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The man charged with possession of child pornographic material has been denied bail.

Thirty-five-year-old Neil Ramdeen appeared before Magistrate Adrian Darmani yesterday.

Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Soodeen objected to bail so that Mr. Ramdeen could be traced.

He was remanded until today.

It is reported child pornographic pictures and videos were found at Mr. Ramdeen’s home during a search on Monday this week.

Mr. Ramdeen is an Estate Police Constable attached to the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission.

Another father in grief, this time Shian Drakes.

He wants answers after his 2-year-old son Romelu Drakes drowned in a pool on the compound of a school in Couva.

The school is located in Esperanza Village.

Romelu was enrolled there for the past 8 months.

On Tuesday relatives who went to pick up little Romelu were told there was an emergency.

When they were allowed inside they found officials at the school trying to resuscitate Romelu.

Romelu was taken to the Couva Hospital where he died.

Mr. Drakes is baffled.

Mr. Drakes said he was always of the assurance that his son would have been well supervised while attending classes.

Drakes said yesterday, Romelu would have celebrated his 3^rd birthday next month.

The fatal police shooting of 2 men in central Trinidad is being called an assassination.

The father of one of the deceased is crying shame on the police.

The deceased have been identified as Kevin Edwards also known as “Chappy” and Sterling Raymond.

Reports say Mr. Edwards and Mr. Raymond were in a vehicle along the Longdenville Old Road yesterday when the incident occurred.

On the Beyond The Tape program yesterday Superintendent Roger Alexander said police were acting on information that 2 men were seen with guns in the area.

Officers took the men to the Chaguanas Health Facility where they were pronounced dead.

Police say 2 guns were recovered in the vehicle.

Police say Mr. Raymond was seen brandishing 2 guns on social networking site Facebook.

His father Sterling Raymond Sr. said his son was targeted by the police because of the video.

He said the younger Mr. Raymond was not involved in gang activities and called for a probe into the matter.

They say the 2 had criminal rap sheets and were well known to police.

A 35-year-old security officer is expected to appear in court today charged with possession of child pornography.

The man is a security officer attached to the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission.

He was arrested and charged on Monday this week by Corporal Baboolal of the Freeport Criminal Investigations Department.

There was a search on the man’s home and officers claim they found a large quantity of pornographic pictures and videos.

According to the police some of the videos and photographs featured several juveniles.

The man is from Penal.

He is to appear before a Chaguanas Magistrate.

The Anti Gang Bill 2021 gets the nod in the Senate, but the opposition did not vote for it.

Last evening, Opposition Senators abstained, while the independent bench gave support.

The Bill did not need a special majority to be passed.

Its passage comes 2 days after the Prisons Commissioner; Denis Pulchan revealed that there are 17 gangs operating within the prison system.

He said this means over 300 inmates are active members of the gangs.

Police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a toddler in Couva.

The child is identified as Romello Drakes.

He was 2-years-old.

Reports say at around 8:25 yesterday morning Romello was dropped off at the Speech Therapy School in Esperanza by his uncle.

It is said hours later at around noon, 2 other relatives went to pick up the child and were told there was an emergency regarding Romello.

Reports say the relatives were taken inside the school, where they saw an official attempting to resuscitate the toddler.

The child was then taken to the Couva Health Facility where he died.

There are now reports that three people have died in the accident on the Uriah Butler Highway.

The accident occurred in Charlieville at around 7 o’clock last evening.

The names of the dead, said to be Venezuelan nationals, have not yet been released.

Early reports on the tragedy say a man was crossing the highway near the Charlieville walkover, when a Nissan pick-up, in a bid to avoid hitting him, swerved and flipped several times.

The vehicle was on the southbound lane of the highway.

It is said the pedestrian and 2 of the passengers in the pick up are the fatalities.

Nineteen-year-old Chelsea Rampersad has been charged with robbery with violence and driving without a permit and certificate of insurance.

The teenage mother was arrested after an alleged robbery at a roti shop in Barrackpore last Tuesday.

During the robbery Dane Boodoo was shot and killed by an off duty prison officer.

Ms. Rampersad is from Tarouba.

She first appeared in court last Friday and has to return on April 7^th.

Ms. Rampersad was placed on $60,000 bail.