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A call for government to ease the restrictions on bar owners and restaurants.

Interim President of the Bar Owners and Operators Association Theron Mohan says there is absolutely no reason for the authorities to continue the take away system.

He does not believe a lift on restrictions will result in an increase of COVID-19 cases.

Mr. Mohan is suggesting government re-introduce the same safety measures it did before the recent ban on in-house dinning and drinking

In May, bars were closed and in-house dining suspended as government worked to implement measures to stem the spread of COVID-19.

Today, Mr. Mohan said bar and restaurant owners are suffering.

Speaking with Newscenter 5 yesterday he also said many bar owners have been unable to access grants.

Mr. Mohan wants government to do something to address this.

He also said the association continues to engage all stakeholders and strive for excellence according to world health standards to ensure that COVID-19 remains under control.

Police are now questioning a 46-year-old woman who reportedly pretended to be an Inspector for several months.

In the guise of an Inspector the woman was able to get sensitive information and was allowed access into secured buildings.

Police believe the woman may have also taken money from people with the promise of foregoing prosecution and securing certificates of good character.

On an episode of the Beyond The Tape program on TV6 in late August, Superintendent Roger Alexander described the woman as a career fraudster.

He said she fooled police officers at various stations and received all the protocols of an Inspector.

In The Express Newspaper today, it is reported the woman was held during an operation in Marabella last Sunday.

Officers of the Fraud Squad and the Southern Division are questioning her.

The body Tenil Cupid is found in Santa Flora hours after she was reported missing by her mother.

The 23-year-old was a mother of 3, 2 boys and a girl.

She was reported missing yesterday morning.

Police say Water And Sewerage Authority workers who were visiting a site at around 3.35pm, yesterday afternoon, discovered Ms. Cupid.

She had a wound to the head and semi nude.

Relatives say Ms. Cupid, who lived in Fyzabad, was last seen in the company of a man with whom she had recently ended a relationship.

Police are now searching for the man.

Southern Homicide Division officers visited the scene and are continuing investigations.

One opposition Member of Parliament slams the government on what she describes as the exploitation of senior citizens.

In her contribution to the Budget debate MP for Chaguanas east Vandana Mohit zeroed in on the Social Welfare Ministry headed by Minister Donna Cox.

MP Mohit also questioned what she called the exploitation of the nation’s poor and elderly and believed something is amiss with the increase in the retirement age.

Ms. Mohit said government continues to preach that it is helping, but citizens are still suffering for the basics.

In her contribution on Friday Minister Cox said government has taken and continues to take care of all citizens.

She said no one was left behind.

The Budget debate continues this morning in the Lower House.

The Attorney General says the staging of virtual hearings from the prisons has resulted in huge savings for the State.

Faris Al Rawi says the measure was introduced in an aim to safeguard persons in the prison against the virus.

Over 3500 cases have been heard virtually.

Mr. Al Rawi says this has reduced the Prisoner Transport Bill and allowed government to put the money saved to good use.

Speaking in the parliament yesterday the AG also said the Dr. Keith Rowley led administration continues to do a lot of work in prisons.

But in an immediate response, opposition MP, Saddam Hosein said government’s efforts are not enough.

The MP for Barataria/ San Juan called on the ruling administration to do more to improve the criminal justice system.

Sunil Dookie has been charged with the murder of his ex wife, Reshma Kanchan.

Ms. Kanchan was chopped to death while waiting on transport near her Penal home on September 29^th.

Mr. Dookie appeared virtually before Siparia Magistrate Aden Stroude yesterday.

The charge of murder was read to him.

Thirty-six-year-old Mr. Dookie was not called upon to plead and he was unrepresented during his appearance.

He was remanded into custody and must go before the magistrate again on November 9^th.

Ms. Kanchan of Laltoo Trace, Penal was chopped on her neck, face and arms.

Twenty-three-year-old Ms. Kanchan, a mother of two, died on the roadway, not too far from her home.

Yesterday there was wound on Mr. Dookie’s neck because of his suicide attempt. He spent several days at hospital under police guard.