Lee Young upset third seeded Canadian Chelsea Mukerji 6-1, 6-0 to advance. Aalisha Alexis of TT was defeated 6-0, 6-1 in another quarter-final match by Sarinah Maduro of Curacao. In the boys Under-14 quarterfinals, David Rodriguez outlasted Jace Quashie in an all TT affair 6-0, 6-1.

In round one of the boys singles Under-18 category, Venezuelan Sebastian Pino defeated Danyel Angus of TT 6-3, 6-2. In the girls Under-18 round one, Remika Ohashi of Japan and Nairuti Vyas of India both won over their Caribbean opponents.

Ohashi defeated Barbadian Alesha Alleyne 6-0, 6-2, while Vyas got past Jamaican Valaine Clarke 6-1, 7-5.

The tournament continues today.

Police said workmen saw the foetus while they were offloading garbage and members of the Besson Street Police Station were alerted. Homicide Bureau members went to the scene and interviewed several people including the driver of the garbage truck in which the bag had been placed.

The foetus was then taken to the Forensic Science Centre in St James.

Lack of potable water has spawned a million-dollar industry.

One company’s lack of competence has made many wealthy.

In the 60s, 70s (even presently), when WASA gave us hell but no water, no one perished for lack of water.

I remember water being sold at the Red Cross Children’s Carnival in the 60s.

Here is my concern. Bottled water left in a car is a fire hazard.

Light can be refracted through a water bottle and start a fire on a seat. Sunlight magnified by a water bottle can reach 250 degrees.

The sunlight will come through when the bottle is filled with liquid and act as a magnifying glass.

The clear liquid and clear material can develop a focused beam and actually cause a fire.

Take your water bottle with you when leaving the car. Prevention is better than cure.

Or the report will state, “Cause of fire, water.’”

AV RAMPERSAD Princes Town

The game will be the second match of a double-header with Grenada meeting Curacao from 5pm. After three days of matches, only the top team will advance to the Caribbean Finals in Haiti.

TT team coach Jamaal Shabazz noted, “We have prepared well with a few solid sessions and I think the players are all eager and ready for their first qualifying match. They have the experience of playing in a CONCACAF Championship in the past at the Under-15 level but this now is a different environment with a different cause.

“This is actually World Cup qualifying so they are aware of the importance and the meaning of these matches,” Shabazz added.

The ex-national men’s and women’s team coach continued, “Looking at our opponents, we see that former national player Izler Browne is the coach of US Virgin Islands and I expect they will come here with some kind of preparation and will be no pushovers and we have seen progress in women’s football made both in Grenada and Curacao.

“Neither of these teams will be run arounds and they will come here intent on causing an upset on the host team. But at the same time we believe in our ability and I expect our players will take each game on its merit and will put out the effort that is required to get us past this first hurdle,” Shabazz added.

The team comprises a few United States-born players including midfielder Sarah De Gannes who is based in Alberta; Kara Trotman of Seattle Reign – niece of the late national striker Mickey Trotman, and Annika Daniel of FC Bellevue.

Some of the home-based players include 12-year-old midfielder Kayla Baboolal of Biche FC in Biche, Aaliyah Prince of Success Laventille, defender Moines Mejias of Trinity Nationals and goalkeeper Chelsea Ramnauth of Fyzabad Secondary.

Apart from Haiti, which received a bye as hosts of the final round, the remaining 18 countries entered the first round, and were drawn into three groups of four teams and two groups of three teams.

The winners of each group advance to the final round to join Haiti, where they are divided into two groups of three teams, with the top three teams qualifying for the final tournament as the CFU representatives.

Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, St Lucia, Guyana, and St Vincent and the Grenadines were automatically seeded in Groups A–E respectively as hosts of each first round group, while the remaining 14 teams were seeded based on the results of the previous two editions of the qualifying competition.

Three teams from the Caribbean advance to the CONCACAF Final round next year towards the 2018 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup.

Tickets cost $20 (adults) and $10 (children) and will be available at the venue on each matchday.

There are two routes being considered — from Arima to Toco and from Sangre Grande to Toco.

Nidco said that currently it takes 90 minutes from Arima to Toco. From a layman’s point of view, is this a reasonable or unreasonable time? If the new road reduces the duration to 48 minutes in one of its options and to 35.3 minutes in the other, is spending between $2 billion and $5 billion really necessary at this point in time of economic decline for these minute savings? The figures get even more incredulous when we work out the cost the road per minute that will be saved.

If we use the lowest fee of $2 billion and divide it by the 42 minutes it will save, we get a whopping cost of $47.6 million per minute.

If we use the highest fee of $5 billion, it works out to be $119 million a minute.

If we use the second option of the new road taking 35 minutes instead of 90 minutes, and using the lowest fee of $2 billion, it works out to be $36.4 million a minute. And, for the highest fee of $5 billion, it will be $90.9 million a minute.

Let us be real here. On top of the new road, we will then have to build the new ferry terminal in Toco. That might be another set of billions of dollars. Then, new ferries from Toco to Tobago.

And additional staff to run the port and ferries.

Do we really need that type of infrastructural investment? Can we get more returns if we were to spend that money in other types of infrastructural development and/or otherwise? We definitely need to do something about the local travel between our two main islands. Is this proposed road the solution? Can more frequent and reliable ferry services from Port of Spain be more effective? What if we were to use the one in San Fernando (already exists)? What about if we were to add new ones in Manzanilla and Mayaro to Tobago, especially as decent road works already exist? Further, if we are to go through with the road to Toco, what will be the new duration of the journey from Toco to Tobago? How much shorter will it be than from Port of Spain and the other areas identified earlier? We really need a lot of public consultation on this project before we go ahead.

It will cost us the taxpayers a mint to repay.

IAN RAMDHANIE via email

The woman was then gangraped by the intruders.

Police said the victims were at their home at about 10 pm when two men, one armed with a gun, entered the couple’s home and announced a hold-up.

The husband was then tied up and his wife was taken to a room where the men sexually assaulted her.

After the bandits fled, the victims made a report to the Mayaro police and the crime scene was processed.

The woman was taken to a district medical officer where she was treated.

The child and the other occupants of the car were taken to the Sangre Grande hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. The driver of the van and other survivors were interviewed.

In a statement issued on Monday, The UWI said De Souza comes to the position with a wealth of business knowledge and experience from a career which spans 40 years in the financial and banking sector.

“He served 25 years with the Republic Bank Group, spending the last five years as managing director and CEO of Republic Bank (Barbados) Limited. The career banker also held management and executive positions at Bank of Montreal, Toronto, Canada, and Citibank (Trinidad and Tobago) Limited.” The UWI added, “Driven by a service- oriented impetus and a desire to significantly enhance the Caribbean’s socio-economic fabric, Mr De Souza has utilised his immense financial acumen to spearhead numerous banking initiatives to develop the region’s corporate community and improve conditions for the wider general public.” Commenting on De Souza’s appointment, pro vice-chancellor and principal of The UWI, Cave Hill campus, Professor Eudine Barriteau said, “As the Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and Management seeks to build on 25 years of tremendous achievement, I join the management and staff in warmly welcoming Mr De Souza to the Cave Hill campus community.

“He brings immeasurable reputational capital which we keenly anticipate will enable the School to grow from strength to strength.

He joins the University community at a critical time. We have just embarked on a five-year strategic plan dedicated to revitalising Caribbean development and the Cave Hill campus has reoriented its higher education model to transition to a smart campus catering to the human resource needs for a 21st century Caribbean.

We look forward to his implementation of the school’s expanded programming and the nurturing of existing relationships within this framework,” Barriteau said.

Jones turned up yesterday morning, joining the rest of the 21-man squad. However, according to Lawrence there is no confirmation that the player will take part in tomorrow’s match. Jones took full part in the 90-minute session and said he was eager to be part of the preparation for the all-important World Cup qualifier against Honduras at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva on September 1.

Also joining training on Tuesday was Finnish-based defender Aubrey David but Colorado Rapids defender Mekeil Williams will not be joining the squad for tomorrow’s match.

According to Defence Force defender Curtis Gonzales, “The spirit is very upbeat. We have had good preparations so far. We know how important it is to get it right for the Honduras game and the rivalry with Jamaica is massive.

“I have never played against Jamaica but I have heard lots of stories and I am feeling honoured to be part of the team that will take them on on Thursday. I expect the match to be a rough one.”

The meeting at the Magdalena Hotel in Tobago was the culmination of a hysterical exercise to allegedly shame and blame the Government for mismanagement of the sea bridge.

The Super Fast Galicia has left in its wake more questions than answers. Deliberately sailing off into the sunset because the arm of the Government could not twisted has led to what was expected — suffering of the business community in both Tobago and Trinidad.

This was no Watergate exercise.

Yes, it is important to discover the who, the what and the why of the sea bridge debacle but instead we had a show where an unvarnished attempt was made to score political points.

I was very disappointed in the confrontational way, the lack of finesse displayed, when questions were posed.

Was the Prime Minister expected to cry into his handkerchief? Was he supposed to beg forgiveness? Again? It would appear that in the haste to contract a replacement for the Galicia, several things occurred which should have not.

The main area of concern for us in TT should be the murder rate that is being speeded by domestic violence, sibling rivalry, gang warfare and the consumption of too much alcohol.

Tourism cannot go ahead without addressing the crime rate well before we worry about the boats. We first need to attract people to even want to get onto the boats.

LYNETTE JOSEPH Diego Martin