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CJ: Death penalty not denting serious crime but Let’s talk about it
Chief Justice Ivor Archie has called for a serious and meaningful national debate on the mandatory death penalty for murder. He made the plea yesterday in his annual address at the opening of the...
View ArticleAfter C-section death: Mother adopts daughter’s baby
Cradling her grandson, Kaden, as she rocked him gently, People’s National Movement (PNM) operation’s officer Irene Hinds yesterday promised to act as a guardian angel to her daughter's two children....
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Max: UWI under threat
The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, is in grave danger of losing its autonomy and this is a dangerous development. That was among several concerns raised by former president and former...
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Extra month vacation for Pt Fortin students
Scores of pupils at the Cap-de-Ville Government Primary School have been given an extra month’s vacation as contractors are yet to complete their new school. Protest marked the start of the new school...
View ArticleGrieving girl attempts suicide
Grief-stricken over her mother’s suicide, a Barrackpore teenager tried to take her own life exactly one month after her mother’s death. According to a close relative, despite receiving counselling from...
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CJ repeats issues
In Trinidad and Tobago everybody has a prescription for maladies they have not properly investigated and do not understand. Just pick up the papers or listen to the talk shows and you will know what I...
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Penal girl, 8, electrocuted while charging tablet
Grief overcame a Penal community today as eight-year-old Breanna Jessica Jaglal was electrocuted as she tried to charge her electronic tablet today. The wails of Breanna’s father, Brendon Jaglal, could...
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Family blames old house wiring
Grief overcame a Penal community yesterday after they learned that one of their own, eight-year-old Breanna Jessica Jaglal, had been electrocuted as she tried to charge her electronic tablet device.The...
View ArticleTrini leaves Chile after earthquake
There were no reports of any Trinidadians being adversely affected by Wednesday’s 8.3 magnitude earthquake in Chile. However, one Trini who was stranded in the wake of the earthquake managed to leave...
View ArticleSecurity officers turn on boss over late pay
Police had to be called in yesterday to protect the owner of a security company, contracted by Brazilian construction firm, OAS Construtora, after over 50 disgruntled guards demanded their salaries.The...
View ArticleTTPS: Brace for more roadblocks
Four murders in the last 24 hours has jolted the Police Service into action as more anti-crime operations are planned in the coming weeks.Speaking at the weekly press briefing yesterday public...
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Tribunal to review criminally insane
Nine men who were deemed insane after being found guilty of murder and detained at the St Ann's Psychiatric Hospital at the President's pleasure for some 30 years may now get a chance of freedom after...
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Brooks, Drayton, Jupiter on key State boards
Former independent Senator Helen Drayton has been appointed to chair a single board to oversee two of the State’s media enterprises, the Caribbean New Media Group (CNMG) and the Government Information...
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Classes begin at MP’s office
Standard Five pupils from Moruga RC Primary School enjoyed a full day of school yesterday for the first time since the term opened on September 8 as they took up classes at the Moruga/Tableland...
View ArticleNew rules for criminal cases
The inability of the Judiciary to manage its own finances has been identified as a major factor affecting that organisation’s ability to manage efficiently its stagnant backlog of criminal cases. In...
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Govt to amend contract freeze
Finance Minister Colm Imbert says Government’s decision to freeze the awarding of all new contracts for employment, goods and services will be modified today. This modification will allow permanent...
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State lawyers to get chance
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi has fired almost the entire legal team hired to represent the State in the extradition case of corruption accused former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner.The T&T...
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UNC granted leave to file petition against EBC
The United National Congress (UNC) has crossed the first hurdle in its challenge of the Elections and Boundaries Commission’s decision to extend last Monday’s general election voting by one hour due to...
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Voltage stopped Breanna’s heart
While the amperage in the extension cord was not powerful enough to damage Breanna Jessica Jaglal’s body, it was sufficient to stop her heart.An autopsy conducted on the eight-year-old’s body at the...
View ArticleMotivated by bad blood—Ramesar
The police search of the office of the Police Service Social and Welfare Association has been described as mischief by officers and attributed by them to the association’s stance against the buy-out of...
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