen Antoine, 15, escaped the Child Support Centre. CCTV footage showed that the boys fled the building by passing through burglar-proofed bars. Last week, the court gave the authority permission to release the names and photographs of the five boys to aid in finding them.
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Gardener loses conviction appeal for sex crime against girl
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Derek Achong
A 59-year-old gardener of Penal, serving a 14-year prison sentence for committing sexual acts on a 10-year-old girl on four occasions over a decade ago, has lost his appeal against his conviction.
Delivering a 28-page judgment during a virtual hearing, yesterday, Appellate Judges Alice Yorke-Soo Hon, Maria Wilson, and Malcolm Holdip dismissed all three grounds of appeal raised by attorneys for Kishore Lutchman, of Penal Rock Road, Penal.
The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.
Lotto operators threaten shutdown over increased weekly fee
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20210401
A man awaits his turn to go into a Lotto both on Queen Janelle Commissiong Street, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.
NICOLE DRAYTON
sharlene.rampersad
Lotto booth operators are threatening to shutdown their machines on Monday and Tuesday if the National Lotteries Control Board does not rescind a decision to increase their weekly fee from $15 to $100.
Head of a committee advocating for the operators, Dean Persad told Guardian Media yesterday the board has no justification for the increase.