Po­lice of­fi­cers act­ing swift­ly on the re­port of an ab­duc­tion were able to res­cue the vic­tim and ar­rest the three al­leged ab­duc­tors yes­ter­day.

Five weeks af­ter po­lice first raid­ed the Drugs Sou-Sou (DSS) head­quar­ters in La Hor­quet­ta, of­fi­cers of the Pro­fes­sion­al Stan­dards Bu­reau and Fi­nan­cial In­ves­ti­ga­tions Branch re­turned to the venue yes­ter­day and seized mil­lions of dol­lars, sev­er­al re­ceipt books and oth­er doc­u­ments as they in­ten­si­fied their in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to the mat­ter.

Min­is­ter of Pub­lic Ad­min­is­tra­tion and Dig­i­tal Trans­for­ma­tion Allyson West says Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley’s call for the full re­turn of the pub­lic ser­vants to work on Mon­day was mis­in­ter­pret­ed.

Agri­cul­ture Min­is­ter Clarence Ramb­harat says T&T has the ca­pac­i­ty to feed it­self and enough land to boost food pro­duc­tion for ex­port.

Mass will be cel­e­brat­ed at the Cathe­dral of the Im­mac­u­late Con­cep­tion to­day for the first time in more than 70 days fol­low­ing the lift­ing of re­stric­tions on church­es. This was con­firmed by Vic­ar Gen­er­al Fr Mar­tin Sir­ju as he out­lined the prepa­ra­tions that have been made since Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley an­nounced on Sat­ur­day that places of wor­ship can re­sume in-per­son ser­vices.

Own­er of Trent Restau­rants Lim­it­ed, par­ent com­pa­ny of Bu­zo Os­te­ria Ital­iana, Trot­ters and Prime Restau­rants Pe­ter George says by the end of the week a de­ci­sion will be made on whether his busi­ness­es will re­main open.

De­spite liv­ing in a com­mu­ni­ty of Taradale Gar­dens, Ste Madeleine, which is tar­nished by crime, Babb, 27, stud­ied culi­nary arts for two years and fi­nal­ly se­cured his dream job at the Is­land Beer Chill and Grill Restau­rant.

This is the re­al­i­ty of a Cen­tral man who is call­ing on the pub­lic to as­sist him with a life-chang­ing pro­ce­dure.

A dis­pute be­tween the pathol­o­gists at San Fer­nan­do mor­tu­ary and the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre (FSC) about where the au­top­sy of Daren Mo­hammed should be done has left rel­a­tives and in­ves­ti­ga­tors in a quandary.

Two men are cur­rent­ly as­sist­ing To­ba­go po­lice with their in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to the dis­cov­ery and seizure of a quan­ti­ty of mar­i­jua­na on board the Cabo Star in­ter-is­land fer­ry on Mon­day night.

A fam­i­ly has to evac­u­ate their home and six oth­ers may suf­fer a sim­i­lar fate if the au­thor­i­ties do not move swift­ly to re­pair a ma­jor land­slip at LP 16 Lengua Road, In­di­an Walk, Moru­ga.

The To­ba­go Coun­cil of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) named 11 of its 12 can­di­dates to rep­re­sent the par­ty in the up­com­ing To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly elec­tions yes­ter­day.