Anna Ramdass
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Jeremie to add limits on vaping (opens the original)
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Attorney General John Jeremie has announced that vaping will be added to sweeping legislation seeking to impose stricter age restrictions on alcohol, cannabis, tobacco and gambling. Jeremie made the announcement while piloting the Miscellaneous Provisions (Alcohol, Cannabis, Dangerous Drugs, Gambling and Tobacco) Bill, 2026 in Parliament yesterday. He signalled that amendments would be brought to specifically include vaping and to require identification for the purchase of tobacco and alcohol, p
PNM objects to Ramesar (opens the original)
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THE Peopleâs National Movement (PNM) Opposition yesterday voted against the temporary appointments of Junior Benjamin as acting Commissioner of Police and Anand Ramesar as acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, as questions were raised in Parliament about Ramesarâs disciplinary history. Despite the Oppositionâs objections, both motions were carried by the Governmentâs majority, with 23 MPs voting in favour and eight Opposition MPs voting against. Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexan
Tougher measures to protect young people (opens the original)
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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is moving to bar anyone under the age of 21 from legally buying, possessing or consuming alcohol and tobacco. She is also aiming to set an even higher age threshold of 25 for cannabis (marijuana) and gambling, under sweeping legislative changes Government will take to Parliament tomorrow. In a social media post yesterday, Persad-Bissessar said the tougher age restrictions are intended to shield young people from substance abuse, addiction and risky behaviour
OPEN TO ABUSE (opens the original)
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Independent Senator Anthony Vieira yesterday hit back at Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar over her descriptions of the Independent senators as âsatanicâ and âdemonsâ, sarcastically declaring that his supposed demonic status gave him special insight into greed and the dangers surrounding the handling of public money. Vieira used the pointed response as he launched a stinging attack on the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property (Amendment) Bill, 2026, warning that the prop
END OF AN ERA (opens the original)
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ACTING Commissioner of Prisons Elvin Scanterbury says the decommissioning of the historic Port of Spain Prison is necessary. He said this is a move that will allow the Prison Service to shift inmates and officers from an ageing facility into conditions better suited to modern security, rehabilitation and custodial requirements. Responding to questions from the Express yesterday, Scanterbury described the closure as a significant moment for the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service and part of the c
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