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Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard yesterday expressed confidence that the leak of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) report and the Police Service report on the New Flying Squad Investigative Unit did not come from his office.

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:36:13 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

PM: DPP should focus on contents

Prime Minister Kamla-Persad Bissessar said yesterday she hoped Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard will follow his own advice and “focus on the contents of the report”.

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:36:14 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

Al-Rawi to Ramadhar: I won’t step down from JSC

Opposition Senator Faris Al-Rawi has said he has no intention of stepping down as a member of the Parliament’s Joint Select Committee (JSC).

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:36:15 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

Fire destroys India Expo

The Festival of India Expo in Chaguanas was burnt to the ground in a suspected arson attack yesterday, causing millions in losses.

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:36:15 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

Mom in Facebook beating: I didn’t abuse her

Helen Bartlett, the mother who beat her 12-year-old daughter on Facebook, told i.95.5 fm news yesterday she would be ready to face whatever action the Government or law wanted to take against her, if it came to that.

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:36:16 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

...Kamla: No unilateral decision on laws

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday clarified her position regarding legislation to protect children from abuse at home, specifically whether or not corporal punishment should be banned in the home.

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:36:17 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

Citizens urged to canvass for CCJ

“GIVE us a chance”.

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:36:17 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

Fraud suspect WPC surrenders to cops

Woman police constable Elizabeth Hope is expected to appear before a Port of Spain magistrate on Monday after surrendering to police yesterday morning.

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:36:18 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

Govt to create proper DNA database

GOVERNMENT is moving towards creating a proper deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) database with law enforcement officers first in line and mandated under law to provide tissue samples as the State seeks to establish new ways and means to have a proper functioning judicial system.

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 01:35:25 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

Griffith discloses ‘top secret’ plan

A classification and handling of classified documents policy will be introduced in all units and divisions of the Ministry of National Security, to protect sensitive documents.

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 01:34:49 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

‘She lived life to the fullest’

Former Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) president and businesswoman Karen de Montbrun was yesterday remembered not only as an astute and brilliant leader but as a loving, devoted mother, a take-charge big sister and a woman who loved God.

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 00:59:35 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

La Brea MP: Planned protest to highlight disrespect to residents

THE “disrespect” meted out to residents of La Brea and environs in recent months will be highlighted at a protest planned for tomorrow.

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 00:58:36 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

‘T&T lagging in technology’

This country continues to lag in the area of technology, according to the 2014 World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology Report. Parts of the report were presented at the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business in Mt Hope yesterday by the school’s executive director and professor of strategy, Prof Miguel Carrillo. Carrillo pointed out that this country’s 2014 ranking of 71st was just one spot away from its 2013 ranking of 72nd.

Thu, 24 Apr 2014 04:02:41 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

Moody’s maintains T&T’s credit rating

Moody’s Investors Service has reaffirmed Trinidad and Tobago’s Baa1 sovereign credit rating based on relatively high income levels, driven by the country’s large and diversified energy sector, Finance Minister Larry Howai said in a release yesterday.

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 23:46:00 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

US stocks log longest winning streak in six months

The stock market logged its longest winning streak in six months yesterday, as another big week for company earnings began.

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 23:45:21 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

A tale of two insurers

Today we at Bourse review the performance of the two insurance companies listed on the local stock exchange and which also fall under the non-banking finance sector: Guardian Holdings Limited (GHL) and Sagicor Financial Corporation (SFC).

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 03:20:42 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

Republic to make bid for Ghana bank

Republic Bank intends to formally make mandatory offer to the shareholders of HFC Bank in Ghana, Ghana News has reported

Sat, 19 Apr 2014 00:57:19 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

Tarrus ready for jazz festival

Reggae star Tarrus Riley is ready to hit the Speyside stage today to start the Tobago Jazz Experience.

Sat, 19 Apr 2014 00:56:34 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

Transparency T&T: She will be missed

The Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute said yesterday it was deeply saddened by the untimely death of Karen de Montbrun, who served as vice-chair from June 2010 to May 2012, and expressed condolences to her family.

Sat, 19 Apr 2014 00:55:08 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

PM sends condolences on death of TTMA’s first woman presidentv

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday said she was saddened to hear of the recent passing of the first woman president of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association (TTMA), Karen de Montbrun.

Sat, 19 Apr 2014 00:53:48 GMT Full Story @ TT Express

IT WASN'T ME

IT WASNT ME!

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 01:01:00 GMT Read Full Story @ Newsday

$40M fire at Nagar

ARSON is suspected in a fire which destroyed the Indian Festival Expo tent at the Divali Nagar site off the Uriah Butler Highway in Chaguanas, leaving behind losses conservatively put at $40 million. Remnants of a molotov cocktail (a crude homemade incendiary device) were retrieved from the smouldering ruins of the site by investigators.