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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

Four ministry employees get $750,00 for non promotion
“The State has been ordered to pay over $750,000 in compensation to four employees of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, and Fisheries, who were bypassed for promotion…”Read more

Opposition Leader condemns Armour’s attack on Judge
“Attorney General Armour’s pathetic press conference to explain why he and his sidekick Faris Al-Rawi failed to defend…” Read more

Newsday columnist, prison reform activist: ‘My memories of Akili Charles’
“NEWSDAY columnist and prison reform activist Debbie Jacob interviewed Akili Charles last Thursday on the landmark court ruling that people charged with murder have the right to apply for bail. It was his case against the State which paved the way for this historic ruling…” 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

Social activist challenges Griffith’s acting appointment as CoP in court
“EVEN as acting Police Commissioner Gary Griffith challenges the Police Service Commission (PSC) to suspend him from resuming duty, one citizen is challenging his acting appointment as top cop…” 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

NiQuan has been ordered to pay its former vice president $21m
“NiQuan has been ordered to pay its former vice president—former independent senator David Small—$20,647,017 million for breach of contract for monies owed to him during his employment…” 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

Kawalsingh gets over $3m
“Former Police Service Commission (PolSC) member Roger Kawalsingh received $3.489 million in legal fees from the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) during the period 2016-2021…” Read more

Shame on you, NWRHA
“Among hospital horror stories, the case of Katherine Akum Lum stands out for its gut-wrenching awfulness…” Read more

Appeal Court judge recuses herself from EMBD case: brother was board member
“ATTORNEYS involved in a claim by the Estate Management Business Development Company Ltd returned to court on Monday for an emergency hearing…” Read more