Nation robbed of a treasure in Torrance Mohammed
Torrance Mohammed - Yvonne Webb
“WHEN the bandit robbed Torrance Iqbal Mohammed, he did more than that. He robbed the nation of a son, of a national treasure,” was how TUCO PRO Steve “Ras Kommanda” Pascall summed up Mohammed’s death.He died in hospital on Tuesday after being knocked down by a man who robbed him of his phone and a gold chain as he dropped fruit at a friend s home.
Kommanda said when the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) got an office space at City Hall San Fernando in 1993, he developed a lasting relationship with Mohammed, who was then deputy mayor at the city corporation.
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Torrance Mohammed described attacker to police before dying
Torrance Mohammed - Yvonne Webb
POLICE said the man who robbed and attacked Torrance Mohammed is known to them and it is only a matter of time before he is apprehended.
They are treating the incident as a robbery until a post mortem is done on Mohammed s body to determine the cause of death.
Mohammed, a former politician and cultural icon who pioneered dance in Trinidad and Tobago, died in hospital at 9.08 pm on Tuesday allegedly from injuries he suffered during that brutal attack the evening before.
The bandit who snatched his gold chain he had worn for decades around his neck. and his cell phone, shoved Mohammed, 90, to the ground as he tried to ward off the attack. Mohammed s head, back and legs were injured
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Monday 1 February 2021
San Fernando mayor Junia Regrello unveils the Steve Achiba street sign in honour of the former steelband icon who brought national pride to San Fernando when he led Hatters to win its only national panorama title . With Regrello are Achiba s wife Candice, daughter Adriana and son Jonathan. - Yvonne Webb
IT was an emotional moment for his family on Wednesday as a street in San Fernando was named in honour of panman Steve Achaiba.
Achaiba was one of the first pannists to win a national Panorama both as a player and arranger. He played for Panorama champions Guinness Cavaliers under the captaincy of Lennox “Bobby” Mohammed in 1968 and, as leader and arranger of then Maritime Life Hatters Steel Orchestra in 1975.