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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

THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Roger Gaspard, SC, has withdrawn the decades-old corruption case against former prime minister Basdeo Panday, his wife Oma, former minister Carlos John and businessman Ishwar Galbaransingh.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

Murdered chairman of Maritime General and Fedility Finance John Smith. - Murdered insurance executive John Henry Smith has been remembered by his employer as an actor, playwright, musician, singer and masman. But Smith shot into the national spotlight for more ignominious reasons more than 17 years ago when he, along with UNC financiers, politicians and business people were hauled to court on a series of criminal charges arising out of what is now the longest-ever corruption case in this count...