Violent behaviour is increasing among children and adolescents.

And school violence is not limited to the student population.

Teachers say they are threatened with violence on school grounds.

Today there is easy access to weapons. Father of the Nation Dr Eric Williams, who said students “carry the future of Trinidad and Tobago in your school bags,” would be surprised to find some of those bags now contain guns, knives, drugs and pornographic material.

Children are exposed to too much media violence. There is an abundance of violence on the television. Even the cartoons are violent. And the Internet, which plays a significant role in all of our lives, features video games with high levels of realistic violence.

Cell phone text messaging and email provide additional platforms to support cyberbullying which is when the electronic media are used to taut, insult or threaten.

But how come violence only occurs at certain schools in particular locations? These schools do not make headlines academically but do so due to violence. It is not common at the single-sex, religious-based prestige schools.

Leadership is what is important.

When Minister of Education Anthony Garcia was at a certain college, school violence was non-existent there. It still does not exist at that particular college.

Ever wondered why that is so? A teacher is not supposed to do the job of parents. Today both parents work or some children are raised by a single parent.

Drug abuse by parents, domestic violence and the presence of guns in the home encourage children to follow their parents’ footsteps.

As a lecturer I can educate, shelter and discipline my students but it is difficult to play multiple roles as educator, surrogate parent, social service and law enforcement agency.

AV RAMPERSAD Princes Town

Schools need to find ways to reduce the problem of bullying. This means having all teachers, staff and administrators on board to prevent bullying. Firstly, there must be a clear definition of bullying.

Bullying is defined as being characterised by intentionally aggressive behaviour that involves an imbalance of power and strength. It can be exemplified through physical, verbal/non-verbal, and/or relational means. It is a repeated offence, even when teachers observe it for the first time.

Staff should be able to distinguish between teasing and bullying.

According to Sweeting and West (2001), teasing is reported more frequently than bullying because teasing is done to irritate or provoke another with persistent distractions or other annoyances.

Bullying, on the other hand, is an imbalance of power. Bullying occurs in different forms such as threats, teasing, name calling, excluding, preventing others from going where they want, pushing, hitting, and all forms of physical violence (Mahoney 2012). The severity of bullying varies from case to case.

When addressing students’ bullying behaviour, be non-judgemental.

First, find out what happened before deciding whether or not the incident qualifies as bullying.

Looking at specific behaviours that occurred is important so that they can be addressed at a later time.

Keep in mind that each student involved in a situation comes from circumstances. Everyone has baggage.

There may be a reason that the child who engages in bullying behaviour is acting this way. To fix the problem, involve the student who is doing the bullying. He/she needs to know what his/her actions are doing to the student he/she is bullying.

Ensure that the person who is doing the bullying knows what behaviour is wrong, why it is wrong, and what the consequences are for engaging in the behaviour. If the behaviour keeps occurring the parent will need to be involved.

The Ministry of Education has a huge role to play in dealing with bullying in schools. There must be a policy which will include strategies, directions and guidance for the teaching staff when handling bullying. I must admit that a scare always comes over me when the Minister of Education begins to speak. It’s not the same feeling with the more articulate Minister of Agriculture or the Attorney General or Stuart Young.

Does the Minister of Education understand his role now? Does he feel the role of minister and the role of trade union president is one and the same? How on earth can the minister openly say that he cannot see a nine-year-old abusing a teacher? How can he say he cannot see a nine-year-old engaging in sexual abuse, without the requisite investigations? When bullying is occurring, there may be warning signs. When a child is being bullied, he can show different signs that indicate that bullying is occurring. Teachers may not witness every incident, and that’s why it’s necessary to involve other students, as well as parents. There are also signs that a child is bullying another.

CUTHBERT SANDY Point Fortin

The police cannot help me; they often arrive after the event. So I am relying on God and the religious leaders to protect me. I expect when I die the Commissioner of Police and National Security Minister will say “a life lost is one too many.” They might even offer condolences.

However, I am afraid that if the bandit dies while attacking me, it might make the front page, and Mr Police Commissioner will accuse the media of glorifying crime.

While I am praying, I will help myself with my mixed martial arts skills. It may not be effective, but as an old man I am going to die trying.

I am not going to run away and live to fight another day. No siree! I don’t have an illegal firearm, so I am at the mercy of the bandit. But I have a handy two-by-four.

I have devised and perfected a crime plan and ways to fight back.

Instead of pepper spray, I will use pepper sauce — scorpion type. I am already in training using kungfu, karate, and mixed martial arts.

When I land a blow, I’ll bawl out “yah!” I’ll fly in the air like Bruce Lee and make flips like the legendary Silver Fox. All the while I will be thinking about my final hour…or minutes.

When everything fails, I am going under the bed for a concoction of human waste and urine, preferably 14 days old, throwing it on the bandit. The smell alone will kill the bandit, or it will blight him, or her, for life. What a fitting life sentence.

No judges in the High Court and Appeal Court will be needed.

KEITH ANDERSON via email

Rhondall Feeles, president of the Single Father’s Association, recognises that incidences of domestic violence has been on the rise in Trinidad and Tobago.

However, he said it was not only against women, but violence on the whole has increased because people do not know how to deal with emotional issues and conflict.

What is necessary, he continued, is dealing with the problem of physical violence holistically, addressing the root causes, and there would be a significant reduction of domestic and other forms of violence.

Feeles noted that, according to the Domestic Violence Act, domestic violence could be one party to another party in a household. This included spouses, children, dependants, or any other member of the household. Also, domestic violence was not just physical violence but sexual, emotional, psychological, and financial as well.

“You can’t walk into a police station and say, ‘My wife is abusing me emotionally or my wife is extorting me.’ Even though it is an offence in legislation, the police will not do anything.” He also suggested that if a woman walked into a police station and told the officers her husband made her feel worthless, was cheating on her constantly, or always berated her, the police would tell her it was a private matter and they could do nothing about it.

“Both genders suffer and we only hear about it when things get out of control and physical and we put it up on Facebook. These other forms of domestic violence, what we see as of lesser importance, lead to the physical abuse on both sides. Over a period of time dealing with that, one day they could just trip off and execute physical revenge.

“What we need to do, to avoid the physical aspect of it, is to deal with the root of the problem, the emotional aspect, and put avenues in place for people to get assistance, and you would see a big decrease in the physical aspect.” Feeles said Police Crime and Problem Analysis Branch statistics between 2010 to 2015 showed that 56 percent of people murdered in domestic situations were women, while 44 percent were men and boys.

“Yes its clear that women have the higher percentage, but 44 percent is high enough for concern as well. Part of the problem is the way it has been advocated for years. We need to deal with the issues men, women, children and anyone in a home would have,” he said.

Feeles said people see domestic violence as “a man beating a woman,” and so did not consider the other types of abuse as abuse.

Therefore, he said it was difficult to speak to men about it as men who are being abused believe the advocacy was biased and sexist, and men who do not beat women think it had nothing to do with them.

He recalled the case of a man who had hot rice thrown on him by his girlfriend. When he went to the police, they told him to stay away from the house for a while. It was his house and so he had nowhere to sleep that night. Feeles said if a man had done that to a woman, the police would have “kicked down the door” and arrested him.

He added that because for many people domestic violence was only seen as a man hitting a woman, boys have been trained so that they do not even stand up for themselves if, as men, women attack them. They would also get involved in a situation and defend a woman without checking whether or not the woman was the perpetrator.

In addition, Feeles said the State failed to provide justice or relief as the justice system itself could frustrate a person into taking things into their own hands.

He suggested Government provide spaces and professionals in communities dedicated to conflict resolution. He also suggested a centre be established with a psychologist, psychiatrist, or counsellor providing free counselling services so people could depend on the services instead of turning to drugs and alcohol to help them deal with their problems.

Marlon Bascombe, a member of the regional executive of The Caribbean Male Action Network (CariMAN), agreed with Feeles that the reasons behind the increase in physical domestic violence were emotional.

However, Bascombe said it may not be that the figures were increasing, but that the issue was more in the public domain so people were paying more attention to it, and more people were reporting cases of domestic violence.

He admitted that most perpetrators of physical abuse were men but said many societal expectations were placed upon them and some men may not be able to deal with this. In addition, talking about emotions may not be considered manly which may lead to repressed emotions.

Bascombe said from a young age, boys were taught not to cry.

He noted that some men with children want to act as caregivers in the home but society believed they should be making money instead.

“We live in a society where men are expected to be a certain way but there isn’t much in place for them.

Even when a man wants to cry or express some emotion that is not usually considered manly, the ridicule he gets forces him to withdraw into himself. That kind of pent up rage can also lead to aggression.

Those things have an impact but for those who act out, there are no rehabilitation initiatives to be able to reduce their violent impulses,” he said.

Bascombe stressed that he was not making excuses for bad behaviour but as an organisation that works with perpetrators of domestic violence across the region, these were some of the things he heard during counselling sessions where the perpetrators attempt to understand the reasons behind their actions.

He said what was most alarming was that some of the men did not understand what they did was wrong. He recalled speaking to some male students of a co-ed school in Trinidad where some of the boys thought it was okay to hit their girlfriends depending on the circumstances. He said sometimes these boys grew up in a family environment where men feel hitting a woman was the only way to keep their wife, or to express that the woman did or said something they did frowned upon.

“The thinking of some of these men, even from a young age, is so entrenched that they don’t always see these things as wrong. We need to have more programmes focussing on making sure that people know how to engage with each other in the right way – ways that would be positive to society.” Bascombe said even on TV shows and songs that were played in the radio advocated violence.

He gave the example of the 2012 Antiguan soca song Kick Een She Back Door. He said men, women, and children were singing the song, complete with screaming and calls for the police in the background, that implied forcing a woman to perform anal sex.

“We should not really be surprised when violence is what we are getting back. Everything has an influence on our behaviour – whether positive or negative – and we must be aware of it. We need to work on putting more positive images out there,” he said.

He believed Caribbean men should be advocates for gender equality and social justice. He said it was necessary for more projects and programmes focussed on engaging men, with topics such as commitment to healthy and family relationships, self awareness, spiritual awareness, overcoming fears, and more as these programmes could be preventative.

Now in his forties, he has spent more than half of his life lobbying for the rights of public officers in Trinidad and Tobago through the Public Services Association (PSA). And while his more recent experiences in the trade union movement can be described as bitter-sweet – given his bitter, highly-publicised confrontations with the incumbent PSA leader Watson Duke – Saunders’ dream of a having a well-oiled, integrity- driven association has never wavered.

If anything, the flame with which he entered the PSA back in the early 1990s, burns even brighter.

On March 12, Saunders and a group calling themselves the United Protectors of the Public Service, held a news conference at City Hall, Port-of-Spain, signalling their intention to challenge the Duke-led Game Changers team, which is hoping for another four-year term following the PSA election, scheduled for November.

Essentially, the group is a coalition of some of the members who were opposed to Duke’s leadership ahead of the 2013 PSA election.

It’s symbol is an open star.

And although it may be early days yet with United Protectors being the first off the blocks in offering themselves as a worthy alternative, Saunders told Sunday Newsday the team was not leaving anything to chance.

“We needed to contest the leadership after the groundswell of disappointment in the national community, in the first instance and the public officers, which members of the PSA expressed after seeing several teams lose at the last 2013 PSA election. There was a cry following that for us to come together,” he said of the factors which influenced the establishment of United Protectors.

Saunders described as “chaotic at best,” Duke’s eight-year reign in the PSA.

“I think Mr Duke’s leadership is an abject failure,” he said. “It is almost as going to see a movie that would have gotten unlimited advertisement and when you sit in the theatre you are disappointed.

You walk out of the theatre because the film has bad actors.

This has happened over eight years.

“It has been controversy after controversy and his character has really become the face of the union, which, to me, is more disappointing because people perceive the union based on its leader, unfortunately, because he has sold himself as being bigger than our union.” Regarding the view in some quarters that Duke still had considerable support among the union’s membership, Saunders said: “I would not say that Mr Duke has a lot of support. I think that is a misconception.” He argued that such sentiments were a matter of opinion.

“There is a lot of crime in Trinidad and Tobago but does that represent the entire Trinidad and Tobago being full of crime. Mr Duke is someone who has some support. However, it is in the minority, similar to the position he now holds in Tobago (Minority Leader in the Tobago House of Assembly). He is a minority leader and that is what I see him as.” A former PSA general secretary, Saunders was part of the dynamic Duke-led Pioneers slate which defeated the Reformers in the union’s 2009 election. However, he claimed that within one month of the landslide victory, Duke began exhibiting “certain behaviours and mannerisms” which flew in the face of the PSA’s constitution. This resulted in Saunders and several other executive members being suspended.

Duke’s high-handed behaviour, Saunders said, continues unrestrained.

“What we had spoken to the members of the PSA about in 2009 and promised them, very early I was able to recognise that it was just a facade for some persons.

It was a misrepresentation.

It was a farce that was pulled on myself and the members of the PSA.” An enrolled nursing assistant at St Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital, Saunders has enjoyed a long history in service and activism.

“I am actually a second-generation public officer,” he said. “My mother served the government and public of Trinidad and Tobago for over 40 years and my father was a religious minister for over 40 years,” he said. “I came from a home of service and putting others even before myself. My leadership will be reflective of the home that I came from, which is a far contrast to what obtains as the leadership of the public service at present.” Saunders added: “I see myself as being the experiences of all those persons, my teachers, church, union, these are the influences who would have guided me to be the individual that I am.

This (bid for PSA presidency) is just a natural evolution of the man they once knew. It will come as no surprise even to the incumbent.” Talking, it turned out, has always been his strong suit.

The Cowen Hamilton Secondary alumnus, who entered the public service in 1992, recalled that in December that same year, he was asked to talk at a function on behalf of his batch of nurses.

“Fortunately or unfortunately, that has stuck with me,” Saunders joked. “No matter how many times I have tried to stay quiet, my batch mates have always asked me to speak on their behalf and that later evolved by other categories of staff seeing a potential that they recognised something that was different about my mannerisms.

They always have asked me to speak on behalf of them.” As a PSA leader-in-waiting, Saunders said one of the main items on United Protectors’ agenda will be to restore trust and integrity to the union.

“We see our role as being even bigger than the PSA. We are partners to the governance of the country. So, we are going to restore that prominence to the PSA which it once had and we are going to restore the prominent role the public officer ought to be occupying in the national society.” Saunders said there also will be aggressive moves to rebrand the PSA and rebuild its structures.

The union’s regional units will be re-established, he said, “so that persons, no matter where they work, must not feel the need to journey to Port-of-Spain to be seen by an officer and when they reach there is no officer present.” “We are going to rebuild the regions and develop something called a regional council so that persons in Arima, San Fernando, and as far as Cedros, Pt Fortin, Tobago, they will be empowered through the regional committees,” he added.

“They will have an executive officer there with them and they will have their own team of industrial relations specialists assigned to them so that they will be able to get redress and there will be greater coordination and collaboration between management and the union.” Saunders said although United Protectors is hoping for an outright win, its focus also will be on restoring pride in the public service.

“My aim is for us to enter the PSA and in working with the Government have the average man in the street come into the public service and leave recommending it,” Saunders said.

He envisions a scenario in which citizens can get a driver’s permit in half an hour’s time and where people can visit the immigration department and leave within an hour.

“That is my dream but it cannot be done without the PSA working as a partner with the Government.” He argued that the relationship between the Government and the PSA cannot be an adversarial one.

“Even though differences will come up from time to time, the Government must always be comforted to speak through the CPO (Chief Personnel Officer) to the PSA. The Government must create an environment for public officers to perform at an optimum so that people will benefit.” Saunders said his leadership style will be all-embracing.

“I have always been a democratic type of person,” he said.

“It is reflective in my rise through the ranks of the PSA – from an ordinary member to the chairman of a section, to a grievance officer, to the position of general secretary and then being thrown out of the union as member but yet being able to approach the courts and it later ruling in my favour to have me reinstated.” “There would have been various issues over the past eight years and you would have seen our consistency. It was not just about talk. It would have been walking that talk over the years.

So, I have never given

Partnering Singles champion Shenelle Mohammed in the Mixed Doubles final, the duo took just two sets to claim the title over Richard Chung and Emma Davis. Duke and Mohammed took the first set 6-4 and wrapped up the second 6-3.

Duke returned to the court alongside fellow Tobagonian Javier Lewis to battle for the Men’s Doubles final vs Jamaican Damion Johnson and St Lucia’s Vernon Lewis. It was a tense encounter with both sets going into tie-breakers. Duke and Lewis claimed the opener 7-6 (4) and held their nerve to take the second set by the same scoreline. Duke missed out on a chance at a triple crown after being eliminated from the Singles division in the semi-finals.

The Men’s Singles final was won by Rowland Phillips 6-2, 6-3 in an all-Jamaican final against Damion Johnson.

The Veterans Singles crown was secured by Kendall Cuffy who prevailed over Dion Auguste 6-1, 6-1. On Friday, Athelstan Phillips won the senior veterans singles title.

Phillips was a 6-4, 6-3 winner over Rafeek Mohammed. In the mixed doubles semifinals, Shenelle Mohammed and Akiel Duke defeated Lily Lanser and Jerome Ward 6-1, 6-2, while Richard Chung and Emma Davis got past Anya King and Kristyan Valentine 6-1, 3-6, 10- 8.

In the men’s doubles semifinals, Vernon Lewis (St Lucia) and Damion Johnson (Jamaica) outlasted Chung and Ward 6-1, 7-6. Lewis and Johnson will play the TT pair of Duke and Javier Lewis in the final today.

Duke and Lewis were 7-6, 7-6 winners over Kevin Gardner (Antigua) and Rowland Phillips (Jamaica).

Going off at odds of 9-1, the well-bred son of Big Country out of Derby winner Pride N Glory, took up the running under jockey Wilmer Galviz 800 metres out, and answered his rider’s urgings to hold on by a head at the finish of the 1350 metres race with a $100,000 purse.

The speedy Set Sail was ahead of the 15-runner field from the start, but faded into fourth with Blind Date running on for third.

It was a good day in the saddle for ex-champion jockey Brian Boodramsingh who landed two winners. But the honours among the trainers were shared by Harriram “Pepsi” Gobin and Glenn Mendez who saddled the Royal Colours winner.

Champion owner Shivam Maharaj walked his horses into winner’s row on three occasions on yesterday’s nine-race programme.

One lucky turfite walked away with a cheque for $14,029.10 For correctly forecasting the Hi5 of Rocket Princess, A Great Moment, Country Boy, War Council and Integrity in yesterday’s fifth race.

After eking out a small 27-run first innings lead, Scorpions found themselves stumbling badly on 66 for five in their second innings at Queen’s Park Oval before the 21-year-old arrived at the crease to pummel a top score of 60 of 68 balls, and help lift the visitors to 172 for seven at the close — an overall lead of 199 runs heading into today’s third day.

Allen blasted five fours and four sixes as he posted his maiden first class half-century but more importantly, put on 65 for the sixth wicket with wicketkeeper Devon Thomas who made 38.

Antiguan Thomas faced 59 balls and counted six fours before falling lbw to pacer Marlon Richards who finished with two for 25.

Allen added a further further 33 for the seventh wicket with Damion Jacobs (14 not out) before finally departing.

Seamer Rayad Emrit, with three for 30, had done the damage earlier as Scorpions top order failed to find an answer to a purposeful Red Force attack.

The hosts, though, produced yet another disappointing batting display to be bowled out for 173, after resuming the day on 79 for three.

Captain and opener Kyle Hope, unbeaten on 33 overnight, top-scored with 67 while lefthander Yannic Cariah, starting the day on 19, made 45 — providing hope for Red Force in a positive 88-run, fourth wicket stand.

Hope faced 214 balls and struck six fours while Cariah consumed 129 deliveries and also counted six boundaries.

Once they were separated, however, Red Force slumped to 161 for seven at lunch and never recovered.

Captain and left-arm spinner Nikita Miller claimed four for 39 while leg-spinner Damion Jacobs picked up three for 46.

Scores: SCORPIONS 201 (Jermaine Blackwood 68, Derval Green 53; Imran Khan 4-28, Sheldon Cottrell 3-34) and 172/7 (Fabien Allen 60; Rayad Emrit 3-30, Marlon Richards 2-25) vs RED FORCE 173 (Kyle Hope 67, Yannic Cariah 45; Nikita Miller 4-39, Damion Jacobs 3-46).

And their bowlers soon went to work, routing Comets for 53 with extras the joint top-scorer with 13 runs.

Four batsmen failed to trouble the scorers as Rishaad Harris (3/8), Ricky Jaipaul (3/10), Keon Isaac (2/15) and Aneil Kanhai (2/12) shared the wickets.

Following on was barely better with Comets not even doubling their paltry total. Jaipaul (4/4) and Isaac (4/46) were seemingly unplayable as Comets were bowled for 102 this time around. Bajan Kirk Edwards top-scored with 33.

At St Mary’s ground, Queen’s Park are close to wrapping up a comprehensive win over First Citizens Clarke Road United after dominating play yesterday. Resuming on 152 for two in reply to Clarke Road’s first innings score of 154 all out, the Parkites were boosted by West Indies Under-19 World Cup winner Kirstan Kallicharan who stroked 77 from 143 balls to take them to 318 all out.

Kallicharan’s knock featured nine fours and one six. Daron Cruickshank (38) and Jesse Bootan (29) chipped in as well.

Akeel Mollon (4/73) was the main wicket-taker while Jyd Goolie had two for 17 Batting a second time and 164 runs in arrears, Clarke Road batsmen continued to struggle, closing the day on 177 for seven and staring a big defeat on the final day today with a lead of just 13 runs. Webster, who scored 62 for the Parkites, grabbed four for 39 to destroy the Clarke Road top order.

Gregory Mahabir (54 not out) was the only batsman to really show any resistance.

Summarised Scores: CLARKE ROAD 154 and 177/7 (Gregory Mahabir 54 not out; Tion Webster 4/39) vs QUEEN’S PARK 318 (Kirstan Kallicharan 77, Tion Webster 62; Akeel Mollon 4/73).

CENTRAL SPORTS 249 (Kjorn Ottley 53), Shazan Babwah 50) vs VICTORIA SPORTS 262/9 (Sherwin Ganga 83; Rakesh Maharaj 3/73).

MERRY BOYS 402/8 (Lincoln Roberts 100) vs ALESCON COMETS 53 (Rishaad Harris 3/8, Ricky Jaipaul 3/10) and 102 (Jaipaul 4/4, Keon Isaac 4/46).

POWERGEN 209 and 399/6 declared (Ewart Nicholson 115, Akeal Cooper 100 not out, Jeron maniram 77 vs TABLELAND 149 (Ancil Bhaggan 8/48) and 34/3 (Bhaggan 3/19).

Chasing 130 for victory against Princes Town West, Barrackpore seemed on course for victory, needing seven runs in the last over. Only one run was scored by Barrackpore West in the first five balls and it was all up to Jangeesingh to deliver.

He did not disappoint, cracking a six to lead Barrackpore West over the line in dramatic fashion.

Jangeesingh ended on six not out to guide Barrackpore to 130 for six, while Shazan Mohammed (39) and Brandon Singh (28) helped set-up the win.

Earlier, Daniel Cooper struck 29 to guide Princes Town West to 129/6. Alex Sonnylal grabbed 2/16 and Mohammed took 2/14.

On Thursday, Travis Heerah slammed a half century to lead defending champions Carapichaima East into the quarterfinals with a 52-run win over Manzanilla Secondary at the Beaucarro Recreation Ground.

Heerah struck 60 to guide Carapichaima East to 179/4 batting first. Also making excellent contributions were Ronaldo Lezama and Nathaniel Ramcharitar, who scored 48 and 34 respectively.

In reply, Manzanilla could only muster 127/5 as Kristoff Lewis top scored with 37.

National youth cricketer Dejourn Charles grabbed 2/15, while James Duncan took 1/19.

Signal Hill also advanced with a 42-run win over Trinity East in a 10-over contest.

Joshua James struck an unbeaten 66 to lead Signal Hill to 119/3.

Joshua’s brothers Omarley and Kellon contributed 19 and 16 not out respectively.

In reply, Trinity East scored 77/6 with Shahir Ali scoring 25 and Sion Hackett making 17.

OTHER SCORES: PRESENTATION SAN FERNANDO 70/9 (Areon Mohammed 17, Adrian Rampersad 14; Nathaniel McDavid 3/8, Kareem Muradali 2/14, Teshawn Alleyne 1/12) vs HILLVIEW 72/5 (Sachin Seecharan 27; Jalen Agard 3/27, Yogishwar Persad 1/5). HILLVIEW won by five wickets.

ST MARY’S 123/8 (Nikhil Narinesingh 40, Leon Basanoo 34, Matthew Gittens 20; Wendell George 3/14, Giovanni Letren 2/21, Jean- Paul Rocke 2/17) vs FATIMA 126/2 (17.4 overs) (Michael Gonzalves 34, Brandon Maharaj 32 not out, W George 24, Michael Ambard 24 not out; N Narinesingh 2/13).

FATIMA won by eight wickets.

COUVA EAST 124/8 (Dillano Manohar 24 not out, Sachin Dean 24, Fareed Mohammed 13; Avinash Mahabirsingh 3/10, Justyn Gangoo 2/16, Ryan Bandoo 2/24) vs NAPARIMA 125/2 (15.4 overs) (Cephas Cooper 39, J Gangoo 39, A Mahabirsingh 29 not out; Fiaz John 2/26). NAPARIMA won by eight wickets.

PRESENTATION CHAGUANAS 122/9 (Emilo Gopaul 38, Jayden Seales 33; Kawal Dhanraj 3/27, Vikash Boodram 2/25) vs VISHNU BOYS HINDU 95 (20 overs) (Sachin Dookie 24, Kirstan Kallicharan 20; Sachin Balai 2/13, Aniel Pitiram 2/5, Matthew Patrick 2/7). PRESENTATION CHAGUANAS won by 27 runs.

QUARTERFINAL FIXTURES (Tuesday) Carapichaima East vs Barrackpore West Hillview vs Signal Hill Fatima vs Shiva Boys Naparima vs Presentation Chaguanas