PM happy as Govt beats court actions
UNC out to create mayhemGail AlexanderPublished: Wednesday, June 7, 2017“It ain’t gonna happen!”That was Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s declaration yesterday, as he warned the Opposition that...
View ArticleAppeal Court overturns property tax injunction
Voluntary process okPublished: Wednesday, June 7, 2017In an oral decision at the Hall of Justice, Port-of-Spain, yesterday, Appellate Judges Peter Jamadar, Gregory Smith and Judith Jones dismissed two...
View ArticleJSC on mental health told: 400 students on suicide watch
Published: Wednesday, June 7, 2017GEISHA ALONZO Some 400 primary and secondary students are on suicide watch because they are experiencing some degree of mental illness, with primary schools pupils as...
View ArticleRoodal: Was Young at Camp Cumuto too?
Rosemarie SantPublished: Wednesday, June 7, 2017Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal, who first raised the matter of teenagers photographed with high-powered weapons at the Camp Cumuto shooting range,...
View ArticleTension at Law Faculty
UWI lecturers upset dean’s contract renewedRhonda Krystal RamballyPublished: Wednesday, June 7, 2017The decision by The University of the West Indies to re-appoint the dean at Faculty of Law’s St...
View ArticleMaharaj, Matthew emerge as top school athletes
Rachael Thomspon-KingPublished: Thursday, June 8, 2017Christie-Marie Maharaj of St George East and North Eastern’s Imanni Matthew emerged the top athletes at the annual National Primary Schools’...
View Article‘Assignments a coincidence’
Published: Thursday, June 8, 2017The judge at the centre of the now politically charged debate regarding his rulings in the property tax case and others believes allegations of “forum shopping” stem...
View ArticleAG seeks answers
Darren BahawKhamal GeorgesPublished: Thursday, June 8, 2017Attorneys for the State are suspicious of how so many high-profile cases filed by former United National Congress ministers are all ending up...
View ArticleWalcott, Ahye get bronze at Rome Diamond League
Published: Thursday, June 8, 2017Javelin thrower Keshorn Walcott and sprinter Michelle Lee Ahye both produced impressive performances that earned them bronze medals at their respective events at...
View ArticleNo clear winner in UK elections
Published: Friday, June 9, 2017LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May’s gamble in calling an early election appeared to have backfired spectacularly yesterday, after an exit poll suggested...
View ArticleNLCB chair gets extra security after threats
Published: Friday, June 9, 2017Questions are now being raised over whether National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) chairman had the authority to spend thousands of dollars on private security measure...
View ArticleNo bail for alleged toy gun bandit
Sascha WilsonPublished: Friday, June 9, 2017A Siparia man who was held by police after he allegedly robbed a taxi driver with a toy gun was yesterday remanded into custody until Monday.Curtis Worrell,...
View ArticleUWI hunts whistleblower
Rhonda Krystal RamballyPublished: Friday, June 9, 2017The University of West Indies, St Augustine, is investigating who leaked confidential correspondence to the media which challenged the...
View ArticleTDC showdown looms today
Richard LordPublished: Friday, June 9, 2017A showdown looms between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Government officials as the Tourism Development Company (TDC) is facing possible closure...
View ArticleGarcia hopes for efficiency
Anna-Lisa PaulPublished: Friday, June 9, 2017Three old EFCL board members retainedAnnouncing the Cabinet decision at a press conference at the Ministry of Education Towers, Port-of-Spain, yesterday,...
View ArticleNo bail for labourer accused of rape
Kevon FelminePublished: Friday, June 9, 2017A Guapo labourer who imprisoned a 26-year-old woman in her own home before raping her was denied bail when he appeared before a Point Fortin magistrate...
View ArticleEx-cop on rape charge gets 17 years
Published: Friday, June 9, 2017A 63-year-old former police officer was yesterday sentenced to 17 years in prison for raping a woman in 2010.Justice Hayden St Clair-Douglas, presiding in the...
View ArticleBurying this will not help, eyewitness
Shaliza HassanaliPublished: Friday, June 9, 2017Lystra Alexis says her conscience bothered her when she saw Christopher Phillip, 80, being dumped on the lawn of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital’s car...
View ArticleHe disappeared twice—Minister
Gail AlexanderPublished: Friday, June 9, 2017Christopher Philip, whose body was found on the grounds of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital on Wednesday, was treated at the institution twice and asked...
View ArticleJudges bat for Seepersad
Sascha WilsonPublished: Saturday, June 10, 2017Debate over manipulation of system asSeveral civil judges have expressed alarm over what appears to be an attack on the integrity of Justice Frank...
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