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1 week ago | 
newsday.co.tt | Jada Loutoo
News TOBAGO business magnate Allan Warner and his son, Aluko, are expected to appeal a judge’s revocation of his ruling in favour of their defamation lawsuit against a local newspaper. On April 11, the judge overseeing the Warners’ defamation claim against the Trinidad Guardian newspaper delivered an oral ruling in their favour, entering judgment in default of a defence being filed by the newspaper.
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1 week ago | 
newsday.co.tt | Jada Loutoo
News IN the coming weeks, attorneys for Public Utilities Minister Colm Imbert are expected to file defamation claims against two individuals for allegedly making defamatory statements about him on social media platforms – Facebook and TikTok.
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1 week ago | 
newsday.co.tt | Jada Loutoo
News A High Court judge has dismissed a second application to set aside a defamation judgment in favour of PNM Point Fortin candidate Kennedy Richards Jr.Justice Christopher Sieuchand had been asked by a political activist and a member of the Progressive Empowerment Party to set aside a May 2024 judgment in Richards’ favour after they failed to put forward their defence in his defamation claim. On April 14, he dismissed Renison Jeffery and Sheldon Khan’s application.
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1 week ago | 
newsday.co.tt | Jada Loutoo
Your Vote, Your Future ATTORNEYS representing Phillip Edward Alexander, political leader of the Progressive Empowerment Party (PEP) and candidate for Port of Spain North/St Ann’s West, have requested that National Transformation Alliance (NTA) leader Gary Griffith issue an apology and retraction concerning statements allegedly made on social media. Petronilla Basdeo, Genevieve Thompson, and Aaron Patrick issued a pre-action protocol letter to Griffith on April 14.
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1 week ago | 
newsday.co.tt | Jada Loutoo
News ALLEGED SIXX Gang leader Carlvin Lee, also called Tyson, has been remanded to prison after he was denied bail on April 15. Lee, of Clifton Towers, St Paul Street, Port of Spain, appeared before Master Kimitria Gray, charged with being the leader of a gang. On January 17, Lee was detained under a ministerial preventative detention order during the recently ended state of emergency.
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1 week ago | 
newsday.co.tt | Jada Loutoo
News A close relative of UK/Trinidadian businessman Zaheer Esat has been granted bail after appearing in court charged with his kidnapping. Jonathan Nancoo, 28, of Cunupia, Esat’s brother-in-law, appeared before Master Delicia Bethelmy on April 11, on a charge that alleges that on April 4, at Warren Road, Cunupia, he, along with others, seized and took Esat away without his consent or lawful excuse. It is also alleged Esat was held and prevented from returning to his normal place of abode.
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1 week ago | 
newsday.co.tt | Jada Loutoo
News SUSPENDED Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher will have to wait a little longer to see if she was successful in her challenge of the Police Service Commission’s (PSC) authority to suspend her in light of an ongoing investigation into the procurement of sniper rifles for the Strategic Services Agency (SSA). High Court judge Christopher Sieuchand was expected to deliver his ruling on April 15. It has since been deferred.
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1 week ago | 
newsday.co.tt | Jada Loutoo
News A Princes Town man facing a kidnapping charge was acquitted at his judge-only trial on April 14. Justice Nalini Singh found Shawn Abdool not guilty of the alleged kidnapping and common assault of Roger Powell on December 30, 2022. Abdool was charged in January 2023, and according to the prosecution’s case, Powell was walking along Manahambre Road after leaving a popular bar when he was confronted by three men.
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1 week ago | 
newsday.co.tt | Jada Loutoo
News FOUR Sangre Grande men previously held during the state of emergency under preventative detention orders have appeared before the High Court on gang-related charges. Three were denied bail while one was granted $300,000 bail with surety when they appeared before High Court Master Delicia Bethelmy on April 14. Akim Purcell, Brandon “Grim” Joseph, Thomas Ali and Marcus “Dole” Mahabir were among the 50 individuals detained under the SoE, which ended on April 13.
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1 week ago | 
newsday.co.tt | Jada Loutoo
Your Vote, Your Future One of the men detained under emergency powers regulations was charged for attempted murder and granted bail by a High Court master on April 14. Shane Benito, also known as Gorgy of Connector Road, Union Plymouth Road, Tobago and also of St Michael Village, Las Cuevas, was one of 50 individuals detained under ministerial preventative detention orders.
