VEL A LEWIS IN 1994, the late Justice Lennox Deyalsingh described the crime condition in TT as reaching epidemic proportions (Trinidad Guardian, June 20). Back then there were regular reports of such violent crimes as murder and armed robbery. Even since then, there were concerns that many of the criminals involved in those matters were
The verdict in the civil asset forfeiture case filed against people accused of serious criminal conduct linked to the construction of the Piarco Airport development project almost three decades ago is the only outcome in a complex fraud case that has dragged on in both local and foreign courts at snail's pace. On Wednesday, a
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 ultimate sin today is criticising a group, especially on moral grounds. We live in a nihilistic post-shame era. There are no permanent standards, just the shifting judgment of the crowd. We hav
The ultimate sin today is criticising a group, especially on moral grounds. We live in a nihilistic post-shame era. There are no permanent standards, just the shifting judgment of the crowd. We hav