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Brothers freed on murder charge
Two brothers from Arouca were yesterday acquitted on a charge of beating a teenager to death during a bar brawl in 2006. It took a 12-member jury, in the Port-of-Spain Sixth Criminal Court, a little...
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Leave Joan alone
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Attorney General Garvin Nicholas are now facing the heat over their criticisms of Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Joan Honore-Paul in the continuing war...
View ArticleDespite threats victims should report rape—attorney
Victims of rape who fail to report the crime cannot be sure they will remain unharmed by the perpetrator.This is the view of the Rape Crisis Society.“Not reporting does not ensure the victim’s safety....
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Member quits Integrity body
One day after the Integrity Commission announced it had terminated its investigation into Emailgate allegations, its lone female commissioner, Dr Shelly Anne Lalchan, has reportedly quit. CNC 3 News...
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Ramlogan urges police: Find those who invented emails
Former attorney general Anand Ramlogan has called on deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Joan Honore-Paul and the acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams to broaden their investigation...
View ArticleActing CoP on IC decision: No bearing on our probe
The decision by the Integrity Commission (IC) to terminate its investigation into Emailgate will not impede on the ongoing police investigation, according to acting Police Commissioner Stephen...
View ArticleRamesh on Integrity Commission’s findings:
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has not been vindicated by the Integrity Commission’s (IC) termination of its probe into the Emailgate matter, says former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence...
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Debate stalled on Cybercrime Bill
Government intends to stall debate on the controversial Cybercrime Bill in the face of objections from media practitioners that certain provisions threaten freedom of speech and freedom of the...
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Kidney patients want subsidy for blood tests
Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan says Government will not subsidise the cost of blood tests for kidney patients who are already getting free dialysis. For the first time ever, patients suffering from renal...
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‘Victim’s husband was a suspect’
Rennie Coolman, the husband of murdered businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman, was investigated as a suspect in his wife’s kidnapping. Lead investigator in Naipaul-Coolman’s case, retired assistant...
View ArticleDecade after crime, Killer gets 14 years jail
A 24-year-old man from Claxton Bay who pleaded guilty to murdering his neighbour has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. Justice Carla Brown-Antoine, in the Port-of-Spain Sixth Criminal Court,...
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Moore queries source of transplant organs
Is the Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA) running an illegal organ-harvesting operation? This was the question posed on Tuesday during a media conference hosted by interim political leader of the...
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Moonilal minus Monday Night Forum
With the five-year anniversary of Government looming ahead on Sunday and the Opposition PNM busily fine-tuning systems last Sunday, where was UNC’s Monday Night Forum this week—and what about the PP’s...
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‘Time to stand up’
Deputy chairman of the Integrity Commission, retired Justice Sebastian Ventour, yesterday resigned, throwing the body into disarray yet again. In a telephone interview yesterday, Ventour, whose...
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Reinstate me to House—Rowley
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley is demanding that Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar reinstate him into Parliament immediately. He made the comment yesterday in the wake of the resignation of...
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PM ordered to rest after diabetes scare
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has been ordered to rest after spending yesterday afternoon at the Cross Crossing Medical Centre, San Fernando, due to a high blood sugar level.She was expected to...
View ArticleCops seek more information
The T&T Police Service (TTPS) says it recently sought new information from Google and other email providers in its continuing probe into the series of emails which were purportedly shared between...
View ArticleSharma quits PNM post over Emailgate affair
People’s National Movement (PNM) disciplinary committee member Dr Subash Sharma, who resigned from the party yesterday, had initiated legal action earlier this year against outgoing Integrity...
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Warner: ILP will contest 41 seats
Jack Warner’s Independent Liberal Party (ILP) will remain independent and will be contesting all 41 seats in the upcoming general election, Warner said on Wednesday night. He told the T&T Guardian...
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Hospital visitor slaps doctor
Doctors at the San Fernando General Hospital once more are demanding a safe working environment following an attack of one of their colleagues, Dr Jason Diljohn, by a woman visitor on Wednesday...
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