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Jacob in the dark about TTPS release
“Acting Police Commissioner McDonald Jacob said last night he was in the dark over a news release issued by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), inviting the media to a news conference today with “Mr McDonald Jacob” and “Mr Gary Griffith”…” Read more

Ex-Petrotrin worker wins lawsuit against company
“A former casual employee of Petrotrin has won his lawsuit against the now-defunct company over its refusal to disclose an investigative report into an accident in which he and his colleagues were exposed to hydrogen sulfide gas…” Read more

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

Health Ministry faces lawsuit for allowing facility to stay open
“The family of a man who died while housed at the Transformed Life Ministries Rehabilitation Centre last year, is considering suing the Ministry of Health for its alleged negligence in allowing the facility to be operated…” Read more

Judge orders release of woman who failed to pay fines
“A San Fernando woman who was jailed for almost eight months for failing to pay close to $.1 million in fines has been freed by a High Court judge…” Read more

Nurse with Guillain-Barré syndrome loses claim for disability grant
“FORMER nurse Ruth Peters, who is paralysed from the neck down, with 90 per cent disability, has lost her legal challenge over her denial of a disability grant, because she is not considered “permanently disabled…” Read more

UNC activist alleges discrimination in government’s Special Achievers’ Grant
“UNC activist Ravi Balgobin Maharaj is threatening to take legal action against the Ministry of Social Development over what appears, to him, to be a“racial and gender imbalance” in the selection of beneficiaries for its Special Achievers’ Grant (SAG)…” 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

ARMOUR ACTS ON FARIS
“Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, is seeking the advice of senior and junior counsel in the imbroglio involving former attorney general, now Local Government Minister, Faris Al-Rawi, and Chief Parliamentary Counsel Ian MacIntyre, SC, one of the top public servants in the AG’s Office…” Read more

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

Don’t Destroy
“Legal action is being taken to prevent destruction of the contentious Darryl Smith sex scandal report…” Read more

Coast Guard stops police legal adviser on boat with 13 people
“Coast Guard officers intercepted a pleasure craft with 14 people on board last Thursday including the head of the police legal unit…” Read more
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