Newsday’s South office manager dies
MIKEY MAHABIR, 76, who died Sunday night, was the last veteran journalist from South Trinidad whose career began with one of the country’s early daily newspapers — Trinidad Chronicle. Before he became manager of Newsday’s South office, Mahabir worked with the Trinidad Guardian (South office) for more than 34 years. Mahabir, who was born in Buen Intento, Princes Town, was a teacher at the Inverness Presbyterian Primary School. He left teaching to work in the oilfields. Mahabir worked with the Trinidad Chronicle as a reporter, but when that paper became defunct, he moved to the Trinidad Guardian. Mahabir was honoured by the South Trinidad Chamber of Industry and Commerce for his coverage over the many years of labour and business matters in South. Other veteran journalists of his time were the late Hammond Koylass, Milton Bartley, John Alleyne and Norris Solomon, a former Guardian news editor. At the time, Newsday’s CEO Therese Mills was the Guardian’s Editor-in-Chief. Mahabir is survived by his wife Cynthia Vicky Mahabir, brothers Harry, Torrence, of Kuwait (Middle East) and Sylvia. Harry said yesterday that he and Mikey were "very close." He said he took Mahabir to see a doctor on Friday for a viral infection. "The last time I spoke to him was Saturday," Harry said. Mahabir often reminisced with young reporters about his early days in journalism, when he sent news copies to Port-of-Spain by train.
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