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Chamber head: Urgent action needed to rebuild public trust in police

Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce president Kiran Maharaj believes while action is needed to combat people parading as police to perpetrate crimes, urgent action is also required to restore the public's confidence and trust in the service. In a phone interview with Newsday, Maharaj described recent incidents as "beyond worrying." "This is striking fear into the hearts of citizens, where the trust we have in the police service who are supposed to protect us and the country is being totally eroded." She believes the police should implement and educate the public on protocols they should follow to help verify if...

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Martin George vows to revitalise Tobago Crime Stoppers

CHAIRMAN of the Tobago Business Chamber Martin George is saddened by the scourge and horror of crime which he said is bedeviling Tobago. On October 13, police began investigating the death of a 42-year-old Cunupia man whose body was found at the beach near the ANR Robinson International Airport in Crown Point. Marcus Archer, originally from Bejucal Road, worked with a contracting company in Tobago, and was last seen by colleagues at around 6 pm on October 12 when he was leaving work. His body was found with a chop wound to the neck. Police were called when a homeless man who lives near...

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Cunupia man, 42, found dead near Tobago airport

POLICE are investigating the death of a 42-year-old Cunupia man whose body was found at the beach near the ANR Robinson International airport in Tobago on October 13. Marcus Archer, originally from Bejucal Road, was employed with a contracting company in Tobago. He was last seen by colleagues at around 6 pm on October 12 when he was leaving work. His body was found with a chop wound to the neck and investigators have ruled out gang affiliation as a motive. Police were called when a homeless man who lives near the beach found Archer’s body at around 8 am and told a bather. Police...

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Chamber head laments 24 murders, poor policing: Tobago – Paradise lost

"A paradise lost" is how chairman of the Tobago Business Chamber Martin George described Tobago in the wake of two murders on the island over the weekend. He was speaking at the Citizens’ Summit on Crime and Violence at the TML grounds in St Joseph on Sunday, after Brandon Edwards was killed on Friday and Nicholas Mitchell was killed early on Sunday morning. “Tobago is now facing 23 murders and there was a murder in the last 24 hours again. The place that we used to say was 'safe,' the smallest division of the TTPS, apparently that is now being lost. It...

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Tobago Business Chamber wants a further police shake-up

With another murder just days after the hierarchy of the Tobago Division of the T&T Police Service (TTPS) was changed, the chairman of the Tobago Business Chamber Martin George is calling for a further shake-up of the police on the island. George, who attended the Citizen’s Summit on Crime and Violence at the TML Hall, St Joseph, yesterday, said replacing acting ACP Collis Hazel and Snr Supt Rodhill Kirk with ACP Oswain Subero and Snr Supt Earl Elie two weeks ago was the first step in the right direction. “That is a start, definitely. You can’t keep doing the same thing over...

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Citizens speak out at symposium: People feel helpless against criminals

Citizens spoke out against crime and criminality on Sunday at the Citizens’ Summit on Crime and Violence at the TML Grounds in St Joseph. There were presentations from a panel including former UNC MP Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Mirza Ali-Mohammed, chairman of the Tobago Business chamber Martin George, Ricardo Mohammed, Marva John Logan, Isa Mohammed and pastor Clive Dottin. Citizens then voiced their concerns about the crime situation and what they believed could be done about it. Economist Indera Sagewan said Trinidad and Tobago's people are voiceless and feel helpless, not just against crime but against those in authority. “When you say we have...

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