‘SoE to stop plot’

Citizens woke up yesterday to the news that a state of emergency (SoE) had been declared with the explanation that police “intelligence” had uncovered that a criminal network operating inside the nation’s prisons was conspiring to murder key law …

CoP: SoE needed to

T&T is under a State of Emergency (SoE) for the second time in as many months. In announcing the move yesterday, Commissioner of Police (CoP) Allister Guevarro said credible intelligence pointing to the formation of an organised crime syndicate …

Intel showed gangs uniting to kill, rob, kidnap – SoE called to avert bloodshed

News Newsday Reporter 3 Hrs Ago ADDRESS THE NATION: Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro at a press conference on Friday morning at Police Administration Building in Port of Spain. Seated from left are DCPs Junior Benjamin, Natasha George and Suzette …

AG Jeremie defends SoE

Senior Reporter [email protected] Attorney General John Jeremie says the Government had no alternative but to take “decisive action” to declare yesterday’s State of Emergency (SoE), citing a troubling spike in gruesome, gang-related crimes allegedly …

SoE isn’t a crime plan — it’s a temporary fix

It has be­come a trou­bling­ly fa­mil­iar sce­nario in T&T: the de­c­la­ra­tion of a State of Emer­gency (SoE) in re­sponse to yet an­oth­er al­leged plot to desta­bilise the coun­try. Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has de­fend­ed her …

SoE will not disrupt business activity, says Swaratsingh

GEISHA KOW­LESSAR-ALON­ZO Se­nior Re­porter geisha.kow­lessar@guardian.co.tt Min­is­ter of Plan­ning, Eco­nom­ic Af­fairs and De­vel­op­ment, Kennedy Swarats­ingh, said the de­c­la­ra­tion of a State of Emer­gency (SoE) yes­ter­day will not dis­rupt …

Carapo man is first murder victim under SoE

A 35-year-old Carapo man is the first person murdered during the State of Emergency. Police said Ryan Barath of Church Street was shot once in the head. Officers responded to a report of a shooting around 12:48 am and found Barath. He was taken to the …

HEERA ON SOE DECLARATION

Security expert Garvin Heerah says while the declaration of a State of Emergency may disrupt criminal operations, clear and measurable objectives must now be shared with the public. Heerah is advising that border security be tightened immediately, to …

SOE VIEWS

OPPOSITION WANTS MORE TRANSPARENCY ON SOE

The People's National Movement is calling for more transparency relating to the calling of the State of Emergency. According to the Opposition, one of the aspects that the public should be made aware of, are the measures to be implemented. But the …