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
State to compensate Inshan Ishmael for bad gun case, charges
“A HIGH COURT judge has found the police acted maliciously and without cause when they arrested and laid charges against businessman and broadcaster Inshan Ishmael in 2017…” Read more
Paria diving tragedy enquiry in pre-hearing stage
“THE Commission of Enquiry (CoE) into the tragic deaths of four divers at a pipeline at Pointe-a-Pierre belonging to Paria Fuel Trading Company Ltd in February, is in its pre-hearing stage…” Read more
Privy Council told: Parliament did not trust Judiciary on bail
“THE Privy Council has been urged not to be swayed by a claim there was a measure of mistrust by the Parliament of the Judiciary when it passed legislation in 1994 to introduce a prohibition to bail for anyone charged with murder…” 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
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
Cummings: I was asked to withdraw from university due to oversight of not referencing quotations
“Minister of Youth Development and National Service Foster Cummings has responded to claims that he was banned from pursuing postgraduate studies at a university because of plagiarism…” Read more
Standing up for the small man
“I am, however, saddened by the fact that the Government compromised the independent office of the Governor of the Central Bank by its ruthless, unfair and unjustified termination of my appointment as governor, in breach of my constitutional rights…” Read more
Jayanti counters Jacob’s ‘muzzle’ claim: ‘Don’t believe government hype’
“United National Congress (UNC) senator Jayanti Lutchmedial says no one is trying to muzzle acting Commissioner of Police Mc Donald Jacob, but regardless of his political allegiance, he cannot compromise the independence of his office…” Read more
Ramlogan’s witness-tampering trial on hold as defence raises a constitutional point
“FORMER attorney general Anand Ramlogan, SC, will not go on trial this week on allegations of witness tampering as he has, instead, raised an issue only the High Court can determine…” Read more