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Two minor earthquakes of 3.8 magnitude occurred in Tobago one hour a part on Monday night.

The seismic activities were recorded by TT Weather Centre. Some have reported hearing a rumble before the shaking. There is no tsunami threat.

It occurred 2.72 km from Plymouth, 3.95 km from Scarborough and 9.01 km from Castara.

Information from the TT Weather Centre shows the first earthquake happened at 10.15 pm and the second at 11.15 pm. It also said both earthquakes were felt across Tobago with "one or two short jolts."

SKELETAL remains found by a farmer in Tabaquite have been identified as those of a man.

Investigations are still under way after the farmer found the bones while digging for yam just off Alleyne Road, Brasso Venado around 10 am on Tuesday.

He alerted the police when he found the bones.

Police later confirmed they were the remains of a man who had been wearing a purple vest, black track pants and red boxers.

THE Police Complaints Authority (PCA) is now in possession of a video recording which allegedly shows the police beating Andrew "Solo" Morris, one of the suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Andrea Bharatt.

Bharatt, a 22-year-old court clerk, disappeared on January 29 and her body was found at the Heights of Aripo on February 4.

The video, which Newsday has seen, is four minutes and 31 seconds long, and appears to show Morris on the day he was arrested, telling police that another suspect, who is also dead, was involved.

Travel restrictions did not stop 85 sharp-shooters from testing their skill in different parts of the world for the first MH Tactical 'World Shoot' competition on Sunday.

The competition, which was hosted by the MH Tactical Response Group at their Chaguaramas shooting range, featured obstacle courses in the theme of different cities as competitors put their eyesight, speed and reflexes to the test.

THREE DAYS after he was arrested on suspicion of money laundering, Drugs Sou Sou (DSS) founder Kerron Clarke is expected to be charged with operating a money lending business without a licence.

Newsday spoke with one of Clarke's attorneys, Lasana Murray, who said police were considering two charges against his client. The possible charges allege that Clarke, without a license, loaned money to two people totaling $2000.

Murray said the allegation is that in 2019, Clarke allegedly lent $500 without a valid licence and then again the following year he lent $1,500.

INVESTIGATIONS are under way after a farmer found skeletal remains while working the land in Tabaquite.

Police said at around 10 am on Tuesday, a farmer was digging for yam just off Alleyne Road, Brasso Venado in Tabaquite.

He alerted the police when he found the bones.

More as this becomes available.

OPPOSITION MP Dr Roodal Moonilal said the real reason Government paused debate on the Evidence (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in the Parliament last Friday was because it was afraid the UNC had the majority of members in the House at the time.

“The Attorney General, Faris Al-Rawi, and his government adjourned the debate for the UNC to reconsider its position.

POLICE Commissioner Gary Griffith has lashed out at the Law Association for its position on automatic bail for certain offences and on the effectiveness of the death penalty to deter crime.

In a Facebook post on the commissioner’s official page on Tuesday, Griffith said his views would differ, as his duty was “to find these creatures who kill, rape and kidnap and try to remove them from society.”

Griffith accused the association of being a platform for a few defence attorneys in a public-relations campaign to “fight for the benefits of their criminal clients.”

OPPOSITION Senator Jayanti Lutchmedial said government has to stop blaming the United National Congress (UNC) for all crimes and start doing its job.

She said there is no law, with or without Opposition support, which could fix the problems in the criminal justice system unless Government gets up and governs and carries out the mandate the people gave it to make the country safe.

On the UNC Virtual Report platform on Monday night, Lutchmediaal said the Bail Act which Government is "persecuting" the Opposition to support is already law.

The second autopsy on murdered kidnap victim Andrea Bharatt has started.

It is being done by pathologist Prof Hubert Daisley at Boodoo's Funeral home in Cunupia.

The first autopsy at the Forensic Science Centre on Monday was unable to determine the cause of death owing to the advanced decomposition of the body.

Disturbed by the inconclusive finding, activist Inshan Ishmael and restaurant owner Jenny Sharma were among several people who offered on Monday night to pay for a second autopsy.