Trinidad Express
Groups ramp up protest against Finance Minister
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- Groups ramp up protest against Finance Minister
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Members of the Push Back Movement and the Stakeholders United Movement, assembled at Express House, Port of Spain for the second time this month to express their dis-satisfaction with Finance Minister Colm Imbert.
The groups want Imbert to explain how the country was able to earn surplus revenue when it is earning significantly lower energy prices than the projected prices of $6 per MMBTU and $90 per barrel for both gas and oil.
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- Kidnap perpetrators killed by police
- Runtime
- 2:27
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- DCP Suzette Martin head of Intelligence and Investigations and Commander of the North-Central Division Snr Supt Richard Smith, speak to the media about the shooting death of four men alleged to be involved in the kidnapping of Anisha Hosein.
The men were said to be killed in a shootout with police at a forested area at St Michael’s Road, off St John’s Road, St Augustine.
The incident occurred approximately 11 hours after Hosein was set free by her abductors.
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- Eight homeless in arson attack
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The firebombing of the family residence of murder victim Atiba Wildman at Bayshore Road East in Marabella led to three other homes being burnt, with two of them completely destroyed by fire.
The arson attack left eight people homeless.
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- TT-born US citizen gunned down on way to church
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Radhir Seepersad, 63, aunt of murder victim Deryck Harrinath, explains to the Express the type of person her nephew was.
Harrinath, who returned to Trinidad after spending several years in the United States, was gunned down on the premises of his Krishna Gardens, Mon Desir Village home on the morning of May 19 as he was leaving to go to church.
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- 'Witch hunt' at SSA
- Runtime
- 2:07
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The dismissal and subsequent arrest of Director of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA), Retired Major Roger Best, has been labelled as a 'witch hunt' by Opposition MP Roodal Moonilal.
He said the move by the Government has led to the collapse of the independent intelligence unit which provided support to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service with respect to fighting crime.
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- Kamla: T&T broke
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has accused the Government of running the country on borrowed money.
She said between the period 2019-2023 the Government borrowed $58 billion, most of which were used to pay wages and salaries.
She declared Trinidad and Tobago to be broke.
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- Burnt body believed to be missing security guard
- Runtime
- 1:35
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The body of a man that was burnt beyond recognition was discovered in an empty lot at Ramatally Park in Avocat Village, Fyzabad, on May 20.
Police suspect it to be that of missing security guard Russell Bicano.
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- Massive turnout for funeral of loveable cop
- Runtime
- 3:02
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- There was standing room only at the Seventh Day Adventist Church on De Gannes Street in Arima. for the funeral service for Police Constable Dale “Rugrat” Mayers.
Mayers, who was very popular and well-liked in his community, was shot dead by a gunman during a hold-up at Unique Bar in Montrose on May 13, where he was liming with his wife and a friend.
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- MP Rambally calls for change in UNC leadership
- Runtime
- 4:41
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Chaguanas West MP Dinesh Rambally joined fellow MPs Rushton Paray, Rodney Charles, Anita Haynes-Alleyne, and Dr Rai Ragbir, in their call for new leadership of the United National Congress.
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- Water misery for some
- Runtime
- 1:19
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Residents of Williamsville display placards and empty water buckets, barrels and drums during a water protest on Sunday. The villagers who came out in their numbers and blocked the main road in Williamsville, told the Express they have been without a pipe borne water supply for over one month and are asking the Minister of Public Utilities Marvin Gonzales to intervene and hear their plight. Footage captured by Express Chief Photographer Dexter Philip
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- Gopee-Scoon calls for innovation
- Runtime
- 0:35
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon emphasised the need for innovation and technology in the poultry industry given the Caribbean region supplies more than 82% of the region’s animal protein dietary needs according to the Caribbean Poultry Association (CPA).
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- Rowley participates in IPL coin toss
- Runtime
- 0:43
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley participated in the coin toss at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai where the Mumbai Indians took on Lucknow Super Giants in an IPL 2024 match-up on May 17.
The PM and his wife Sharon Rowley are currently on a visit to India.
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- Robbery ordeal for Golconda man, daughter
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Ram Rampersad speaks of the ordeal of him and his daughter being robbed at gunpoint of her her newly-purchased sport utility vehicle, cash and other valuables on May 16 at their Retrench Village home in Golconda, South Trinidad.
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- Pipe-borne water for first time
- Runtime
- 0:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Corosal resident Gloria Joseph expresses her joy over the commissioning of the Corosal Water Improvement Project at the site of the new Corosal Booster Station on May 15.
The project, which cost $9 million, delivers a pipe-borne supply of water to residents in that community for the very first time.
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- THA invests in crime fighting apparatus
- Runtime
- 2:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Tobago House of Assembly's (THA) Chief Secretary Farley Augustine is not satisfied with the state of the national security apparatus on the island.
He said the THA has had to take from its budgetary allocations, which it is not mandated to do by law, and invest it in the island's national security apparatus to ensure that they are ready to fight crime.
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- Snake scare at school
- Runtime
- 1:22
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A large boa constrictor created a stir at the Manzanilla Secondary School when it was seen crawling into the ceiling of the school on May 15, 2024.
The snake, which was eventually captured by members of the Hunters Search and Rescue Team, was assumed to be have been there for a considerable time, feeding off the pigeons that roost at the school.
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- Hinds: Tobago murders linked to Trinidad gangs
- Runtime
- 1:53
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds says the eight murders in Tobago are actively being investigated by the police and evidence point to them being linked to gangs operating in Trinidad.
Hinds was responding to a question from Naparima MP Rodney Charles in the Parliament on May 13, 2024.
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- Ameen: UNC corporations neglected
- Runtime
- 3:55
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- St Augustine MP and shadow minister for local government, Khadijah Ameen, says the regional corporations controlled by the United National Congress are being neglected by Central Government.
Chaguanas mayor Faaiq Mohammed expressed similar sentiments during a press conference on May 9, 2024.
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- Protesters support Auditor General
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Push Back Movement staged a brief protest outside Express House, Port of Spain on May 9, in support of Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass who is engaged in a dispute with Finance Minister Colm Imbert.
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- Finance Minister: Inadvertent error in Public Accounts documentation
- Runtime
- 2:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Finance Minister Colm Imbert said the statements of declaration and certification of the original 2023 Public Accounts dated January 31, 2024 was inadvertently included in the package to the Auditor General containing the revised Public Accounts with its statements of declaration and certification dated April 16, 2024.
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- Desecration at Hindu temple...8 murtis destroyed
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The destruction of eight murtis at the Bharatiya Vidya Abhyas Mandali is described as a hate crime and an attack on Hindus by the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha.
On May 7, three life-sized and five smaller concrete murtis were destroyed in an incident that is not deemed a robbery.
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- Pt Fortin man gunned down
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Juliana Rauseo-Lewis, the mother of Brent Lewis, speaks with the media about the murder of her son.
Brent received a phone call around 8.45 pm on May 7, and when he walked out to meet the individual, he was shot by two men who pulled up in a white Nissan Tiida motor vehicle.
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- Cops kill man on rampage
- Runtime
- 3:16
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Jeremy Ramberran, 33, was shot dead by police on May 7 after he went on a rampage in Barrackpore, arming himself with a cutlass and throwing bricks at vehicles, causing damage.
Ramberran's father said he refuse to surrender the cutlass to police when asked to do so but advanced threateningly towards them before he was shot.
One man who had his windscreen damaged questioned who is going to compensate him for the damage.
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- Couple shot dead in mini-mart
- Runtime
- 2:48
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Kristian Vialva speaks to the media after her brother Kevin Ajodha and his girlfriend Jinelle Thompson were shot dead on May 7 at the mini-mart they operated in Penal.
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- Opposition Leader: No gun-free zones
- Runtime
- 1:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said they will not support the move by the Government to establish gun-free zones in Trinidad and Tobago.
She said such an initiative will prevent the holders of legal firearms from having their weapons on them when they enter these zones, thus leaving them vulnerable to criminals.
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- T&T gets international financial assistance for Tobago oil spill
- Runtime
- 3:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Energy Minister Stuart Young disclosed that all reasonable costs arising out of an oil spill in Tobago will be funded by the International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage.
He said the Government has estimated that US$14 and US$20 million (approximately TT$94 million-TT$135 million) would be required to treat with the spill.
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- Freeport teen stabbed to death in family fight
- Runtime
- 2:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Peter Coombs, the uncle of 19-year-old Alex Coombs, gives an account of the incident which led to his nephew being stabbed to death at their Freeport home on May 6, 2024.
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- Indarsingh: Tell the truth about NiQuan
- Runtime
- 2:17
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- United National Congress Member of Parliament for Couva South Rudranath Indarsingh has taken issue with the termination of 80 employees at NiQuan Energy Trinidad Limited and said the nation should be told the truth about matters involving the company.
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- Title
- Tancoo calls for Clarity
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- THE Opposition has accused the Government of systematically undermining this country’s independent institutions, yesterday claiming a “full scale attack” on the Auditor General.
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- Title
- Foster Cummings on the National Youth Awards
- Runtime
- 1:03
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Speaking at the launch of the 2024 edition of the National Youth Awards, at Hyatt Regency, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain, last week Monday, Minister Foster Cummings said there was the need for change.
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- Point Fortin borough day celebration launch.
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Service to bless the line up of events and the borough of Point Fortin was held on April 14, 2024 at St. Mark Anglican Church. Chief Celebrant: The Archdeacon Major Edwin Primus, Parish Priest: The Rev. Fr. Deane Husbands. Herein is a clip of the closing with the removal of the Colours.
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- May Day march in San Fernando
- Runtime
- 2:17
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Members of the trade union movement participate in the 2024 May Day march in San Fernando.
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- ‘US$26,000 for items never received’
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Opposition MP Dr Roodal Moonilal knocks the government over a payment of US$26,000 to an Indonesian firm which has since gone 'dark'.
The payment was for the purchase of four laser analysers for use by scrap metal inspectors, but the items were never received and the firm cannot be located.
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- Kamla stands firm against dissidents MPs
- Runtime
- 2:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Kamla Persad-Bissessar knocks five of her MPs for their the Opposition's failure to defeat a motion brought by the Government in the Senate on April 26.
The Opposition Leader maintains that had the five 'dissident' MPs been present, the Government's bid to extend the period for the Auditor General to examine and report on the finances of Trinidad and Tobago, would have failed.
The five; Anita Haynes-Alleyne, Rodney Charles, Dinesh Rambally, Dr Rai Ragbir and Rushton Paray have been at cross swords with Persad-Bissessar over her reluctance to have the party's (United National Congress) internal elections as constitutional due in June.
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- Demanding Answers
- Runtime
- 1:13
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Ramdaye Seegoolam says she is not being given answers about her medical condition, which continues to worsen. The 36-year-old said she received a stent in August 2021 after a stone was discovered in her kidney. Since then, the stent has not been changed and she has developed more stones in her kidney and her bladder.
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- Title
- 'Sanctify them lord'
- Runtime
- 3:37
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Archbishop Barbara Burke offered a prayer at the UNC (United National Congress's) Interfaith service and awards held yesterday at its Headquarters in Chaguanas. Video by Express photographer ISHMAEL SALANDY.
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- Title
- More security features in new polymer $100s
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The security features on the new polymer $100 notes to be issued in December will make it even more difficult to counterfeit.
So said Finance Minister Colm Imbert during a sitting of the Senate on April 23, 2024.
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- Fire officers forced to sleep next to fire trucks
- Runtime
- 0:12
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Male fire officers attached to the Port of Spain Fire Service headquarters on Wrightson Road had to pick up their cots and sleep next to the fire tricks due to non-functioning air-condition units in their dormitories.
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- NiQuan emptied T&T's money bag
- Runtime
- 2:47
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Opposition MP Dr Roodal Moonilal says the Government deal with NiQuan Energy Trinidad Ltd has left the taxpayers empty-handed.
He said the Government is still owed US$21 million from this deal while the company has gone 'bust'.
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- Opposition wants meeting with election body
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Opposition party the United National Congress (UNC) wants a meeting with the Election and Boundaries Commission.
Party leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said there's a need to discuss and seek clarification on several issues of concern to the UNC.
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- Al-Rawi: SRGC loaded with money
- Runtime
- 1:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Rural Development and Local Government Minister Faris Al-Rawi said the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation is “well stocked with money”, having around $1m at its disposal.
Responding to a question from Opposition Senator Damian Lyder on the eviction of several councillors of the Corporation for the non-payment of rent, during the April 22 Senate sitting, Al-Rawi said the issue is probably one of poor management.
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- Ex-teacher, 80, killed at home
- Runtime
- 2:11
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The body of 80-year-old retired schoolteacher Dennis Ramlal is removed from his Penal home on April 26, 2024.
Ramlal was discovered in the apartment, bound with stab wounds to the body.
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- Health Minister: Couva hospital open and functioning
- Runtime
- 4:25
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said contrary to statements by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar calling for the Government to open the Couva Children's Hospital, the hospital has been opened and operationalised.
- Title
- Senator: 'A chance to review SRC'
- Runtime
- 0:47
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Independent Senator Sunity Maharaj said there is opportunity to deal with the Salaries Review Commission (SRC) and address the constitutional mechanism that is not working for Trinidad and Tobago.
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- Title
- Gopeesingh: It was spite
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- IT is out of “spite and vindictiveness” that the PNM administration has chosen to not open the Couva Children's Hospital, said former education minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh yesterday.
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- Title
- Kamla: Open Couva Children's Hospital now
- Runtime
- 1:52
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has called for the immediate opening of the Couva Children’s Hospital.
Describing the recent deaths of 11 newborn babies at the Port of Spain General Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit a scandalous tragedy, she said the Couva Hospital is fully equipped and can address the “health crisis” in the nation.
- Title
- Rowley defends foreign travel
- Runtime
- 5:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- In defending his foreign travel, which had cost $10.6 million for 19 trips in the last three years, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said all his trips have resulted in benefits for the people of Trinidad and Tobago.
He also slammed the Opposition, who labeled the cost of his trips as 'scandalous', for having one prime ministerial trip in 2012 alone costing the taxpayers $12m, and another at $2.6m.
- Title
- Rowley: We are not immune to Venezuela-US dynamics
- Runtime
- 3:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said while Trinidad and Tobago is not immune to the geopolitical issues between Venezuela and the US, he hopes that the relationships built to promote Trinidad and Tobago's interest will augur well, especially as it relates to the Dragon gas deal between T&T and Venezuela.
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- PAHO to probe death of babies in Trinidad
- Runtime
- 3:05
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A three-member team of the Pan American Health Organisation is to investigate the recent deaths of several babies at the neo-natal ward of the Port of Spain General Hospital.
In a post-Cabinet news conference on April 18, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said the PAHO team is expected to be in Trinidad before the end of April.
- Title
- T&T to celebrate African Emancipation Day
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announces that effective August 1, 2024, the Emancipation Day public holiday will be renamed African Emancipation Day.
