This photo provided by the Bureau of Land Management shows aerial resources working to suppress White Sage wildfire burning north of Grand Canyon National Park in Ariz., on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office via AP)

Minister of Rural Development and Local Government Khadijah Ameen

ANISTO ALVES

Members of the Retrench Farmers’ Association protest at Retrench Village, San Fernando, yesterday, calling on the authorities to investigate a contractor accused of bulldozing their crops and farmland.

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Malisa Harrykissoon tends to her crop of tomatoes at her farm in Mon Desir, South Oropouche.

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Holding a few of her many trophies, top SEA pupil Sandhya Maharaj is embraced by her proud parents, Suri Seegobin-Maharaj and father Keshan Dev Maharaj, at their home.

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Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) top SEA performer Navya Seenath (Sangre Grande Hindu School), centre, with third-placed Nathan Chotack (El Dorado South Hindu Primary) and second- placed Tiana Maharaj (Munroe Road Hindu School) at the SDMS SEA Awards Function at the Lakshmi Girls’ Hindu College Auditorium, St Augustine, yesterday.

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Kristopher Mohamed

RISHI RAGONATH

Mervyn Baisden organises stacks of used school books on High Street, San Fernando. The books tower more than four feet high, but Baisden says he relies on memory alone to keep track of their order and location when serving customers.

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