Charles: Murders worsened each month in past year

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Charles: Murders worsened each month in past year

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Rodney Charles - NAPARIMA MP Rodney Charles claimed the Government was clueless against a surge in crime, as he cited figures to show murders had increased in recent times compared to the same month a year prior. He was moving a private motion to reprimand the Government, in the House of Representatives on Friday. Referencing the Prime Minister's recent Cabinet reshuffle, he lamented that Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds […]

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