Garcia reads Riot Act too
Gail AlexanderPublished: Tuesday, June 6, 2017There are big changes ahead for Education Facilities Company Limited (EFCL) management. Education Minister Anthony Garcia yesterday read the Riot Act to...
View ArticleWoman can’t secure $.3m bail
Derek AchongPublished: Tuesday, June 6, 2017AK47s in dog foodA 28-year-old woman charged with importing 19 illegal firearms in a shipping barrel containing dog food has been granted $350,000 in bail....
View ArticleProperty tax appeals to be heard today
Derek AchongPublished: Tuesday, June 6, 2017Attorneys representing Finance Minister Colm Imbert and former agriculture minister Devant Maharaj are expected to square off at the Hall of Justice this...
View ArticleAG: Govt cracking down on land fraud
Published: Tuesday, June 6, 2017The property tax valuation exercise is not merely to ensure those taxes are paid but is also a mechanism for rooting out fraud. Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi said as...
View ArticleAgri groups: Brace for higher food prices
Shaliza HassanaliPublished: Tuesday, June 6, 2017Farming communities in Penal, east T&T flood out...Two agricultural groups are predicting higher food prices and job losses as a result of flooding...
View ArticleAG appeals UNC injunction blocking judges
Derek AchongPublished: Tuesday, June 6, 2017The State has appealed a last minute injunction granted to Opposition attorneys stopping the proposed appointment of two new High Court judges originally...
View ArticleJudge jitters
Darren BahawPublished: Wednesday, June 7, 2017Social media abuzz after Seepersad rulingThe dangerous cocktail of politics mixing with the judiciary gathered more steam yesterday, after a late Monday...
View ArticleUNC heads to Privy Council
Derek AchongPublished: Wednesday, June 7, 2017Injunction blocking new judges thrown outPresident Anthony Carmona is now free to swear in two new High Court Judges after the Court of Appeal struck out...
View ArticleAppeal Court rules on property tax case today
Published: Wednesday, June 7, 2017The Court of Appeal will give its ruling on an injunction stopping the collection and processing of valuation return forms connected with property tax this morning....
View ArticleAspiring cop shot dead
Jensen La VendePublished: Wednesday, June 7, 2017An aspiring police officer who thought he was being targeted by robbers for his flashy jewellery, was murdered on Monday night. At around 9.45 pm, Reon...
View ArticleOne dead, 1 critical after gun attack
Published: Wednesday, June 7, 2017One man was shot dead while another is fighting for his life at hospital, after they were attacked by unknown gunmen on Monday evening at Bypass Road, Valencia....
View ArticleHDC to find suitable home
Rhondor DowlatPublished: Wednesday, June 7, 2017Mom living with paralysed son in high-riseHousing Development Corporation (HDC) managing director Brent Lyons yesterday committed to helping Jasmin Reyes...
View ArticleMental patient shot dead
Sharlene RampersadPublished: Wednesday, June 7, 2017The mother of a mentally ill man killed by police is claiming officers woke him up from his bed before he was fatally shot. This was the allegation...
View ArticleCargo vessel soon for T’go
Gail AlexanderPublished: Wednesday, June 7, 2017The Port Authority of T&T has identified a roll-on roll-off boat—rather than a barge—to service the Tobago cargo route and is now awaiting inspection...
View ArticlePolice urge motorists to be alert
Jensen La VendePublished: Wednesday, June 7, 2017Shootings at Old St Joseph Road, PoSHead of the Port-of-Spain Division of the T&T Police Service Snr Supt Floris Hodge-Griffith is advising...
View ArticleKamla wants Armygate probe
Rhondor DowlatPublished: Wednesday, June 7, 2017Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar strongly believes there is a serious cover-up in the “Armygate” matter involving Attorney General Faris...
View ArticleJudiciary chaos overshadows new judges’ moment
CJ promises to talk soonRhondor DowlatPublished: Wednesday, June 7, 2017On the heels of the Appeal Court overturning the ruling of Justice Frank Seepersad on Tuesday, President Anthony Carmona...
View ArticleOutrage over man dying outside hospital
Patient saw body being dumpedShaliza HassanaliPublished: Wednesday, June 7, 2017An eyewitness yesterday said he saw when an “almost lifeless man” was being taken out of an ambulance by security...
View ArticlePS transferred from Ministry of Sport
Rosemarie SantPublished: Wednesday, June 7, 2017Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sports Natasha Barrow has been transferred back to the Ministry of Social Development.The transfer from the...
View ArticlePM staying far from upheaval
Gail AlexanderPublished: Wednesday, June 7, 2017It wouldn’t take long before those currently inviting Government to attack the Chief Justice move on to accusing Government of “hounding” the CJ out of...
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