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Legal fight looms
The local LGBTQI community celebrated a major legal victory in its crusade for equal rights yesterday, after a High Court Judge declared this country’s homophobic sexual offence legislation...
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Tension over buggery ruling
Two members of the LGBTQI community were yesterday attacked outside the Hall of Justice, Port-of-Spain, just as Justice Devindra Rampersad was set to give his ruling on Jason Jones’ challenge to...
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Minister’s stepdaughter abducted
The stepdaughter of Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young was abducted from a friend’s home at Alfred Drive, Crystal Stream, Diego Martin, last night and police have launched a...
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T&T Spirit on final sea trials—Port chairman
Good news finally for users of the seabridge as word is that the T&T Spirit could be back out soon after a successful three-hour sea trial yesterday.Chairman of the Port Authority, Lyle Alexander...
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Two weeks for Darryl Smith’s report— Young
The public must wait for two weeks for an investigating committee’s report to find out what “new information” caused PNM’s Darryl Smith to be fired from the Government on Tuesday.That’s the request...
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8 hours in captivity
Controversy surrounds the kidnapping and release of the step-daughter of Krystiana Sankar, the step-daughter of Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General Stuart Young.This after Young denied he...
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Young: Family paid no ransom
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young said yesterday no ransom was paid for the release of his step-daughter Krystiana Sankar following her abduction on Thursday night.Sankar was...
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Heat as PM grilled over Darryl Smith firingIndarsingh ejected
Tempers flared in Parliament yesterday when the Opposition United National Congress pressed Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on issues concerning the Sports Ministry’s $150,000 settlement to a former...
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Ministry allows Guyanese boy to write SEA
The Ministry of Education has reversed its position on barring an 11-year-old student from Guyana, who lived in T&T for most of his life, from sitting next month’s Secondary Entrance Assessment...
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T&T Spirit returns Monday
Tobago stakeholders are keeping their fingers crossed that the seabridge will be back in service, following confirmation from the Port Authority yesterday that the T&T Spirit will return to service...
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Cedros fishermenstill notback from Venezuela
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttHeermatie Sankar longs to hear the voices of her husband Awardnath Hajarie, son Nicholas Hajarie and friend Shammi Seepersad, who were released from a Venezuelan jail in...
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Eight hours in captivity
Controversy surrounds the kidnapping and release of the step-daughter of Krystiana Sankar, the step-daughter of Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General Stuart Young.This after Young denied he...
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Privy Council to settle gay rights lawsuit—AG
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi says Government’s decision to appeal Justice Devindra Rampersad’s ruling who declared this country’s buggery offence as unconstitutional was to avoid running the risk and...
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9 freed of murder after 8 years in prison
After spending almost eight years in prison awaiting trial, nine men from Sea Lots were yesterday freed of murdering a man during a robbery in Cocorite in 2010.The men walked out of the Hall of Justice...
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Fiery protests for water in Penal
Starved of pipe-borne water for almost six weeks, Penal residents yesterday staged a fiery protest calling on the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) to send water in their communities before the new...
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PCA: Only 38 cases sent to DPP in 4 years
In the past four years, only 38 cases made against police officers to the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) have been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for further instructions.This is...
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Back from Jordan
Three members of an East Trinidad family detained in Jordan since January were deported back to T&T on April 3 - but the whereabouts of the fourth family member, Keegan Roopchand, remain unknown...
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3 ferries needed for seabridge—Sinanan
At least three passenger vessels should be working the local seabridge so that passengers will once again have faith in the service being provided, Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan has...
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Final verdict still to come
The legal issues surrounding Thursday’s decision by High Court Judge Devindra Rampersad regarding T&T’s homophobic buggery laws are still to be determined on appeal.This was the reminder given by...
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LGBTQI can take issues to EOC now
Amendments to the Equal Opportunity Act, Chap 22:03 to extend the definition of sex to include sexual orientation, has enabled the LGBTQI community to seek redress for complaints of discrimination...
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