Muslim prison officers win $$ in beard rights case
“TWO Muslim prison officers, who successfully challenged a prison service regulation that required them to be clean-shaven, have been awarded significant damages in their constitutional claims…” Read more
High Court: DPP’s failure to respond to FOIA ‘unacceptable’
“The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) came in for a tongue-lashing by the High Court for failing to respond to a request from a former murder accused…” Read more
Trini denied entry home during pandemic: ‘Money can’t fix what’s broken’
“Those were the words of Joanne Pantin, one of two women who sued the State after being stranded abroad when Trinidad and Tobago closed its borders during the covid19 pandemic in March 2020…” Read more
Anand Ramlogan: Travesty that PNM tried to hide NiQuan report
“Former attorney general Anand Ramlogan, in a statement on June 18, welcomed the laying of the report into the NiQuan explosion in 2023 which claimed the life of a worker, in the House of Representatives… Read more“
Court awards $1.6m to ex-Equal Opportunity Commission CEO over contract non-renewal
“The High Court has awarded over $1.6 million in damages to former Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) CEO Devanty Maraj-Ramdeen after ruling that the Office of the Attorney General failed to give her a fair chance to respond before deciding not to renew her contract in 2021…Read more“
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“
Judge to rule on August 8 after CEPEP attorneys challenge jurisdiction
“A HIGH Court lawsuit challenging the termination of contracts for a Laventille-based general contracting company and over 300 other Community-based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP) contractors faces a decisive moment next month…Read more“
CEPEP CEO: I was pressured by Al-Rawi to extend contracts without Cabinet approval
“CEPEP Company Ltd CEO Keith Eddy has sworn that he refused to approve a three-year extension of hundreds of contractor agreements without Cabinet approval because of concerns about a possible $1.4 billion government spending commitment…Read more“
Court action against Belizean government over electoral boundaries
“Trinidadian attorney and his Belizean client determined to not let an “illegal” election proceed…” Read more
Judge slams public service’s archaic methods
https://newsday.co.tt/2024/11/11/judge-slams-public-services-archaic-methods/