Jus­tice Frank Seep­er­sad has praised the or­gan­is­ers of the Green Ram­leela cel­e­bra­tions for stag­ing an elab­o­rate cul­tur­al pro­duc­tion with­out State fund­ing.

Three peo­ple are as­sist­ing po­lice with in­quiries in­to a sus­pect­ed ar­son at­tack that de­stroyed ca­bles at the Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion Ser­vices of Trinidad and To­ba­go (TSTT) work cen­tre in Laven­tille on Sat­ur­day.

Re­pair work was near­ing com­ple­tion yes­ter­day, a day af­ter part of the floor be­tween two apart­ments in Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion (HDC) Build­ing Three on Ja­madar Street, San Fer­nan­do, col­lapsed.

Tem­po­rary gov­ern­ment sen­a­tor Ash­worth Jack is urg­ing cit­i­zens to con­front racism, warn­ing that si­lence could con­tribute to the de­struc­tion of so­ci­ety.

Lo­cal In­di­an cul­ture could re­ceive a boost if the Gov­ern­ment in­vest­ed in com­mu­ni­ty cel­e­bra­tions such as Ram­leela and Di­vali, said Pierre Road Ram­leela Com­mit­tee head Kim­chan Sa­hadeo.

Three for­mer gov­ern­ment min­is­ters have weighed in on Blue Wa­ters’ spon­sor­ship of Di­vali Na­gar, with Dr De­vant Ma­haraj crit­i­cis­ing the Gov­ern­ment’s han­dling of State sup­port, Dr Bhoe Tewarie warn­ing against politi­cis­ing the fes­ti­val and Ra­mona Ram­di­al wel­com­ing greater pri­vate-sec­tor in­volve­ment.

Pan­cre­at­ic can­cer can be dif­fi­cult to de­tect, and ear­ly di­ag­no­sis and treat­ment can save lives.

The fire that en­gulfed the ca­ble yard at the Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Ser­vices of Trinidad and To­ba­go (TSTT) Laven­tille Work Cen­tre has been ex­tin­guished, but mon­i­tor­ing re­mains in place to pre­vent a pos­si­ble re-ig­ni­tion.

The Fire Ser­vice As­so­ci­a­tion Sec­ond Di­vi­sion is call­ing for the ar­rest and pros­e­cu­tion of those re­spon­si­ble for an ap­par­ent ar­son at­tack at the Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Ser­vices of Trinidad and To­ba­go (TSTT) com­pound in Laven­tille, which left a fire­fight­er hos­pi­talised.

A 42-year-old breast can­cer sur­vivor is call­ing for stronger se­cu­ri­ty mea­sures to pro­tect el­der­ly res­i­dents in Mc Bean, Cou­va, af­ter masked, armed men broke in­to her fam­i­ly’s home and robbed her par­ents at gun­point.

The blood bank at the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex (EWM­SC) is ex­pect­ed to ex­tend its op­er­at­ing hours to 8 pm to en­cour­age more peo­ple to do­nate blood and help meet de­mand for emer­gency med­ical care.

Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath says in­ves­ti­ga­tors are con­sid­er­ing the pos­si­bil­i­ty that both in­sid­ers and out­siders were in­volved in a sus­pect­ed ar­son at­tack at a Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Ser­vices of Trinidad and To­ba­go (TSTT) com­pound in Laven­tille on Sat­ur­day.