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Dass threatens legal action over salary report
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (570+ words) Shelly Dass has de'nied wrong'do'ing or po'lit'i'cal nepo'tism in her hir'ing as a con'sul'tant at the Na'tion'al Gas Com'pa'ny, and has ini'ti'at'ed pre-ac'tion le'gal steps over what she says are defam'a'to'ry claims pub'lished about her earn'ings. In a pre-ac'tion pro'to'col…...
Paria, LMCS face legal action despite $1 M payouts to families
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (294+ words) Le'gal ac'tion is ad'vanc'ing against Paria Fu'el Trad'ing Com'pa'ny and Land and Ma'rine Con'tract'ing Ser'vices (LM'CS), de'spite the Gov'ern'ment's $1 mil'lion ex gra'tia pay'ment to four fam'i'lies of the Paria div'ing tragedy, with some rel'a'tives pur'su'ing fur'ther com'pen'sa'tion. Saira Lakhan, one…...
Posthumous court win for Guerra in concrete supply dispute
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (635+ words) Busi'ness'man Dan'ny Guer'ra has se'cured a le'gal vic'to'ry posthu'mous'ly, af'ter a High Court judge dis'missed a civ'il law'suit brought against him and his com'pa'ny, DG Readymix. In a judg'ment de'liv'ered yes'ter'day, Jus'tice Joan Charles re'ject'ed the claim filed by Re'gan…...
Guevarro has delivered results, but challenges remain
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (385+ words) While two se'cu'ri'ty an'a'lysts have en'dorsed the con'tin'ued tenure of Com'mis'sion'er of Po'lice Al'lis'ter Gue'var'ro as he em'barks on his sec'ond year in of'fice, they in'sist that sus'tain'abil'i'ty will be key to main'tain'ing the gains achieved dur'ing his first year....
Police probe weekend crime spree in South Trinidad
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (331+ words) Po'lice are in'ves'ti'gat'ing a se'ries of crimes across South Trinidad, in'clud'ing an armed rob'bery at a New Grant bar'be'cue out'let, a vi'o'lent su'per'mar'ket raid in Bar'rack'pore and a stor'age room lar'ce'ny in Moru'ga. The own'ers of a New Grant bar'be'cue…...
Sando business owners worried after station breach
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (444+ words) San Fer'nan'do busi'ness'peo'ple say they are wor'ried af'ter the brazen breach of the San Fer'nan'do Mu'nic'i'pal Po'lice Sta'tion and the theft of a cache of firearms, with one jew'ellery store own'er now plan'ning to shut down op'er'a'tions by next year…...
Man sleeping on retaining wall falls to his death
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (447+ words) A re'lax'ing evening for a Moru'ga fam'i'ly turned trag'ic af'ter a 58-year-old man died af'ter falling 12 feet down a precipice in front of his home on Tues'day night. Dead is Ral'phie Kadill, a heavy ma'chin'ery op'er'a'tor of Harp'er Trace, St…...
Children's Authority: No change in number of nationwide child abuse allegations
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (639+ words) General manager of the Child Welfare Services at the Children's Authority of T&T, Rhonda Gregoire-Roopchand, responds to a question during the JSC on Human Rights, Equality and Diversity. OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENT The num'ber of child abuse al'le'ga'tions na'tion'wide…...
After abuse, friends say woman withdrew before Ghany's killing
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (464+ words) Steve Solomon Ghany Jr A woman held in con'nec'tion with the fa'tal shoot'ing of Steve Solomon Ghany Ju'nior re'mained in po'lice cus'tody up to Thurs'day morn'ing but had not yet giv'en a for'mal state'ment to in'ves'ti'ga'tors. Po'lice sources said a…...
Young wins $500k defamation case against Trinidad Express
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (639+ words) Attorney and former prime minister Stuart Young. For'mer prime min'is'ter Stu'art Young has suc'cess'ful'ly de'fend'ed a land'mark case against the Trinidad Ex'press news'pa'per over be'ing de'famed by an ad'ver'tise'ment." In a judg'ment de'liv'ered yes'ter'day, Ap'pel'late Judges Nolan Bereaux, James Aboud…...