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Proud Moment: Professor Selwyn Ryan greets Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissesar at the launch of Rhona Baptiste's book, Kamla: Ascent of a Woman, in November 2010

Professor gets $1M to write a report THE five-member Committee appointed by Cabinet to “enquire into the root causes of the problems identified and shown by crime statistics, particularly as it affects Trinidadian males, and to suggest solutions to problems they identify” has hit a snag over money. The delivery  read more…

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Aunt believes teen killed for stealing $300

February 19th 2012 12:03 PM

MURDER victim, Vinod Harrylal was killed for stealing some $300 from relatives. The claim was made by his aunt, Bhagwantie Gyandass, who told TnT Mirror that Harrylal was accused of breaking and entering and stealing money from his relatives. “I don’t know why they did not come to us to  read more…

Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs Deputy Police Commissioner Jack Ewatski

Call in the Americans

February 10th 2012 12:14 PM

FORTY-ODD murders in 35 days is a ridiculously high number for a country of 1.3 million people, and we should be getting little comfort from statistics that indicate the numbers may or may not be minimally down from last year. The fact of the matter is that one murder per  read more…

Former FIFA Vice President and Works and Infrastructure Minister Jack Warner at a Press Conference in Piarco International Airport

Capital solutions & hanging crimes

February 3rd 2012 5:38 PM

Whether for distraction purposes or out of exasperation at their inability to enforce the law and protect the citizens, the government’s response to the runaway murder rate is to once again float the idea of hanging as the ‘ultimate’ solution to violent crime, and to engage the Opposition in the  read more…

Outside Men: In this file photo, Minister of National Security John Sandy (left) and Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs, who seem to be outside Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's circle of trust, stroll through the courtyard of the Police Training Academy in St.James on a tour of the facility on December 15, 2010

Dealing with crime

December 18th 2011 11:24 AM

IN the previous column I raised the issue of who really is responsible for recruitment in the police service – the Commissioner of Police or the Police Service Commission. If it is the Commissioner, should he be held accountable for the recruitment of so many persons who are found to  read more…

Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex

Chaguanas women raped, robbed at home

September 25th 2011 7:04 PM

A LONDENVILLE, Chaguanas woman and her 17-year-old daughter were raped during a robbery at their home on Thursday morning. Police reports say the owner secured her home at 11 p.m. and went to bed. She was reportedly awakened by a noise in her house. On investigation, the woman found four  read more…

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar addressing nationals of Trinidad and Tobago in London on October 12, 2010

Kudos for Kamla

September 9th 2011 4:46 AM

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar deserves to be commended for her response to the criticisms of the State of Emergency (SoE) when she wound up debate on the Extension of the SoE in the House of Representatives last Friday. No one, and certainly not us here at the Mirror, expects there  read more…

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