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Friday, July 25, 2025

Opinion

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Prisons Officers ' Association president Gerard Gordon

Prisons Officers ' Association president Gerard Gordon

Prison Officers’ Association slams ‘disrespect’ during SoE

The Prison Of­fi­cers’ As­so­ci­a­tion (POA) has raised an alarm over what it de­scribes as poor co­or­di­na­tion, in­ad­e­quate prepa­ra­tion and a lack of re­spect in the on­go­ing State of Emer­gency (SoE) op­er­a­tions, par­tic­u­lar­ly re­gard­ing the role and treat­ment of prison of­fi­cers.

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Wed Jul 23 2025
Quantum Legal attorney Criston J Williams

Quantum Legal attorney Criston J Williams

ROGER JACOB

Second legal challenge filed over prison transfers

Lawyers rep­re­sent­ing one of the pris­on­ers trans­ferred to mil­i­tary fa­cil­i­ties in Ch­aguara­mas dur­ing the on­go­ing State of Emer­gency (SoE) have raised ques­tions about the le­gal­i­ty of the move.

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Wed Jul 23 2025
Prime Minister  Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar

Govt to debate SoE extension Monday

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has con­firmed that the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives (HOR) will meet next Mon­day af­ter­noon to de­bate an ex­ten­sion of the cur­rent State of Emer­gency (SoE).

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Tue Jul 01 2025
Former prime minister Dr Keith Rowley

Former prime minister Dr Keith Rowley

Che Teekersingh

Antigua’s Foreign Minister: No notice of Rowley’s travel through country

An­tigua and Bar­bu­da’s For­eign Af­fairs Min­is­ter has raised red flags over a per­ceived lack of clear diplo­mat­ic pro­to­col in the Caribbean af­ter learn­ing that for­mer prime min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley passed through the coun­try with­out the gov­ern­ment’s knowl­edge.

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Dareece Polo
Wed Jul 23 2025
Opposition Senator  Faris Al-Rawi

Opposition Senator Faris Al-Rawi

Al-Rawi breaks silence on CEPEP claims

For­mer min­is­ter of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Faris Al-Rawi is break­ing his si­lence on al­le­ga­tions tied to on­go­ing lit­i­ga­tion in­volv­ing the Com­mu­ni­ty-Based En­vi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and En­hance­ment Pro­gramme (CEPEP). Al-Rawi said the in­for­ma­tion be­ing cir­cu­lat­ed is in­tend­ed to “de­ceive the pub­lic”.

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Jesse Ramdeo
Wed Jul 23 2025
Homeland Security Minister  Roger Alexander at last week’s  post-Cabinet media briefing at the Diplomatic Centre.

Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander at last week’s post-Cabinet media briefing at the Diplomatic Centre.

ANISTO ALVES

Alexander proposes no bail for 180 days for gun offenders

Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der says the coun­try should not ap­pear soft on crime, and he is propos­ing that bail be de­nied for 180 days to those caught with il­le­gal guns.

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Wed Jul 23 2025
Communication Workers Union Secretary General Joanne Ogeer addresses members of the media during a press conference at CWU Hall, Henry Street, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.

Communication Workers Union Secretary General Joanne Ogeer addresses members of the media during a press conference at CWU Hall, Henry Street, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.

KERWIN PIERRE

Padarath denies CWU’s claim: No Govt interference in Western’s exit

One day af­ter it was an­nounced that Kent West­ern re­signed as TSTT’s chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer, Gov­ern­ment is deny­ing claims of po­lit­i­cal in­ter­fer­ence.

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KAY-MARIE FLETCHER
Wed Jul 23 2025
President of the Tobago October Carnival Association Dexter Sandy speaks to Guardian Media during an interview yesterday.

President of the Tobago October Carnival Association Dexter Sandy speaks to Guardian Media during an interview yesterday.

ELIZABETH GONZALES

Organisers say interest in Tobago Carnival high despite SoE

Prepa­ra­tions for To­ba­go Car­ni­val 2025 are mov­ing full steam ahead, ac­cord­ing to the is­land’s Car­ni­val As­so­ci­a­tion. The as­so­ci­a­tion’s pres­i­dent said there was al­ready high­er mas­quer­ad­er reg­is­tra­tion com­pared to last year, de­spite the State of Emer­gency (SoE) cur­rent­ly in ef­fect.

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Elizabeth Gonzales
Wed Jul 23 2025

Soca artiste wins court battle against THA over use of ‘coal pot’

So­ca artiste Sean Caruth has scored a ma­jor le­gal vic­to­ry in his bid to hold the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) li­able for the unau­tho­rised use of his 2001 hit The Cook (Coal Pot) in a tele­vi­sion com­mer­cial for its Blue Food Fes­ti­val.

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Derek Achong
Wed Jul 23 2025
Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander and Minister of Legal Affairs, MP for Barataria/San Juan Saddam Hosein, greet attendees at the public consultation on the proposed ‘Stand Your Ground’ legislation, held yesterday at the Barataria Community Centre.

Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander and Minister of Legal Affairs, MP for Barataria/San Juan Saddam Hosein, greet attendees at the public consultation on the proposed ‘Stand Your Ground’ legislation, held yesterday at the Barataria Community Centre.

ANISTO ALVES

Stand-your-ground consultations kick off in Barataria

The first pub­lic con­sul­ta­tion on the pro­posed stand-your-ground leg­is­la­tion took place yes­ter­day at the Barataria Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre.

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Wed Jul 23 2025
Escaped Prisoner, Abraham Briggs

Escaped Prisoner, Abraham Briggs

Prisoner escapes amid State of Emergency

Days af­ter the State of Emer­gency (SoE) was de­clared due to a crime syn­di­cate in­volv­ing pris­on­ers, the T&T Prison Ser­vice an­nounced that a pris­on­er es­caped yes­ter­day.

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Wed Jul 23 2025
The section of the Solomon Hochoy Highway where Clyde Boodoo was fatally struck by a motor vehicle on Monday.

The section of the Solomon Hochoy Highway where Clyde Boodoo was fatally struck by a motor vehicle on Monday.

RISHI RAGOONATH

Debe man killed crossing highway

For years, Clyde Boodoo strug­gled with de­pres­sion and al­co­holism, but on Sun­day night, his life came to a trag­ic end when he was fa­tal­ly struck by a car in Debe.

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Wed Jul 23 2025
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