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Dr Irfaan Ali, President of Guyana, chats with Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Dr Amery Browne at the Piarco airport on Wednesday. – Ayanna Kinsale

GUYANA President Dr Irfaan Ali arrived in Trinidad and Tobago for his first visit to the country since assuming office in 2020.

Ali arrived at the Piarco airport at about 4.45 pm with his wife Arya Ali and son Zayd, as well as a contingent of Guyanese delegates including TT High Commissioner to Guyana Conrad Enill, Guyana’s Minister of Tourism Oniege Walrond, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd.

Guyana’s President Dr Irfaan Ali inspects a guard of honour shortly after arriving at the Piarco airport for his state visit to TT. – Ayanna Kinsale

Ali and his entourage were greeted by a TT contingent including Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Dr Amery Browne, Minister of Agriculture Kazim Hosein, Minister of Trade and Industry Paula Gopee-Scoon, Minister of Tourism Randall Mitchell.

As Ali arrived on the tarmac he was met by officers of the Coast Guard, Air Guard and Defence Force. There were about 90 officers in total.

The anthems of both countries were played, and Ali inspected the guard of honour.

He was then guided to a silver Mercedes Benz SUV, where he sat in the back with his wife and son. Little Zayd waved to reporters as they waited for the convoy to leave.

Ali’s visit is part of a drive to reduce Caricom’s food-import bill by 25 per cent by 2025.

Hello TT: Zayd Ali, son of Guyana President Dr Irfaan Ali, waves to photographers moments after arriving with his father and mother Arya at the Piarco airport on Wednesday. – Ayanna Kinsale

He is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with the Prime Minister on matters of mutual interest for both countries, visit the Agricultural Investment Forum and Expo this weekend, as well as industrial areas such as Point Lisas.

As lead head of government in Caricom with responsibility for agriculture, Ali is tasked with spearheading the 25 by 2025 initiative. In May, Ali hosted the Agri-Investment Forum and Expo which featured several Caricom countries including TT.

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A worried Marcia Burke, mother of eight-year-old Javan Price, who is in critical condition at hospital after being shot in the head, speaks with Newsday at her Mon Repos, Morvant, home on Wednesday. – SUREASH CHOLAI

MERCILESS gunmen who killed a 49-year-old father of five in Morvant on Tuesday night, did not think twice about shooting into a crowd of children as they chased after a second target. They shot two of the children in the process.

Police reported that at about 7 pm, gunmen jumped out of a grey Nissan AD wagon at Mon Repos and opened fire hitting Eusibio Roberts, killing him instantly.

The men then chased after a 38-year-old man who ran through the basketball court where the children were training for a football competition in the area.

While running, the man kept shooting, hitting eight-year-old Javan Price in the head and another child, an 11-year-old boy, in the leg. The children were taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex where Price is in critical condition and the other child listed in a stable condition.

Newsday visited the area twice on Wednesday, the first time around midday and the second after 6 pm.

During the first visit, police were handing out flyers and encouraging residents to come forward with information.

Relatives of the child who was shot in the leg spoke with the media saying they were upset over the disregard for the children. An uncle, who did not want to be identified, said: “Is youths you know, how you want us to feel? Right now the youths and them traumatised. They don’t know who really to trust again.”

He called on the community to “bring back the love” adding that he hopes increased police patrols will yield the results intended. But he said parents need to be given attention if crime is to be addressed.

Nearby, relatives of Roberts, a patient attendant at the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital, said they were too distraught to speak.

CRITICAL: Javan Price. –

Price’s mother Marcia Burke, during Newsday’s second visit, also called for a return of the love in the area. She was also angered that the presence of the children did not deter the killers.

“They don’t care. They know children always at the court playing. They should have better sense than that. I mad, really mad. Is children!

The 43-year-old mother of two said she repeatedly warned her sons about playing in the park because of past shootings, which she said had “cooled down.” She said the warning became a daily habit, but her sons loved football and always disobeyed to play a game or two.

“That is a place to do basketball, football, so they thinking there is a place to go and enjoy themselves. They not thinking about nothing bad, they thinking about fun.”

She said, prior to the killing Roberts bought snacks and other things for the children. Residents said Roberts would normally train the children in basketball and football.

“I feeling real hurt. I just want my Javan to come back and be good. I never experienced this growing up here. This is just ridiculous.

“I see Javan on the ground, and I could not believe it. It looked like he was out of it already. I could not even go to the hospital with them. If you see blood! It was real painful to see my child on the ground.”

Burke said she will be praying for her son’s healing. She added that Javan brought all the children in the community together and they flocked to her yard because he was a favourite.

“When I got home from work I was mad because I didn’t see Javan, but I was not feeling well. I was watching television and I hear the shots. I look through my window and see children running. My big son come and say, ‘Mammy, Javan out the road.’ I will never forget that.”

The standard two student of Morvant Anglican collapsed near a track leading to his home, his mother said.

Tuesday night’s incident is the second recent shooting in which a child was wounded. On August 1, a ten-year-old girl was among eight people shot during a shootout at Sixth Avenue, Malick. The bullet hit her left leg breaking a bone. She has since been discharged from hospital.

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