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Trinidad and Tobago records at least 2 cases of the Omicron sub variants BA-4 and BA-5

They are said to be very potent and fight against immunity.

The country’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Roshan Parasram yesterday said the confirmed cases were found within a week of each other.

Nevertheless Dr. Parasram is insisting the plan to scrap the mask mandate this coming weekend remains.

He sees no need to withdraw the plan.

The CMO told a news conference after Sunday people have to take full responsibility for preventing infection.

The man believed to be involved in the fatal hit-and-run accident, which claimed the life of Guardian Media Photographer Anthony Harris, has been found.

Reports say officers were able to identify the number of the vehicle and the name owner it was registered to from the licensing authority.

Speaking with Newscenter 5 this morning, Public Information Officer of the TTPS Inspector Sheridan Hill said the owner is in custody.

Reports say while officers received new footage of the incident, since the original CCTV footage was very poor, they were, in fact, able to use the testimony of eyewitnesses to identify the vehicle number and the suspect.

Mr. Harris was cycling around the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain last Saturday when the driver of a white car ploughed into him and fled the scene.

He died on Sunday morning at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital.

The Archbishop of Port of Spain says Trinidad and Tobago is critically wounded by constant beatings and abuse.

Archbishop Jason Gordon laments what he sees as the many ills plaguing the republic.

He says the country is lying at the side of the road badly beaten and near dead.

He called on the church to help.

The Archbishop’s pleas came during last Sunday’s mass at the Living Water Community on Frederick Street in Port of Spain.

The police are investigating 3 more killings.

The latest victim is 39-year-old Windsor Mongroo.

He was shot dead in Sangre Grande yesterday morning.

Mr. Mongroo was from Picton Road Extension.

He was found dead in a parked vehicle slumped on the steering wheel.

Outside the vehicle police found spent shells.

And the investigations continue into the killing of 2 friends in Gasparillo.

The men are Joshua Williams and Anand Mahabir.

Their killings occurred on Monday night.

Joshua Williams was 36-years-old and Anand Mahabir was 39.

They were construction labourers from Diamond Village near San Fernando.

Reports say they were shot several times at 1^st Street, Harmony Hall.

Three days after he was shot dead by police in Port of Spain, 17-year-old Leonardo Williams is laid to rest.

Yesterday scores of friends and relatives showed up to say their final goodbyes to the Beetham Gardens teenager.

He along with 22-year-old Fabien Richards and 16-year-old Isaiah Roberts were shot while in a vehicle in downtown Port of Spain last Saturday.

At the funeral service a vendor and friend of Leonardo Williams, Roslyn Cain called on parents to look after their children.

Three of Leonardo’s schoolmates remembered him as a motivator.

Police have said the vehicle in which the 3 were killed was reported stolen.

They said the occupants of the car shot at them.

Relatives and others in the community are accusing the police of using excessive force.

An investigation has started and the officers involved in the incident have been pulled off active duty.

The police service makes a surprise visit to the St. Dominic’s Children’s Home in Belmont.

Officers of the Child Protection Unit went to the facility to gather evidence as investigations into allegations of abuse continue.

Four police vehicles went to the home located at Belmont Circular Road yesterday.

The visit comes 2 months after Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley called on the Acting Commissioner of Police to probe the allegations made in a report done by a team lead by Dr. Robert Sabga.

Dr. Sabga said there was sexual, physical and emotional abuse at the children’s home.

The 25-year-old report which was completed and commissioned by a 9 member team was never laid in Parliament and detailed systematic abuse at various children’s institutions.

The 1997 report gained popularity after another report into children’s homes led by Justice Judith Jones was laid in Parliament on April 29^th, 2022.

The St. Jude’s and St. Dominic’s Children’s Homes are some of 12 under the purview of the Roman Catholic Church.

Since the report was made public Archbishop Jason Gordon ordered an investigation into the allegations of child abuse at the children’s home.

In May, the head of the Special Victims and Department, Woman Supt. Claire Guy Alleyne called on victims to come forward as the unit spearheaded the investigations.

Fourteen-year-old Jameel Ali is dead after a steel gate at his Aranguez home fell on him.

It is reported Jameel was trying to close the gate yesterday morning when it fell hitting him in the head.

He and his father Rishard Ali had just returned from Felicity.

Jameel was a student of Vishnu Boy’s Hindu College.

The tragedy occurred at Jaggessar Street, Aranguez at around 10:30am.

His father and mother were in a state of shock when visited by members of the media yesterday.

Mr. Ali, who is a gardener, said all his hard work was to provide adequately for his teenage son.

Jameel was Mr. Ali’s only son.

After the accident, the boy was taken to hospital where he was declared dead.

Police are now investigating the shooting in Maraval, which led to the death of a 16-year-old boy.

He is Caleb Martineau.

He was from Morne Coco Road, Le Platte Village, Maraval.

He and 2 others were shot on Saturday night.

Caleb was at the time celebrating his birthday.

The other 2 wounded during the incident are 18-year-old Laurenzo Pereira and 35-year-old Ric Toussaint.

The 3 males were liming at back street when a masked man approached and opened fire at around 11:30pm.

Caleb was hit on the right side of his head.

The other 2 were shot in the neck and upper back.

Caleb was pronounced dead at hospital.

An Opposition Member of Parliament calls on the National Security Minister to bring forward what he claims he knows about recent protests.

Last week, Minister Fitzgerald Hinds suggested that the demonstrations were planned and paid for.

Naparima MP Rodney Charles yesterday dismissed the claim of the Minister.

He slammed the government for its inability to successfully deal with the crime situation in the country.