(Trinidad Guardian) Attorney General Reginald Armour has apologised to the Barbadian government and the Royal Barbados Police Force for the slur cast on that island’s police force, following its assistance to the T&T Police Service in seeking to bring Brent Thomas to justice.
(Trinidad Express) ALISHA Hosein, whose husband Ganesh Deopersad was murdered at his Tortuga home in March, faced a Couva magistrate yesterday in relation to the gardener’s death.
(Trinidad Express) President Christine Kangaloo has conferred senior counsel “silk” to 17 attorneys including her husband Kerwyn Garcia and brother Colin Kangaloo.
(Trinidad Guardian) Security experts say the extradition of Brent Thomas from Barbados last October was unprecedented and could be classified as a rogue operation.
(Trinidad Guardian) Commissioner of Police Erla Harewood-Christopher has ordered an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the arrest of firearms dealer Brent Thomas.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Judiciary has condemned a controversial statement made by National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds alleging that criminals have friends within that fraternity.
(Trinidad Guardian) Watermelon vendor Dillon Joseph, 30, was killed in a drive-by shooting at his stall near the Caroni roundabout yesterday afternoon.
(Trinidad Guardian) “Babe, run”, Dwane Saunders shouted to his common-law wife, Akeisha Balkissoon, as a gunman shot him several times as they tried to get home on Sunday evening.
(Trinidad Guardian) Although last Monday’s shooting at Temple Street, Arima, left one woman dead at the scene, a second woman has now succumbed to injuries sustained during the attack after spending four days at hospital.
(Trinidad Guardian) An ongoing family dispute over a 16-acre parcel of land at O’Connor Street, Blanchisseuse, is being blamed for the killing of Carver Evangelist yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard, SC, yesterday said there have been attempts by the Attorney General to interfere in his independent office.
(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has promised to make home invasions a specific “criminal offence”, saying people under attack in their homes should be allowed self-defense under “stand your ground” laws.