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New law term opens today
Derek AchongPublished: Tuesday, September 16, 2014The new law term is set to kick off with a bang after today’s ceremonial opening, with several high-profile cases set for hearing tomorrow. Among the...
View ArticleMaxi owners wary of rapid rail plan
Published: Tuesday, September 16, 2014The national Maxi Taxi Association (MTA), which hasn’t been consulted on the People’s National Movement’s plan for a rapid rail system, has warned it will not...
View ArticleAuthorities alarmed by ChikV spread in smaller islands
Anna-Lisa PaulPublished: Tuesday, September 16, 2014Even as local authorities ramp up clean-up operations to try and stem the spread of the chikungunya virus, health authorities in Grenada are alarmed...
View ArticleTeacher in court for offering cop bribe
Sascha WilsonPublished: Tuesday, September 16, 2014A primary school teacher has been put on $30,000 bail on two charges for allegedly offering a policeman a bribe and driving under the influence of...
View ArticleHarvey’s thoughts on police killings: Cops toting 3, 4 ghosts
Jensen La VendePublished: Wednesday, September 17, 2014Catholic priest Fr Clyde Harvey yesterday expressed alarm at the 38 police killings for the year, labelling them as “extra-judicial killings” as...
View ArticleCJ hits lawyers who waste time
Derek AchongPublished: Wednesday, September 17, 2014Chief Justice Ivor Archie yesterday criticised defence attorneys who use delaying tactics, saying they are partly to blame for the slow pace of the...
View ArticleArchie bats for Lucky’s appointment as judge
Derek AchongPublished: Wednesday, September 17, 2014Chief Justice Ivor Archie has defended the appointment of former Police Complaints Authority (PCA) director Gillian Lucky as a High Court judge....
View ArticleCarolyn wants probe into alleged fight
Richard LordPublished: Wednesday, September 17, 2014The chairman of the COP, Public Administration Minister Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, has requested an investigation into an alleged fist fight that took...
View Article$$ for Judiciary not enough—CJ
Derek AchongPublished: Wednesday, September 17, 2014Chief Justice Ivor Archie is calling for urgent constitutional reform to give the Judiciary greater financial autonomy. In his opening address at the...
View ArticleMinshall writes PM
As Wayne prepares for hunger strikeAnna-Lisa PaulPublished: Wednesday, September 17, 2014Hours before environmental activist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh is set to embark on a second hunger strike to protest...
View ArticleIMF shows budget data ‘unreliable’
Gail AlexanderPublished: Wednesday, September 17, 2014The public cannot trust the structural integrity of the 2015 budget since the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) September 2014 report has cited...
View ArticleT&T to expand global diplomatic presence
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Wednesday, September 17, 2014This country is moving to establish a diplomatic presence in additional locations worldwide, including in Mexico, says Foreign Affairs Minister...
View ArticleDefence Force clears up call-out of reservists
Rhondor DowlatPublished: Wednesday, September 17, 2014The Defence Force has responded to questions about the call-out of army reserves, saying it is a customary request made by the Chief of Defence...
View ArticleReframing performance through innovation
Published: Wednesday, September 17, 2014Chief Justice Ivor Archie yesterday delivered the traditional speech at yesterday’s ceremonial opening of the new law term. Following is his...
View ArticleFuad offers Glenn a job - I need his expertise
Gail AlexanderPublished: Thursday, September 18, 2014Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan has offered sacked minister Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh a consultancy job to assist him with the ministry’s prosthetic limb...
View ArticleCOP activist denies he was in fistfight
Radica SookrajPublished: Thursday, September 18, 2014Social and political activist Phillip Edward Alexander has distanced himself from an alleged fistfight outside the Congress of the People’s...
View ArticlePM: We will not be held to ransom by Kublalsingh’s action
Thousands want highwayGeisha KowlessarPublished: Thursday, September 18, 2014Environmentalist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh last night vowed to continue his hunger strike after Prime Minister Kamla...
View ArticleFuad: 50 per cent of T&T women overweight
Gail AlexanderPublished: Thursday, September 18, 2014Fifty per cent of T&T women were overweight and children were becoming obese, Health Minister Fuad Khan said yesterday during the budget debate....
View ArticleAnother pastor chastises cops
At funeral of man killed by police...Jensen La VendePublished: Thursday, September 18, 2014The day after Fr Clyde Harvey criticised the police for their actions in 38 police related killings for the...
View ArticleMunroe launches Black Caucus
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Thursday, September 18, 2014The Black Caucus Movement (BCM) was launched yesterday at the premises of businessman William Munro on the Western Main Road, St James. The...
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