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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

ANAND SC V RAMESH SC IN BATTLE OF FORMER ATTORNEYS GENERAL OVER ACTING TOP COP APPOINTMENT, SUSPENSION
“WHILE former Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj SC is representing Gary Griffith in preparations to file an application for judicial review against the Police Service Commission (PolSC) to rescind his suspension as…” Read more

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

Chaguanas man takes Imbert to court over unpublished NIB reports
“A CHAGUANAS man has received the court’s permission to proceed with an application which seeks to compel Finance Minister Colm Imbert to lay the National Insurance Board (NIB) annual reports for 2019 and 2020…” 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

AG claims the file went missing
“If, as the AG claims the file went missing, I’d like the attorneys representing the state, Karen Reid-Ballantyne and Amrita Ramsook to explain what file they used to present such a weak defence on behalf of the people of Trinidad and Tobago.” Read more

Ex-death row inmate to challenge prison service over reviews
“A CONVICTED killer has filed a constitutional challenge over the failure of the prison service to hold period reviews of his sentence which was eventually commuted to life imprisonment…” Read more

Mom’s pelvic area washed with lye after hysterectomy at hospital
“As a single and independent mother, Katherine Akum Lum was living her best life. She loved her job as a building designer and project manager and was very successful. Akum Lum, at age 51, was providing a good and happy life for her son. She had also found love again after surviving domestic violence in her relationship…” Read more

30 police sergeants seek to get colleagues’ injunction lifted
“A group of 30 police Sergeants have applied to have an injunction preventing all promotions to the rank of Inspector, obtained by a group of their colleagues, lifted…” Read more

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

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

Former Pres student wins case against Education Ministry
“A former Presentation College student has won his lawsuit over a move by the Ministry of Education to retroactively modify the criteria for Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) scholarships in 2018…”Read more
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