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UWI Law Faculty sues state
Posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2020
UWI Law Faculty sues state over inmates' long wait for justice
The University of the West Indies Faculty of Law's Human Rights Clinic is spearheading a landmark case seeking expedited trials and special bail for remand prisoners who have been awaiting trial for more than five years for murder.
Migrants' cases split up between top judges
Several judges will be weighing in on the legal challenges brought by a group of Venezuelan migrant children and a handful of their parents, who returned to Trinidad and Tobago after being repatriated two Sundays ago.
Migrants' families say bigger risk to leave them in Venezuela
Relatives of the Venezuelan minors who were deported after trying to enter the country illegally on November 22 said yesterday they knew they were breaking the law. However, they said they were forced to do it to ensure their loved ones' survival.
Nine new covid19 cases, no new deaths
Nine new cases of covid19 have brought the total number of active cases to 778. There were no deaths reported over the last 24 hours, with the total remaining at 120.
UWI to create US$600m trust fund for regional skills development
THE UNIVERSITY of the West Indies wants to establish a US$600 million trust fund over three years for the Caribbean's human capital development. Hopefully, this investment will help stem the systemic decline in the region's higher education and research sector.
Heritage: 90 percent of oil spill clean-up complete
He said: "The remaining 10 percent, we are leaving that for nature to take its course because there are some areas where it might be dangerous to get inside the mangrove and those are the areas that you do not want to destroy."
More landslides recorded in Tobago as above-normal rainfall persists
Even as the 2020 rainy season nears its end, Tobago has continued to experience above-average rainfall, resulting in landslides.
Public urged to get tested for HIV amid World AIDS Day 2020
Sex predators targeting young girls
... CoP urges society to report heinous acts
Missing teen gets into taxi, never arrives at destination
Police have mounted a search for 18-year-old Ashanti Riley after she went missing on Sunday afternoon.
Family of man killed by police: Cop asking for forgiveness
The mother of Larie Simon, the businessman who was shot dead by police in Palo Seco on Thursday night, is claiming the family was contacted by one of the officers involved, who is begging for their forgiveness.
Chaguanas man, 75, missing, furniture, appliances gone
MYSTERY surrounds the disappearance of a partially blind 75-year-old Chaguanas man who has been missing for six days.
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