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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“

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

Cop framed on gun charge to be compensated
“A police constable who drove off to avoid two men with guns will receive over $.2 million for the ordeal…” Read more

Duke: AG’s lawsuit an abuse
“DEPUTY CHIEF Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly Watson Duke has responded to the Attorney General’s legal action as it relates to his appointment while also still being the head of the Public Service Association (PSA)…” Read more

THE DAY I CHEATED DEATH
“Two weeks after he stared death in the face, Christopher Boodram, the lone survivor of the Paria tragedy which claimed the lives of four of his colleagues, has unburdened all to the Sunday Express…” Read more

7 Families Join Together to sue State after babies die at POS Hospital
“Seven families whose babies died of neonatal sepsis over four days at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (P0SGH) have joined together to file a class action lawsuit…” Read more

Prison officer to receive $3.4m in decade-long battle over leave
“A HIGH Court judge has ruled in favour of a prison officer who first lost her job when the Public Service Commission (PSC) decided that she resigned in June 2007 because she failed to show up for duty for a year as she was on pregnancy leave…” 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

Talk-show host, radio station appeal Potts defamation ruling
“POPULAR sports talk-show host Andre E Baptiste and Gem Radio – the owner of radio station I95.5 FM – have appealed a judge’s ruling that they defamed boxing promoter Boxu Potts in a series of broadcasts from 2012-2014…” Read more

Policeman wins promotion lawsuit
“…The Police Promotion Advisory Board (PPAB) has been ordered to immediately consider Constable Ramdath Phillip, of the Southern Division, for promotion…” 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

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