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Bakr not linked to JFK terror plot
Posted: Thursday, October 1, 2009
Strangled: Second autopsy shows prisoner did not commit suicide in police station
Tyrone Peters, who was initially believed to have committed suicide while in police custody, was in fact murdered, according to a second autopsy requested by his relatives
Bakr not linked to JFK terror plot
Attorney Wayne Sturge said yesterday that there was no evidence that Jamaat al Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr was linked to the JFK terror plot, in which a Trinidadian and three Guyanese have been indicted.
Did you steal documents?
CHAIRMAN of the Commission of Inquiry into Udecott, Professor John Uff has issued a confidential letter to president of the Joint Consultative Council (JCC) Winston Riley, asking him to respond to allegations that he tendered stolen documents in the proceedings and has an agenda against the state corporation.
AG takes evasive action
Attorney General John Jeremie yesterday sought to pre-empt the motion of privilege which is to be brought by Siparia MP Kamla Persad-Bissessar at tomorrow's sitting of the House of Representatives.
Browne: T&T businesses suffer from low self-esteem
Trade Minister Mariano Browne lashed out at the poor support government receives from the business community when negotiating trade treaties.
Etech $M dries up
THE $200 million Tamana Intech park, the flagship technology park under the umbrella of Evolving Technologies Company Limited (Etech), is being scaled down because funds have dried up.
Lack of funds stalls Tamana InTech Park
Yet another State-funded project is feeling the pressure of the global economic slowdown.
Karen: Govt going after 'shirt and tie' criminals
Government is going after white-collar criminals because it is their nefarious activity which spawns street crimes and leads to "the blood that is let by our young people", Finance Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira said yesterday.
AG presents legal opinions
Advice received by Attorney General John Jeremie from two international legal experts both confirm that the affidavit by Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr should not have been referred to in the recent court matter involving the Muslimeen and Government.
Ryan quits round table
Disagrees with constitutional reform fundamentals
Mark: Spend just US$20M on CHOGM
OPPOSITION Senator Wade Mark urged the Government in funding the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to follow the lead of Venezuela President Hugo Chavez whom he said had spent just US$20 million to host a conference of African and Latin American leaders. Mark claimed the Government would spend $1.5 billion on CHOGM.
Labour movement plans massive protest
The trade union movement is planning a massive response to the recent moves by the State to pressure the working classes and break down the trade union movement, said Roland Sutherland, president, Transport and Industrial Workers Union (TIWU).
Understanding our broadcast media
It is a very unhealthy situation when the State could be found guilty of prejudice against an applicant for a radio licence and the country’s taxpayers forced to fork out $2.6 million in compensation.
Prosecutor: Mc Nicolls' insurance wasn't valid
A State prosecutor has stated that Chief Magistrate Sherman Mc Nicolls did not have a valid certificate of insurance when his vehicle was involved in an accident on the Lady Young Road, Belmont, earlier this year.
Speaker rejects Gopeesingh's application
An attempt by UNC MP Dr Tim Gopeesingh to haul Prime Minister Patrick Manning before the Parliament's Privileges Committee failed yesterday since Gopeesingh had acted on the issue too late.
Baptiste-Primus calls it a day from PSA
After being elected the first woman to lead the Public Services Association (PSA), Jennifer Baptiste-Primus will be bringing an end to her tenure as president of the union.
Enill's disconnect
CITIZENS who criticise the government do not support the government. So the government could not be bothered with those criticisms.
Four more murders
FOUR more men have been murdered as the spate of violent crimes continued across the country, pushing the toll to 408 as of last evening.
Teen hacked to death
The killers of 18-year-old Mikel Dowell, whose head was almost severed in the brutal attack, realised they had made a mistake while fleeing the scene at King Street in St Joseph on Tuesday night.
5 cops face tribunal
...after three prisoners escape under their watch
Two killers walk free
Two convicted killers, Sangit Chaitlal and Fazal Mohammed, walked out of the Port-of-Spain State Prison around 4 pm yesterday, after they were freed by the judge at a resentencing hearing hours earlier.
Bakr will get fairm trial, State maintains
Contrary to statements made by the team seeking the interest of Jamaat-al-Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr, the State remains adamant that Abu Bakr will receive a fair trial.
Defence complains about pre-publicity trial
High Court judge Justice Mark Mohammed will decide on Monday, whether or not, he will grant a permanent stay in the Abu Bakr sedition trial, or make an order that public officials, including the Attorney General be warned about making public statements about the case.
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