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A bridge-builder in T&T’s very di­verse so­ci­ety, a voice of rea­son, a gi­ant of the Sen­ate and the very best of the Up­per House.

This was part of the trib­ute paid in the Sen­ate yes­ter­day to In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tor De­oroop Teemal, who died last month. Sen­a­tors ob­served a minute’s si­lence on his pass­ing.

Teemal served in the Sen­ate for sev­en years and yes­ter­day, his seat was de­clared va­cant. Sophia Chote, SC, who has been ap­point­ed to the po­si­tion, was sworn in yes­ter­day.