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Dengue Diagnosis
There are six more confirmed cases of dengue in Freeport, in the communities of Chickland and Mission Road.
Dengue, spread by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, is now a major concern in the country, following the death of eight-year-old Sasha Bickram at the San Fernando General Hospital on August 10.
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3 murders in 2 hours
THREE murders committed within a two-hour period on Tuesday night in Laventille, have brought the overall murder toll to 342 for the year, 47 less than the total murders committed for 2007. For this week there have been seven murders.
The men gunned down in separate incidents were identified as Sterling Junior Richards, 20, of Lovell Place; Osei Christian, 27, of Rebecca Trace, Building 22 and Keagan John, 24, of Canada.
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The children are listening
ASSOCIATE Professor and director/co-ordinator of the Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Dr Launcelot Brown yesterday warned that the uncouth behaviour and conduct of some radio talk-show hosts can influence the intellectual and personal mindset of impressionable listeners — children.
The warning comes at a time when the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) engages in several public consultations over the broadcast code which partly seeks to protect children, by establishing a watershed period for adult broadcasting and the regular issuance of warnings before potential offensive material is aired.
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