COPS GO FREE
Posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2025

COPS GO FREE ON CHILD TRAFFICKING, SEX CHARGES
On child-trafficking, sex charges with four others

Swaratsingh: Government can borrow $45b
PLANNING Minister Kennedy Swaratsingh said the government will be allowed to borrow up to $45 billion under the Finance Bill 2025, which he piloted in the Senate on December 9. The umbrella bill adjusts about 21 existing acts, largely in line with the Finance Minister's promises made in the recent budget, and was passed by the House of Representatives on December 5.

PM's remark to 'cuff down' Imbert ruled as 'banter'
Speaker clears Kamla, AG in dismissing 3 motions of privilege:

T&T not judge, jury
Kamla on US strikes on alleged drug boats:

PM on US 'double tap' strike: Unflagged vessel treated as pirate ship
She said she had no evidence to suggest the Donald Trump administration acted unlawfully during the September strike, noting that the US does not inform Trinidad and Tobago before carrying out operations against vessels suspected of drug trafficking.

Kidnapping of Monos Island couple...
US$2.5m for an 'ordinary citizen fishy', says Kamla

Desperate plea for safe return of Tardieu couple
A second day is passing, and Derrick “Stones” Tardieu, 70, and his wife Claribel, 47, remain in the hands of kidnappers following their abduction from their Monos Island home on Saturday night.

Fireworks Bill passes in Lower House with full Opposition support
PM recalls eye injury due to pyrotechnics

Opposition members lend support to Govt
Fireworks bill passes in House...

T&T placed on list of four by the German Federal Foreign Office as countries of concern

T&T on German travel advisory list: PoS, Chaguanas 'no-go zones'

Rowley scraps 'Conversation with Tobagonians' meeting
FORMER prime minister Dr Keith Rowley cancelled his planned discussion, “A Conversation with Tobagonians," on Sunday, citing unforeseen technical difficulties at the venue.

Tragic domestic violence incidents spark outrage
THE deadly domestic attacks, particularly against women, have yet again drawn criticisms from several people, just two weeks after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar reaffirmed her government's commitment to strengthening systems for families in crisis.

Hosein calls for premarital counselling amid rise in domestic violence

Case collapses: State offers no evidence in couple's murder in Tobago
The couple were found stabbed to death at their home on May 2, 2019. Three days later Davis and McEachnie were arrested.

Forty-year-old man dies in fire after threatening to burn the house down
A 40-year-old mechanic from New Grant died on December 7 after a fire gutted his home, following threats he made to burn the house down.

Central man manages to escape abductors over the weekend
Police say 25-year-old Luke Rampersad of Dow Village, California, was reportedly abducted at around 8 pm on Saturday by two men he knew.

After mom and dad, former cop Russel Bedasse dies by suicide
Residents said Bedasse was depressed and would post videos to social media expressing his disappointment in the police service.

In an interview with the Express in September, Bedasse said he had observed crucial details at the scene of the death of his mother Shelawaithie Bedasse, 57, which trained investigators failed to notice.


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