Trinidad Express Newspapers

SoE charade no crime plan

LET’S STOP the charade.Every few years when violent crime surges and the public outcry grows too loud to ignore, the Government of Trinidad and…

Crime conundrum of T&T

THE year 2024 has been another record breaking year in T&T for murders wherein we recorded some 620+ murders.This makes us a country with one of…

Call for curfew

There is need for a curfew in some areas, says El Socorro Nur-E-Islam Imam Sheraz Ali.Speaking to the Express yesterday on the crime crisis, Ali…

Call him the Word on Wheels

Kadeem Charles should be a dead man.On February 3, 2019, Charles, then just 20 years old, found himself looking down the wrong end of the barrel…

Equity in paying should take priority

Everybody should pay property tax, including politicians.But there must be fairness.So said Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA…

The Cenotaph secret

THE man who undertook the impressive restoration of the 99-year-old monument at Memorial Park, Port of Spain, is searching for some lost history…

State witness: ‘Only God knows’ why I left vehicle before killings

SHUMBA JAMES, the man said to be the person police were targeting when they shot to death three friends in Moruga in 2011, says God must have be…

Two men in court for New City Mall robbery

TWO men who were part of a group of ten allegedly caught by police robbing a clothing store in New City Mall, Port of Spain, last Saturday appea…

Six charged in relation to home invasions

Six men were charged by the police in relation to home invasions.

Dear Caricom, let’s do this

Caricom leaders have the opportunity today to surprise its population of roughly 19 million by turning its two-day talk shop on “Violence as a P…

Police gear found in bandits’ car

A POLICE bulletproof vest, tactical cap, badge, identification card, leg holsters, as well as 30 tie straps, and two rolls of duct tape, were di…

Mother’s message to daughter’s killer

If a mother’s love were enough to solve a crime, the person who tortured and ended the life of Norma Edwards’ only daughter would be behind bars.

Hinds: TTPS, Coast Guard launch probes

The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard and the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service have both embarked on investigations into the fatal shooting of b…

Walk out from your workplaces

NINETEEN activist groups have invited the nation to stage a “walkout” from workplaces in observation today of International Women’s Day (IWD) an…

Two men shot dead by cop

“It was an absolute miracle that no innocent people were injured or killed.”These were the words of a senior officer when speaking to the Expres…

Criminals prey on the lonely

OVER the past few months, citizens have been forced to stay at home, as the Public Health Ordinance has limited movement throughout the country,…

Clause in contract red-flagged Venezuela

There is in fact a clause in the contract for the 150,000 barrels of gasoline destined for Aruba from Paria Fuel Trading Company that seeks to p…

Political parties question integrity of EBC

Political Leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) David Abdulah said yesterday the party is seriously concerned about the special ballot…