Saturday, September 22 2007
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Suspended Chief Justice Sat Sharma insisted yesterday that he did nothing wrong when he spoke about the Basdeo Panday integrity trial to Chief Magistrate Sherman Mc Nicolls last year.
Sharma told the three-member tribunal that he was a man of integrity. Sharma is being cross- examined by Stanley Marcus SC, the lead attorney for Mc Nicolls at the hearing at Winsure building, Port-of-Spain.
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By Francis Joseph
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Wednesday, September 19 2007
CHIEF MAGISTRATE Sherman Mc Nicolls stated quite emphatically yesterday that he never took a bribe from anyone in Trinidad and Tobago.
“Ask anyone if they ever offered me a bribe, or gave me a bribe. Not a single one in this country can say I asked for a bribe, or got a bribe. Every single cent I have, I have worked hard for it.”
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Trevor Burnett
trinidadexpress.com
August 14th 2007
A Tacarigua woman charged with rape was yesterday refused bail and remanded in custody at the St Ann’s Hospital for observation by an Arima Magistrate.
She was unrepresented when the indictable charge was read to her by Senior Magistrate Debra Quintyne.
It is alleged that the 24-year-old woman, who is the neighbour of a 15-year-old schoolboy, invited him over to her home on August 7 to watch a DVD movie.
Continue reading No bail for woman accused of raping teen
By Denyse Renne
trinidadexpress.com
Arrest warrants were being prepared yesterday for soca stars Machel Montano and Derek Perreira (Mr Slaughter), following a stabbing incident on Carnival Tuesday last year.
The warrants were being prepared by officers of the Woodbrook Police Station and charges of wounding with intent are expected to be laid against Montano and Perreira.
Continue reading Warrants out for Machel and Mr. Slaughter over stabbing
By Sean Douglas
newsday.co.tt
Thursday, July 5 2007
Government is considering outlawing the use of cellphones by motorists, a distraction which in the United States is said to cause 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries in road accidents each year.
The concerns were raised as the Senate yesterday debated the Breathalyser Bill, formally known as the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2006, passed by the House of Representatives in June after amendment by a Joint Select Committee (JSC).
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Thursday 28th June, 2007
The alleged rape is reported to have taken place sometime between April and October 2006. Last week, doctors delivered the baby by Caesarean section because of the teenage mother’s age, health and the size of the baby.
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy was among four students who appeared in the Princes Town Magistrates Court yesterday charged with raping a 13-year-old girl.
Continue reading Girl, 13, gives birth: four students charged with rape
By Michael De Gale
June 12, 2007
Like the runaway crime situation, the carnage on the streets of T&T makes me wonder if anyone is in charge. Is there a ministry responsible for transportation or a police department responsible for road safety? If so, why are people being mangled daily and lives being lost unnecessarily, when tried and proven measures can be enforced to stop vehicular terrorism? How difficult is it to clamp down heavily on speedsters, inebriated and otherwise reckless drivers, street racers and all the madness that passes for driving in T&T? With the death toll in excess of 115 so far, these are no longer accidents; this is murder and should be prosecuted as such.
Continue reading Carnage on the Streets: It’s Not Normal
By Raffique Shah
Sunday, June 10th 2007
After overcoming the initial shock of television networks across the world featuring this country in an alleged plot to “blow up the JFK airport” in New York, I could not help but break into peals of laughter. The first giggle came when the US networks featured the sorry picture of the alleged mastermind, Russell De Freitas. This “Sad Sack”, as The New York Times dubbed him, looked incapable of blowing hot air with any force, far less deal the US a “blow more devastating than 9/11”, as a State Department spokeswoman insisted.
Continue reading Jokey terrorists, jokier politicians
Trinidad and Tobago News Reporters
June 05, 2007
Police have confirmed to TrinidadAndTobagoNews.com that around 11:15 a.m. today, Abdel Nur turned himself into the West End Police Station in Diego Martin. Nur was later transferred to a Port of Spain police branch.
Continue reading JFK Terror Suspect Abdel Nur Surrenders
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Bail has been granted for the sum of $50.000 to entertainer Machel Montano who was slapped with five charges arising out of a brawl at the Zen nightclub in Port of Spain on April 26, 2007.
Also charged and placed on bail were Kernal Roberts whose bail was fixed at $25.000, Joel “Zan” Fezeck $50,000, and Rodney “Benjai” Le Blanc $30,000.
Continue reading Machel Montano Slapped with Five Charges