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Trinidad: PM's Speech on Assassination Plot (Full Text)
- By S Coward
- Published 25-Nov-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Nov. 25, 2011 - In this three month period my Government's focus has been on the
protection of life and property. We have seized over 1.5 billion dollars
in drugs, the largest single "drug bust" worth over 55 million dollars.
We are hurting them in their pockets.
Trinidad: Security Threat Against PM, Attorney General & Other Government Minister
- By S Coward
- Published 24-Nov-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Port-of-Spain -- Nov. 24, 2011 - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is expected to address the
nation today in the aftermath of the arrests of five persons detained in
connection with information that they along with others plotted to
assassinate her and two government ministers.
Convened by the OAS, Ministers of Public Security in the Americas Agree to Cooperate to Improve Police Training and Technology Management in the Hemisphere
- By S Coward
- Published 21-Nov-11
- Crime/Security , Organization of American States
- Unrated
Nov. 21, 2011 - The highest authorities of Public Security in the Americas Nov. 20
concluded their meeting in Port of Spain with the adoption of a series
of concrete recommendations to strengthen police training and use of new
technologies in the hemisphere. The recommendations will be
communicated to the Heads of State at the Sixth Summit of the Americas,
to be held in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) in April 2012.
CBSI Joint Statement - Second Caribbean United States Security Cooperation Dialogue
- By S Coward
- Published 11-Nov-11
- Crime/Security , Government, Politics, Int'l Relations
- Unrated
We, the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda; The Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; the Commonwealth of Dominica; the Dominican Republic; Grenada; the Coo-operative Republic of Guyana; the Republic of Haiti; Jamaica; St. Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; the Republic of Suriname; the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; and the United States of America, jointly pledge to work together in a spirit of partnership and mutual respect to – strengthen the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) security structure and institutions, such as the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), and improve ties between CARICOM and the Dominican Republic...
Trinidad: Curfew Over, State of Emergency Remains
- By S Coward
- Published 08-Nov-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Port-of-Spain -- Nov. 8, 2011 - The Curfew is over on Trinidad and Tobago soil and sea,” said Prime
Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. “The state of emergency remains, under
continuous review.
Trinidad: Curfew Hot Spots Extended
- By S Coward
- Published 14-Sep-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Port-of-Spain - Sept. 14, 2011 - The curfew will now apply to eleven new areas: Carli Bay, Couva; Cedros;
Chase Village, Carapichaima; Claxton Bay, Pointe-a-Pierre; Dow Village,
California; La Horquetta; McBean, Couva; Maloney; Moruga; Toco and
Windy Hill in Arouca. The exact boundaries of these curfew areas, which
will take effect from this evening, will be demarcated and announced in
orders which are to be published.
Trinidad: POS the new Baghdad
- By S Coward
- Published 11-Sep-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Port-of-Spain -- Sept. 11, 2011 -- (trinidadexpress.com): Trinidad and Tobago now rivals Jamaica as the most violent country in
the Caribbean, with the number of annual murders rising sharply from 98
to 550 over the last decade, with some areas in the Port of Spain police
division being listed among the most dangerous in the world.
Trinidad: Cocaine War Averted
- By S Coward
- Published 07-Sep-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Port-of-Spain - Sept. 7, 2011 - Government stopped a bloody cocaine war between Colombian and Mexican drug leaders in this country which threatened numerous lives by calling the sudden state of emergency on August 21.
Trinidad: Curfew Hours Roll Back; State of Emergency Extended
- By S Coward
- Published 05-Sep-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Port-of-Spain - Sept. 5, 2011 - (newsday.co.tt): The state of emergency declared by President George Maxwell Richards
on August 21 was yesterday extended for a period of three months after
Government MPs voted for the extension during an historic Sunday sitting
of the Parliament, coming after 28 hours of debate over three days.
Trinidad: Crime and the untouchables
- By S Coward
- Published 23-Aug-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
(trinidadexpress.com): The country's crime strategy looks like it is chasing stray bullets.
That strategy is to find out what has not been tried and pelt millions
behind it. To keep a cool head about it, expect nothing and you shall
not be disappointed. These appearances can be deceiving.
Trinidad: PM Declares Limited State of Emergency
- By S Coward
- Published 22-Aug-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Port-of-Spain -- Aug. 22, 2011 - At midnight last night, TT was placed under a limited state of
emergency to facilitate anti-crime curfews in hot spots, as announced a
few hours earlier by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
Promising UN help, Ban calls for Caribbean regional action to combat organized crime
- By S Coward
- Published 04-Jul-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
July 4, 2011 -- Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon on June 30 urged Caribbean nations to combat organized crime on a
regional level and promised United Nations assistance in the fight.
Warner's response to FIFA ethics ruling
- By S Coward
- Published 30-May-11
- Sport (non cricket) , Crime/Security
- Unrated
May 30, 2011 - " I expressed my disappointment with the way in which the enquiry was
conducted as I was given less than twenty four hours to submit a
statement for consideration by the committee and, moreover, one of the
five members of the Committee is from Uruguay and did not have the value
of a translated version of my or Mr bin Hammam's submission. This lack
of translation services brings into question the issue of due process."
Two members of the FIFA Executive Committee provisionally suspended
- By S Coward
- Published 30-May-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
May 30, 2011 - The FIFA Ethics Committee, under the chairmanship of Petrus Damaseb
(Namibia), decided today, 29 May 2011, to provisionally suspend, with
immediate effect, FIFA Vice-President Jack A. Warner and FIFA Executive
Committee member Mohamed bin Hammam from taking part in any
football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other)
worldwide after examining their cases in relation to alleged violations
of the FIFA Code of Ethics linked to the upcoming FIFA presidential
election.
FIFA Ethics Committee To Investigate FIFA Vice-President Jack A. Warner
- By S Coward
- Published 26-May-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
May 26, 2011 - On 24 May 2011, FIFA Executive Committee member and CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer reported to FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke possible violations of the FIFA Code of Ethics allegedly committed by official.