Temporary Opposition Senator Karunaa Bisramsingh said the legislation to abolish preliminary enquiries looks good on paper but, in reality, it will be creating another set of backlogs.
A BARATARIA man who was charged with the murder of a classmate in 2011 has been acquitted by a High Court judge. On Tuesday, Justice Kathy Ann Waterman-Latchoo found Aaron de Souza not guilty of the murder of Kevin Francis, 18, of Upper Cemetery Street, Diego Martin. Francis died on November 4, 2011, after being
As debate continued on the Miscellaneous Provisions (Trial By Judge Alone) Bill, 2023 on Friday, several independent senators expressed dissatisfaction with clauses of the bill. Major parts of the bill state: a person shall be judged by judge alone except if they want to be tried by a jury, with the court so directing in
The three – Yaun Fu Wu, Du Feng Wu and Yanbin Huang Liam – were charged in October 2015 after they were arrested at a house on Allan Street, Diego Martin, where a little over $1 million in TT, US and Venezuelan currency was found.