POLICE TO PLUG MEDIA LEAKS

UNDER THE chairmanship of Ken Gordon, who has had a school of journalism named after him and who has promoted himself as a champion of the free press, the Integrity Commission yesterday showed no concern over the unwarranted raiding and seizure of property from Newsday and the home of investigative reporter Andre Bagoo.

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday described the ability of journalists to protect their sources as “sacred” as she called upon Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs “to provide an immediate explanation to the media and the public” as to why Newsday’s offices – and the home of one of its senior reporters – were raided in an attempt to inves(...)

The TT Publishers and Broadcasters Association (TTPBA) has complained to the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) about last Thursday’s raid of Newsday’s newsroom Chacon Street, Port-of-Spain.

The Prime Minister’s office issued the following statement yesterday on Thursday’s police raid on Newsday.

Head of the Anti-Corruption Investigations Bureau Snr Supt Solomon Koon Koon, who led the raid at Newsday’s Chacon Street, Port-of-Spain offices on Thursday, admitted yesterday that the only executive officer who was informed of the decision to search Newsday’s newsroom and the home of political reporter Andre Bagoo was Assistant Commissioner of Po(...)

QUESTIONS remained yesterday over how a press release announcing that President George Maxwell-Richards had suspended deputy chairman of the Integrity Commission Gladys Gafoor came to be released under a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Communication header minutes after news broke of the raid of Newsday’s offices by police seeking to investigate so(...)

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS have been brought against Caricom’s Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) by the agency’s former Executive Director Lynne-Anne Will-

ADDITIONAL medical assistance from the Government will be forthcoming for former Prime Minister Patrick Manning if that assistance is requested. Foreign Affairs and Communications Minister Dr Suruj Rambachan made this statement to reporters at Thursday’s post-Cabinet news conference at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s.