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The body of a man is discovered at the heights of Aripo.

Up to news time he remained unidentified.

Reports say the find was made around 4:35pm yesterday afternoon.

Newscenter 5 understands a jogger was passing by in the area when he sighted the corpse.

He contacted the police.

Officers of the Arima C.I.D. visited the scene.

Investigations are continuing.

Opposition led protests in several parts of the country are said to have flopped.

The United National Congress says yesterday’s action was about condemning government’s fuel price hikes.

The new prices became effective at midnight yesterday.

Hours later the UNC protests were held in areas which included Debe and Chaguanas, in central Trinidad, La Brea and Fyzabad in the south and the capital Port of Spain.

Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad Bissessar visited some of the protest sites.

But National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds said the protests were geared toward disrupting the country.

He said the attempts flopped.

The taxi drivers network had called for a boycott yesterday.

President Adrian Acosta said the new prices on fuel would be a significant blow to his member’s pockets.

For now the taxi operators are holding their hands on sanctioning fare increases.

Two more murders are added to the growing list in 2022.

The killings occurred in Debe and Laventille.

In the latest incident Ikemfula Munroe is shot and killed in Laventille.

Reports say that incident took place at Plaisance Terrace, John John around 8:42pm last night.

Newscenter 5 understands officers responded to reports of several explosions in the area.

When they got to the scene they found the body of Mr. Munroe in vehicle parked at the side of the road.

Police say the man has several bullet wounds about his upper body.

Homicide officers say they recovered some twenty-four point 5.0 and twelve 4.0 shell casings near the body.

The Homicide Bureau of Investigations Region 1 is continuing with enquiries.

And a 63-year-old grandmother is chopped to death at her home in Debe.

She has been identified as Sita Jagessar.

Reports say the discovery was made at her Clarkia Drive Wellington Road home, just after 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon.

Newscenter 5 understands Ms. Jagessar’s granddaughter returned home from school and discovered the elderly woman’s body on the floor.

The deceased was said to be covered in blood.

The child alerted a nearby resident who called the police.

When lawmen arrived they discovered a chop wound to the back of the victim’s head.

 Region 3 Homicide and the Southwestern Division visited the scene.

Three men are shot and killed in Chaguanas in separate circumstances pushing the Easter weekend murder toll to 13.

The latest killings happened yesterday.

In the latest incident Akeem James is the victim.

Reports say that incident took place near his Chrissie Trace Enterprise home around 4:15pm yesterday afternoon.

Newscenter 5 understands Mr. James was liming with a group of friends when he was shot.

Two other men who were also shot were taken to the Chaguanas Health Facility where one of them died.  

And another man was shot and killed as he sat in a vehicle at Bhagaloo Trace in Enterprise at around 4:45pm yesterday afternoon.

The victim is yet to be identified.

Police officers say they have arrested a suspect.

Lawmen say the individual was driving a blue Toyota Aqua vehicle in a dangerous manner.

On Thursday, police reported 3 other killings.

One of the victims was Sean Brandon Francis.

His body was found off Lajala Road in Arima with wounds to the back of the head.

And Junior Rivers was killed at Circular Drive Peytonville also in Arima while another man 19-year-old Josiah Maloney was shot and killed at Demerara Road in Arima.

Meanwhile an unidentified man and a woman were found shot dead at around 10pm on Friday night.

And soldier Junior Chase is killed as he attempted to be a peacekeeper in San Fernando early Saturday morning.

Later on Saturday there were 4 more murders.

The victims were Sean Darsoo, Sharsa David who was shot dead by her husband in Edinburgh 500, Mark Lewis and Eber Scrub.

The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard has recovered the bodies of 3 of the 4 missing crewmembers of the St. Vincentian vessel, MV Fair Chance.

The remains of Owen Prescott, Eric Calliste and Devon Celestine were found yesterday 16 days after the vessel overturned 5 nautical miles in the Gulf of Paria off Monos Island.

However, a statement from the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard says a 4^th person remains unaccounted for.

The release says the recovery team, involving coast guard and commercial professionals, managed to get the vessel afloat last Sunday morning, after other efforts to recover the bodies failed.

The coast guard says cargo and other debris had blocked the hatches and doorways, delaying recovery.

A commercial salvage company was hired to assist with cutting a hole in the deck so that access could be gained.

According to the statement the hole was cut but divers from neither the coast guard nor the commercial company could get pass the cargo and debris.

The statement says recognising that the only way to get through the blockage was to raise the Fair Chance; the salvage company began attempts to refloat her.

Finally yesterday the coast guard, accompanied by members of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, was able to enter the vessel to begin the process of clearing the debris.

This leaves one person still unaccounted for according to the 2 surviving crewmembers rescued immediately after the vessel overturned.

The pumping went late into last evening.

The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service says it is aware that several groups are planning protest today at various locations across the country.

In a release the TTPS says it recognizes that the right to protest is fundamental to the growth of any democracy.

But it says while it is the right of persons and groups to protest, these actions must be done within the confines of the law.

The TTPS says it is charged with maintaining law and order; therefore police will be monitoring these planned protests to ensure persons obey the law.

The TTPS further advises that any criminal laws broken during planned protests will be treated with the full sanction and brunt of the law.

St. Augustine MP Khadijah Ameen says government is starving the nation’s teachers and some are even mentally stressed.

This she says is due to a lack of proper salaries.

Ms. Ameen says qualified persons in the teaching system are being underpaid; yet they are expected to carry out the duties of a full time educator.

She is of the view that a grade four teacher should be paid between $12,000 and $16,000 dollars per month.

Ms. Ameen says the situation has been impacting on the health of persons involved.

She also noted some teachers have been forced to take on a second job.

The Opposition MP points out that the last increase in teachers’ salaries was in 2014.

Ms. Ameen says the education ministry must rectify the situation urgently as many teachers are facing starvation and are being pushed over the edge mentally.