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ATTORNEY General Reginald Armour has said 45 people who were formerly incarcerated by the police with respect to marijuana possession, have had this offence expunged from their records, in accordance with the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act. He made this disclosure in the Senate on September 9, in response to a question from Independent […]

TWO men have died in separate incidents as a moneylender and landlord was found with a belt tied around his neck on the morning of September 8 in Cunupia, and another man was gunned down near his home on the evening of September 8 in Barataria. In the first incident, police said around 9.55 am […]

NATIONAL Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds says he cannot comment on any legal matters involving the promotion of police officers. He was responding to a question from Opposition Senator Wade Mark in the Senate on September 9. Mark asked Hinds if he was taking any action over reports that 29 police officers had been erroneously promoted […]

ENERGY Minister Stuart Young has said the National Energy Corporation is making good progress with initiatives it is pursuing in Guyana and Suriname. That progress is demonstrated by $36.3 million in revenue National Energy received as a result of these initiatives over the last five years. Young, who is currently acting prime minister, was answering […]

THE president of the Estate Police Association (EPA) has written to Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Reginald Armour, SC, asking him to address and amend legislation related to the Essential Services Division (ESD) and the Special Tribunal of the Industrial Court. The letter from Deryck Richardson, dated August 6, said this significantly affects […]

SENATE President Nigel de Freitas has told Opposition Senator Wade Mark not to use the Senate as a platform to campaign from the next general election. He gave Mark this advice as the Senate held its final sitting for the current parliamentary term on the morning of September 9. As Mark posed separate questions to […]

THE EDITOR: Our Constitution, which forms the foundations of the State, establishes three important arms of governance, the legislature (Parliament), the executive (Cabinet headed by a prime minister) and the judiciary. Each is endowed with particular responsibilities and, in my opinion, carries no lesser weight than the other. Each has an intricate duty in not […]

THE EDITOR: The new definition of gaslighting, Trini style: When the Minister of Education assures press, parents, teachers and little children at the launch of the “upgraded” St George’s College that her ministry has spent the budgeted $10 million over the past 11 months completing the much needed repairs so the school can open. But […]

THE EDITOR: China’s one-child policy, enacted in response to concerns about overpopulation, is aimed at controlling the rapid growth of its population. This law profoundly impacted Chinese society, leading to demographic shifts and social consequences that the country is still grappling with today. Conversely, in the US there are growing concerns about moral decline, social […]

VENEZUELAN criminal gangs are participating in serious crime in Trinidad and Tobago, both in competition and collaboration with local gangs, said a UN report publicised on September 2, titled Caribbean Gangs: Drugs, Firearms and Gangs (sic)  Networks in Jamaica, St Lucia, Guyana and TT. The report listed the types of crimes engaged in by Venezuelan […]