JUSTICE Minister Devesh Maharaj vowed to boost the efficacy of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the police service, and provide more law courts in far-flung areas, speaking on the Mid-Year Review on June 23 in the House of Representatives. Saying families, crime victims and communities have all felt forgotten, he said the work of his ministry was to be a central plank of the new administration. He singled out Cedros, La Brea and Moruga as distant places that once enjoyed access to the justice system but had since had their magistrates courts closed.

Residents of Moruga must now travel to Princes Town to access a law court, while residents of La Brea and Cedros go to Point Fortin, he related.

"That is a thing of the past – we will make sure.