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GML Cor­re­spon­dent

The Pres­i­dent of the Na­tion­al Coun­cil of In­di­an Cul­ture (NCIC) has passed away. In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tor De­oroop Teemal, aged 69, died around 1 am on Sun­day 3 Au­gust 2025.

Su­ru­jdeo Man­ga­roo, First Vice-Pres­i­dent of the NCIC, de­scribed Sen­a­tor Teemal’s pass­ing as a tremen­dous loss to the de­vel­op­ment of In­di­an cul­ture in Trinidad and To­ba­go. Man­ga­roo stat­ed that Teemal had been un­well over the past week and passed away at his home on Sankar Street, St Au­gus­tine.