By Sue-Ann Wayow SEVEN Venezuelans who entered the country illegally have been fined a total of $14,000. The group which included one man – Mauricio Jesus Areyan and six women: Athena Sarai’s Perez Farias, Astrid Angexix Leaf Rodriguez, Adriangela Josefina Caracalla Valderr, Jose Merry Coromoto Areyan Munoz, Karina De Carmen Ramos Condea and Sthefani Sarai’s Perez Farias, were each fined $2,000 by […]Read More
FEW people would disagree that there are communities within developed countries that have strikingly similar socio-economic conditions existing in developing countries. An illustration is the slums and overcrowded towns within the developed countries. It is these cities and slums that are sometimes the magnets for unemployed migrants and refugees. Everyone has a role […]Read More
By Prior Beharry FORMER United National Congress (UNC) government minister Dr Devant Maharaj has submitted evidence to the police probing human trafficking by government officials. He confirmed this to AZP News on Saturday saying that he sent a seven-page statement after he was contacted by Sgt Cavelle Mills-Walters of the Counter Trafficking Unit on […]Read More
AN investigation has been launched into allegations of human trafficking allegedly by persons in public life. Commissioner of Police, Erla Christopher has ordered the investigation, a media release from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) on Wednesday evening stated. The release stated that following a meeting with the Director of the Counter Trafficking Unit, Christopher appointed a special team of officers […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow THE Trinidad and Tobago Embassy bank accounts in Belgium are not being closed because of tax issues and money laundering. This is according to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Caricom Dr Amery Browne. Speaking at a press conference at the ministry’s head office in Port-of-Spain on Wednesday, Browne said that Trinidad […]Read More
‘But on this issue it is not just a case of conveying individuals from the Middle East to the Caribbean and Trinidad and Tobago’ – Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Dr Amery Browne By Sue-Ann Wayow THE return of the Trinidad and Tobago national in Syria will be done in the context […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow POLICE Commissioner Erla Christopher is being called upon to disclose if police are investigating claims of any parliamentarian involved in human trafficking. The call comes from Opposition Member of Parliament for Oropouche East Dr Roodal Moonilal. He is also calling on the United States authorities to explain the meaning of “senior Government” officials involved in the trafficking of humans […]Read More
WHY must citizens of a poor, struggling country suffer when its brightest minds and talented citizens are attracted to wealthy developed countries? T his is a grave injustice and there is a need to intervene to stop the brain drain. Developed countries should be training their own people and not adopt the lazy and […]Read More
FORMER FIFA vice president and government minister Jack Warner sat down on Friday with Editor-in-Chief of AZP News Prior Beharry at his Sunshine Today newspaper office in Arouca to discuss politics in Trinidad and Tobago and why he supported Russia and not England for the 2018 World Cup. He said he has forgiven then […]Read More
A PISTOL, ammunition and cases of alcohol were seized from four illegal Venezuelan immigrants. The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) in a release on Thursday said officers of the South Western Division intercepted the illegal immigrants and seized the items during an anti-crime exercise conducted in the Division on Wednesday. Based on information received, the officers proceeded […]Read More