Daily News Online TT/What Happened Yesterday (2026)

01/06/2026

Seven murders which occurred over the past 24 hours in separate incidents in Southern Trinidad are now engaging the attention of police.
One of the victims is 26-year-old Micah Joseph of John Jules Street, Fyzabad
Reports indicate that Joseph was fatally stabbed during an altercation with another man on Easy Street.
Police have detained a suspect in relation to the stabbing.
In another incident three men were shot dead in a house at Corinth Settlement St Madeleine.
They were identified as Clariey Kingfoo, Martin Harripersad and another man known by the alias “Joe.”
A resident told police he went to walk his dogs and while walking them he heard several gunshots. When he returned he found all three dead.
Two more people were also shot near an ATM on Penal Rock Road and a seventh person was in Morvant.
More information about this as it becomes available.

01/06/2026

Commuters were left stranded at the Priority Bus Route on the morning of June 1 as they waited for maxi taxis to pick them up to head to their locations, but Maxi taxis didn't stop.
A video circulated on social media depicted Maxi driving past while commuters waited patiently.
This, on the first day of a three-day strike to highlight grievances by the collective Maxi Taxi associations including unregularized taxi drivers taking up routes, unfair ticket regimes and other issues.

Grievances of Maxi taxi operators
1. The refusal to increase the current speed limit from 65 km.
2. The rapid increase of the illegal white buses currently plying routes designated for solid band maxis.
3. The refusal of the Licensing Office to insure that the legal limit of persons to be transported in vehicles/vans registered P and T is carried out.
4. The refusal by the relevant authorities to ensure that illegal white vans, good vehicles and private vehicles stop parking on the Maraval Maxi Stand (Duke Street)
5. The steady increase of the PH industry. The relevant authorities continue to turn a blind eye to this issue. Please note, we do empathize with the volume of unemployment facing the nation, however there are channels for persons to reclassify their vehicles from P to H.
6. Due to the growing number of the white vans these vehicles have begun to pull up on legitimate Maxi and Taxi Stands to solicit passengers.
7. These illegal white vans that are not subject to the inspection that is required by the Licensing Authorities and as such they actually put the travelling public at risk.
8. The constant promotion by Police officers and Media houses to refer to illegal white vans as Maxi Taxis thus placing a stigma on our industry.
9 The authorisation of the use of Illegal white vans even by the TTPS as was seen in the accident of a van in the vicinity of the Brain Lara Stadium after a carnival fete.
10. The current harassment of Maxi Taxis while driving through St James with regard to Pick up and Drop off for passengers. Please note there are no official Pick up and Drop off points on major Roadways and vehicles are parked on both sides of the streets.
11. The illegal parking of private cars on Maxi Stands.
12. Drop off/Pick up zones for schools in POS where services are required for Maxi Taxis but vehicles are parked in front of these schools.
13. The required upgrade of the turning point in Diego Martin.
14 The need to have either Police Officers and or Traffic Wardens visibly present at the locations where the P H and illegal vans ply their trade.
15 The current condition of the Roadway especially in the Petit Valley area.
16 The high cost of traffic fines due to the 65 km speed limit.
17. The issue of no parking signs placed on the Charlotte Street Stand infront of the Ombudsman building thus taking away a percentage of the Maxi Stand.
18. The inability of Maxi Taxis to enter POS but the illegal white vans and the PH vehicles are able to do so. This allows the travelling public to choose to travel with the illegal transport rather than the legal transport. The illegal transport can carry passengers to their required destination. (Maraval white vans)
19 The unauthorized parking of vehicles on Ariapita Avenue between 6 - 9 a.m. The sauce doubles at the corner of Anna Street and the Avenue. The newest challenge is the Dennies Funeral service on the Avenue during peak traffic hours affecting all road commuters.
20. The Ministry of Transport is unable in 2026 to provide us with City Passes and as such we are operating on a month to month authorisation from the PS of the Ministry of Transport. We are all aware of the harassment of Police Officers as they continue to challenge us on the validity of the temporary approvals of the 2025 passes we display.

30/05/2026

Maxi driver prepare for shutdown

Maxi Taxi drivers are cleaning and sanitising City Gate in preparation for a three-day shutdown of all Maxi Taxis from June 1 to June 3.
A letter circulating among Maxi taxi drivers says that all Maxi Taxis will withhold their services for the three days to bring a highlight to issues affecting various routs.
“Several meetings and letters have been sent to relevant Ministries, ministers and the relevant authorities without tangible results,” the letter says.
“This course of action has become necessary that our issues of all routes be taken into consideration.”
While apologising for the potential inconvenience the industrial action would cause, the Maxi Taxi associations said it was necessary to take action.

Grievances of Maxi taxi operators
In the letter the Association listed its grievances. They are as follows:

1. The refusal to increase the current speed limit from 65 km.
2. The rapid increase of the illegal white buses currently plying routes designated for solid band maxis.
3. The refusal of the Licensing Office to insure that the legal limit of persons to be transported in vehicles/vans registered P and T is carried out.
4. The refusal by the relevant authorities to ensure that illegal white vans, good vehicles and private vehicles stop parking on the Maraval Maxi Stand (Duke Street)
5. The steady increase of the PH industry. The relevant authorities continue to turn a blind eye to this issue. Please note, we do empathize with the volume of unemployment facing the nation, however there are channels for persons to reclassify their vehicles from P to H.
6. Due to the growing number of the white vans these vehicles have begun to pull up on legitimate Maxi and Taxi Stands to solicit passengers.
7. These illegal white vans that are not subject to the inspection that is required by the Licensing Authorities and as such they actually put the travelling public at risk.
8. The constant promotion by Police officers and Media houses to refer to illegal white vans as Maxi Taxis thus placing a stigma on our industry.
9 The authorisation of the use of Illegal white vans even by the TTPS as was seen in the accident of a van in the vicinity of the Brain Lara Stadium after a carnival fete.
10. The current harassment of Maxi Taxis while driving through St James with regard to Pick up and Drop off for passengers. Please note there are no official Pick up and Drop off points on major Roadways and vehicles are parked on both sides of the streets.
11. The illegal parking of private cars on Maxi Stands.
12. Drop off/Pick up zones for schools in POS where services are required for Maxi Taxis but vehicles are parked in front of these schools.
13. The required upgrade of the turning point in Diego Martin.
14 The need to have either Police Officers and or Traffic Wardens visibly present at the locations where the P H and illegal vans ply their trade.
15 The current condition of the Roadway especially in the Petit Valley area.
16 The high cost of traffic fines due to the 65 km speed limit.
17. The issue of no parking signs placed on the Charlotte Street Stand infront of the Ombudsman building thus taking away a percentage of the Maxi Stand.
18. The inability of Maxi Taxis to enter POS but the illegal white vans and the PH vehicles are able to do so. This allows the travelling public to choose to travel with the illegal transport rather than the legal transport. The illegal transport can carry passengers to their required destination. (Maraval white vans)
19 The unauthorized parking of vehicles on Ariapita Avenue between 6 - 9 a.m. The sauce doubles at the corner of Anna Street and the Avenue. The newest challenge is the Dennies Funeral service on the Avenue during peak traffic hours affecting all road commuters.
20. The Ministry of Transport is unable in 2026 to provide us with City Passes and as such we are operating on a month to month authorisation from the PS of the Ministry of Transport. We are all aware of the harassment of Police Officers as they continue to challenge us on the validity of the temporary approvals of the 2025 passes we display.

30/05/2026

After a protest on May 27 led to people being detained, supporters of Kaia Sealy and Joshua Samaroo once again took to the streets in protest, this time near the Forensic Science Centre in St James.
While there was once again a heavy police presence at the protest, no one was arrested this time.
“Our intention here today is to remain silent and not to say anything at all,” said Alyssa Phillip, who was arrested after leading protests in support of Sealy and Samaroo on May 27.
“We won't be giving much comments but we hope that they understand the message, they see the turnout, they see the people have come out because the people want to speak to them. The people have something to say and it is really important that they listen,” said Phillip’s mother.
Police cordoned off Barbados road in anticipation of the protest and restricted pedestrian and vehicular traffic for the road.
However, the protestors stood on the opposite side, at the intersection of Barbados Road and Long Circular Road with tapes over their mouths that had “Shh” written across it.
The protest comes two days after the Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro signed Emergency Powers orders which prevented demonstrations within 500 metres of 15 key state institutions, including the Red House, Airports in TT, and other key offices.

No protest zones
*Parliament of TT
*Office of the President
*Office of the Prime Minister
*Diplomatic Centre
*Office of the Attorney General
*Ministry of Finance
*Ministry of Defence
*Ministry of Homeland Security
*TT Police Service Headquarters and all army bases and barracks
*Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
*Piarco National Airport
*ANR Robinson International Airport
*Port Authority of TT

27/05/2026

Angry residents on Alfred Richard Street, St James have resorted to dragging their garbage into the streets in protest of a lack of steady garbage disposal in the area.
Residents have complained that garbage is left to pile up for weeks, bringing several health hazards to the area.
Last year, Port of Spain Mayor Chinua Alleyne complained that budget cuts would result in disruptions in garbage collection in the Port of Spain area.

26/05/2026

Two more homicides in Arima and Arouca on May 24 are currently engaging the attention of the police.
In the earlier incident which took place in Arima, police were alerted to a report of an unidentified man lying motionless on the side of Brazil Road, Wallerfield Arima. When officers arrived they found the man’s body lying on his side with an apparent gunshot wound to the head and two single TT dollars under his left arm.
Police were told by residents that they heard gunshots at around 8.15 am.
The second incident happened at about 6.40 pm. Police said 49-year-old Nigel “Iye” Foster was liming near a bar on Huggins Street when he got into an altercation with another man. During the scuffle Foster was stabbed in the thigh. He died from the wounds at the scene.

26/05/2026

Police officers are maintaining that Kaia Sealy, one of the two people involved in the January 20 police-involved shooting that left Sealy paralysed and fatally wounded her common-law husband Joshua Samaroo dead, had a gun and fired on police after a chase.
Police reports suggest that Samaroo and Sealy went to an area where they met with a police officer posing as a gang member. Police said they met to sell a firearm and a quantity of narcotics.
They claimed that it was Sealy who presented the undercover cop with a firearm after which officers announced a sting operation and the couple fled the scene with police in chase.
That chase ended in death as Sealy and Samaroo’s Toyota Aqua crashed on a side street in St Augustine.
Police said as they got out of the car they heard a gunshot which broke the back glass. Officers returned fire, killing Samaroo and wounding Sealy.
Sealy and relatives have since denied the claims that neither she nor Samaroo had a gun.
The shooting incident has triggered a wave of protests and public scrutiny.

25/05/2026

More than 200 protestors came out in retaliation against the charges laid against Kaia Sealy, one of two people shot by police in a police-involved shooting on January 20.
Carrying placards that said “We saw the video,” and “We demand truth, not cover-up,” protestors called for the resignations of key figures in the TTPS and the Ministry of National Security.
The protest comes days after a decision was taken by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to order that charges be laid against Sealy for the events leading up to the January 20 police-involved shooting
Police claim that on January 20 officers tried to intercept Sealy and her common-law husband Joshua Samaroo while they were driving in Maloney, but after they refused to stop a chase ensued, ending fatally in St Augustine when their white Toyota Aqua crashed in St Augustine.
Police officers shot the couple while they were in the car – killing Samaroo and wounding Sealy to the point where she is currently paralysed.
Days after the shooting CCTV footage began circulating on social media depicting at least one of the two shooting victims surrendering to police before being shot.
After reviewing the results of an investigation into the matter, the DPP ordered that police officers move forward with charges of manslaughter and other gun-related charges against Sealy. A warrant was subsequently put out for her arrest.
Police have not executed the warrants as Sealy is currently out of the country.

25/05/2026

A man from Phillipine, San Fernando was shot dead while liming at a bar on May 24.
He has been identified as 35-year-old Hollis Anthony Koylass, also know as Christopher or “Fourz.”
Police said that Koylass was liming at a bar when, at around 11.20 pm a man called him by his nickname.
When he walked out to the road gunshots rang out. Patrons found Koylass on the side of the road suffering from gunshot wounds. He died at the scene.
Police believe he was targeted after having an altercation with people in the community earlier this year.

25/05/2026

Look out for a more accessible, more relatable ANSA Mc Al.
The board of directors announced plans to have better engagement with its shareholders and the wider public at the group’s shareholder meeting held at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain on May 23.
When shareholders asked about the results of a survey done among them last year, chief legal and external affairs officer Frances Bain-Cumberbatch said the group earned high marks in governance and management but seemed disconnected from its shareholders.
“The group was very favourably perceived as being financially strong, reliable and stable as well as socially responsible. Without a doubt, strong governance and transparency – those were clear themes that came out.
“Where there were areas for improvement – most people perceived that there was a little bit of a lack of connectivity in terms of relatability in terms of understanding and presence in communities, that was one area. There was a sense of distance from the general public, but other than that we felt that we were in a positive position. We were perceived as a financially strong, very responsible organisation.”
Bain-Cumberbatch said the group is actively making efforts to improve stakeholder engagement and community outreach.
“(We are) informing all our stakeholders about what we do and why we do what we do – not just in communities but also advising in terms of our initiatives, business or otherwise, that are important and that impacts them.”
She said the group is engaging in more shareholder meetings with larger shareholders and ramping up its community engagement through the ANSA Mc Al Foundation.
The initiative came amid a report of strong performance and growth for the company.
Financially the group saw a nine per cent increase in revenue, a 21 per cent increase in EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amoritisation) and a ten per cent increase in profit before tax, as was revealed in its report for the first quarter of the year ending on March 30.
CEO Anthony Sabga III said the group’s three pillars – beverage, banking and bleach have seen growth through many different initiatives.
One of the highlights of the growth was a reported increase in its chlor-alkali bleach plant, bought from US company Bleachtech for more than US$300 million in 2024, was now at 95 per cent capacity. When it was bought it was only operating at 50 per cent.
Sabga also reported to shareholders that it had successfully exited the retail market with its sale of its retail segments such as standards.
The increases in profitability came amid a three-year hiatus from paying dividends to shareholders, which the group promised would be resumed in 2027.

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