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A 15-year-old boy is one of 50 people held for breaching the curfew now in place.

Among those held on the third night of the curfew were maxi taxi operators and the teenager who was reportedly on a joyride, after borrowing a relative’s vehicle.

The Northern Division saw the most arrests with 15 held.

It was within that division the 15-year-old was detained.

He is to be charged as well with operating a vehicle without a driver’s licence.

Thirteen arrests were made in the Arima district and 12 were held in Tobago.

Nine were arrested in the eastern division including 2 women.

Western and southwestern divisions saw 5 and 4 arrests respectively.

Port of Spain and northeastern divisions recorded one arrest each.

This brings the total number of persons held for breach of curfew to 75.

Members of the House of Representatives will next Monday consider an extension of the State Of Emergency, called by the Prime Minister and proclaimed by the President.

Confirmation of this has come from Attorney General Faris Al Rawi via TV6 news yesterday.

Mr. Al Rawi said it is a simple process as stated in the constitution of the country.

He said via its majority, the government could get an additional extension of 3 months for the SOE for a combined total of 6 months.

Any further extension would require a three-fifths majority vote of the two houses of parliament.

Opposition MP Dr. Roodal Moonilal said yesterday his bench would be fully engaged in the debate next week.

Dr. Moonilal said in principle there can be little objection to a State Of Emergency and a curfew

But Mr. Al Rawi said the 9pm to 5am curfew came from the medical advisers to the government.

Rodney Baker, the man whose photo was published on the front page of the Guardian Newspaper as a recent related death is alive.

The error was made on the popular daily newspaper yesterday.

Today, Mr. Baker says the error has traumatized his family.

Mr. Baker and his wife contracted the virus last month.

She died of the virus but Mr. Baker survived.

He is currently in home self-isolation after spending weeks at hospital.

Speaking on The Morning Show on i95.5fm earlier, Mr. Baker said he prefers not to take the legal route but would if he has to.

Mr. Baker who is the father of 2 children said the loss of his wife has already dealt his family a significant blow.

He is hopeful the error will be corrected.

Police find 1,000 grams of marijuana in Blanchisseuse.

Officers of the Blanchisseuse Police Station found the drug yesterday.

The officers were conducting an exercise at the time of the find.

The exercise was conducted between the hours of 1pm and 6pm.

The officers say as a result of information received they went to La Fillette Village Blanchisseuse and observed a man along the roadway approximately 100 meters away.

Police say when they approached the man; he dropped a large black garbage bag and ran into some nearby bushes making good his escape.

When examined, the bag was found to contain a quantity of plant like material resembling that of marijuana, which weighed 1000 grams.

PC Beard is continuing enquiries.

The Firearms Amendment Bill 2021 gets the support of the Opposition and the government.

The Bill, which caters to the use of pepper spray, was passed in the Upper House yesterday.

However, 2 Independent Senators abstained from the vote.

In his winding up of debate on the Bill yesterday, Attorney General Faris Al Rawi says the legislation gives victims a fighting chance.

Earlier Independent Senator Deoroop Teemal said training must be given to holders of the device in order to ensure proper use.

Senator Teemal said the legal restrictions on pepper spray might prevent it from protecting the targets of crime.