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Widow wins $.5M lawsuit over cop’s handling of dangerous driving case
“Over a decade after her husband was killed in a car crash, which left her and her two young sons injured, a widow from south Trinidad has won a landmark lawsuit over the police’s handling of the case against the truck driver, who caused the accident…Read more“

Court rules in favour of public health inspector over vacation leave
A career public servant who challenged civil service regulations restricting the annual leave of a public officer charged with indiscipline or misconduct has won her lawsuit against the State… Read more

A national tragedy made worse
“The deaths of four divers, entombed in the dark, bereft of hope without knowing it, was and is a horror too malevolent for most of us to process. Yet this unprecedented catastrophe was met with the casual Trini incompetence…” Read more

Nonsensical argument on height policy for cops
“Sometimes, it is better for Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds to just hush, rather than open his mouth and make himself look foolish…” Read more

Social activist challenges Griffith’s acting appointment as CoP in court
“EVEN as acting Police Commissioner Gary Griffith challenges the Police Service Commission (PSC) to suspend him from resuming duty, one citizen is challenging his acting appointment as top cop…” Read more

State must pay Siparia landowner $5.4m
The State has been ordered to pay more than $5.4 million in compensation to a Siparia landowner for land for the construction of an access link to the Solomon Hochoy Highway extension to Point Fortin. Read more

Attorney wants sanctions for tardy judges
“AN attorney has called on the Chief Justice to sanction judges for tardiness in giving reasons for their decisions in a timely fashion. Attorney Anthony Manwah wants these reasons to be given at the time of the decision, and not afterward…” Read more

No injunction against UNC senator: judge says Cummings’ case ‘weak’
“YOUTH Development and National Service Minister Foster Cummings has failed in his attempt to stop Opposition Senator Jayanti Lutchmedial from publicly speaking about his private and confidential information…” Read more

TSTT farce
“THAT the Court of Appeal could soon ponder the purported legal question of whether the Telecommunications Services of TT (TSTT) is a public authority is not a cause for celebration. It is a cause for concern…” Read more

UNC senator claims plagiarism got govt official kicked out degree programme
“Opposition Senator Jayanti Lutchmedial has called on the Prime Minister to say whether a senior government official was ever disqualified from pursuing a Master’s programme at a tertiary level institution…” Read more

SWRHA to pay- Welder dies after wrong diagnosis
“THE South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) was yesterday found liable for damages following a lawsuit for medical negligence filed after a welder died from a flesh-eating bacterium…” Read more

Former WPC gets $1.6m for fall
“A FORMER police officer has been awarded more than $1.5 million in compensation after she was injured in a fall at a police station in the Western Division in 2007…” Read more
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