Vet­er­an broad­cast­er and cul­tur­al ad­vo­cate Hans Hanoomans­ingh has died. His pass­ing was con­firmed by his broth­er, Gideon Hanoomans­ingh, who said fu­ner­al arrange­ments are be­ing fi­nalised.

“In re­sponse to tremen­dous out­pour­ing via so­cial me­dia and phone calls, I con­firm with great sad­ness, the pass­ing of my dear broth­er Hans, a true pa­tri­ot of T&T whose con­tri­bu­tion to na­tion build­ing was self­less and ex­em­plary,” Gideon said. “Hans lived a life of prin­ci­ple, pur­pose, and qui­et strength. He gave every­thing to this coun­try—not for recog­ni­tion, but be­cause he be­lieved deeply in ser­vice. He was my broth­er, but he al­so be­longed to the na­tion.”

Trib­utes poured in across so­cial me­dia, re­mem­ber­ing Hanoomans­ingh as a pi­o­neer­ing jour­nal­ist, for­mer MP, and key fig­ure in pro­mot­ing In­do-Trinida­di­an cul­ture.