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DISRESPECT
Posted: Monday, January 18, 2016

DISRESPECT
...the PSC was not consulted by Cabinet prior to last year's issuing of two legal notices which propose a new process by which the country's top cop is to be chosen.

Chinese businessman murdered
A CHINESE-BORN La Horquetta businessman became the country's 25th and latest (up to press time) murder victim when he was gunned down outside his restaurant

Family considers closing restaurant
In less than 12 months another Chinese businessman has been killed outside his businessplace in what police and CCTV footage show was clearly an assassination.

Queries over Land and Building taxes
TAX expert Angelique Bart, a partner at M. Hamel Smith and Company, has questioned Government's proposal to raise $203 million from Land and Building Taxes

Commissioner of State Lands still to be appointed
It is the fear that given the vacant position, the land grabbing issue will go out of control.

MSJ: Protect against price-gouging
TO AVOID price-gouging by unscrupulous business persons, a comprehensive price list of items that were zero-rated should be published

TT will struggle with interest rates
ECONOMIST Dr Ronald Ramkissoon says this country will find it difficult to maintain low interest rates adopting standard monetary policy

...Kamla wades into Deyalsingh over salt
...continuing war of words over the Government's decision to remove table salt from the zero-rated Value Added Tax (VAT) list.

Former PM: Government squeezing every penny from poor people

MSJ: Tax businesses racking up more forex higher

AOI: Focus on farming
AGRICULTURE can spearhead the Government's efforts at decentralisation and diversification of the economy

Agriculture must demand respect
...says former food production minister Vasant Bharath.

Eating local depends on availability
AGRICULTURAL Society of Trinidad and Tobago (ASTT) incumbent president Dhano Sookoo:

Trinidad and Tobago braces for harsh dry season in 2016
Citizens urged to be on the lookout for bushfires

Paraplegic advised, sue Licensing Office
LAWYERS for paraplegic veterinarian Dr Kriyaan Singh have advised him to press charges against the Licensing Office/ Ministry of Transport for breach of his constitutional rights

Balgobin: TTMA eyes bartering with V'zuela

Japanese businessman tells local used car dealers:
...if the T&T Government continues with its ban on the importation of five and six-year-old vehicles, the country's foreign used industry will be finished.

Sando mayor on new arrangements for taxi drivers:
I'm no law breaker

The Extradition Process
Law Made Simple

Cops charged with misbehaviour back in court today:
Chief Magistrate to rule on bail issue

Don't say system is working, Mr CJ
AN ATTORNEY last week questioned the length of time his client, a Guyanese mother, has been in custody awaiting the commencement of her trial

Coast guardsman: Expand My Part programme to stop crime

Shootout over murder victim
Gun-play yesterday morning between the male relative of a murder victim and another man have left the two of them warded in critical condition

Newsday Commentary: What about housing?
By Marion O'Callaghan



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