JUSTICE MUST BE TIMELY
Posted: Sunday, November 16, 2025

JUSTICE MUST BE TIMELY
CJ pledges faster rulings as LATT head warns of global threats to legal independence...

CJ to prioritise re-opening of courts, speedier trials

LIFESPORT FUND TIED TO DANA'S HIT
Dana Seetahal killing...

From audit to courtroom
The continuing legal reckoning of the LifeSport scandal

Inside the $8m LifeSport heist
Ruth Marchan's witness statement details rigged bids, fake companies, and cash payouts...including $1m for a wedding

TTPS: High-level conspiracy to defraud State
There are reasonable grounds to believe the services set out in LifeSport invoices were either not fully carried out or at all, and were never intended to be.

Oil and gas demand is set to grow, but can T&T supply?
The International Energy Agency's (IEA) World Energy Outlook report released last Wednesday will pique the interest of energy industry stakeholders in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T).

Maduro: T&T-US military drills 'threaten Caribbean peace'
Maduro accused T&T of once again authorising "irresponsible military exercises" in waters off the Venezuelan state of Sucre, claiming the drills project a threatening posture toward Venezuela. He urged citizens in the eastern states of Bolívar, Monagas, Sucre, Anzoátegui and Nueva Esparta to mobilise in a "popular, military and police effort" to maintain a permanent vigil and take to the streets with the national flag "in the face of new threats."

US Embassy: US Military ties run deep in Trinidad and Tobago
ON THE eve of the arrival of US military personnel for a week-long "training mission" with the TT Defence Force and growing concerns that it would fan flames of tension with neighbouring Venezuela, the US Embassy has sought to quell fears.

Ashworth Jack urges Duke to sit out THA polls
The former leader of the Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP) who was appointed by the PM as the liaison coordinator for Tobago in the Office of the Prime Minister when the United National Congress took office last April, now has a role akin to a minister of government, where he speaks to the Cabinet (and by extension the government) on what is in Tobago's best interest.

BBC on the rack
Last week we saw the BBC lose both its director-general – the most powerful person in British broadcasting – and its news director, because the buck stopped with them.

Crime respects no politician

How Akua Leith turned passion into pan legacy
Akua Leith has come to understand that good health is a form of wealth—and that poor health can drain both life and resources. The highly decorated musician and steelpan innovator has navigated dangerous twists and turns throughout his life, but always envisioned greatness waiting on the other side. He attended St Ann's Primary and South East Port-of-Spain Secondary before eventually progressing to tertiary studies locally and abroad. But the path was anything but smooth.

No Jazz on the Greens for 2026

Family, friends mourn Alexia Trim – law student hailed for her humility, strength
Trim, 23, died in Colombia, where she had been receiving medical treatment on October 22, one day before she was due to collect her Bachelor of Laws degree with first-class honours at UWI's St Augustine. She had a condition known as arteriovenous malformation, an abnormal tangle of blood vessels that could cause bleeding in the brain.


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