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AHEAD of Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day, one of the leaders who called for it to become a public holiday, Archbishop Barbara Gray-Burke, was honoured over the weekend.

Persons in public life frequently exercise power without accountability. As President Paula-Mae Weekes was recently demitting office, we were reminded of the fate of the merit list for the appointment

THERE is no rift between the Prime Minister and by extension his Government, and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard, SC. At a media conference on Thursday, Dr Rowley sought to put to bed all the national murmurings that there was some sort of animosity between him and his government and the DPP,

AS SHE inhabited, for the first time, the mantle of the presidency on Monday, Christine Kangaloo presented a study in contrasts. On the one hand, she paid glowing tribute to and named all six presidents who came before her while also making it clear her intention to do things her own way. She promised to

THE absence of any Opposition UNC members at the inauguration of the country’s seventh President on Monday, did not surprise UNC founder, former political leader and former prime minister Basdeo Panday. Journalists who covered the inauguration at the Queen’s Park Savannah did not see UNC political leader and Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar as newly sworn-in

San Juan/Barataria MP Saddam Hosein said the silence is deafening regarding the actions of former AG Faris Al-Rawi in the Vincent Nelson case. Speaking at the UNC’s weekly Sunday media conference at the office of the Opposition Leader, Charles Street, Port of Spain, Hosein compared the comments being made against the Director of Public Prosecutions

These days I feel like Marvin Gaye, the singer of the 1971 Billboard hit “What’s going on?”Confronted by the incessant kangkalang, his lyrics become most relevant.Mother, mother/ The

ATTORNEYS representing the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) are demanding that Attorney General Reginald Armour apologise and retract his criticism against the office.

HEAD of the Criminal Bar Association Israel Khan is calling on Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard to clear the air on the reasons why his office has not been able to occupy a multi-storey building on Park Street, Port of Spain, which has cost the state millions in rent.

"IT WAS like having tonnes of bricks on your shoulders,” former prime minister Basdeo Panday said of corruption charges that were brought against him, wife Oma, businessman Ishwar Galbaransingh and former works minister Carlos John in relation to the controversial Piarco Airport expansion project.