Month: September 2010

If we can run our own country for the past 48 years then we can obviously manage our own appeal court, Chief Justice Ivor Archie said at today’s
ceremonial opening of the law term.
Archie made the statement today in defence of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) over the Privy Council as this country’s final appeal court. The new law term opened with much pomp and ceremony earlier today.

Controversial talk show host and political leader of the Justice For All Party CN Sharma was rushed this afternoon just after 2pm to the Dr Balwant Singh Hospital. Sharma over the past three days missed the popular voice of the People show complaining of not feeling well. The Diabetic was in and out of the hospital over the past five months suffering from various heart problems and was advised to seek medical attention overseas.

There is no evidence to prove that capital punishment deters crime, Chief Justice Ivor Archie said today.
Archie said however death by hanging is still the law of the land and it will be up to the Parliament to affect any change in the law.
 

Press Secretary Garvin Nicholas says it is "hypocrisy" for Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley to claim that the People’s Partnership in partnering with the media to promote propaganda.
Nicholas says the former Information Minister Neil Parsanlal was a media worker.
 

39 year old Omo Caesar was fatally shot just before this morning broke around 23:50 h yesterday at Dr. Miller Street, Triumph on the East Coast of Demerara. His body bore a single gunshot wound to the abdomen. The Police has not given any statement as to what took place and if anybody is arrested for the shooting.

Madness!!! This is how Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley today describe the announcement by government to create a tunnel from Tunapuna to Maracas Bay.
Rowley criticised government for scrapping the rapid rail project while wasting money on "making bake and shark" more accessible.
 

Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley gave his response to the 2010/2011 budget in Parliament today.
Rowley described Finance Minister Winston Dookeran as "a magician" who presented this country’s largest budget without any concrete plans for revenue.
 

Port of Spain Mayor Louis Lee Sing has condemned the People’s National Movement (PNM) for the downgrade of East Port of Spain.
Lee Sing said it was wrong for the PNM to be in government for so long and still have 90 per cent of Laventille residents using latrines.
 

GOVERNMENT Senator Dr Patrick Watson has described the collapse of Clico as an "elaborate Ponzi scheme".
Watson made the comment today as he addressed stakeholders at a post-budget forum held at the Port of Spain office of the Caribbean Money Market Brokers (CMMB).
Watson said arrests are imminent.
 

National Security Minister Brigadier John Sandy and a team of Cabinet Ministers are to meet with Professor Ramesh Deosaran the acting President of the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) today.
The meeting is aimed at developing a partnership with UTT and the Government in an attempt to build crime fighting policies and reducing crime, school violence and lawlessness.