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WE ARE heartened by the safe return of the six teenagers who ran away last month from a children’s home in central Trinidad. While we are relieved at this outcome, for which the authorities must be congratulated, there remain many questions surrounding the circumstances of their escape as well as the capacity of oversight bodies

SIX teenagers who ran away from a Children’s home in Central Trinidad two Saturdays ago were recovered and returned to the care of the Children’s Authority. On May 27, the five girls and one boy were discovered missing after a nightly headcount was done. In an e-mailed response to questions, the Children’s Authority said the

Sunday 9 May 2021 Former senator Verna St Rose Greaves offers words of comfort to the mother of murdered teenage Antonio Francois at the Forensic Science Centre in March. - AYANNA KINSALE FORMER minister of gender, youth and child development Verna St Rose Greaves believes the Children’s Authority failed two teens who were killed after running away from one of their facilities. Greaves, a career social worker and activist, responded to questions by Sunday Newsday on the double murder of Anton...

Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy. - Jeff Mayers Security both inside and outside a childrens home has been increased following the escape of five boys in March – with two of them being murdered while on the run. Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy said since the March 20 escape, the children’s home has increased security manpower, with increased internal and perimeter monitoring and increased the internal security infrastructure. We...

Webster-Roy: Murders of teenage boys show children must be protected from gangs 2 Days Ago Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy during a parliament committee meeting in November 2019. File photo - The recent murders of two 15-year-old boys in Laventille were "senseless" and showed more must be done to protect children from being lured by gangs, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy said on Friday. "This senseless killing must end. We must in...

Pastor calls for love at funeral of murdered 15-year-old boy 3 Hrs Ago Reverend Richard Wickham prays for Antonio Francois, alongside Nicole Brathwaite, mother of the murdered 15-year-old, during the funeral in Port of Spain on Saturday. - NO WORDS can describe the loss of a child to a grieving mother, Reverend Richard Wickham told mourners at the funeral for murdered 15-year-old Antonio Francois, on Saturday. Wickham said a widower is a man who lost their wife, a widow is a woman who lost her...

Second murdered teen to be buried Saturday Antonio Francois - ANTONIO FRANCOIS, one of two murdered teens who ran away from custody of the Childrens Authority last month, will be buried on Saturday. Speaking briefly with the Newsday on Thursday, Francois mother Nicole Brathwaite said her sons final rites will take place on Saturday, exactly a week after the funeral of the other murdered teen, Semion Daniel. Brathwaite said the funeral service will take place at Guides Funeral Chapel at St Vinc...

Abdulah: We cannot remain silent on murder of runaway teens Movement for Social Justice political leader David Abdulah. FILE PHOTO POLITICAL leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) David Abdulah said the public cannot continue to remain silent about the murder of two children who escaped a Children’s Authority safe-house last week. He was speaking at a press conference at the party’s headquarters on Lord Street, San Fernando, on Monday. Last week, five teenaged boys escaped from the...

Murdered runaway teen tested positive for covid19 SHOT DEAD: Antonio Francois. - AYANNA KINSALE ONE of the two teens who ran away from a Children’s Authority safe house, only to be murdered later, tested positive for the covid19 virus, his mother told Newsday. When Newsday contacted Nicole Brathwaite about the funeral arrangements for her son Antonio Francois, she said that as a result of the covid19 positive test there are concerns about the intended burial of her last child and only son. �...

SHOT DEAD: Antonio Francois. - THE MOTHER of a murdered teenager, Nicole Brathwaite, said her son, Antonio Francois, wanted to be a police officer, then later in life, a singer. Francois was killed, along with his friend Semion Daniel, both 15, on Sunday night. Their bodies were found on the roof of an abandoned house in Mc Shine Lands, Laventille, after neighbours reported hearing gunshots. The two were among five teenagers who escaped from the care of the Childrens Authority in mid-March by ...