For­mer Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith has crit­i­cised the cur­rent ap­proach to grant­i­ng Firearm User Li­cences, say­ing it con­flicts with Gov­ern­ment’s po­si­tion on cit­i­zens de­fend­ing them­selves.

A ju­ry found both Meta and YouTube li­able in a first-of-its-kind law­suit that aimed to hold so­cial me­dia plat­forms re­spon­si­ble for harm to chil­dren us­ing their ser­vices, award­ing the plain­tiff $3 mil­lion in dam­ages.

A 29-year-old Princes Town man has been sen­tenced to 16 months’ im­pris­on­ment with hard labour af­ter plead­ing guilty to ware­house break­ing and lar­ce­ny.

Emile Ramkissoon has been elect­ed pres­i­dent of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Man­u­fac­tur­ers’ As­so­ci­a­tion, step­ping in­to the role at a time of mount­ing pres­sure on the coun­try’s non-en­er­gy sec­tor and grow­ing calls for de­ci­sive pol­i­cy ac­tion.