Trinidad Express
Siparia murder victim found in outhouse
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- Siparia murder victim found in outhouse
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- Members of the Hunters Search and Rescue Team inspect the pit of the outhouse where the body of 62-year-old Dennis Archargee was found next to his Siparia home on Friday. Investigators believe Archargee may have been robbed after his house was found ransacked and several items, including his car, were missing. His Nissan B14 was later recovered abandoned in Quarry Village.
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- TRIPLE MURDER IN LAVENTILLE
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- Gunmen opened fire at a Unipet Gas station at the corner of Eastern Main Road and Morvant Old Road, Laventille on Friday, killing three men.
Police said the incident happened at around 9.40 a.m. One man was shot while pumping gas in his vehicle, the second victim was in the vehicle and the third was walking on the compound. Video by Express photo editor Robert Taylor.
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- Hadeed blanked medical treatment
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 18 days ago
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- Attorney Faris Al-Rawi condemns the treatment of his client Dominic Hadeed after he and his wife Genevieve were arrested and imprisoned.
The Hadeeds are accused of being conspirators in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
Al-Rawi said Hadeed, who has a medical condition, has received no medical treatment during the past three weeks he has spent in State custody.
Video by Express photo editor Curtis Chase.
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- Police search river for ‘baby’
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- 2:17
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- Police officers and members of the Hunters Search and Rescue Team search a watercourse near Union Park, Marabella, last evening after a woman reported that her children saw what they believed was a newborn baby in the water.
Video by Express chief photographer Dexter Philip.
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- GASPARILLO BUSINESS BURNS
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Firefighters attempt to contain the blaze at the location of the former A&S Fyzool Supermarket at Bonne Aventure, Gasparillo which began around 3.30 a.m. on Friday. Video by Express Chief Photographer Dexter Philip
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- Sewa TT deploys emergency supplies to Venezuela
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Sewa International TT plans to deploy TT$100,000 Emergency Response and Recovery Initiative for Venezuela in the aftermath of two devastating earthquakes. Express Chief photographer Dexter Philip was at the Persad’s ‘D’ Food King, Barrackpore Branch Wednesday morning, where Sewa TT President Revan Teelucksingh spoke about the drive.
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- Moonilal extends condolences to Venezuela
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- 2:25
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Minister of Energy Roodal Moonilal expressed concern and condolences to the people of Venezuela in the aftermath of the twin-earthquakes that affected the country last week. He also spoke about the impact on energy talks with Venezuela and Methanex halting its Titan plant operations.
Moonilal was speaking to the media Tuesday after attending a graduation ceremony at the Susamachar Presbyterian Church in San Fernando. Video: Express Chief Photographer Dexter Philip
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- OIL LEAKING IN BARRACKPORE
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- 1:06
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Heritage Petroleum employees at the scene of an oil leak after a 3-inch Heritage Petroleum pipeline was tampered and severed causing an oil spill at GP Road in Barrackpore on Tuesday. Express Chief Photographer Dexter Philip visited the active site and captured this footage.
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- LOVE FOR PENNY IN MARABELLA
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- People's National Movement political leader Pennelope Beckles arrives at the Marabella Community Centre, where supporters gathered on Thursday night for the party's public meeting. Video by Express chief photographer Dexter Philip.
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- Teachers dance at Labour Day celebrations
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers' Association (TTUTA) president Crystal Asche dances as he leads the procession of TTUTA members at the Labour Day march on Friday. Video by Express journalist Susan Mohammed.
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- PETROTRIN MEDICAL PLAN REVIVAL
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- 3:02
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- President general of the OWTU Ancel Roget announced to the crowd at the Labour Day march at Charlie King Junction in Fyzabad on Friday that the Petrotrin medical plan will be revived, as early as next week. Video by Express journalist Susan Mohammed.
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- ALYSSA ARRESTED AGAIN
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- 1:32
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Police in riot gear arrest activist Alyssa Phillip to while she was participating in the Labour Day observances in Fyzabad on Friday. During the arrest some members of the public criticised the officers, describing them as "shameful".
On May 27, Phillip, her mother Camille Caresquero, and blogger Jason De Silva were arrested near the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions along Richmond Street, Port of Spain, during a protest by relatives and friends of Kaia Sealy who are demanding answers as to why she is facing charges in connection with the death of her common-law husband, Joshua Samaroo, during a police-involved shooting in January.
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- KAIA'S ATTORNEY SPEAKS AFTER HER ARREST
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- 2:49
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Attorney Fayola Sandy speaks to reporters after her client, Kaia Sealy, was arrested upon arriving at Piarco International Airport early on Wednesday.
Sandy said she had informed investigators of Sealy's return from Panama, where the 24-year-old had been receiving medical treatment, and had been told Sealy would be allowed to attend a scheduled medical appointment before surrendering to police later that morning. Instead, Sealy was arrested immediately after disembarking from the aircraft and taken into police custody.
Sealy is wanted on a warrant alleging manslaughter in connection with the death of Joshua Samaroo, as well as three counts of shooting with intent to cause grievous bodily harm against police officers and other related offences stemming from the January 20 police shooting in St Augustine. Video by Express reporter Alexander Bruzual.
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- MERCEDEZ'S MOTHER WEEPS
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- The mother of murdered 12-year-old Mercedez Layne, Annarese Layne, wept as her daughter’s casket was brought into the Erin Seventh Day Adventist Church Tuesday afternoon. Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles and UNC MP Clyde Elder were present at the service. Video: Express Chief Photographer Dexter Philip.
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- BLOODSHED IN MALICK
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- 0:23
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Two men were killed and three others, including a woman, were injured in a shooting incident in Malick on Friday afternoon. Residents of Seventh Avenue heard a series of gunshots shortly after 1 p.m. Video: Express Chief Photographer Curtis Chase
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- FORMER MARKET RAZED
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- 1:06
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- The burnt remains of the vendor’s market which formally housed the Chaguanas Health Centre was destroyed by fire on Thursday. Video: Express Chief Photographer Dexter Philip
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- 'It real hurting': Brother and sister gunned down
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- 3:14
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Kenneth Clarke, brother of slain siblings Brian and Margarita Clarke, gives an account of the killing during an interview with the Express on Friday at his home, located at Longdenville Old Road. A lone gunman murdered his younger siblings on Thursday night. Chief Photographer Dexter Philip visited the family and captured this footage.
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- Maxi Misery
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- 3:35
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Thousands of commuters were left frustrated, some stranded or severely hampered in getting to work in a timely manner as the three-day protest action by maxi taxi operators kicked off on June 1, 2026.
While the action was hailed as a success by one maxi taxi association executive, commuters endured lengthy waiting time and long lines to get alternative transport; either bus or taxi.
The strike action is expected to go on for at least another day after representatives of the various maxi taxi associations expressed dissatisfaction following a five-hour talk with Transport Minister Eli Zakour.
Video content supplied by Express photo editor Robert Taylor and photographers Jermaine Cruickshank and Ishmael Salandy.
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- 'Protest 19' silenced by police
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- 3:50
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Police placed barriers at the entry to Barbados Road, St James, on May 29, 2026, in response to a planned protest outside the Forensic Science Centre, over the January 20, 2026 shooting of Joshua Samaroo and his common-law wife Kaia Sealy.
Samaroo, who was shot 19 times, died, while Sealy, who was also shot multiple times, was left partially paralysed.
Protest organiser Alyssa Phillip and her mother Camille Caresquero, who were both released hours earlier after being arrested during another protest outside the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions on May 27, changed the format of the protest, engaging protesters in ‘19 minutes’ of silent protest.
According to Caresquero, the 19 minutes of silent protest represent the 19 bullets that struck Samaroo.
Several demonstrators placed tape over their mouths as a symbol of what they described as the silencing of public voices.
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- Fire damages Globe City
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Several businesses at the Globe City Plaza in Chase Village suffered damage following a fire at the business complex on May 5, 2026.
The fire was eventually brought under control following a coordinated effort by firefighters from the south and central divisions, which lasted over four hours.
The Express was told that seven of the 15 businesses at Globe City were affected by the blaze.
Video by Express photographer Jermaine Cruickshank.
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- Why kill Kamal?
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Sackeer Mohammed, 73, and his wife Leela Mohammed, are questioning why their son Kamal Richard Mohammed was killed.
The 34-year-old farmer was shot dead by someone on a bicycle while working on an agricultural plot off Manohar Trace in Barrackpore on April 14, 2026.
When the Express visited the grieving parents, their words were mixed with tears as they spoke of the death of Kamal.
Video by Express journalist Susan Mohammed.
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- PENNY TO PM: SHOW COMPASSION IN NURSING IMPASSE
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- 0:37
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- As the impasse between nurses and the NCRHA continues, Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles on Thursday called on the Prime Minister to intervene. She's also urging the Health Minister to sit down with the Trinidad and Tobago National Nursing Association. Reporting by CCN TV6 journalist Rynessa Cutting
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- Campaign financing - a cloak and dagger affair
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- 5:00
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Opposition Senator and deputy political leader of the People's National Movement, Sanjiv Boodhu, says campaign finance reform needs to be looked at in light of the Danny Guerra killing and his connection to a current Member of Parliament.
Speaking with reporters outside Parliament on April 1, 2026, Boodhu said it’s unfortunate that it took the death of Guerra to bring the issue back into national focus.
Video by Express journalist Vivian Bowen
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- Vandals target home of former president
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- 3:01
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Vandals made off with approximately $180,000 worth of electrical cables from the Siparia home of former president Anthony Carmona.
In an interview with the Express on March 31, 2026, Carmona said he has been robbed several times on the property, which consists of several acres.
Video by Express journalist Susa Mohammed.
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- Teachers protest over monies, mental health support
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- 0:42
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- A group of teachers stage a silent protest outside the Ministry of Education's head office in Port of Spain on March 31, 2026.
Among the issues they wanted addressed were outstanding monies owed, dilapidated infrastructure, and the loss of mental health and wellness support for educators.
Video by Express journalist Sherlan Ramsubhag.
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- HUNTERS FEED HOMELESS
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- The Extreme Hunters of Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday distributed approximately 300 hot wild meat meals to San Fernando’s least fortunate and unhoused. The group’s executive members gathered together in Barrackpore early Sunday morning, bringing their prized meats caught during the legal hunting period to be prepared by executive chef and member Larry Chance and later handed out to the homeless and socially displaced.
Videos courtesy founding president Alex Bedassie.
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- MINISTER SINGS 'UNDER THE ROCK'
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Local Government Minister Khadijah Ameen, right, raises a hymn before addressing followers of the Baptist faith during the Spiritual Baptist Celebration, Spiritual Shouter Baptist Empowerment Hall, Maloney on Monday. Joining her are her mother Hazel Simon-Ameen, left, Archbishop Barbara Gray-Burke, Transport Minister Eli Zakour and Minister in the Housing Ministry Phillip Alexander. Video by Express photographer Robert Taylor
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- CRICKET BAT FAREWELL FOR RASHME
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Mourners raise cricket bats during the funeral service for cricketer Rashme Deoajit, while at Mosquito Creek near La Romaine on Sunday. Deoajit was found murdered at her Cedros home on Tuesday. Video by Express journalist Nikita Braxton-Benjamin.
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- MOURNING DANNY
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- 0:37
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Mourners at the funeral for businessman and former SoE detainee Danny Guerra held Thursday at St Francis RC Church, Brierley Street, Sangre Grande. Videos by Express photographer Curtis Chase.
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- Cedros horror
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- 2:52
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Sookraj Deoajit, 57, speaks to the media outside his Cedros home about the events leading up to the discovery of the body of his daughter, Rashmee Deoajit.
Rashmee, 28, a prominent cricketer in the village, was found with stab wounds and her throat slit in her home next to her father's house.
The father said the suspect was a family friend who had been staying with them.
Video by Express journalist Susan Mohammed.
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- Is the State of Emergency working?
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Clint Arjoon, president of the Fyzabad Chamber of Commerce and uncle of murder victim Shandon Arjoon, speaks to the Express at the scene where his nephew was killed on March 17, 2026.
Shandon Arjoon, 39, a contractor, was gunned down around midday on Oropouche Main Road, South Oropouche.
Video by Express journalist Susan Mohammed.
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- HIT AND RUN IN CALIFORNIA
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- 2:26
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Vendor Andrew Ashton explains to the Express on Wednesday what occurred when a Venezuelan woman was struck by a vehicle during a hit and run accident in California on Monday night while walking along the Southern Main Road. Listen as he explains what unfolded. Video by Express Chief Photographer Dexter Philip. NOTE: Some parts of this video may be disturbing to viewers
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- SON PLEADS TO MISSING STEPFATHER: PLEASE COME HOME
- Runtime
- 6:01
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Police officer Reynato Sanchez gets emotional during an interview on Monday about his stepfather Frank Lovelace, 85, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and has been missing from his St Augustine home since February 24 when he went for a walk and never returned. Video by Express Chief Photographer Dexter Philip.
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- MAN IN ANKLE MONITOR MURDERED
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Forensic and police officers on Monday at the scene where Isaiah Garcia was found dead along the roadway near the apartment he rented at First Street West, Recreation Road in D'Abadie. Video by Express photographer Ishmael Salandy.
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- COLOURFUL PERFORMANCE
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Members of the El Dorado Bhuya Saaj Chowtal Group perform on Sunday at the National Phagwa Council of T&T Phagwa celebrations at the Aranjuez Savannah. Video: Express photographer Ishmael Salandy.
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- SORRY FOR WATER WOES
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Minister in the Ministry of Public Utilities Clyde Elder apologises to citizens as he and Member of Parliament for Moruga/Tableland Michelle Benjamin visit Robert Village, Tableland on Friday morning to meet with residents who raised frustrations over the lack of pipe-borne and truck-borne water in the area. - Video by Express Chief Photographer Dexter Philip
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- State of emergency - Not necessary
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Independent Senator Anthony Vieira says there is no need for a state of emergency, which was declared by the government of Trinidad and Tobago on March 3, 2026.
However, speaking outside Parliament, Vieira said he would prefer a state of emergency over the proposed ZOSO Bill, which ultimately failed to secure the necessary support in the Senate in February 2026.
Video by Express Journalist Verdel Bishop
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- Terri brings "Blessings" to Couva
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- 2:37
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Terri Lyons performs “Blessings”, the song that won her the 2026 National Calypso Monarch, during a peace concert at Jade Court in Couva on Sunday night.
The concert was organised by 2026 Extempo Monarch Brian London in honour of Devaughn Toussaint and Amelia Hernandez, who were fatally shot on Carnival Friday (Feb. 13) in the presence of their three-year-old daughter.
Video by Express journalist Nikita Braxton-Benjamin.
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- PAPARAZZI PARTY
- Runtime
- 0:34
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Masqueraders from Paparazzi with their presentation "Elope: Destination 'I Do'" at South Quay on Carnival Tuesday. Video by Express photo editor Robert Taylor.
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- GIH DEM MACHEL!
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Soca superstar Machel Montano performs 'Encore' on a music truck for The Lost Tribe at the Piccadilly Greens, Port of Spain Carnival Tuesday. Video by Express photo editor Robert Taylor.
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- TUNAPUNA KIDDIES PLAY A MAS
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Young masqueraders participate in Kiddies Carnival hosted by Tunapuna MP Roger Alexander on Sunday at the Tunapuna Main Road. Videos by Express journalist Gyasi Gonzales.
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- KIDDIES CELEBRATE TRADITIONAL MAS
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- 1:47
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- From midnight robbers to moko jumbies, from jab jabs to fancy indians, hundreds of children in Carnival costumes braved the rain on Friday to make their way from Downtown Port of Spain to Carnival City, Queen's Park Savannah for the Traditional Carnival Parade. Videos by Express Reporter Sherlan Ramsubhag.
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- I HAVE NO BEEF WITH ANYBODY
- Runtime
- 1:13
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- San Fernando Mayor Robert Parris takes the stage during the Junior Calypso South Monarch Finals to address the reduction in funding by the government for the 2026 San Fernando Carnival. The reduction in funds affected the event. Video: Nikita Braxton-Benjamin
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- Kingly 'Kes'
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- 1:53
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Soca star Kees "Kes" Dieffenthaller paid a surprise visit to Holy Faith Covent in Penal on Feb. 5, to help them celebrate their victory in the secondary schools category of the National Schools Panorama 2026.
The school's steel orchestra copped the title with their arrangement of Kes the Band’s “Live Yuh Life (Like Yuh Playing Mas)” featuring David Rudder, on Jan. 19.
During his visit, Kes accompanied the steel orchestra, singing his hit song "Savannah Grass", which the school also played in winning the title in 2024.
Video by Express chief photographer Dexter Philip.
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- I HAVE TO CLEAR MY NAME
- Runtime
- 0:50
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Independent Senator Anthony Vieira speaks with the media outside the Red House on Tuesday about sending correspondence to Senate President Wade Mark seeking to have Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar sent before the Privileges Committee over claims that two Independent Senators requested personal favours in exchange for votes on the failed Zones of Special Operations (ZOSO) Bill. Video by Express journalist Verdel Bishop.
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- PARIA DIVING TRAGEDY SURVIVOR: $1M doesn't 'fill the gap'
- Runtime
- 5:12
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Christopher Boodram sits with his family at their Plaisance Park, home on Friday and gave the Express an account of the past four years and how he and his family has been dealing with the loss of his four colleagues after they perished in a pipeline on February 25, 2022, during the Paria tragedy. The Government on Thursday issued an ex-gratia payment of $1 million dollars to Boodram and two other families following the tragedy. Interview and video by Express Chief Photographer Dexter Philip
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- Mother shot dead in front of daughters
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Police officers and CSI personnel at the scene where 38-year-old media freelancer Kelly Lemessy was shot dead while seated in her vehicle in the presence of two of her children - nine-year-old daughter who was in the rear seat and one-year-old daughter who was on her lap.
Lemessy was shot multiple times and died inside her car outside her apartment complex on Naparima/Mayaro Road, in the vicinity of Lazzari Village near Rio Claro.
She was ambushed by two gunmen, who flanked the vehicle and fired multiple shots at her moments after she drove into the complex around midday on January 22, 2026 and stopped in a parking area at the front of the apartments.
Her daughters were not harmed.
Lemessy was killed seven months after her sister, Cassie-Ann Lemessy, 41, of Church Road, Mayaro, was murdered in a similar attack. Cassie-Ann was shot multiple times while driving and died in her vehicle.
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- Long wait finally over
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Former Caroni (1975) Ltd worker Julien Mahabir expresses relief upon receiving the lease for his residential lot of land almost 23 years after the company was closed down.
Video by Express chief photographer Dexter Philip.
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- THA election given clean bill by TTPS
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro said the voting process at the 2026 Tobago House of Assembly's was smooth and incident free.
He said any reports of irregularities will be thoroughly investigated by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS).
Video by Express senior political journalist Anna Ramdass.
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- Farley: Democracy strong in T&T
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Tobago People's Party leader Farley Augustine says he doesn't believe random acts of aggression during election campaigns trickle down from the leadership of the various political parties.
He said in Trinidad and Tobago's diverse society, democracy is still strong, leading to peaceful living after elections, as opposed to countries with a similar society having civil wars.
Video by Express senior political reporter Anna Ramdass.
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