Police support unit helps at-risk youths change their ways
Sunday 7 March 2021
Aisha Corbie, manager of the Victim and Witness Support Unit of the TTPS speaking at the Who’s Writing Your Story – Victim to Victor workshop for young men at the Beetham Gardens Community Centre on February 11. PHOTO COURTESY THE TTPS -
Some men have difficulty dealing with failure and rejection. They feel boxed in, like they have no options and it sometimes causes them to make unhealthy choices.
Aisha Corbie, manager of the police Victim and Witness Support Unit, said that is the reason her unit was leading a workshop with young men – to show them their options and equip them to change their behaviours and their stories.
San Juan/Laventille Corporation to sanitise 56 schools
Tuesday 2 February 2021
San Juan/Laventille Regional Corporation workers sanitise a classroom at Success/Laventille Secondary School in preparation for classes on Monday. Forms four to six students at secondary schools are due to resume classes in the first instance for practical learning, the Education Ministry has advised. File photo
The San Juan/Laventille Regional Corporation will oversee the sanitisation of the 56 schools under its purview in time for the physical reopening of schools on February 8.
On Monday, MP for Laventille West and Minister of Youth Development and National Services Fitzgerald Hinds was joined by councillors for the area and members of the corporation to launch the project at the Success Laventille Secondary School.