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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Hundreds line Lady Young Road in silent vigil

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Derek Achong

Hun­dreds of per­sons lined the La­dy Young Road in Mor­vant as the Open Bible Stan­dard Church­es of T&T host­ed a silent vig­il for the vic­tims of gen­der-based vi­o­lence, yes­ter­day. 

The event, en­ti­tled "Enough is Enough", saw dif­fer­ent church groups take up strate­gic po­si­tions along the pop­u­lar road­way from around 4 pm. 

Dressed in white and hold­ing can­dles and posters bear­ing the names of hun­dreds of vic­tims, the groups wait­ed as a mu­sic truck blar­ing gospel mu­sic made its way along the route. 

Members of the Open Bible Standard Churches of T&T pray along the Lady Young Road, Morvant during the silent vigil for the victims of gender-based violence, yesterday.

Members of the Open Bible Standard Churches of T&T pray along the Lady Young Road, Morvant during the silent vigil for the victims of gender-based violence, yesterday.

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The truck and a bus filled with dancers stopped at each lo­ca­tion to al­low dif­fer­ent pas­tors to de­liv­er prayers on dif­fer­ent na­tion­al is­sues re­lat­ed to crime.. 

Re­li­gious lead­ers, who par­tic­i­pat­ed in the event, were heard pray­ing for jus­tice for vic­tims as well as for guid­ance for mem­bers of the pro­tec­tive ser­vices, the Gov­ern­ment, and the Ju­di­cia­ry. 

Al­though the event at­tract­ed per­sons from a wide range of ages, the el­der­ly and chil­dren were clear­ly in the ma­jor­i­ty. 

One of the largest groups along the route was camped at the pop­u­lar La­dy Young Look­out and was joined by the rel­a­tives of Ashan­ti Ri­ley, the 18-year-old whose ab­duc­tion and mur­der in De­cem­ber, last year, caused mas­sive pub­lic out­rage. 

A Member of the Open Bible Standard Churches of T&T prays along the Lady Young Road, Morvant during the silent vigil for the victims of gender-based violence, yesterday.

A Member of the Open Bible Standard Churches of T&T prays along the Lady Young Road, Morvant during the silent vigil for the victims of gender-based violence, yesterday.

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The vig­il, which was held in con­junc­tion with Is There Not A Cause (ITNAC), Op­er­a­tion Sal­va­tion, and the Mor­vant Open Bible Stan­dard Church (Church on the Rock) even­tu­al­ly end­ed at the Queen's Park Sa­van­nah af­ter 6 pm. 

A section  the Open Bible Standard Churches of T&T along the Lady Young Road, Morvant during the silent vigil for the victims of gender-based violence, yesterday.

A section the Open Bible Standard Churches of T&T along the Lady Young Road, Morvant during the silent vigil for the victims of gender-based violence, yesterday.

ANISTO ALVES

Members of the Open Bible Standard Churches of T&T hold the names of victims along the Lady Young Road, Morvant during the silent vigil for the victims of gender-based violence, yesterday.

Members of the Open Bible Standard Churches of T&T hold the names of victims along the Lady Young Road, Morvant during the silent vigil for the victims of gender-based violence, yesterday.

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