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OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissesar has said the collapsed case in the Piarco Airport scandal was part of the People’s National Movement (PNM) playbook to hold on to political power by tarnishing the image of the United National Congress (UNC) and its members. She said the charges brought against former prime minister Basdeo Panday, his wife

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EVEN while the DPP insists the remaining Piarco prosecutions are still active, several legal challenges threaten to further prolong the decades-old cases. On Monday, DPP Roger Gaspard, SC, told Newsday the other three inquiries were still active when asked if he had made a decision on them, since he decided to discontinue prosecuting in the

He made the comment on Monday, in response to questions from Newsday about whether he had made a decision on those cases, since the prosecution in the Piarco 3 inquiry was discontinued on the day it was expected to go to trial again.

FORMER Prime Minister Basdeo Panday says now that the Piarco airport corruption charges against him have been dropped, he will have to "reconstitute my life." He was responding on Monday hours after Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard, SC, informed a Port of Spain magistrate that he was discontinuing the charges against Panday, his

THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Roger Gaspard, SC, has withdrawn the decades-old corruption case against former prime minister Basdeo Panday, his wife Oma, former minister Carlos John and businessman Ishwar Galbaransingh.

FORMER prime minister Basdeo Panday, his wife Oma, former minister Carlos John and businessman Ishwar Galbaransingh returned to court on Friday, in their decades-old preliminary inquiry into bribery charges arising out of the Piarco airport expansion project. Friday’s virtual hearing before Magistrate Adia Mohammed was held to set dates for the formal re-start of the

Coming out of the Covid-induced hiatus, our 2023 Carnival is touted as the “Mother of All Carnivals”. We promote our fetes as the best ever and discuss ways of monetising our 2023 Carnival’s imp

Valmiki "Val" Ramsingh, veteran leader of a traditional J'Ouvert mas band, vows to put on the "mother of all J'Ouvert" presentations on Carnival Monday in San Fernando. Ramsingh, of De Blue Boys J'Ouvert Band, recalled that since 1982, members have been keeping ole mas alive in the southern city. Despite a dwindling membership over the

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