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Over a year and a half since Section 34 was repealed, former minister of justice Herbert Volney has changed his tune and taken “full and complete” responsibility for the fiasco....

A 17-day-old baby who died on Sunday suffered multiple organ failure, an autopsy found yesterday....

A 63-YEAR-OLD Moruga ‘”PH” driver, who was carjacked on Friday, was discovered dead, arms and legs bound, in a house in Princes Town yesterday....

AFTER being a good Samaritan, Andre Wallace was labelled an “informer” by gangsters in his area....

The haze that remained over Port of Spain yesterday was acrid though light but on the Beetham Highway, motorists struggled to see ahead as the Solid Waste Management Company (SWMCOL) continued to fight a Beetham landfill blaze that started on Sunday....

The La Brea oil spill is the precursor to a mega disaster waiting to happen in the Gulf of Paria. And the Government needs to act responsibly in dealing with the major issue....

Dr Keith Rowley’s victory at the People’s National Movement (PNM) leadership election was no surprise and now he can present the party as a formidable united force to contest the 2015 general election, says political analyst Winford James....

Keith Rowley comprehensively won the PNM internal elections, receiving 18,070 votes while his challenger Pennelope Beckles-Robinson got 1,314. Beckles-Robinson received therefore less than 7 per cent of the vote, with Rowley obtaining 93 per cent....

Attorney General Anand Ramlogan says now that Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard has directed that a criminal probe begin into prison litigation matters, there is no need for him to have a stakeholder meeting on the issue....

THE anguished parents of baby Jaedon Cudjoe sat in the public gallery of the Siparia Magistrates’ Court yesterday as the charge of manslaughter was read to the child’s grandfather Winston Jerricho Cudjoe, in whose car the infant died last Tuesday....

The Sunday Express has reported on the growing force of the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen in Carapo under Imam Hassan Ali and his son, Rajaee Ali. Imam Ali acknowledged that his followers comprised criminals and former prisoners. In Part II yesterday, the Express reported on how the Jamaat was able to set up a base in Carapo by squatting on State lands and being funded through the Ministry of Sport’s Life Sport...

STATE-FUNDED police protection has been returned to Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley, more than three years after he was stripped of it. Rowley confirmed the return of Special Branch police protection as he spoke to members of the media before he cast his ballot at the St Anthony’s College polling station during the People’s National Movement’s (PNM’s) internal elections yesterday....

A SANGRE GRANDE man was shot dead on Saturday night while playing cards with a group of men. Dead is 27-year-old Ranjeev Henry of North Eastern Settlement, Sangre Grande. His neighbour, Curty Martinez, 32, who was also shot in the stomach, is currently warded at Sangre Grande Hospital where he is listed in stable condition....

The Trinidad and Tobago Government needs to create formal diplomatic ties with Saudi Arabia to make visa applications and approvals necessary for travel to that country easier, two Muslim activists have said....

Tears of joy, hugs, kisses and laughter shared among families and friends seeing each other after long journeys are typical scenes at the arrival lounge of Piarco International Airport. And while yesterday was no different, there was an added element of poignancy and relief, as three imams, who had been detained by Venezuelan authorities, were reunited with their loved ones after being locked up in...

SEVEN years ago, Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church in Princes Town made national news for all the wrong reasons. Parishioners turned up for a fund-raiser one afternoon to find that the church bell, which had been sitting in the front yard while the building was being renovated, was gone....

SHARON Rowley did not vote for her husband Dr Keith Rowley yesterday as he sought to become the political leader of the People’s National Movement (PNM) for a second successive term yesterday. It is not that she did not want to. Sharon Rowley’s name was misspelt on the party’s voters’ list and she was unable to cast a ballot for her husband....

A 14-year-old boy successfully voted in the People’s National Movement’s (PNM) internal elections held yesterday, Team Penny has claimed. Team Penny, led by Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, has launched an official complaint about this situation, which they described as an “egregious offence”. This is one of several voting irregularities Team Penny claimed to have taken place in the PNM’s first “one man,...

THE People’s National Movement (PNM) was not ready for the “one man, one vote” system, said Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, hopeful for the post of party political leader. Beckles-Robinson made the statement yesterday as she spoke to members of the media after casting her ballot at Arima Central Secondary School. Beckles-Robinson said while she did not experience any hiccups as she attempted to vote, there...

All indications pointed to “Rowley by a landslide” last night in the contest for the post of political leader in yesterday’s internal elections of the People’s National Movement (PNM). At about 10 p.m., a victorious Keith Rowley entered Balisier House, Port of Spain, to a resounding welcome from supporters. Wearing a red PNM jersey and white sailor cap, Rowley, when asked what was the significance...