Trinidad Express
Padarath banned by radio, TV station over use of 'insulting language'
- Title
- Padarath banned by radio, TV station over use of 'insulting language'
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Radio and TV Jaagriti have taken a decision to not broadcast speeches of Opposition MP Barry Padarath.
The decision was taken after the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) deemed Padarath to have used insulting and inappropriate language when he referred to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley as a “son of a b----” at a public meeting on May 15, 2023.
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- Title
- Contempt of court over Privy Council judgment
- Runtime
- 11:38
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, had to defend an accusation that the Government had access to the May 18 Privy Council judgment and did nothing about it.
He said lawyers for the State informed him it was an embargo judgment and could not reveal its content to its client as it would constitute a contempt of court.
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- Title
- Police finds major stolen cars hideout
- Runtime
- 6:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Richard Smith, senior superintendent of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service's Southern Division, speaks on their discovery of stolen vehicle parts in a forested area at North Trace, New Grant.
Smith said the June 1 find is one of the country's biggest car-stealing ring they have encountered, as it entailed a total of eight vehicles and car parts amounting to millions of dollars.
Video : Express chief photographer Dexter Philip
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- Title
- Story-telling time: US Ambassador visits Migrant Support group
- Runtime
- 2:35
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, Candace Bond, reads to Venezuelan children of the La Romaine Migrant Support group (LARMS), at the St. Benedict’s Roman Catholic Church, Alice Street in La Romain, on Wednesday. LARMS, received a grant from the U.S. Department of State grant for US$24,700 for six months to purchase food and medical supplies for Venezuelan refugees and migrants.
Express chief photographer Dexter Philip was there and captured this footage.
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- Title
- US sanctions on Venezuela crippling Trinidad and Tobago
- Runtime
- 2:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr Keith Rowley said his country is suffering from collateral damage of United States’ foreign policy on Venezuela.
He said as a result of the US sanctions on Venezuela, T&T have been deprived of commercial access to significant available volumes of natural gas, which Venezuela has agreed to sell to the twin-island State.
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- Title
- Kamla: Validation Bill innocuous
- Runtime
- 4:11
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Stating her distrust of the Government, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar labelled the Validation Bill tabled to address the life of councillors and aldermen between December 2022 and May 18, 2023, as innocuous, and asking to validate future actions that are unknown.
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- Title
- Opposition 'devious' in their call for Local Government elections
- Runtime
- 4:07
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Local Government Minister Faris AL-Rawi said the call by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar to have Local Government election before implementing the reforms to the Municipal Corporations Act, is a devious one.
He noted that if that is done then the reforms would not apply to the incumbents and would only take effect fours years down the road.
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- Title
- Gone to the Dogs
- Runtime
- 1:56
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- An activist who infiltrated the San Fernando Dog Pound and recorded video of the animals placed there on Saturday, alleged that the animals were abandoned by the City Corporation over the weekend.
Footage of dogs in kennels at the Lady Hailes Avenue pound were shared on social media on Saturday afternoon, showing the animals were in cages and covered in flies
This is a video was captured by Express Chief Photographer, who visited the facility on Sunday.
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- Title
- 60 workers affected as fire destroys factory
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A May 26 fire, which destroyed a Freeport plant that manufactures plastic disposable products, has left 60 workers on the breadline.
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- Title
- Rowley attacks UNC 'corruption'
- Runtime
- 9:00
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley calls out Opposition party the United National Congress for their contribution in the 25-year Piarco Airport corruption case.
He says if people vote for them then they can expect more of what transpired in the Piarco Airport corruption scandal.
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- Title
- Basdeo Panday celebrates 90th birthday
- Runtime
- 4:07
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Former prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Basdeo Panday, who celebrates his 90th birthday on May 25, said he has no intention of being anywhere else in the world, other than his beloved country, with family and friends.
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- Title
- Hinds: 360-degree radar is working
- Runtime
- 2:33
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds says Trinidad and Tobago's 360-degree radar system is fully functional.
He was responding to a question in Parliament by Opposition MP Rodney Charles as to what urgent measures were being contemplated to ensure that the ports of entry were secured and to arrest the masterminds behind the recent $234 million cocaine bust.
Hinds noted that there is no coast guard fleet in the world that can patrol all legal and illegal ports of entry around the country.
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- Title
- Protect yourself, seek legal advice
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has accused some members of the Trinidad and Tobago Police service of taking instructions from the Government.
She advised the officers at the centre of the Brent Thomas fiasco to seek legal advice and protect themselves from being incriminated in what is deemed the illegal detention of Thomas.
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- Title
- Call Elections Now
- Runtime
- 1:21
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has threatened legal action against Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley should he fail to call the local government election.
She said a team of lawyers are preparing a pre action protocol letter and if he fails to respond they will be going back to the Privy Council.
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- Title
- Patrick Arnold goes home to his favourite music
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Former Pan Trinbago president Patrick Arnold is given a fitting sendoff with a procession through the streets of Scarborough, Tobago on May 23.
Arnold passed away on May 9, at the age of 84.
Mourners and well-wishers held placards with Arnold’s face and the procession was accompanied by steelpan music.
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- Title
- Guyana declares 3 days of national mourning for fire victims
- Runtime
- 3:50
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- President Irfaan Ali has declared three days of national mourning in honour of the 19 children who perished in a fire at the Mahdia Secondary School on May 22.
Flags will be flown at half mast during those three days of prayer and mourning.
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- Title
- School fire maliciously set
- Runtime
- 0:38
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A senior official of the Guyana Fire Service said their investigation concluded that the fire at the Mahdia Secondary School on May 22, which claimed the lives of 19 children, was maliciously set.
A female student has been reported as being responsible for the fire.
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- Title
- 19 perish in Guyana's school fire
- Runtime
- 2:02
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- 19 children died after an early-morning fire razed the dormitory at the Mahdia Secondary School 100 miles south-west of Georgetown on May 22.
Guyana's President Irfaan Ali said despite the first responders best efforts in deploying assets to the scene, they were unable to save the lives of those children.
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- Title
- Wade Mark: "That is Treason"
- Runtime
- 0:57
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- OPPOSITION Senator Wade Mark is anticipating that Government may be considering bringing legislation to further delay the calling of local government elections in spite of last Thursday’s Privy Council judgment.
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- Title
- Minister visits overpass
- Runtime
- 0:41
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Braving yesterday’s inclement weather, Works Minister Rohan Sinanan said it will cost about $185 million for overall work on the Diego Martin Vehicular Overpass Project, which is expected to be completed by October.
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- Title
- Moonilal: Gov’t should address nation
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal is questioning whether the postponement of the Local Government Election was actually a precursor to the Government's intention to also postpone the general election that is constitutionally due in 2025.
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- Title
- Wounded daughter, 12, attends mother's funeral
- Runtime
- 1:44
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The 12-year-old daughter of Asha George, who was wounded in a gun attack that claimed the life of her mother, was allowed to attend her mother’s funeral.
George and her 30-year-old boyfriend Devon Drayton were shot dead inside her home on May 11.
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- Title
- Grenada Co-operative Bank acquires FirstCaribbean's asset in Grenada
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- FirstCaribbean’s chief executive officer Mark St Hill speaks on sale of the organisation's Grenada asset to Grenada Co-operative Bank Ltd.
The process of transferring FirstCaribbean’s clients to Grenada Co-Operative Bank Ltd is expected to be completed by July 14, after the deal received approval from the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank.
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- Title
- Zero hunger by 2030 ‘doubtful’ for T&T
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Trinidad and Tobago is unlikely to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger by 2030.
Nela Dwarika-Ali, deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, said challenges outside of their control, such as the effects of climate change, serve to make that timeline unlikely.
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- Title
- I rescued him twice, yet he died
- Runtime
- 3:20
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Harry Baboolal, 75, recounts his rescue of his 80-year-old brother Soogrim from their burning home on May 14..
Soogrim, who sustained burns to 95 per cent of his body, died of his injuries after spending days in the hospital’s intensive care unit.
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- Title
- OWTU: Reopen all of Petrotrin’s medical centres
- Runtime
- 1:44
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union wants the Government to reopen all medical centres that belonged to former State oil refinery Petrotrin.
Union leader Ancel Roget said a combination of the loss of their medical plan, negotiated to serve them for the entirety of their life after retirement, and the closure of the medical centres, has contributed to the death of hundred of retirees.
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- Title
- Small businesses desperately need their VAT refunds
- Runtime
- 2:58
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Opposition Senator Jearlean John calls on the Government to urgently pay outstanding VAT refunds to small businesses.
She noted that unpaid VAT refunds could serve as working capital for small, medium and micro enterprises, many of which were under pressure to stay afloat.
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- Title
- Bees swarm Mayaro
- Runtime
- 0:12
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds of bees swarmed the Mayaro town centre on Wednesday afternoon, attacking several unsuspecting pedestrians who were moving in and out of the area.
Videos of elderly persons, school children and passers-by attempting to evade the insect surge were posted on social media by noon yesterday, as businesses temporarily shut doors awaiting a solution.
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- Title
- Trade Minister boasts of sound investment climate in T&T
- Runtime
- 2:44
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon says Trinidad and Tobago's investment climate is booming and hundreds of jobs have been created.
She said investments are anticipated to surpass $1 billion, and with Phoenix Park having closed 14 investments thus far: $93 million in local investments and over $200 million in foreign investments, over 600 jobs will be created.
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- Title
- Law Association's action saddens T&T's Attorney General
- Runtime
- 3:31
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Attorney General Reginald Armour, who piloted The Miscellaneous Provisions (Trial by Judge Alone) Bill 2023, said he was “saddened” that the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago, invited as a stakeholder, shared correspondence with respect to the bill with some members of the Senate before he (Armour) had an opportunity to see it.
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- Title
- ‘Golden buzzer’ for Trini on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’
- Runtime
- 2:07
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Trinidad-born Gamal John get the golden buzzer on Britain’s Got Talent.
The Londoner stunned the audience and judges with his rendition of James Brown’s “It’s A Man’s World” on episode six of the TV talent competition.
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- Title
- Trials by jury reduce possibility of interference
- Runtime
- 4:14
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Trial by jury provides a platform of less room for interference, and it reduces the probability of a judge becoming a target for criminal elements.
This was the argument put forward by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar in responding to the Government plan of moving to judge-only trials.
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- Title
- Kamla: We need answers
- Runtime
- 2:09
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar defends her decision to write to Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley, seeking an answer for the detention and return to Trinidad of firearms specialist Brent Thomas, which was ruled 'unlawful' by a Trinidad court.
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- Title
- Trinidad and Tobago's government awarded US$131.3m in airport corruption matter
- Runtime
- 6:15
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Rural Development Minister Faris Al-Rawi announces the awarding of a US$131.3m judgment to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago by a Miami judge, arising out of the the 2004 civil litigations brought against defendants in the Piarco Airport corruption scandal.
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- Title
- Fyzabad families flee oil leak
- Runtime
- 3:02
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Fyzabad resident Azan Mohammed speaks on the oil spill that led to the evacuation of 20 residents, including the 14 members of his family.
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- Title
- Someone Knows Something: Ryan Johnitty
- Runtime
- 3:11
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- This Mother’s Day, say a prayer for Mona Johnitty who lost her only child to criminals almost two years ago but never stopped being a mother.
Every morning she awakes, she thinks, prays, and whispers her son’s name – Ryan.
Parents of murder victim Ryan Johnitty, spoke with the Express on Thursday at their deceased son's home at Palm Avenue, Aripero. Express chief photographer Dexter Philip captured this footage.
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- Title
- Chaos in Parliament as Government and Opposition trade jabs
- Runtime
- 5:19
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago descended into chaos over an unanswered question involving the controversial “abduction” of local firearms dealer Brent Thomas from Barbados.
Despite Opposition MP Dr Roodal Moonilal affirming to Deputy House Speaker Esmond Forde that he withdrew the question, another Opposition MP called on Leader of Government Business Camille Robinson-Regis to answer the question on behalf of Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne.
Subsequently, a shouting match played out between members on both sides of the House.
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- Title
- We need to protect the paradise of Tobago
- Runtime
- 5:07
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Describing the murder rate in both Trinidad and Tobago as a national crisis, Chief Secretary Farley Augustine said everything will be done to ensure Tobago remains a paradise.
The island recently recorded its sixth murder for the year.
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- Title
- Armour ‘misled the Parliament’
- Runtime
- 4:50
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Attorney General Reginald Armour has been referred to the Parliament's Privilege Committee for for misleading the House.
In moving the motion, Opposition MP Saddam Hosein said the AG deliberately misled the Standing Finance Committee and, by extension, the House of Representatives, when he said he provided a list of all attorneys who would be collecting fees under the Office of the Attorney General, knowing that he did not do so.
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- Title
- Deyalsingh: Hospitals, old or new, need maintaining
- Runtime
- 2:55
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh defends budgetary supplementations to his ministry, stating that hospitals, such as the Couva Children's Hospital, need maintaining.
He said it was senseless to think that because it's a new hospital, it doesn't need maintaining.
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- Title
- ‘Please help them’
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- King's Counsel Jerome Lynch said the families of the four divers who died while trapped inside a 36-inch pipeline at Paria Fuel last year should “helped”.
He noted that while as chairman of the Commission of Enquiry into the incident he cannot mandate such action, in his personal view financial assistance to the bereaved families was a matter of common decency.
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- Title
- Some Trainline residents abandon their homes despite police intervention to curb crime
- Runtime
- 0:49
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Police have come up with several anti-crime measures to assist residents of Trainline in St Augustine, after a spate of deadly violence has taken six lives in the community.
Some residents have opted to leave the community, fearing they may fall victim to the criminal elements.
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- Title
- Fire destroys Pleasantville home, family left to pick up the pieces
- Runtime
- 2:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Mother of six, Ronelsa Jewel Peters, said she escaped death when a fire completely destroyed her Pleasantville home on May 10.
She choked back the tears as she stood in the rubble of what she said was the only house she ever knew.
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- Title
- Who leaked Foster's financial dealings with Venture?
- Runtime
- 2:56
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Minister of Youth Development and National Service Foster Cummings says he has engaged attorneys and the police to determine how details of his financial dealings with Venture Credit Union were leaked to the media.
The details of a $14.5m loan with credit union were publicised in a three-part expose by media house Caribbean Communication Network.
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- Title
- He’s being vilified because he’s a black man
- Runtime
- 8:15
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Housing Minister Camille Robinson-Regis came out in defence of Minister of Youth Development and National Service Foster Cummings.
She said the only reason he's being vilified over a perfectly transparent $14.5m financial transaction is because he's a black man trying to get ahead in life.
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- Title
- Procurement law needs full understanding for its effectiveness
- Runtime
- 4:27
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said the Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Act is a “complex” procurement law and there's need for it to be fully understood by public servants.
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- Title
- Moonilal: Senator must return his silk
- Runtime
- 1:23
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Opposition MP Dr Roodal Moonilal believes the independence of Independent Senator Anthony Vieira has been compromised by his acceptance of the designation of senior counsel from the Government.
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- Title
- Kamla: Rowley laziest PM ever in T&T
- Runtime
- 2:39
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar labels Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley the “laziest” Prime Minister in the history of Trinidad and Tobago.
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- Title
- Chaguanas traffic hampering growth and prosperity
- Runtime
- 1:56
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Chaguanas East MP Vandana Mohit and mayor Faaiq Mohammed speak on the need for the alleviation of traffic in the Borough of Chaguanas.
Video credit: Vandana Mohit
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- Title
- President's husband and brother awarded 'silks'
- Runtime
- 2:31
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Kerwyn Garcia, husband of President Christine Kangaloo, and her brother were among the 18 attorneys who received senior counsel status from the Head of State on May 8.
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