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Prisoners, police in stand-off
Posted: Sunday, May 1, 2016
Prisoners, police in stand-off
The security booth inside the Golden Grove prison was set on fire by inmates yesterday as a near riot erupted in the exercise yard of the Remand Prison
Golden Grove Remand on lockdown
The exercise was aimed at ridding the remand section of elicit contraband items, as well as to deal with any infractions of the penal system.
Govt to borrow $1b to pay for 2015/2016 budget
...to issue 12-year bonds at 4.5% per annum maturing 2028
Reformed inmates mentor youth
...to stay away from crime and warning them that there is no future in crime.
IT'S NOT RIGHT TO MARRY MINORS
CHIEF Justice Ivor Archie has taken aim at laws allowing minors to be married on religious grounds
Duprey's plan caters $10b for policyholders
The plan by CL Financial (CLF) majority shareholder Lawrence Duprey to repay the group's "bailout" debt to Government involves the creation of two Clico entities
TCL chairman sells off his $33m in shares
Bank fails due diligence test
Part V of a Special Panama Papers investigation
House to tighten up MPs' hiring practices
Moves are being made by the Parliament to improve constituency management arrangements
$34m MRI machine too small for some patients
Scarborough Hospital officials in a quandary...
Gopee-Scoon: Boycott of T&T goods by Jamaica
... boycott should be implemented until Trinidad and Tobago honours its obligations under the Caricom Single Market and Economy to freely move within the region.
Group urges 120kmph speed limit
Fatal speed
Two men, one of them a policeman, died in separate accidents overnight Friday, even as speed guns to track down speeding drivers are due to take effect from tomorrow.
PC 'Rambo' loses life in crash
Police Constable Anthony 'Rambo' Ramsawaksingh, 54, died instantly on Friday night in a vehicular accident at Chaguanas
EOC head: Abortion for Zika legal
THE DISCUSSION about abortion and the Zika virus, which is linked to the congenital condition microcephaly
Khan: Local Govt elections still on, reform too
LOCAL government elections, which is due this year, will not be postponed for any reason and there will also be local government reform
Rowley: People get pay but don't work
Rowley meets Roget, talks again May 25
Trade unions will march through the streets of San Fernando tomorrow for the annual May Day celebrations.
Archie: Not all crimes 'victimless'
CHIEF Justice Ivor Archie has responded to the petition by Roman Catholic Archbishop Joseph Harris to free remand prisoners who have been behind bars longer than the maximum prison term
'Put down the guns'
Zakirah Hinds, the teenager who was shot in the foot during a gun attack in Maloney, two weeks ago, wants criminals to put their guns down and "develop a conscience."
Malick Folk Co leads youths in anti-violence march
The Malick Folk Performing Company yesterday held a Youth March and Cultural Rally against the violence and abuse that has been taking place in the country.
Caucus calls on Afro-Trinis to 'Own Your Own'
The Black Caucus Movement (BCM) will today host Own Your Own, a major socio-economic extravaganza
Trincity man held for rape of Jamaican woman
A 38-year-old construction worker has been charged with the rape of a Jamaican national in Trinidad.
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