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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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Golden Grove Prisoners

One slap leaves three dead

April 15th 2012 11:58 AM

A slap by a gang leader to the face of a rival gang member at the Golden Grove Prison, Arouca is reported to have triggered the fatal shooting of Anastasia Emmanuel, 25, and the reprisal killings of two others in La Horquetta between Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. The Easter  read more…

Ricardo-Marshall-TH

Carapo man calls for probe into wrongful arrest

March 18th 2012 1:07 PM

A 27-YEAR-OLD Carapo, Arima man who claimed he was “framed” by police on a murder charge is hoping that there is going to be no “cover up” in the probe which has been going on for the past two years. Ricardo Marshall’s only hope to get justice is in the  read more…

L- R Dr Fuad Khan Minister of Health and Dr Edison Haqq Chairman NWRHA at the launch of the of Ministry of Health World AIDS Day activities at the Brian Lara Promenade

Arima Hospital turns away rape victim

January 6th 2012 10:59 AM

A prisoner who was raped at the Remand Section at the Golden Grove Prison, Arouca was refused medical attention at the Arima Hospital and sent back to the jail. Prison authorities were forced to take the inmate to the hospital because efforts to reach the prison medical officer (who was  read more…

Commissioner of Prisons John Rougier passes over the baton (for leadership) to incoming Commissioner of Prisons Martin Martinez

Arms do not make prisons officer feel safer

December 16th 2011 11:59 AM

PRISON officers, who have been given firearms for their protection, are even more scared for their safety now. They officers feel their names could be leaked to inmates, who can attack them or generally make their lives unsafe. They are calling on Minister of National Security Brigadier John Sandy and  read more…

Golden Grove Prisoners

Panic in the prison

December 9th 2011 8:15 PM

20 inmates at Remand Yard test positive for ‘TB’ PANIC is spreading among prison officers at the Remand Section at the Golden Grove Prison, Arouca as more than 20 inmates have been tested positive for the contagious tuberculosis (popularly known as TB) disease and are now isolated at the Maximum  read more…

Marlon Gonzalves

Clear my name from any wanted list

December 2nd 2011 6:20 PM

A FATHER of two from Mc Shine Street, Sangre Grande, has come forward to clear his name from any involvement in any plot to kill five prisons officers from the Remand Section of the Golden Grove Prison at Arouca. Marlon Gonzalves told TnT Mirror that he is not involved in  read more…

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