Neeradh Ragoonanan and Shakti Ragoonanan appeared before Magistrate Alicia Chankar. They pleaded not guilty. It is alleged that they were in violation of Section Six (c) Chapter 30:52 of the Litter Prevention Act. A summons was issued by litter warden Kimberly Jones.
The magistrate adjourned the matter to October 23.
Lynly was diagnosed with the mental illness more than 20 years ago after the tragic death of his girlfriend and Patrong, who is a pensioner, has had the responsibility of caring for her son all by herself. Lynly has been an outpatient of the St Ann’s Medical Hospital for many years.
Patrong previously had her son in a home because she believed he would be able to receive the proper care and attention that he required.
After some time, the owner and caregiver of the home told the woman she would no longer be able care for Lynly because the disability cheques she was collecting from Government for him were not enough and Patrong had to take her son home and care for him.
Lynly was a patient at the hospital up two weeks but, according to his mother, one morning she returned home from an errand and found her son liming on the corner of their street with some men known to him.
She said Lynly told her a hospital’s van dropped him off with discharge papers stating the need for the prescribed medication dogmatil. She later went to the hospital and asked a medical officer if she would be able to get the prescription so she would be able to get it at a clinic.
The doctor told her he could not give her one but instead gave her a day’s worth of tablets. Patrong said that without his medication, her son is very difficult to deal with.
Patrong is now asking for help in any way possible but, most importantly, she would like to be able to access his medication.
Forget the holiday and house and flag-waving thing. Give them a million dollars each in Unit Trust units.
Just my opinion.
SALLY KENT Diego Martin
West Indies got off to a poor start on tour of England, losing by an innings and 209 runs in the first Test match which ended in three days on Saturday. Gayle last played an ODI for West Indies in March 2015, while Samuels last played in October 2016 as both players had conflicts with Cricket West Indies.
Ganga said experience is currently needed in the West Indies team, which is currently being led by 25 year old Jason Holder in the threematch Test series against England.
“Right now if you compare our West Indies team against the current England Test team, you would see that the team fails in comparison to the experience on that England side,” Ganga said.
“Any amount of leadership and experience would obviously be an added boost for our current West Indies team. It is refreshing news for both Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels. I am sure it will make our ODI team a little more competitive than it has been. Hopefully these guys can lead the West Indies team to some victories in the ODI series.” West Indies were poor in last month’s ODI series against India in the Caribbean, losing the five-match series 3-1 with rain washing out one of the matches.
Holder has come in for serious criticism for his captaincy but Ganga said he has a difficult task with such an inexperienced team.
“It is really unfortunate for him to be placed in a situation where he has got a bunch of inexperienced players. I saw a little bit of the first Test match against England…but everyone before the start of this series knew it would be an uphill battle for a young, inexperienced West Indies team. They had a very good start to the Test match with Kemar Roach leading with the ball, but losing 19 wickets in day three it was not expected. It would have been far-fetched to think that West Indies would have been competitive against England in English conditions.” Ganga, who praised Jermaine Blackwood for his unbeaten 79 in the first innings, thought West Indies should have included spinner Devendra Bishoo and said the bowlers must keep a consistent line and length. The former West Indies opener said for batsmen to be successful in England, they must apply themselves and be disciplines, rather than counting on talent.
Holder was lambasted in some quarters after bowling coach Roddy Estwick revealed he forgot to take the new ball when it was due during the England innings.
Ganga, now a cricket commentator, said taking the new ball might have helped, but said the outcome would have been the same.
This is the view expressed by newly installed Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TT FA) technical director Anton Corneal.
Corneal said the Jamaicans will be a fitting test for the TT team.
He said, “I think ideally, this (against Jamaica) is the right type of game that we need now.” He noted that Jamaica are coming off exceptional performances at the recent Gold Cup in the United States where they reached the final only to be beaten 2-1 by the USA.
He believes the game will be very competitive because of the rivalry between the two countries.
While the Caribbean derby will be the focus this week, Corneal stressed that the real matches of importance would be Honduras on September 1 and Panama four days later.
“Of course it is important to get a result against Honduras as they will be pushing for a result here also which possibly means it will give us a chance to exploit them in areas that may be opened up. It is the first game of the two qualifiers and a result here will give us that chance to keep fighting heading into Panama,” Corneal added.
TT coach Dennis Lawrence is stepping up his preparations for the World Cup qualifiers and welcomed Cordell Cato into his squad at the weekend and he went straight into training yesterday.
Lawrence is expected to name his final squad today, following a training session at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Arima.
Corneal said it is of course important to get a result against the Hondurans.
Meanwhile the unsuccessful under-15 team under coach Russell Latapy returned home from the CONCACAF Championship in Florida, USA.
The scores were all level but the game was no stalemate as numerous supporters of home team Nationals came out in the scorching sun, surrounding the field on the park benches.
It did not take too long after the first whistle for the action to begin as Trinity National’s midfielder Ranelle Pascal tested the Rangers goalkeeper in the 15th minute.
But Rangers, who created several early chances, were first to score when Shakeema Forestine was on spot to toe-poke the ball into the net following a goalkeeping blunder in the 33rd minute.
A determined Nationals did not take very long to respond and indeed they did just five minutes after the Rangers opener.
A corner kick fell to Leeann Kirby whose cheeky back-heel found the back of the net.
The action only bubbled in the second half as both teams were vying to claim the full three points with Nationals desperately needing it to keep their hopes alive in the title race.
Nationals were constantly on the attack which produced many instances of last ditch defending by Rangers who also responded on the counter. Another bustling and dancing run this time by midfielder Shanelle Warrick saw another shot roll into the keeper’s gloves.
Rangers had an attempt cleared off the line but in the end the teams shared the spoils.
In a post match interview, head coach of Trincity Nationals, Joel Warrick, said that he thought the game was more or less even but felt that in the second half his team could have had scored at least one or more of the chances that fell to them. For Mic-it St Ann’s Ranger’s coach, Jason Spencer, everything went according to plan and he expressed his satisfaction with the result.
Rangers, with the result, inch closer to the top three in the table, and now find themselves 11 points behind Real Dimensions.
In other match on Saturday, Jewels FC and Defence Force also played to a 1-1draw.
Police identified the deceased as Ryan Crawford, 18, of Maracas Gardens in St Joseph.
His friend and survivor Nikhil Gopaul, 16, of Westmoorings, remained at the San Fernando General Hospital up to last evening.
Police said, shortly before 10 pm on Sunday, Crawford was driving a white Mercedes Benz on the south-bound lane of the highway.
Gopaul was a front-seat passenger and upon reaching Gandhi Village, Crawford attempted to switch lanes.
He lost control of the car and crashed into a utility pole.
Crawford died on the scene.
The murdered man was identified as Curtis “Birdman” Smith Jr, from Riverside Drive, La Puerta.
Reports are he was approached at about 9 am by three men who alighted from a car and opened fire on him.
Crime scene investigators collected at least 40 spent shells.
A child received a graze from a stray bullet while a man sustained a broken arm while running during the shooting. Eyewitnesses told police Smith was involved in an altercation with another man hours shortly before he was shot.
He was captured on a video kicking a man in his head and his side.
The video was shared on social media platforms.
Police say Smith was a suspect in a murder.
However, family members say he was not a criminal but a businessman and a father of four.
Family members were so beside themselves with grief when they Smith’s body that one relative charged past the caution tape crying out for him.
The relative was held back by police. Another man was arrested for assaulting a police officer while at the murder scene.
Relatives said gunmen were after Smith for a while.
They said people were jealous of him because he had gotten several contracts in the area.
Newsday was told he was heading to one of these job sites when he was killed.
In April, Smith was chased by gunmen who shot him in the shoulder at Pregnancy Lane, off La Puerta Avenue.
Police have not yet ascertained a motive behind his murder.
The murder toll now stands at 303 for the year.
Dead is Fyzool Walters also called Roland of Lower Hilltop Road, off Mt Pleasant Road in Springvale.
Police said, shortly before 5 pm they went to Walters’ home in search of illegal weapons.
They said on arrival they saw Walters with a gun outside the house.
On seeing them, Walters allegedly ran to the back of the house and began shooting in their direction.
They returned fire and later found the teenager with gunshot wounds nearby in some bushes.
Police said they retrieved an automatic gun with ammunition nearby.
Walters was taken to the Couva District Health Facility where he died shortly after arrival.
ASP Smith, Insp Bhagwandeen, Sgt Ali and other officers from the Central Division met relatives after the shooting.
An autopsy was expected to be done yesterday at the Forensic Science Centre in St James.
Only hours earlier on Sunday, Moruga police shot and killed Kevin Stafford of Tarodale, St Madeleine who, they said, shot and wounded 29-yearold Kevon Charles of Bois Jean Jean, Moruga.
Police said Stafford and Charles had an altercation at Basseterre Village, Moruga at about 7 am during which Stafford shot Charles in his leg.
Police, who were nearby, responded and chased Stafford.
However, they said Stafford stopped and pointed a gun at them causing a policeman to shoot him dead.
Nurse is likely to make his debut tomorrow when the TKR face St Kitts and Nevis Patriots at Warner Park in St Kitts.
Nurse comes in as a replacement for Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who has been recalled for Bangladesh’s Test series against Australia. “This gives another option in off-spinners. Ashley is very experienced, he has played this format on many occasions, he also played for the West Indies and we expect that with his experience, if selected tomorrow, he will bring another edge to our team,” said Borde.
The upcoming match is a battle of the two top teams in the standings, with TKR at the top on 12 points, with six games won out of seven matches played. The Patriots hold second place with nine points with four games won out of six matches, and have the opportunity to play on home ground on Wednesday.
Speaking on strategy, Borde admitted that the Patriots are a formidable team with the likes of Jamaican Chris Gayle and Barbados Carlos Brathwaite in their ranks.
“Being away from home, we’d assess the conditions that we currently have to play under. We’ve played here before since it’s the fifth edition of CPL, so a number of the players have been with us from day one.
Certainly, most of the players have played on that ground before and so there’s a specific way we’ll have to play and that will be determined by the coaching staff.” Borde expressed confidence in the team, citing the various options available in the fielding, bowling and batting lineup. “Uppermost with this team is that, we play as a team and not rely on one individual and that we play to our strengths and our strengths in this particular team is that we have various options that the captain can turn to.”
