Thursday, July 24, 2025

BOARD IN BREACH

... Court orders 14 former SporTT execs to pay $560,000 for negligence in $34M Life Sport contract

High Court Judge Ricky Rahim

High Court Judge Ricky Rahim

The boards of State en­ter­pris­es are not “rub­ber stamps” for the gov­ern­ment that ap­point­ed them.

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Gary Griffith

Gary Griffith

NICOLE DRAYTON

Griffith feels vindicated after LifeSport court ruling

For­mer Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty min­is­ter Gary Grif­fith has wel­comed yes­ter­day’s High Court rul­ing, which found that for­mer Sports Com­pa­ny of Trinidad and To­ba­go (SporTT) CEO and board mem­bers breached their fidu­cia­ry du­ties in ap­prov­ing a $34 mil­lion con­tract for the con­tro­ver­sial and now-de­funct Life Sport pro­gramme.

Keeran Latchman and Ryan Singh escaped from their abductors yesterday.

Keeran Latchman and Ryan Singh escaped from their abductors yesterday.

Friends flee kidnappers in Valencia forest after 2 days in captivity

Two days of search­es and in­ves­ti­ga­tions came to an end when kid­nap vic­tims Ryan Singh, 18, and Keer­an Latch­man, 21, fled from a shed in the Va­len­cia for­est where they were kept by cap­tors since their ab­duc­tion ear­li­er this week.

Jankie Satie Karim was rescued by police on Monday, after being kidnapped close to her Valsayn home on July 13.

Jankie Satie Karim was rescued by police on Monday, after being kidnapped close to her Valsayn home on July 13.

Valsayn residents still fearful days after Karim’s rescue

Two days af­ter kid­nap­ping vic­tim Jankie Satie Karim was res­cued by po­lice af­ter spend­ing eight days in cap­tiv­i­ty, res­i­dents of Spring Vil­lage, Val­sayn—where she was snatched—re­main gripped by fear and un­ease.

Candace Honore

Candace Honore

No charges for lawyer accused of harbouring suspect in woman’s murder

A High Court Judge has or­dered the re­lease of an at­tor­ney held for al­leged­ly har­bour­ing the man sus­pect­ed of the bru­tal mur­der of 22-year-old Can­dace Hon­ore.

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High Court Judge Ricky Rahim

High Court Judge Ricky Rahim

BOARD IN BREACH

... Court orders 14 former SporTT execs to pay $560,000 for negligence in $34M Life Sport contract

The boards of State en­ter­pris­es are not “rub­ber stamps” for the gov­ern­ment that ap­point­ed them.

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