Articles from Trinidad Express (24)
Father begs PM for help
In January 2024, Junior Emmanuel attended a United National Congress (UNC) anti-crime symposium where he shared the tragic story of his missing daughter, Sharday Emmanuel.The father held a placard with
The $440m LifeSport conspiracy
Eleven years after the LifeSport Programme was aborted amid allegations of corruption, a confidential police dossier and a sworn suspect witness statement have surfaced, exposing a movie-like scene of a
President Kangaloo: Peace increasingly elusive
PEACE is becoming increasingly elusive in today’s world, President Christine Kangaloo has said.Kangaloo made the remarks yesterday as she addressed the Rotary Club of Central Port of Spain’s 25th Model
Days before birthday, Arvin killed in crash
Just days from his birthday, a man was killed after his vehicle veered off a bridge into a river off the Solomon Hochoy Highway in the early-morning hours yesterday.Arvin Williams,
PM welcomes US Marines
PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday announced the start of joint training exercises between the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) and the United States Marine Corps 22nd Marine...
Alexander: 33% of crimes solved in 5-month period
THE crime detection rate stands at around 33%.Thirty three per cent of the 4,494 crimes committed between May 2025 and September 2025 in Trinidad and Tobago were solved by the
Pirate attacks decline amid US build-up
The large-scale deployment of troops, warships and aircraft across Latin America and the Caribbean area has led to a decline in pirate attacks, say fishermen in Central, South and Southwestern
US Marines in T&T to fight crime, not target Venezuela
The United States is helping Trinidad and Tobago with its war on illegal drugs and ammunition and is not using this country as a base to gather intelligence on Venezuela,
‘A frightening possibility’: Chote slams move to let JPs issue warrants
Two Independent senators—Sophia Chote and Dr Desiree Murray —have expressed reservations about giving Justices of the Peace the power to issue search warrants.Speaking in the Senate during debate on the
CHANGES FOR CAL
State-owned carrier Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) expects to soon fill several vacancies created by a wave of resignations earlier this year, according to its chairman, Reyna Kowlessar.Kowlessar...
Hyatt Lime gets the green light
THE Hyatt Lime will not be affected by the ban on fetes at facilities operated by the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT), Minister in the Office of
DECADE OF FAILURE
“A failure of delivery.”This is how Housing Minister David Lee has described the State’s performance in the housing sector over the past decade given that more than 100,000 applicants continue
‘Wait and see’ in Sea Lots
Sea Lots Open Bible church pastor Raymond O’Keele says there must be “a conversation with the guys from Sea Lots about Government’s plan to create an industrial, maritime trade, and
Moms in need
FOOD and shelter are the leading reasons women contact the Single Mothers’ Association of Trinidad and Tobago (SMATT).So says the association’s president and founder, Shermaine Wickham-Howe, when...
Patrick Manning's Vision 20/20, rebranded
“It is Patrick Manning’s Vision 2020 by another name.”San Fernando East MP Brian Manning made the comment yesterday in response to the UNC’s Trinidad and Tobago Revitalisation Blueprint, unveiled Thursday
SoE tribunal pushes back
THE State of Emergency Review Tribunal has pushed back against what it says are “misinformed” public statements and media reports accusing it of delaying or concealing decisions on the detention
Organised gangs are targeting visitors to Port of Spain
PORT OF SPAIN businessmen who complained about an increase in pick-pocketing and purse snatching met twice with the city’s mayor and the police this week bringing the issue to their
Customs launches debit card payment system
THE Customs & Excise Division has launched a Point of Sale (POS) debit card system, allowing customers to make payments directly at Customs offices across Trinidad and Tobago.The Ministry of
LIFESPORT FUND TIED TO DANA'S HIT
RUTH MARCHAN not only revealed the dark underbelly of the LifeSport programme to police investigators; she also provided information she suspected was linked to the killing of State prosecutor Dana
JUSTICE MUST BE TIMELY
Chief Justice Ronnie Boodoosingh has vowed to push for a more “efficient, high-performing Judiciary” as he warned that citizens are waiting too long for their matters to be heard and
TTPS: High-level conspiracy to defraud State
There are reasonable grounds to believe the services set out in LifeSport invoices were either not fully carried out or at all, and were never intended to be.So stated acting
Inside the $8m LifeSport heist
By May 2013, Adolphus Daniel had pocketed $34 million from the ill-fated LifeSport programme—the single largest payout made to any individual connected to the programme.And even with his pockets already
From audit to courtroom
THE controversial LifeSport programme, launched in 2012 with the aim of productively engaging at-risk youths, rapidly became one of the nation’s most high-profile political and legal...
Chairman Gopeesingh: Squandermania at NCRHA
Widespread corruption and fiscal mismanagement at the North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on contracts without transparency or...