ARCHIE MAKES MISTAKE
CHIEF Justice Ivor Archie is admitting to having made an error when the Judiciary last month announced a consensus had been arrived at, to restart all 53 cases left in abeyance by former chief magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar.
CHIEF Justice Ivor Archie is admitting to having made an error when the Judiciary last month announced a consensus had been arrived at, to restart all 53 cases left in abeyance by former chief magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar.
WHILE assuring its warehouse is fully stocked with disaster relief supplies which are ready to be distributed to those in need, following Tropical Storm Brets destructive passage, acting Director of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) Capt Neville Wint yesterday warned that these items must be properly accounted for.
SENIOR Counsel Kenneth Lalla has joined the chorus calling for Chief Justice Ivor Archie and the other members of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission to resign. Lalla says Trinidad and Tobago was now not only confronted with an economic crisis but also a crisis in the judiciary.
GOVERNMENT HAS plans to carry out DNA testing on the entire prison population which is expected to take about six weeks before the end of the year.
Additionally, all officers and members of the protective services including: the Prisons Service, Immigration as well as Customs and Excise will be required to also submit themselves to DNA testing.
THOUSANDS of residents, in communities within Sangre Grande and St Helena, spent all of yesterday waiting for waisthigh flood waters to recede so they could begin cleaning up their homes and other properties, 24 hours after Tropical Storm Brets passage.
PRIME Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday said his absence from viewing flood-hit areas in Trinidad immediately after the passage of Tropical Storm Bret on Tuesday, was because at that time, he was over in Tobago.