It continues to be a trying time in Trinidad and Tobago. On Wednesday morning, citizens were engrossed in the unfolding story of the early-morning rescue of 69 people held in cages equipped with chains and handcuffs.
The centre/church claimed to be a rehabilitative space for drug addicts and the mentally unwell but from the video released by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, the victims were treated with no degree of dignity and in clear contravention of human rights.
Then earlier this week was the horrifying story of seven diabetic people who were blinded by a tainted drug injected into their eyes, and which, due to the level of infection in some cases, led to the removal of the infected eye.