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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Verdel Bishop

    President: Leadership cannot be about trading insults (opens the original)

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    Public discourse in Trinidad and Tobago has become “harsher, coarser, and more inflammatory”, and insults and provocation are too often replacing argument and persuasion, President Christine Kangaloo has said. Speaking on Tuesday evening at the International Women’s Forum of Trinidad and Tobago’s (IWFTT) Inspirational Women Awards Gala at the Hyatt Regency (Trinidad), Port of Spain, Kangaloo said the situation was particularly concerning when such language came from people entrusted with

  2. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Verdel Bishop

    BOMB THREATS SHUT SCHOOLS (opens the original)

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    Bomb threats following long holidays appear to be becoming a recurring problem, Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA) president Crystal Ashe has said. His comment came following bomb threats at four secondary schools yesterday—Arima North Secondary, El Dorado East Secondary, El Dorado West Secondary and Tunapuna Secondary—which resulted in the students being evacuated. In a WhatsApp exchange with the Express yesterday, Ashe said more must be done to locate the individua

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Verdel Bishop

    Schoolboys play dangerous game taunting cars (opens the original)

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    That was the warning yesterday from the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers' Association (TTUTA) following a video that has gone viral showing six boys in St James Secondary School uniforms running back and forth in a roadway and daring motorists to hit them. In a WhatsApp exchange with the Express Tuesday, TTUTA president Crystal Ashe said the association was 'deeply concerned' about the video showing students in school uniform engaging in 'a dangerous game/actions' on what appears to be a pub

  4. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Verdel Bishop

    DON’T GIVE IN TO FEAR (opens the original)

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    THE fight against crime must not come at the expense of freedom, President Christine Kangaloo has said. In her Republic Day message to citizens, Kangaloo said the country must be careful that fear does not lead to the erosion of citizens’ rights. “Crime has caused profound grief and anxiety in homes and communities across our country,” she said. Kangaloo continued, “The State has an undeniable duty to protect life, maintain public order and ensure that citizens can live without fear. Yet

  5. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Verdel Bishop

    Al-Rawi: Drug bust 'a big win' (opens the original)

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    OPPOSITION Senator Faris Al-Rawi has congratulated the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard and its international partners following the interception of a vessel carrying 440.20 kilogrammes of cocaine with an estimated street value of $204.5 million. The seizure was made in the northern Gulf of Paria on Monday and four men were detained. Speaking to reporters outside Parliament on Tuesday, Al-Rawi, a former attorney general, said the drug bust represented a 'huge win' in the fight against crime and d

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