10 March

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Nursing Council decisions declared invalid

Derek Achong All decisions made by the Nursing Council of T&T since the end its members’ term last April have been invalidated. This was the outcome of a lawsuit over the management of the organisation, brought by former president David Murphy after he was ousted in August, last year. In a 22-page judgement delivered at the Hall of Justice in Port-of-Spain yesterday morning, High Court Judge Frank Seepersad ruled that there was no provision under the Nursing Personnel Act, which established the council and dictates functions to extend the powers of its members past their three-year term. As a result, Seepersad ruled that any...

06 March

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Permission to challenge Deyalsingh

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Over 3,000 nurses have been granted leave to challenge the Health Minister’s decision to appoint selected members to the Nursing Council before any elected members were appointed. They were also granted permission to seek declarations that the decision of the minister to appoint David Murphy as a member of the council. The nurses were given permission to challenge the minister by Justice Devindra Rampersad. They are seeking several declarations which also ask the court to find that the minister’s decision to allow his six selected members to elect a president of the council and an executive when there are no other...

26 February

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LES COTEAUX MAN DENIED BAIL…

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LES COTEAUX MAN DENIED BAIL IN CARIBBEAN JEWELLERS ROBBERY A 26-year-old man of Les Coteaux, Tobago, appeared in the Scarborough Magistrates Court on Friday, charged with the robbery of Caribbean Jewellers Lowlands Branch. The incident allegedly occurred Monday around 12 pm. Alveion Nurse aka "Crime Boss," of Providence Road, stood before Magistrate Dwayne Murray in the Scarborough First Court, charged with three counts of robbery with aggravation. The court heard that Nurse allegedly robbed four employees of Caribbean Jewellers located inside the Lowlands Mall at gunpoint, making away with $1,244,164 worth of jewelry—17 gold 10k bangles valued $107,800; nine gold 10k jingles valued...

27 January

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New PNM Tobago leader brings dynamism

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Tobago Business Chamber: New PNM Tobago leader brings dynamism President of the Tobago Business Chamber, Martin George, has congratulated Tracy Davidson-Celestine on her victory, in Sunday’s run-off election for the post of Political Leader, of the People's National Movement's (PNM) Council in Tobago. Martin George is calling for a continued working relationship between her and current Chief Secretary of Tobago House of Assembly, Kelvin Charles, whom Davidson-Celestine ousted in the leadership contest, yesterday. “Moving forward, the Tobago Business Chamber is willing to work with both Ms. Davidson-Celestine in her role as leader of the PNM Tobago Council; and Mr. Charles, as the continuing...

16 January

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Augustine to Charles: End victimisation

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FORMER contract teacher Farley Augustine is calling on Secretary for Education, Innovation and Energy, Kelvin Charles to “end victimisation season” and pay all gratuities owed immediately. This comes after Friday’s ruling by Justice David Harris in the High Court ordering the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) to immediately pay contract teachers all outstanding payments, plus interest. Augustine, one of the litigants and currently serving as a Minority Assemblyman, said he felt really excited that justice will finally be served. “I feel like the next step will be for the THA is to pay me for the period of my contract ending 2018. “Hopefully, the...

16 January

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Tobago teachers win in court, George declares: Kelvin must fire Kelvin

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Attorney Martin George is calling on THA Chief Secretary Kelvin Charles to remove himself as Secretary of Education. This comes on the heels of a decision delivered in the High Court on Friday by Justice David Harris ordering the THA to immediately pay contract teachers all outstanding payments, plus interest. The teachers throughout Tobago won a constitutional motion which they filed against the THA for their rights to all gratuity payments and money owed to them. They claimed for a declaration of inequality of treatment. The teachers said the THA had treated them unequally, compared to the permanent teachers in Tobago, and also...

15 January

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THA won’t appeal contract teachers ruling

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“It was always the intention of the THA to pay outstanding gratuities and, as a consequence, the teachers will receive the monies due and owing to them.” This is the promise made by Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary and Secretary for Education, Innovation and Energy, Kelvin Charles, as he responded to questions posed by Newsday after last Friday’s High Court ruling by Justice David Harris. The judge ordered the THA to immediately pay contract teachers all outstanding payments, plus interest. The Tobago teachers, represented by Martin George and Company, won a constitutional motion which they filed in 2017 against the...

15 January

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Attorney tells THA Chief Sec to fire himself

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Attorney at Law Martin George is calling for THA chief secretary and secretary for Education Kelvin Charles to fire himself after a judgement was handed down last Friday, demanding that the THA pay outstanding monies and gratuities owed to all contract teachers on the island. Speaking at a news conference held at his Bacolet office on Monday, George said, it was determined that the THA treated the 14 teachers unequally compared to the permanent teachers on the island, as well as contract teachers in Trinidad; by paying them less and not allowing them the same amount of leave, vacation, benefits, and...

14 January

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COURT RULES IN FAVOUR OF CONTRACT TEACHERS

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A victory for contract teachers in Tobago. The High Court has ordered that the THA pay all gratuities owed to them, immediately. The judgement was handed down, on Friday. Elizabeth Williams has more in this report. View Video here Text Transcript for Video: The case brought by a representative group of 14 contract teachers, from all across Tobago, was filled by their attorney Martin George & Co. as a constitutional motion against the THA and their attorney general. The teachers sort a declaration of inequality of treatment under the constitution. Justice David Harris in his judgment refused to grant the declaration of inequality of treatment and...