Kamla seeks unity talks

New Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s first task yesterday was to “extend a hand” and seek a meeting with UNC leader Winston Dookeran and other MPs who did not support her nomination for the post, she said...

Dookeran looks at his options

With growing speculation that he may resign as UNC leader, Winston Dookeran said yesterday that he will make a statement “by Thursday (today) or Friday” on his situation in the party...

Bow tie draws Mc Nicolls’ ire

Lawyer put out of court

Senior Counsel Fyard Hosein has described Chief Magistrate Sherman Mc Nicoll’s decision to order him out of court yesterday because he was wearing a bow tie as “unfortunate.”

Panday’s bail plea court hearing today

Former prime minister Basdeo Panday spent his third night behind prison bars last night, pending his bail hearing which was adjourned yesterday to today...

Cops catch bandit before robbery report

Officers of the North Eastern Divisional Task Force have been commended for their swift response in apprehending a bandit who robbed Mario’s Pizzeria on Independence Square, Port-of-Spain...

3 appear in court on $10m cocaine charges

Two men and a woman appeared before a Port-of-Spain magistrate yesterday to answer charges of possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a firearm...

Cops harassing witnesses, says amnesty group

Amnesty International (AI) says there have been reports of police harassment of witnesses. As a result, the group has recommended that witnesses and/or relatives should be protected from intimidation or violence and that any allegations of harassment should be thoroughly investigated and those responsible brought to justice...

HIV-positive playwright Godfrey Sealy dies at 46

Playwright, actor and director Godfrey Sealy, whose ground-breaking play One of Our Sons is Missing was a benchmark in local theatre, died yesterday at the Mercy Home Hospice, Woodbrook. Sealy, 46, was one of the first people in T&T to go public with his HIV/Aids diagnosis. He died of pneumonia...

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