Thursday December 6, 2012
Global Jamaica: News
Gaunt hunger striker vows to press on
Published: Thursday December 6, 2012 | 3:38 pm Comments 0PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (AP):
An environmental activist who has been on a hunger strike for more than two weeks vowed Thursday to press on even though a doctor hired by his relatives warned that he is on the verge of organ failure.
At the same time, a high-ranking government official called on Trinidad & Tobago’s prime minister to compromise over a proposed highway extension being protested by activist Wayne Kublalsingh.
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