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7 Families Join Together to sue State after babies die at POS Hospital
“Seven families whose babies died of neonatal sepsis over four days at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (P0SGH) have joined together to file a class action lawsuit…” Read more
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Judge orders police to return cash to San Juan businessman after seizure
“Cash seized by the police pursuant to criminal investigations must be returned to their owners in the currencies they were taken…” Read more
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State to pay police officer for lost arm
“A police officer who lost part of his right arm in an accident involving a police vehicle almost five years ago will be compensated by the State…” Read more
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UNC activist wants details of top-ranked SEA students
“COMMUNITY activist and former UNC candidate for Diego Martin West Marsha Walker wants details of the ranking of students on the baasis of the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exam…” Read more
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Belmont man first to be granted bail for murder
“A man from Belmont, accused of killing a fellow resident in 2014, has become the first person to be granted bail for murder…”Read more
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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
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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
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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
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Senior fireman wins discrimination case
“A senior fire officer is set to receive compensation for being bypassed for promotion in favour of a colleague, who was his junior. On Monday, High Court Judge Margaret Mohammed delivered a 57-page judgment in which she upheld acting Assistant Chief Fire Officer Siewnarine Ramsaran’s judicial review and constitutional motion lawsuit against the Chief Fire Officer, Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Office of the Attorney General…” Read more
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Judge strikes down police standing orders on destroying pocket, station diaries
“A HIGH Court judge has struck out two standing orders of the police service which deal with how long officers can keep their pocket diaries and station diaries…” Read more
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Four ministry employees get $750,00 for non promotion
“The State has been ordered to pay over $750,000 in compensation to four employees of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, and Fisheries, who were bypassed for promotion…”Read more
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Criminal Bar Association: Akili Charles fought to save younger generation from gang culture
Read more“The Executive of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has expressed condolences to the family of Criminal Justice Advocate Akili Charles on “his unfortunate and untimely passing”…”
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