NEWS
Cops traumatised after Amarah’s murder
So gruesome was the scene at the Fifth Street, Arouca home where four-year-old Amarah Lallitte was murdered that police officers were left traumatised. On April 8, Lallitte was beheaded by a male relative during a domestic dispute. On April 10, Supt Richard Smith told Newsday that the scene had a significant effect on the officers who processed it as it was something that many of them had never seen before. “It was a traumatising thing to see,” Smith said. Read more here
POLITICS
MP seeks help from PM on bridge project, alleges extortion
Chaguanas East MP Vandana Mohit has written to the Prime Minister for intervention on a project on Bridal Road, Cunupia, where a bridge is being built. Mohit alleged the project was stopped by gunmen. In her letter to Dr Keith Rowley on April 9, Mohit said on Sunday construction workers were working on the bridge when armed men stopped work on the site, assaulted the project manager and demanded that truck drivers transporting earthfill intended for backfilling, deposit it at a site of their choosing. Mohit said a call was made to superintendent of the Central Division Gavin Simon but he was unaware of the incident. Read more here
BUSINESS
Invent Life app offers free delivery, same-day shopping
The founders of digital marketplace platform Invent Life, Shubh Singh and Camille Chee-Awai, are focused on selling thousands of products to consumers at unbeatable prices with free delivery service. The app was launched during Carnival and was built especially for TT, with priority on local products. The parent company is Newfields Technologies, which Singh established in Maryland, US. as a healthcare, health insurance and health & human services platform provider. The company fully digitised all the record-keeping and pharmaceutical purchasing at the North West Regional Health Authority. Read more here
Sacha expands its reach with ethical makeup
Sacha Cosmetics, a home-grown makeup and cosmetics brand known for its inclusivity, attained its halal certification approximately a decade ago. Speaking with Business Day, Kama Maharaj, managing director and founder of Sacha Cosmetics, shed light on the company's decision to obtain halal certification. "We are a multicultural, multi-religious country, and we have to cater to everybody here. A large percentage of our staff is Muslim, and we even have some Hindus who fast for Ramadan in support as well. Read more here
REGIONAL
‘We have the ability to do what is good’
Joining scores of Muslims on Wednesday morning for Eid-ul-Fitr prayers, Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan Ali urged those gathered to reflect on the teachings of Islam to continue the spread of love and unity. “During Ramadan, we would have learned the importance of Taqwa, we would have learned the importance of God conscience. As we exit Ramadan, it is important for us, at this point, to reflect on the lessons of Ramadan, to reflect our sacrifices. And one of the important things about Ramadan is that it taught us that we have the ability to do what is good,” the Head of State said during his address on the Muslim Youth Organisation of Guyana (MYO) lawns on Woolford Avenue, Georgetown. Eid-ul-Fitr is the “festival of breaking the fast”. It takes place the day after the new Moon is seen at the end of the month of Ramadan, and marks the start of Shawwal. Read more here
INTERNATIONAL
Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud
It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen. Behind the stately yellow portico of the colonial-era courthouse in Ho Chi Minh City, a 67-year-old Vietnamese property developer was sentenced to death on Thursday for looting one of the country's largest banks over a period of 11 years. It's a rare verdict - she is one of very few women in Vietnam to be sentenced to death for a white collar crime. The decision is a reflection of the dizzying scale of the fraud. Truong My Lan was convicted of taking out $44bn (£35bn) in loans from the Saigon Commercial Bank. The verdict requires her to return $27bn, a sum prosecutors said may never be recovered. Some believe the death penalty is the court's way of trying to encourage her to return some of the missing billions. Read more here
11th April 2024