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Kristian Sirjusingh
Kristian Sirjusingh

Trinidad law clerk shot dead in robbery

(Trinidad Guardian) Al­though the Avengers, who brought jus­tice to the peo­ple of Earth, maybe a work of fic­tion, Open Bible Pas­tor Kem­raj Ram­nar­ine told mourn­ers bid­ding farewell to Kris­t­ian Sir­jus­ingh yes­ter­day that God was their Avenger.

Indigenous people from the Mura tribe show a deforested area in unmarked indigenous lands inside the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil August 20, 2019. Picture taken August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Indigenous people from the Mura tribe show a deforested area in unmarked indigenous lands inside the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil August 20, 2019. Picture taken August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

Brazil’s indigenous people swear to fight for Amazon ‘to last drop of blood’

CANUTAMA, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Members of Brazil’s Mura indigenous tribe painted their bodies with orange-red paint and took up long bows and clubs as they headed into the jungle this week, prepared for battle.

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley (right) greets Police Commissioner Gary Griffith at a ceremony to hand over motorcycles given to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service by the People’s Republic of China, at the Police Academy in St James on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley (right) greets Police Commissioner Gary Griffith at a ceremony to hand over motorcycles given to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service by the People’s Republic of China, at the Police Academy in St James on Wednesday.

Trinidad PM: I never called anyone lazy

(Trinidad Guardian) Af­ter re­ceiv­ing heavy crit­i­cism for his com­ments that some pub­lic ser­vants have been col­lect­ing a salary even though they “pro­duce noth­ing when the day comes,” Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has now is­sued a state­ment deny­ing that he ever ac­cused the Pub­lic Ser­vice work­ers of be­ing lazy.

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