Emergency powers, constitutional safeguards
Posted: Monday, June 29, 2026

Hadeeds' arrests shine light on emergency powers, constitutional safeguards
Judge to hear TTPS argument today

ALEXANDER DEFENDS HADEEDS' ARRESTS
... says police acted on intelligence to block perceived assassination plot against PM, State officials; urges public to respect rule of law

Dindial: Charge Hadeeds and Sabga or release them
Former Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force commander Norman Dindial is calling on the State to either formally charge businessman Dominic Hadeed, his wife Genevieve Hadeed and relative Star Sabga over allegations of a conspiracy to assassinate senior members of the Government, including Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, or release them.

Geologist: Venezuela quakes aftershocks caused Galfa uplift impact
T&T should be concerned

The slave traders
However, there was one puzzling aspect to the vote: 52 countries abstained, including the 27 European Union countries and the United Kingdom. The UK's abstention was particularly striking, because while British merchants were enthusiastic partners in the transatlantic slave trade in the 1700s, it was the British government that ended it in the 1800s.

The black stars of Ghana
Their names might roll clumsily off your tongues, but at the end of 90 minutes and time added on, the words “Medaase pii me abusua!" poured from my lips. If the team with the black star, wearing the same colours, black, gold, green and red, does not look like a regular Jamaican Premier league team or a local-based squad of the Reggae Boyz to you; then you are either lying or wilfully blinding yourself.

PAHO launches new toolkit
...helps in identifying violence against children, adolescents

Hundreds without power after T&TEC cables cut in Ste Madeleine
Hundreds of residents in Corinth Hills, Ste Madeleine, were left without electricity yesterday morning after vandals cut utility cables, forcing households to cope with heat, disrupted routines and the risk of food spoilage for hours.

Mixed views from former top cops on Hadeeds' detentions
Former police commissioner Gary Griffith says he is concerned that the detention of businessman Dominic Hadeed, his wife Genevieve and their relative Star Sabga will set a precedent where police can detain someone without just cause, while abusing certain emergency powers to spite others.

Magistrate next
Intelligence report alleges bribes for favourable rulings


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