Criminal justice system receives overhaul

In an effort to improve the criminal justice system and accommodate the abolition of preliminary enquiries, Cabinet has approved the change to the organisational structure of both the Judiciary and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Speaking at the post-Cabinet...
Posted On 23 May 2013
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Only ‘Mumford’ could make it possible

THE EDITOR: I looked at the various print media and saw the purported email exchanges among members of the executive. What was glaring is one of the email addresses used: anan@gmail.com. I know that the previously mentioned email address is invalid. Creation of gmail accounts are...
Posted On 23 May 2013
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ROWLEY RUNS FROM KAMLA

AFTER seventeen hours of non-stop debate over three successive days of Parliament sittings, when the time came for Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to reply to the allegations made against her by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley, Rowley and PNM MPs walked out on their own...
Posted On 23 May 2013
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Scandalous move by Dr Rowley

Dr Keith Rowley is not fit to be a Member of the Parliament of this country. He has been proven to be naively gullible in what he believes to be truth, very neglectful of his duty to ascertain that what he tables in the Parliament is factual, but most of all, he has shown a...
Posted On 23 May 2013
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Gaspard: I was never approached to be a judge

TWO days after controversial e-mail exchanges were revealed in Parliament by Opposition Leader Keith Rowley, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard has said he was never approached by any Government official to be a judge. Gaspard broke his silence on the issue after...
Posted On 23 May 2013
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E-mail Crash

Rowley walks out on own motion; sent to Privileges Committee PM: Desperate act by Rowley The Prime Minister made mas as she wound up the debate on the no-confidence motion yesterday, with the expected outcome of a resounding defeat of Opposition Leader Dr Keith Row­ley’s motion...
Posted On 23 May 2013
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Cabinet Approves $74,850 for Cerebral Palsy Workshop

Cabinet released the sum of $74, 850 to the Cerebral Palsy Society of Trinidad and Tobago (CPSTT) for a two-day workshop held on 23-24th February 2013 at the Preysal Community Centre.
Posted On 22 May 2013
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A TANGLED WEB

A famous quotation from Sir Walter Scott (1771 -1832) reads: “O what a tangled web we weave,                 When first we practise to deceive!” This quote came to my mind this morning as the continuing saga of Dr. Rowley’s e mails unfolds. Let me say here and...
Posted On 22 May 2013
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US Embassy unaware of any murder conspiracy

THE UNITED States Embassy yesterday said it was not aware of any murder conspiracy involving a reporter who may have had contacts there, as it maintained that diplomatic relations with Trinidad and Tobago remain strong.
Posted On 22 May 2013
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500 residential lots selected

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has described the first drawing of 500 residential lots under the LSA’s land for the landless programme at the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts, (SAPA), as one of her administration’s “signature and creative endeavors” to address the...
Posted On 22 May 2013
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