May 03, 2021
The headline read: “It was a bloody weekend across Trinidad and Tobago”.
The news story announced: “From Friday night into yesterday, eight people were killed, pushing the murder toll for the year so far to 113. Victims were found dead in St James, Arima, La Horquetta, Valencia, Curepe, Embacadere, Tunapuna and Petit Valley.” (Express, April 26.) Two more people may have been murdered on that weekend.
All victims were black. There is no evidence that the murderers were black. However, all of these murders took place in black communities which suggests that there might be a lot of pain in those communities. The question remains: what can we do to relieve these communities of this constant trauma of hurt and ineffable loss?
Archbishop tells Siparia worshippers of domestic violence pandemic
Archbishop Jason Gordon. Photo by Sureash Cholai
JUST as most people are observing the covid19 protocols, Archbishop Jason Gordon is calling on the nation to also pay attention to the pandemics of domestic violence and gang violence if they want to make this country a better place to live in.
“We have to build a culture of peace in Trinidad and Tobago (starting) from the little child up,” Archbishop Gordon said during Mass on Sunday at the La Divina Pastora church in Siparia.
“Many times, what happens in domestic violence could have been averted if sometime earlier in that person’s life, they learned how to deal with the difficult emotions and learned how to express disagreement and learned how to deal with the powerlessness in a way that is healthy and respects the dignity of other people.”
How cameras help justice
Footage from surveillance cameras, like this, can help resolve disputes in police-involved killings. - Angelo Marcelle
The street celebrations went joyously wild last Tuesday when Minneapolis judge Peter Cahill announced the jury’s guilty verdict against police officer Derek Chauvin. No man is above the law, declared US President Joe Biden as he approved the verdict. The Minneapolis House Speaker, in dealing with police reforms, said the police should not enjoy any rights beyond what the citizen enjoys.
Last May, Chauvin, a white officer, kept his knee on George Floyd’s neck for almost ten minutes while Floyd, a black man, persistently said “I can’t breathe.”
RC church tells parishioners: Register online for mass
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File photo: Archbishop Jason Gordon prays during Mass on Easter Sunday at the Cathedral of the Photo by Vidya Thurab
RC archbishop Jason Gordon has urged parishioners to use the church s online system to make appointments to attend mass or any of its events.
He told Newsday on Thursday that the church was is full support of government’s revised protocols, which now allowed only 25 per cent-capacity gathering at religious institutions, down from the previous 50 per cent.
He explained, “We have an online system where people can book a mass session so that we can adjust the numbers gathering. We ask that we give each other a chance to attend mass so that everyone can participate. Some churches have also opted to do extra masses.
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