He was among mem­bers of four fam­i­lies, com­pris­ing 15 peo­ple, who lost their apart­ments dur­ing a fire on Wednes­day at Garth Road, Princes Town.

Catholic Com­mis­sion for So­cial Jus­tice at the Arch­dio­cese of Port-of-Spain chair Leela Ramdeen says the al­le­ga­tions of abuse of chil­dren at homes and care cen­tres must be con­front­ed.

A life skills coach who grew up in a chil­dren’s home has told lo­cal and for­eign ex­perts that the time has come for an end to talk on child abuse and for ac­tion to re­place it.

The Op­po­si­tion Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) has filed a mo­tion of priv­i­leges against Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for Laven­tille West, Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Fitzger­ald Hinds, for what they deem to be “de­grad­ing com­ments to­ward MP for Ch­agua­nas East Van­dana Mo­hit.”