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Leader of the Opposition Dr Keith Rowley says Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs must explain to the nation within 24 hours the reason or reasons for Thursday’s police raids on the offices of Newsday and the home of its reporter Andre Bagoo.

Congress of the People political leader Prakash Ramadhar is condemning Thursday’s police raid on Newsday and is giving Commission of Police Dwayne Gibbs until today to explain the reasons behind the ‘atrocious attack’ on the media.

The Integrity Commission yesterday said it was committed to the freedom of the press in T&T. It said however that it was forced to request a police investigation into systematic leakage of information to the media.

The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has embarked on a “name and shame” disconnection component of its revenue collection drive to recover $506 million in outstanding rates owed by domestic and commercial customers.

An atrocious act! That’s how former prime minister Basdeo Panday described the police raid on Newsday’s Port-of-Spain office on Thursday.

Anthony Smart who served as attorney general during the 1990 uprising said he never held any discussion with any minister about the overthrow of then prime minister Arthur NR Robinson.

Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs has spent “a lot of money” to buy newly designed police uniforms before this was approved by Cabinet, PNM MP Donna Cox said yesterday.

The prompt response by police on Thursday led to the apprehension of suspects in robberies in Sangre Grande and Cunupia.