2009-11-26 “Taxi driver pleads guilty to rape.”
Taxi driver pleads guilty to rape.
By Azard Ali
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Thursday, November 26 2009
JUSTICE Anthony Carmona will on Monday sentence Pooran Newaldass, 26, for raping a woman in 2005.
Newaldass pleaded guilty when he appeared before Carmona in the San Fernando High Court.
He was charged with kidnapping and rape. The incident occurred on July [...]
2009-11-18 “Caribbean conundrums as UNHCR strives to protect refugees.”
Caribbean conundrums as UNHCR strives to protect refugees.
Source: UNHCR
Reuters AlertNet | 18 Nov 2009 16:21:52 GMT
MIAMI, United States, November 18 (UNHCR) – With its hundreds of secluded islands surrounded by azure seas, the Caribbean attracts not only tourists but also ruthless opportunists. Smugglers, peddling their services to migrants sold on the dream of finding a [...]
2009-10-31 “Judge puts south teen under strict ‘lock down’.”
Judge puts south teen under strict ‘lock down’.
By Azard Ali
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Saturday, October 31 2009
A HIGH Court judge yesterday imposed a “lock down” on an 18 year old youth in his home as a condition of granting him bail on charges of kidnapping, sexual assault, wounding and escaping legal custody.
Justice Anthony Carmona [...]
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Ian ALLEYNE
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Inerva ARJOON
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Andre BAGOO
Peter BALROOP
Ralph BANWARIE
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Wendy CAMPBELL
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2009-09-24 “Weekend in prison for Saada Singh alleged kidnappers.”
Weekend in prison for Saada Singh alleged kidnappers.
By Azard Ali
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Thursday, September 24 2009
THE four accused committed by a San Fernando magistrate last week Thursday to stand trial for kidnapping former pre-school pupil Saada Singh four years ago, will have to remain in custody.
At least they will have to stay in [...]
2009-09-18 “Four accused to stand trial.”
Four accused to stand trial.
By Azard Ali
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Friday, September 18 2009
THE four accused charged with kidnapping pre-school pupil Saada Singh from the Gisselle Montessori School in San Fernando five years ago, were committed yesterday to stand trial in the High Court, and were each denied bail.
Saada’s former schoolteacher at the Montessori, [...]
2009-06-05 “Businessman in ‘Boot Hill’ shooting inquest freed.”
Businessman in ‘Boot Hill’ shooting inquest freed.
By Azard Ali
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Friday, June 5 2009
ON November 4, 2006, 19-year-old Kevin Valley was shot and killed by a businessman at “Boot Hill”, Felicity, Chaguanas, who told police that he intervened when he saw his son about to be kidnapped.
The incident sparked near riot by [...]
Prostitution Is Still Illegal In Trinidad & Tobago.
“They came to Rabbi Yitzhak Arameh and told him, ‘In any case there are prostitutes, maybe we should make a special building and there they can do the same thing in one place.’ The rabbi’s response was simple: ‘We do not introduce reforms for criminals.’” – MK Yosef Ba-Gad of the Moledet party, February 12, [...]
2009-04-24 “Saada Singh case ‘a burden’.”
Saada Singh case ‘a burden’.
By Azard Ali
Trinidad & tobago’s newsday | Friday, April 24 2009
SAN FERNANDO Magistrate Rajendra Rambachan said yesterday the Saada Singh Kidnapping Inquiry has become “a burden” on his court list due to long delays by State witnesses’ coming to give evidence.
The magistrate had scheduled yesterday for the State to call three [...]
2009-04-06 “Colombians fined $5,000 each for illegal entry.”
Colombians fined $5,000 each for illegal entry.
By Azard Ali
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Monday, April 6 2009
SIX Colombian women were each fined $5,000 by a San Fernando magistrate last Friday for illegal entry into the country.
They all admitted to working as prostitutes at hotels in Chaguanas, but one of them evoked laughter in the court, [...]
2009-04-03 “Saada Singh inquiry goes on.”
Saada Singh inquiry goes on.
By Azard Ali
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Friday April 3 2009
SENIOR Magistrate Rajendra Rambachan on Wednesday vowed to continue hearing the Saada Singh Kidnapping Inquiry without one of the accused whom he issued a warrant for, but to date remains at large.
Johnathon Moonsammy failed for the third occasion to appear in [...]
2008-12-00 “Child Labor.”
http://www.yu.edu/yunmun/pdfs/ilo/trinidadandtobago.pdf
YUNMUN (Yeshiva University National Model United Nations)XIX
Position Paper
Delegate name: Talia Brown
High School: Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Committee: International Labor Organization (ILO)
Topic: Finding a solution to Child Labor
Stricken with poverty and no other opportunities but factory-work, children around the world, primarily third world countries, are forced to dangerous jobs. This is a global [...]
2008-07-28 “Freed in ’93 of killing jeweller.”
Freed in ’93 of killing jeweller.
By Francis Joseph
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | Monday 28th July, 2008
Raffick Mohammed, one of the three people gunned down in Aranguez one week ago, was involved, more than 20 years ago, in one of the biggest kidnapping/murder trials in the history of Trinidad and Tobago.
Raffick Mohammed, Alie Mohammed, Roger Huggins, [...]
2008-03-11 “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices > Western Hemisphere > Trinidad and Tobago.”
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices > Western Hemisphere>
Trinidad and Tobago.
By U.S Department of State.
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 2007
March 11, 2008
Trinidad and Tobago is a parliamentary democracy governed by a prime minister and a bicameral legislature, with a population of approximately 1.3 million. Tobago has a House of Assembly that has some [...]
2007-12-18 “Juror is an ex-con.”
Juror is an ex-con.
By Azard Ali
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Tuesday, December 18 2007
A HIGH COURT judge was yesterday forced to abort a kidnapping and robbery trial mere hours before the jury was expected to deliver a verdict, when it was discovered one of the jurors determining the trial, was an ex-convict who has matters [...]
2007-04-12 “No arrests yet in schoolboy’s murder.”
No arrests yet in schoolboy’s murder.
By Denyse Renne
Trinidad & Tobago | Thursday, April 12th 2007
Homicide officers are yet to make any arrests in the murder of schoolboy Aleem Ali.
Ali, 15, of Cane Farm Road, Arouca went missing on March 26.
His body was discovered four days later chopped and burnt in the Arouca area by several [...]
2007-01-00 “Protecting the Children of Trinidad and Tobago: Time to Take Action.”
“Protecting the Children of Trinidad and Tobago: Time to Take Action.”
Who Killed Amy Emily Anamathudo?
This child, born of a child; was high risk by reason of the circumstances of her birth. Broken in body and spirit, undernourished, and abused, admitted to hospital five times, the victim of a cruel and inhumane system. A system [...]
2004-02-22 “Girl killed for $15 and sneakers.”
Girl killed for $15 and sneakers.
By Azard Ali
Trinidad & Tobago Express | Sunday, February 22 2004
FOR $15, two bracelets and a pair of Nike sneakers, 18-year-old pan player Maria Greenidge was brutally murdered and her body dumped in a canefield road in Couva on Friday night. Greenidge was beaten about the body and her head [...]
2003-09-24 “Tears of joy as Tricia freed.”
Tears of joy as Tricia freed.
WENDY CAMPBELL and Azard Ali
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Wednesday, September 24 2003
THERE WERE tears of joy at the family home in Princes Town yesterday morning as kidnapped victim Tricia Suryadevera returned to her home after being held captive for eight days until her family paid a ransom, reportedly $300,000 [...]
