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State to pay 2 women for illegal quarantine

“THE State now has to fork out more than $.2 million to pay two women who were under State-supervised quarantine in 2020, having been suspected of contracting Covid-19 but turned out to be negative…” Read more

Big Money Compensation for Hijab WPC

“SPECIAL Reserve Police (SRP) officer Sharon Roop, who won her right last November to wear her hijab while in uniform, has been awarded $185,000 by the High Court for breach of her Constitutional rights…” Read more

Hang up on jokey TSTT case

“FRIDAY’S ruling by the Court of Appeal that the Telecommunication Services (TSTT) is a public body subject to the Freedom of Information Act was an inevitable outcome which now provides clarification on a matter that should never have required clarification in the first place…” 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

Gary to quit as deal struck

““Mr Gary Griffith” is expected to announce that he is “relinquishing” the acting appointment of Commissioner of Police at a news conference scheduled for noon today at the Police Administration Building in Port of Spain….” 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

Egg on Govt’s face

“The Vincent Nelson debacle that has now exploded in the Government’s face demands nothing less than a thorough investigation into the Rowley administration’s involvement with the disgraced attorney,…” 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

Judge orders DPP, TTPS to probe conduct of former ILP leader

“A High Court Judge has asked the Disciplinary Committee of the Law Association, the T&T Police Service (TTPS), and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to look into the conduct of former Independent Liberal Party (ILP) political leader Rekha Ramjit and her daughter about questionable legal transactions they provided to a now-deceased man of Tobago…” Read more

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