Court okays liquidators
The Government has won its bid to appoint a pair of provisional liquidators for CL Financial (CLF).Delivering an oral judgement at the Hall of Justice, Port-of-Spain, last evening, Appellate Judges...
View ArticleEx-MD sues over wrongful dismissal
A High Court Judge has deferred the hearing for an injunction to reinstate the former managing director of CL Financial (CLF) Marlon Holder.In the midst on ongoing legal battles between the Government...
View ArticleCL Financial shareholders unhappy
The ruling of the Appeal Court to appoint provisional liquidators for CL Financial can have unintended ramifications for this country’s economy, chairman of the CLICO Policyholders Group Peter Permell...
View ArticleDad, son killed
An employee from the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (PoSGH) and his father, a retiree who also worked at the hospital, were both ambushed and killed by gunmen in Laventille yesterday, while responding...
View ArticleFire officer freed of causing death of friend in car crash
Brennon Rampersad was freed yesterday of the 2007 charge of causing the death of his friend and neighbour, Craig Harripersad.Harripersad, 15 was a passenger in a white Sunny sedan driven by Rampersad,...
View ArticleNo help from passers-by
With crime in T&T almost a part of people’s daily lives, it was business as usual for pedestrians and motorists passing along the Southern Main Road, Rousillac, Monday, as 50-year-old Krishna...
View ArticleSix years for PH driver in robbery
For his part in the robbery of a passenger in his vehicle in 2016, Edmund Sewlal was sentenced yesterday to six years hard labour.His co-accused, Felix Bhola, was sentenced to four years hard...
View ArticleMinister: Manpower issues cause of delay
Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan yesterday admitted that the delay in Monday’s maiden voyage of the Cabo Star from Port-of-Spain to Tobago was as a result of a manpower issue by the Port...
View ArticleODPM: Incident Command System needed
Deputy chief executive officer of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) Col Dave Williams says there is need for an effective Incident Command System.Williams said that during a...
View ArticleAG proposes legislation to deal with Marcia cases
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi has proposed legislation to deal with the 52 part heard matters left in limbo by Marcia Ayers-Caesar.The proposed legislation is also aimed at avoiding a recurrence of a...
View ArticleBakr fasts for citizens below poverty line
In observance of today’s 27th anniversary of the 1990 attempted coup, Jamaat-al-Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr, along with his members will fast from dawn to dusk for T&T citizens who live below...
View ArticleFather, son killed in Laventille
The father and son who were slain in Laventille on Tuesday were killed over ongoing gang war between Rasta City and Muslim, both police and relatives of the men say.Retired public servant, Fitzroy...
View ArticleShareholders to challenge liquidators
CLF shareholders have decided to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal to appoint provisional liquidators for the company.The decision was announced yesterday by Carlton Reis, spokesman for CLF...
View ArticleMan jailed for buggery
A Princes Town man was sentenced to four years and eight months in jail for the buggery of his four-year-old cousin in 2006. When he is released from prison he will undergo counselling for three years...
View ArticleWoodbrook residents ticketed for littering says: Litter wardens terrorising us
Some elderly residents of Woodbrook, who were issued with $500 tickets for littering on Thursday have been told that the only two options available to them were to pay it or contest it.That was the...
View ArticleMurder accused protest again
While Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi is proposing legislation to rectify the debacle caused by the short-lived judicial appointment of former chief magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar, a group of men whose...
View ArticleJudge available during ‘vacation’
The Government’s winding up petition for CL Financial (CLF) is set to be heard and determined in early September.The date was decided as the petition came up for hearing yesterday before High Court...
View ArticleFirst Peoples call for $3m Govt aid
Chief of the First Peoples Ricardo Bharath-Hernandez is calling for Government sponsorship amounting to $3 million to assist with the upcoming celebrations leading up to the holiday on October...
View ArticleCops deny Enterprise ‘hit list’ claim
On the heels of the killing of Jelani Martins at the hands of the police, Enterprise, Chaguanas residents are now claiming there is a “hit list” of names of people the police are targeting for...
View ArticleTwinkle slain in front co-workers
Relatives of Roumelda ‘Twinkle” King said yesterday she suffered a life of abuse at the hands of the man who took her life.King, 51, was chopped to death by her husband Hilton Gordon King, 55, while on...
View Article