Khan wants action
Posted: Friday, July 31, 2026

Khan wants action against Al-Rawi over Privy Council comments
Criminal Bar Association president Israel Rajah-Khan, SC, has called on judges to treat former attorney general Faris Al-Rawi's public comments on the Hadeed preventive detention case as contempt of court, accusing him of misrepresenting the Privy Council's position and discussing matters that remain before the courts.

PM says she's deeply affected by racist attacks directed against her, in Emancipation message
Persad-Bissessar used the occasion to argue that African Emancipation Day is not only a commemoration of the abolition of slavery but also a reminder to reject 'the chains of prejudice, hatred, ignorance and fear."
Hadeeds' lawyer admits their PDO challenge no longer urgent
With businessman Dominic Hadeed, his wife Genevieve, and her 69-year-old aunt Star Sabga no longer in prison, there is no longer the same need for their lawsuits over their detentions for a purported plot to assassinate key Government officials to be determined urgently.

Dr Harris: Is freedom still in our DNA? Can we progress politically and economically without it?

NCB Merchant Bank CEO resigns
US$2 million seizure at Piarco...

US ambassador nominee concerned about T&T's SoEs
Jennifer Johnson-Carroll, US President Donald Trump's nominee for the post of ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, says the repeated States of Emergency 'doesn't bode well" for T&T's ongoing battle against crime.

Little Brithanny was going home to graduate pre-school
Two weeks ago the child boarded a migrant pirogue off Erin en route to the place she called home in San Rafael, Tucupita, hoping to reunite with her grandparents and celebrate her first schooling milestone. Instead, she died, reaching for her mother as she and at least 28 others were plunged into the ocean by the sinking vessel.

State ordered to pay brothers $500,000 after police framed them
The brothers' identities were withheld after their attorney, Darryl Heeralal, raised security concerns about them receiving the compensation.

Murdered cop's family wants death penalty for killers
Two aunts of murdered police officer Romell Douglas believe that he was lured and killed over a dispute for money arising out of a car accident. However, they want his remaining killer/s to face the death penalty.

Slain cop's family points to ‘accident fallout'

QUARREL OVER DEBT TURNS DEADLY
Woman stabbed to death in altercation with ex-boyfriend over $4,500 owed to her

Woman killed in money dispute
...Father laments losing second child to violence

Used car dealers confident at mild-hybrid resolution
Last week several mild hybrids were re-classified to exclude them from hybrid tax concessions, leading to several popular vehicles, such as the Toyota Hyrider and Taisor and the Suzuki Fronx, Grand Vitara, Swift, Ertiga, and XL7 increasing in prices by tens of thousands of dollars


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