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Cops Kill 3 Kidnappers
Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Cops Kill 3 Kidnappers
THREE kidnappers were shot dead by police in Carlsen Field, central Trinidad shortly after they snatched jeweller Imran Khan from outside his Mt Lambert home yesterday morning.
...Cops save businessman snatched in Mt Lambert
...Neighbours rejoice as Imran returns home
PM's security get special training
Finance Minister: $4.1m spent on private jet travel for PM
Private jet travel absorbed the lion's share of Prime Minister Patrick Manning's overseas travel between January 2007 and March 31, 2009, according to a written answer given by Finance Minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira.
Ryan: Justice Ministry will threaten judiciary
No matter how you frame it, a Ministry of Justice will inevitably lead to conflict between the executive and the judiciary, political scientist Prof Selwyn Ryan says.
Shocked dad shot in PoS
WHILE standing at the side of the road in the city's capital, waiting for a traffic light to change colour on Monday, 45-year-old Lander Rodney of Maraval was shot in his left forearm.
SWRHA worker tests positive for swine flu
WHO warns of swine flu storm gathering
The World Health Organisation/ Pan American Health Organisation is warning that while the current pattern of the pandemic H1N1 (swine flu) is mild the impact of the virus could worsen during the second and third waves as "larger numbers of people become infected."
Two killed in road accidents
CoP reject now CHOGM Gold Commander
Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams, the man who Government rejected for the post of Police Commissioner, has been appointed Gold Commander for the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
JCC president testifies today in Piarco case
While the status of the Uff Commission of Inquiry remains subject to question, President of the Joint Consultative Council (JCC) Winston Riley is expected to testify today in court proceedings stemming from events dealt with during the Piarco Commission of Inquiry.
Saving evidence
WE broadly support the idea behind the Government's Evidence (Amendment) Bill 2009, but we say Opposition concerns about its constitutionality must be carefully considered.
Carlos Campos freed of murder
Unexpectedly enough attorneys and some members of the public cried openly yesterday in the Port-of-Spain First Assizes when Carlos Campos was acquitted of the 2005 murder of Godfrey Henry.
Acting DPP Gaspard orders Inquest
ACTING Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard has ordered a former senior policeman released from custody and a Coroner's Inquest into the death of the ex-officer's son.
Vasant: All hate property tax
Limits for the leaders
Are the days of the maximum leader coming to an end? Two events in the past few days, perhaps trivial in themselves, hint at a sea change in the politics of Trinidad and Tobago. One was the reaction when a member of the United National Congress, speaking from the floor at the party's meeting on Sunday, called for Basdeo Panday to step aside in favour of another leader for the party-and was applauded. The other reaction was to PNM leader Patrick Manning invoking Biblical authority in the Parliament as he criticised his erstwhile colleague, Diego Martin West MP Keith Rowley. Public comment afterward was not so much Christian outrage, but offence that Mr Manning had attempted to use the transparent political device of invoking divine support.
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