Trinidad Express
All-inclusive floating hotel lands 1,500 visitors for Trinidad Carnival
- Title
- All-inclusive floating hotel lands 1,500 visitors for Trinidad Carnival
- Runtime
- 6:16
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- 1,500 foreign visitors landed in Trinidad for Carnival 2023 aboard the cruise liner Rhapsody of the Seas.
The vessel, which docked Port of Spain on February 17 and is scheduled to depart on February 21, serves as an all-inclusive floating hotel, which saves it passengers the hassle of restricted access to flights and hotel accommodation.
- Title
- Missing hikers found by rescue team
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Two hikers from Chaguanas were rescued by members of the Hunters Search and Rescue Team after they lost their way on a visit to the L’eau Michel mud volcano, off Bunsee Trace in Penal.
- Title
- London secures Kaisorama three-peat
- Runtime
- 8:09
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Two masters of the artform Winston "Gypsy" Peters and Brian London engaged in a high-quality 'extempo warfare' at Kaisorama 2023. However, it was the two-time defending champion London who emerged victorious at the Queen's Park Savannah in Port of Spain, registering a hat-trick of titles.
- Title
- Mitera's courage
- Runtime
- 5:29
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Mechanical engineer Mitera Balkaran, 33, returns to her home country of Trinidad to have a Hindu wedding with her husband Konstantin Bellut.
Balkaran, who has been living in Belgium, was diagnosed with Undifferentiated Pleomorphic High-grade Sarcoma (UPS), a rare form of cancer, which has spread throughout her body, and given eights weeks to live by doctors.
- Title
- Jackson: I have no hatred for Watson Duke
- Runtime
- 5:28
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Former deputy political leader of the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) Kezel Jackson said she does not hate party leader Watson Duke.
Admitting that she had an affair with Duke, who is married, Jackson said despite the nasty things he has said about her, she will rise above that and not carry hatred in her heart.
- Title
- Selwyn John - last man standing in the gayelle
- Runtime
- 2:30
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Selwyn John, 33, added more stick-fighting glory to his resume by capturing the National Carnival Commission (NCC) 2023 stick-fighting title.
John, a member of the Rio Claro Gayelle, has copped the “King of the Rock” titles in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
- Title
- Low salaries, staff shortage hamper Children's Authority
- Runtime
- 3:22
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Acting director of the Children’s Authority of Trinidad and Tobago sad low salaries and understaffing have impacted negatively on their mandate to treat with children who have been sexual abused or otherwise.
- Title
- Batson hypes up schools' chutney monarch
- Runtime
- 0:43
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Guest artiste Anthony Batson has the students singing and dancing to soca chutney at the Schools' Intellectual Chutney Monarch competition at the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah in Port Of Spain
- Title
- Death, not roses, for Rio Claro woman on Valentine's Day
- Runtime
- 1:22
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Businessman Shazam Mohammed shares with the Express the troubled and abusive relationship his employee Patrice Rachel Ann Aaron was entangled in.
Aaron's nude body was found in her rented rented apartment Rio Claro apartment on Valentine's day.
Police suspect the 30-year-old mother of two was murdered.
- Title
- Kees, Shaggy shine at "Iz We" 2023
- Runtime
- 3:56
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Kees Dieffenthaller said it is 'a dream come true' to be performing alongside Jamaican reggae star Shaggy (Orville Richard Burrell).
The two shared the stage for a crowd-pleasing performance during the "Iz We" concert on Valentine's Night 2023.
- Title
- Rowley: T&T's refinery available for sale
- Runtime
- 1:48
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley tells the audience at the International Energy Conference in Georgetown, Guyana, that Trinidad and Tobago's mothballed oil refinery is available for sale.
- Title
- "Mighty" Helon
- Runtime
- 3:59
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Helon Francis was a crowd favourite at Calypso Fiesta 2023 with his nation-building song "Mighty".
- Title
- Debe man dies in road accident
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Debe resident Selwyn Khan dies after his Mitsubishi Canter truck was struck by a trailer truck on the Debe M2 Ring Road, near Gandhi Village.
- Title
- "The Dream" to pursue 400m exploits
- Runtime
- 2:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem "The Dream" Richards shares his learning curve with the Trinidad Express after capturing gold in the men's 400 metres event at the 2023 Millrose Games, in just his second outing of the 2023 indoor track and field season.
- Title
- Nessa Preppy walks off Fire Fete stage
- Runtime
- 0:57
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Miscommunication between Nessa Preppy and band Temperature leads to her walking off the stage during her set at Fire Fete.
Preppy's request for the band to play her recently released Carnival 2023 track “Dy Mood”, which they rehearsed, was not accommodated.
- Title
- Katzenjammers rules the Medium Bands roost
- Runtime
- 2:06
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Katzenjammers captures the Medium Conventional Bands category of Panoram 2023 with the Kersh Ramsey arrangement of Baron's 1990 hit “Tell Me Why."
- Title
- Jereem to explore 'untapped' potential at 400 metres
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem "The Dream" Richards shares his learning curve with the Trinidad Express after capturing gold in the men's 400 metres event at the 2023 Millrose Games, in just his second outing of the 2023 indoor track and field season.
- Title
- Bishop Anstey snares girls uner-17 200m relay gold
- Runtime
- 2:21
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Bishop Anstey High School's quartet of Sharlene Phillip, Berena Antoine, Tessica Laurence and Jeniah Tobias, running in that order, clocked two minutes, 01.49 seconds to capture gold in the Secondary Schools' Track and Field Relay Festival girls' under-17 4x200 metres, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, in Port of Spain, on February 10.
- Title
- Parliament erupts over gang association accusations
- Runtime
- 5:24
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Bacchanal erupted in the Parliament when National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds said a Commissioner of Police stated to a Joint Select Committee that an Opposition MP was followed by undercover police officers because intelligence found that he was about to have a surreptitious meeting with gang leaders in Port of Spain, having paid their bill at the Hyatt hotel.
He was at the time responding to a question if the Government had any discussions or dealings with criminal gangs.
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- Title
- No Foot and Mouth Disease in Schools
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Education Minister Nyan Gadsby-Dolly said no cases of hand, foot and mouth disease had been reported in any schools for the current school term, term II, of the academic year.
- Title
- Erla is officially top cop
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Erla Harewood-Christopher receives her letter of promotion to the position of Police Commissioner from the Police Service Commission.
She became the first woman to hold the post of Commissioner of Police in Trinidad and Tobago.
- Title
- Borough status no cause for election concerns
- Runtime
- 1:23
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Local Government Minister Faris Al-Rawi said there's a “false argument” that the elevation of the status of Diego Martin and Siparia Regional Corporations to boroughs will put electoral boundaries in jeopardy.
He made the statement while piloting the Miscellaneous Provisions (Establishment of the Borough of Diego Martin and the Borough of Siparia).
- Title
- Bunji brings back 'BMOBILE in bSquare; with a bang
- Runtime
- 4:55
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The Viking of Soca, Bunji Garlin, hypes up Woodford Square in Port of Spain on the return of the lunchtime soca concert BMOBILE in bSquare after a six-year hiatus.
- Title
- Sookhai expresses confidence in amendments to Firearm Act
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- In his maiden contribution in the Senate, newly-appointed Government Senator Richie Sookhai praised the State’s legislative amendments to the Firearms Act.
He said the proposed amendments demonstrate the Government’s fortitude and willingness to take the necessary steps to put a handle on the burgeoning crime situation.
- Title
- Only love for Anil
- Runtime
- 3:39
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Pritivi Bheem, younger daughter of Anil Bheem, and Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar pay tribute to cultural icon Anil Bheem at his funeral service.
- Title
- Snakey cops Young King title
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Heaven Charles aka Snakey, captured the 2023 Young King titled with his nation-building song titled “What Yuh Need Again Trinbago”.
- Title
- Govt removes Clause 10 in Firearm Amendment Bill
- Runtime
- 3:41
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Independent Senator Anthony Vieira highlights his lack of support for Clause 10 to the Firearms Amendment Bill.
The clause, which sought to give the Minister of National Security the power to extend the validity of a firearm user’s licence (FUL) beyond the three-year period granted by the Commissioner of Police, was eventually deleted from the amendments.
- Title
- Top Cop Blanks JSC
- Runtime
- 3:35
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Police Commissioner-elect Erla Harewood-Christopher came in for some criticism by Parliamentarians after she was a no-show at a Joint Select Committee (JSC) meeting on National Security.
- Title
- TTPS touts a different approach to crime fighting
- Runtime
- 2:09
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- ACP Criminal Division Winston Maharaj admitted the approach used by the police in the past has not yielded expected results.
He stated that a new paradigm adopted by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service will lead to a reduction in crime beginning in the month of February..
- Title
- Forging T&T's identity
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said sport and culture are at the forefront of Government development projects as they help identify who we are as a people
- Title
- Superville is super still
- Runtime
- 4:49
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Vice-captain and long-standing member of T&TEC Tropical Angel Harps Steal Orchestra, Raymond Superville, continues to inspire and show that he's still skillful on the tenor pan despite losing his eyesight.
Superville was a part of the Angel Harps unit that progressed to the Large Band final of Panorama 2023.
- Title
- Janae De Gannes blazes to victory
- Runtime
- 0:40
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Concorde's Janae De Gannes wins the girls' under-20 200 metres event at the NAAATT Track and Field Series #3 meet, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, on February 5, 2023.
- Title
- AG retains retired judges John and Nelson to spearhead malicious prosecution judgment investigation
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley outlines the scope of the investigation into the missing file surrounding the malicious prosecution lawsuit by nine men freed of murder.
The investigation is to be conducted by retired Court of Appeal judge Stanley John, assisted by another retired judge Rolston Nelson, SC.
- Title
- Rowley defends retired judges Nelson and John
- Runtime
- 2:58
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley defends the appointment of retired judges Rolston Nelson, SC, and Stanley John, to lead the investigation into the missing file in the malicious prosecution case involving nine men freed of kidnapping and murdering businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman.
- Title
- T&T eyes sealing Dragon gas deal with Venezuela
- Runtime
- 2:13
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said the Venezuelan government has made no statement with respect to treating with Trinidad and Tobago on the Dragon gas deal, despite the United States placing a prohibition on countries making cash payments to Venezuela.
- Title
- Tributes flow for Shakir Wells
- Runtime
- 2:14
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- An emotional Terryl Wells pays tribute to his his 22-year-old son Shakir Wells.
The American Airlines employee was shot and killed in Wallerfield on January 24 while dropping off a package for a friend after returning from New York.
- Title
- Eastern Credit Union’s Primary Schools Calypso two-time reigning monarch Zachary Ransome
- Runtime
- 3:23
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Standard 3 pupil of Montrose Government Primary School, 9-year-old Zachary Ransome performs his original calypso entitled “Do Yuh Thing” during Eastern Credit Union’s 31st Primary Schools Calypso competition held at La Joya yesterday. Ransome also won the title last year.
- Title
- Forest fugitive kills two in Rio Claro
- Runtime
- 3:44
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- An armed fugitive who has evaded captured by hiding in the Rio Claro forest is said to be responsible for the shooting deaths of Kendell Joseph Francis, 18, and his brother-in-law Marlon Clarke, 29.
Francis sister Petrina said an argument over a $200 debt he owes the family led to him shooting Clarke and her brother, as well as her father James, who survived.
- Title
- Renegades leads the way for Panorama 2023
- Runtime
- 6:29
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- BP Renegades, 268 points, Exodus (266.5) and Massy Trinidad All Stars (265), put themselves in line for Panorama glory when they occupied the first three positions at the preliminary round of the 2023 National Panorama Large Band category.
Here are some highlights of their performances.
- Title
- Armour: We never saw the file
- Runtime
- 4:46
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, said the mysterious disappearance of the file in the malicious prosecution case involving the nine men accused of Vindra Naipaul-Coolman murder, caused the failure of the State to put in a defence in the matter.
This failure led to a $20 million award in their favour.
- Title
- MTS burdened by outstanding receivables of State enterprises
- Runtime
- 2:21
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The Ministry of Education owes the National Maintenance, Training and Security Company Ltd (MTS) $384 million.
This disclosure came from MTS chief executive officer Lennox Rattansingh, during a virtual sitting of the Public Accounts Enterprise Committee of Parliament.
- Title
- Are local produce safe for consumption?
- Runtime
- 5:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Government Senator Lawrence Hislop raises questions about the safety of local produce being consumed as it relates to the level of pesticide usage by farmers.
- Title
- Data protection an utmost priority
- Runtime
- 2:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Independent Senator Anthony Vieira supported the Opposition's call for the implementation of the Data Protection Act since data is at the centre of business, and Government organisations need to get it right where protection and security are concerned.
- Title
- Data - The new 'natural gas'
- Runtime
- 2:14
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Minister of Digital Transformation Hassel Bacchus said there exists a balancing act between data protection and data usage.
He was responding to a private motion by Opposition Senator Wade Mark, seeking an update on the legislation and calling on the Government to proclaim the Data Protection Act.
- Title
- Get Out From Here!
- Runtime
- 7:35
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Pearly Graham, a 38-year-old mother of four of Moruga, tells a heart-wrenching story of unprofessional treatment by a doctor and other medical staff at the Princes Town Health Facility which she believes ultimately led to the death of her twins.
- Title
- Bunji, Fay-Ann had the saints feting
- Runtime
- 6:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Soca artistes Bunji Garlin (Ian Alvarez) and his wife Fay-Ann Lyons-Alvarez had the crowd eating out of their hands during a scintillating hour-long performance at the annual St Mary's College "Fete with the Saints" Carnival event.
- Title
- Pundit chased from UNC's national congress
- Runtime
- 2:46
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Pundit Donny Samlal is bullied and harassed during the United National Congress (UNC) national congress, by persons claiming to be supporters of the party's political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
Samlal said he will be seeking legal advice on the way he was treated.
- Title
- Katelin, 8, advances to Chutney Soca Monarch final
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Katelin Sultan delivered a spectacular performance at the semi-final of the Chutney Soca Monarch to be among the 12 finalists named.
The eight-year-old primary school pupil is competing for the first time.
- Title
- Female traffic warden roughed up, handcuffed by off-duty police officer
- Runtime
- 3:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The Professional Standards Bureau of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service is investigating the actions of an off-duty officer who was captured on video physically assaulting a female traffic warden before handcuffing.
The reason for handcuffing the traffic warden, who was on duty at Frederick Street in Port of Spain at the time, is unclear.
- Title
- Calls for the reopening of the scrap metal industry in Trinidad and Tobago
- Runtime
- 4:14
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Trinidad and Tobago Scrap Iron Dealers Association president Allan Ferguson issued a call for the Government to reopen the industry as some 25,000 people had their income suddenly taken away and many struggled to buy food.
Supporting Ferguson's call was David Abdulah, political leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ), who wants an immediate implementation of The Scrap Metal Bill 2022.
