FARIS AL-RAWI, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, said the date of the country's next local government elections will depend on a ruling by the Privy Council due next Thursday. He was replying to questions at a televised virtual briefing on Monday. Last November, in the High Court, Justice Jacqueline Wilson rejected legal
A HIGH COURT judge has dismissed the defamation and libel claim of former police commissioner Gary Griffith against an investigative journalist and a media house over a series of articles relating to the issue of firearm licences, published in 2020. In an oral ruling on Monday, Justice Jacqueline Wilson held that the three articles, written
Minister of Finance Colm Imbert has responded to media reports that a Tobago homeowner was successful in litigation against the State over the acquisition of land, noting that several key facts from the Judgment were omitted from publications. He added that the outcome meant "the State is now required to pay twice for land acquired
DESPITE his loss in the High Court on Monday, former police commissioner Gary Griffith says he took legal action against two journalists and a media house to show a series of articles on the issuance of firearm users' licences (FUL) was defamatory.
FIREARMS dealer Hugh Leong Poi wants all information received by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) on him or his dealership from several financial institutions, last year, destroyed. Leong Poi is also questioning the constitutionality of the move by the FIU to request financial information from various institutions for some 35 individuals and 17 businesses associated