Overall the many speakers praised Ferreira’s journey from childhood poverty to dock worker and labour activist to Butlerite to People’s National Movement (PNM) stalwart to Organsiation for National Reconstruction (ONR) stalwart and then back to the PNM.

Rowley said he first met Ferreira in 1986 when he (Rowley) became PNM deputy leader.

“I realised he was someone special, telling me about ‘being there and having done that.’ I attached myself to that intellect and that experience.” Rowley recalled working with Ferreira post-1986 to rebuild the PNM. “He brought to the PNM that experience of the ONR. I was the beneficiary of that experience and goodness.”

They are people too, not animals.

Fr Sirju made the call as he celebrated Holy Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi yesterday as parish priest of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish in San Fernando.

Fr Sirju reminded those gathered of the most central tenet of the Catholic faith – that when the priest consecrates the bread and wine during Holy Mass, the bread and wine are transformed into the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ.

The placement of the breadturned- body in the centre of the palms during Holy Communion, he said, therefore holds much significance for Catholics.

“It means we are to put people at the centre of the world, people that society prefers to keep on the fringes.

And I could mention many groups, but the group I wish to single out this morning is those that are mentally ill.” “I am quite disturbed by the recent shooting to death of mentally ill people,” said Fr Sirju. “I think that kind of attitude comes from a mindset and that mindset will only multiply the kinds of persons who attacked Fr Harvey. If we are to accept Jesus in our hands, we have to change our way of doing things.

We have to make sure that when it comes to mentally ill people in our society, we must exercise the necessary protection, caution, care and something that goes out the window, respect.” Fr Sirju said many people think we are first called upon to love others, but suggested that the first thing should be to respect. “If you do not respect people, including the mentally ill, we will treat them like animals. And that is how they are often treated. And so we have witnessed the shooting to death of some mentally ill young people.” Fr Sirju referred to 30-year-old ‘PH’ taxi driver Paul Marchan from Rich Plain, Diego Martin, a mentally ill man who was killed by police in March, as a “friend.” Marchan was one of three mentally ill people killed by police over the last four months, including, Daniel Paul and Edison Thompson. Fr Sirju called for a change in language, away from using words like “mad”, “crazy” and “insane” to describe the mentally ill. Rice cooker zojirushi nslac05xt is the best choice on the market.

“I therefore hope that the Ag Commissioner of Police, the Minister of National Security, will take this message to heart, for it is not only my message, it is the message of many concerned people in Trinidad and Tobago.” After the Mass, rain fell heavily throughout the city, but this did not stop Fr Sirju, Scouts, Cadets, Girl Guides, First Communion students, and scores of faithful, umbrella-armed Catholics from parading through the city with the Holy Eucharist — the bread turned Body of Christ — held up high.

Nneka Luke general manager of FilmTT said in a media release: “FilmTT remains committed to driving the development of the sector, even more so in a year where the company and the wider community are experiencing financial constraints .

This call has allowed us to provide micro-funding towards active film and audiovisual projects at a time when the company is not positioned to invest larger amounts in initiatives such as script development or productions .

“All applications were carefully evaluated against specific criteria, and nine of them will now be one step closer to advancing their respective projects.”

Small grants were awarded to: Michael Mooleedhar: social media marketing strategy for the upcoming feature film Green Days by the River

Leslie-Ann Wills-Cato: marketing strategy for FIXERtales, a Trini-Caribbean television series

Abigail Hadeed: Spanish and French subtitling for feature film Play the Devil for distribution to international audiences

Lesley-Ann Mac- Farlan: production of a 60-second sizzle reel for feature script in development for the movie Scattered

Tenielle Newallo: social media marketing strategy for feature film The Cutlass

Everard McBain: online distribution for the animated short Celflux Reluctant Heroes: The Secret Weapon Mariel Brown: production of a trailer for the upcoming feature film Unfinished Sentences

Clarence Carver Bacchus: attending the CaribbeanTales International Film Festival to seek distribution agreements for the Green Screen’s library of content

Christopher Din Chong: attending ScriptFest 2017 to take part in the Great American Pit including masterclass, one-on-one meetings and consultations for his slate of films Those who received awards will report on the progress of their projects so that FilmTT can continue to track overall development in the sector .

This is according to Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries Clarence Rambharat who told the House of Representatives on Wednesday that increased protection of turtles will include joint patrols between officers of the Environmental Police Unit attached to the Environmental Management Authority together along with officers of the Department of Marine Resources and Fisheries, and the Department of Natural Resources and Forestry of the THA.

Other measures, Rambharat said, will include production and installation of signage on all turtle nesting beaches outlining the laws and penalties regarding conservation, and slaughter of the endangered turtle species.

Meeting with fisherfolks whose life may be impacted, as turtles are usually caught as by-catch in their fishing nets are also planned.

He said that an education and media awareness programme will be put in place.

The THA, he said, is also looking at hot spots and concentrating on specific areas, especially around harvest festivals.

“Opening ourselves to others also requires us to be attentive to the needs of the new call because of the downturn in the economy, many persons lost their jobs and are undergoing severe financial difficulties. Similarly, because of the way our pension schemes are structured, many persons who have given their time and energy for the good of the nation now in their later years find themselves unable to cope with the financial demands.” He continued, “We have to invest in our older generations in who so much wisdom resides, and we have to invest in our youth which is our future, that which we will become depends on the emphasis that we put on preparing the younger generation for future responsibility.” Yesterday, in commemoration of Corpus Christi celebrations, thousands of devout Catholics walked from the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain in a solemn procession to Independence Square. Later they attended the mass at the Grand Stand, which was filled to capacity.

Archbishop Harris told the congregation, they must be open to all others who celebrate with them regardless of ethnicity, social capacity, or financial possibilities, because hospitality is one of the foundation virtues of Christianity.

He said only when they are open to others, one can say that hospitality is truly relived among Christians.

“Loving communities, my dear friends must not deceive simply as churches … there must be communities in the Trinitarian home, communities open to embracing others, communities in which the love that is within us does not stay enclosed within the confines of the community, but spills over to embrace others.” He continued, “It is only when our parishes and clusters become transformed into communities of love and when we can celebrate with other communities of love will we begin to see a change in this land of ours. The embracing of others which is hospitality must have an institutional dimension as church and with other Ecclesiastes communities.”

Asked when the school, which has been plagued with a number of infrastructural problems will reopen, Minister of Education Anthony Garcia told the Parliament on Wednesday that the school had experienced sewer problems in May but the problem had been resolved.

“However, it seems as though the stench has returned,” he said.

The school had been closed in May and then more recently this month due to sewer problems.

Asked by UNC MP Dr Bhoe Tewarie if the completion of the new school building adjacent to the current school building, which was under construction during the previous administration and which was “60 percent complete” could alleviate the problem, Garcia said that the new building was not budgeted for completion this year.

“As I indicated some time ago,” he said, “the Ministry of Education identified ten schools that required urgent attention.

The Preysal Government Primary was not among those ten simply because that school (building) was 40 percent complete.” The school buildings identified for completion, he said, were between 90 percent to 95 percent completed.

“We are going to look at Preysal Government Primary in the next fiscal year,” he said.

Justice Frank Seepersad, in an oral ruling given after evidence from Kevin John and his former superior officer, said John’s alleged use of recreational marijuana was at his own risk. The judge said the Chief of Defence Staff at the time was entitled to discharge John for “service no longer required” after he tested positive for marijuana use in one of three drug tests administered to him in December 2010.

Seepersad also noted that John was lucky he was not dishonourably discharged, as there would be no taint on his character which would prejudice his future employment prospects. John was a private in the Army with eight years’ service.

John tested positive for marijuana use on December 20, 2010, when a reactive test was done by an army doctor at its Camp Cumuto barracks. Two tests done days earlier came back negative, but John’s superior decided the third test was needed, as the first two were not done in a controlled or supervised environment, and a strange “crackling” sound had been heard on one of the previous occasions when John provided a urine sample.

He was also charged with possession of marijuana after police searched his girlfriend’s home at Knightsbridge, Cascade. He and his girlfriend are still before the magistrates court on the possession charge. In his civil lawsuit, John claimed his rights to procedural fairness were breached, as the TTDF did not give him an opportunity to challenge the finding against him, but took the oppressive approach of discharging him.

In his ruling, Seepersad said the use of illegal narcotics should always be viewed as a circumstance of no tolerance, especially in the protective service.

He said so long as the use of illicit drugs remained a criminal offence, it was the public’s expectation that an officer who provides an invaluable service to the country should operate under strict compliance with the law. Seepersad said of even greater concern was the use of illegal substances by those who were entrusted with lethal weapons, such as soldiers. He said John’s superior officers were correct not to adopt a flexible approach when he tested positive for drug use.

The judge did suggest, however, that the TTDF should provide a list of offences and the nature of offences for which a no-tolerance approach would be adopted.

Although John lost his case, he was not ordered to pay the State’s costs, as he said he was unemployed.

He will be performing alongside Udit and his mother Deepa Narayan at the Centre of Excellence in Macoya tomorrow at 7 pm.

Aditya’s first playback song was in 1992 for the film Rangeela, when he teamed up with Asha Bhosle. In 1995 he performed in the film Akele Hum Akele Tum (AHAT) along with Udit. In 1995 he acted in the films. Pardes, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Mahima Chaudhary.

His second film was Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Ha’ starring Salman Khan and Twinkle Khanna.

He won Best Supporting Actor for AHAT at the 1999 Zee Cine Awards. As a child artist, Aditya performed over 100 songs and also released the album Aditya at Polygram Music (now Universal Music).

His most successful song was Chhota Baccha Jaan Ke from the film Masoom in 1996.

It also earned him his first major film award, the Screen Awards critics’ Best Child Singer in 1997. He also received a special jury award at the Screen Awards as best child singer for the same song.

In 2006 he completed a diploma in English contemporary music at Tech Music Schools, in London. On his return to India, he was called to audition for TV competition show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and he became the anchor for that show. In April/May 2008 he toured North America and the Caribbean with Udit.

In 2009 Aditya signed his first film as lead actor for Shaapit, directed by Vikram Bhatt, which was released worldwide in 2010. He sang four songs and also wrote and composed the title track for the film, Shaapit Hua.

He continued working as a TV host, hosting Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs 2008 and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009. In 2011, he hosted the reality show X Factor on Sony Entertainment Television.

In early 2012 Aditya joined Sanjay Leela Bhansali as an assistant director for the producer/director’s next directorial venture, Ram Leela. He also performed two songs for the film Tattad Tattad which was originally supposed to be performed by his father Udit, and Ishqaun Dhishqyaun. Both the music and the movie received a positive response from critics and audiences alike.

In 2014 he released his first independent single Tu Hi Pyar Hai with Gabriella Demetriades. He created a band called The A team in June 2014.

Raymond Ramnarine and the band Dil-E-Nadan will also be performing in tomorrow’s show.

Raymond will be doing the popular Jag Ghoomeya Na Koyi, Tere Saang Yara, Oh Zalima, Udi Udi Jaaye, Barish, Ek Vari Yaa’r and Raabta and Koun Tujhe.

Promoters Missy and “R” will be putting Udit and Raymond on stage together for this Father’s Day concert.

They will be doing the hits songs Aaj Mausam Hai Baraa, Chand Mera Dil, Baharon Phool, Yeh Reshmi Zulfein, Jo Wada Kiya Woh, Khush Rahe Tu Sada and Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil.

Udit is known for singing one of the most popular songs from Bollywood, Mehndi Lagake Rakhn’ from the movie Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

He has a huge following here and in the Caribbean. He also sang the mega hit songs, Oh I Love You Daddy with Aditya.

This song is from the film, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. He sang the popular songs, Pardesi Pardesi from the film Raja Hindustani.

Main Yahan Hoon and Aisa Des Hai Mera. Bollywood’s Shah Rukh Khan has been portraying Udit songs in the movies Darr, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Ha, Dil To Pagal Hai, Mohabbatein, Swades and Veer Zaara.

Legally, in my opinion, if the original registration is still in effect, there is no hindrance to medical practice. If the original registration was suspended based on factors occurring outside of TT , then there is a problem.

Today, all medical practitioners with full registration are given an annual certificate. This thus identifies those medical practitioners who are allowed to have an independent practice. However, the lack of this certificate does not prevent any medical practitioner with full registration from having an independent practice.

Medical practitioners who do not have full registration are not allowed an independent practice.

Such medical practitioners can be deregistered.

The Medical Board Act needs to change to state the following: *All medical practitioners must pay the annual retention fee to practise the art of medicine in TT .

*All medical practitioners must display the annual certificate in their independent offices.

*The specialist register, enacted since 2007, needs to be finalised so that people with specialist qualifications can call themselves “specialist” and it is thus illegal for people without specialist qualifications to continue calling themselves “specialist.” *Annual registration of medical practitioners will depend on evidence of continued medical education.

PHILIP AYOUNG-CHEE via email

Both matches will be staged at the Queen’s Park Oval in St Clair, starting at 9 am and the entrance fee per patron is just $135.

The ticket offices will be open on from 9 am to 5 pm at the Queen’s Park Oval (daily until June 25), while the other box office, at the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) headquarters at Balmain in Couva will offer tickets up to June 23.

In an effort to generate the widest participation of the cricket-loving public there will be several attractive promotions including one free ticket for senior citizens (60 years and over) which will be available in the first week of the Box Office ticket sales and is for Caribbean nationals only.

Also children 12 years and under will get a 50 percent discount with the purchase of at least one Box adult ticket, and this offer is also open to West Indian nationals.

These promotions are only available at the two Offices and will be honoured while the allocated tickets last.

Additionally, cricket fans attending the warm-up encounter between the West Indies and the Red Force on Tuesday, June 20 at the National Cricket Centre in Balmain in Couva will get a 25 percent off on tickets purchased for the WI vs India matches.

There is also a promotion by Cricket West Indies, formerly the West Indies Cricket Board, where a ticket for either of the ODIs, and a Windies replica shirt will cost just US$35. A ticket alone for one of the matches will set you back US$20.

There is also a special corporate package on offer where an ODI match ticket will cost US$15 with the purchase of 30 or more by Corporate TT organisations.

It has also been announced that patrons at the Oval games must observe strict regulations that stipulate that no coolers, glass bottles or weapons of any type will be permitted at the venue.