SHALIZA HASSANALI Senior Investigative Reporter “Get a hold of your little self!” This was the message from National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds to young men who were recently seen brandishing high-powered guns in videos posted on social media. Hinds spoke to reporters yesterday after delivering the feature address at the T&T Prison Service’s 82nd sports…
MAGISTRATE Anna Ryan has warned members of the media to “exercise restraint” in their “reporting and commenting” on the robbery matter currently before the court involving two employees of the Caribbean Communications Network (CCN). Ryan gave the order yesterday after attorney Darril Giles expressed concern about “adverse comments” made by comedienne Rachel Price on radio…
Tarryl Swan, also known as “Prince Swanny” in the dancehall entertainment industry, is seeking asylum in the United States. He is claiming that police officers from the Western Division Gang Unit (WDGU) have been issuing threats on his life, harassing him, and attempting to implicate him in multiple homicides, shootings and woundings in the Carenage…
IN a case reminiscent of the Brent Thomas saga, Quantum Legal attorneys for Tarryl Swan, also known as Prince Swanny, are requesting information from Commissioner of Police Erla Harewood Christopher regarding Swan’s detention when he was refused entry into Dominica and returned to Trinidad in April this year and kept in police custody for a…
FAMILIES of almost 50 children who are currently detained at various ISIS detention camps in Syria have filed legal action against the chief immigration officer for an alleged failure to provide them with travel documents so they can have their nationalities verified in their attempts to return to TT. The application for judicial review was…
LESS than an hour after a high court judge stopped the deportation of a Nigerian businessman, immigration officials put him on a plane and sent back home. Lawyers representing Precious Osahon Fred say they intend to pursue contempt of court proceedings against the Chief Immigration Officer (CIO). On Wednesday, at about 5 pm, Justice Carol…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A High Court judge here has stopped the deportation of a Nigerian national who is married to a Trinidadian. Justice Jacqueline Wilson made the order on Saturday night, hours before 37-year-old Onekachi Eke Aka Emmanuel was due to be deported along with a group of immigrants from West Africa. During…
LAWYERS representing the Jamaican who casually walked out of Piarco Airport last month, after being denied entry into this country, are seeking his release. O’Shane Bailey’s attorneys have been granted a writ of habeas corpus to have immigration officials bring him to court to justify his detention. Justice Mira Dean-Armorer today granted the writ and…
A High Court Judge has ordered the immediate release of 10 minors and four of their mothers from a migrant detention centre at the T&T Coast Guard’s Heliport in Chaguaramas. Delivering a decision at the end of an emergency hearing yesterday, Justice Joan Charles ordered their release as she noted this country’s immigration laws and…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it has deported 160 Venezuelans who had illegally entered the country, In a statement on Saturday night, the Ministry of National Security said that the deportations were carried out in conjunction with the Venezuelan authorities and in compliance with the laws of Trinidad and…
