Skip to content
HeyJared

Vivian Bowen

Reporter

Indexed articles, last 90 days
30
Latest publication
Sep 30, 2026
Audience
Checking…
Earliest in this view
Jul 12, 2026

Latest articles

  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Vivian Bowen

    PM: Govt to fight local drug mafia (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    More than 8.3 tonnes of illegal narcotics—including cocaine, mari­juana and heroin with an estima­ted street value of over $1.6 billion— were destroyed by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) at the Caroni Cremation Site yesterday. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-­Bissessar acknowledged the burning of the illegal drugs, saying in a social media post, “This value of drugs seized from the local drug mafia amounts to approximately 1% of our annual GDP. Thanks to the efforts of our bra

  2. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Vivian Bowen

    Former PDO detainee recounts 100-day ordeal (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    Holding back tears while describing his ordeal after spending 100 days in State custody, a former detainee held under a Preventive Detention Order (PDO) without charge said he contemplated suicide at one point. The man, who asked to speak anonymously, stated that thoughts of his common-law wife and five children kept him from ending his life, as he was trying to remain strong for them. His wife, who also accompanied her husband to Quantum Legal on September 18, spoke anonymously with the Sunday

  3. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Vivian Bowen

    Stand up against MPs (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    Minister of Homeland Security Ro­ger Alexander says people living in People’s National Movement (PNM)-­controlled constituencies should stand against their Members of Parliament and let them know they want the Special Operations Bill (SOB) enforced in their communities. Alexander made the comment while speaking with journalists yesterday following a tour of the newest Housing Development Corporation (HDC) development in his Tunapuna constituency ahead of its official launch. The development

  4. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Vivian Bowen

    MoE workers walk out over rat droppings (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    WORKERS at the Ministry of Education (MoE) are refusing to work following sightings of rat droppings in the building. Yesterday, Public Services Association (PSA) president Felisha Thomas addressed scores of workers outside the ministry’s St Vincent Street, Port of Spain headquarters and instructed them to sign the register and go home. She said the Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) had become involved in the matter, along with a Public Health Inspector. Thomas said she was aware th

  5. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Vivian Bowen

    State may face legal action over SoE detentions (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    PNM Senator Sanjiv Boodhu says the State could face hundreds of compensation claims from people detained under preventive detention orders (PDOs) during the state of emergency (SoE) which ended yesterday. Boodhu said people who were detained under PDOs and subsequently released without charge could seek damages from the State, warning that the financial consequences could extend to future administrations. Boodhu made the comments during a telephone interview yesterday, saying the Government shou

Publishing over time

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Recurring subjects

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

Audience

No verified audience measurement yet.

About this data

Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.

Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.

See coverage about Vivian Bowen