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Secret prevents PM from taking action
Posted: Sunday, September 16, 2012

Secret prevents PM from taking action
Section 34 imbroglio...

Opposition leader set to make big announcement today
OPPOSITION leader Dr Keith Rowley will today initiate a "mass mobilisation" as the People's National Movement (PNM) prepares to challenge the People's Partnership government over Section 34 of the Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Amendment Act 2012.

VOLNEY DID IT
Justice Minister took note to Cabinet for bad law to be proclaimed early

PNM wants AG, Volney's heads
Although the legislation has since been repealed, Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley will today announce the People's National Movement's (PNM's) strategy for dealing with the Government's recent decision to allow for the controversial proclamation of Section 34 ...

Row over Ish & Steve
THE barbs flew last week when the Opposition accused the Government of secretly proclaiming a law amid the distraction of Independence revelry, whose effect would be to free anyone whose substantive trial had not begun ten years after the alleged offence.

Penny: Sessions too long
... 'Senators falling asleep, dribbling on themselves'

JULIEN, EX-BOARD FACE COURT BATTLE
... the Government of Trinidad and Tobago is seeking to recover over $11.4 million from former University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) president, Professor Ken Julien, and others.

Strike costs Petrotrin $600M; profits drop
PETROTRIN president Khalid Hassanali, yesterday partially blamed a recent union shutdown of the State oil firm for $600 million in losses and a drop in the company's net profits for this fiscal year to under $2 billion, compared to last year's net profits of $2.5 billion


Govt official under FIU probe

...after spate of property buys

Gordon expects waves
...but it's necessary in establishing values,standards

Laventille's bloodlet
...residents blame 1990 attempted coup, retributive justice

Warner sounds warning knell
...put down the guns or face the wrath of law enforcement

Pires clears the air: Govt not pumping $$ into my land
Managing director of Caribbean Chemicals Joe Pires feels he is being targeted for the quantity of state land which he has acquired—two 100-acre parcels of land are at Orange Grove and Edinburgh.

Islamic front leader: US Embassy under threat
Umar Abdullah, head of the Islamic Front in Trinidad and Tobago said yesterday the United States Embassy at Marli Street, Port of Spain was under threat because of a film which demoralised Islam

Gate report: Poor accountability by private schools

Raffique Shah: Watchdogs of democracy

Martin Daly: Full frontal failure

Andre Bagoo: A law passed during the state of emergency

Turtle hatchlings nightmare still haunts Grande Riviere

Lennox Grant: A wild card only the PM can tame

Sunity Maharaj: The power of public opinion

Onboard cameras to fight crime
WITH an upsurge in robberies along the Priority Bus Route (PBR) the Route Two Maxi-Taxi Drivers Association is now contemplating putting in a surveillance system on board their vehicles.

Jamaican national cyclist on drug charge
...among three in court last Friday

Nurse, relatives caught with $100,000 of cocaine
A 47-year-old registered nurse is expected to appear before a Port of Spain magistrate tomorrow charged with possession of 500 grammes of cocaine worth an estimated $100,000.

Andy Nelson extradited to UK
Members of the Organised Crime Narcotics and Firearms Bureau (OCNFB) on Friday handed over Andy Nelson to British police officers at the Piarco International Airport.



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