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The TTPS announced a vague, but possible threat to the general election
Election observers arrived in the country
and T&T won big at the CARIFTA Games
Election observers arrived in the country
and T&T won big at the CARIFTA Games
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00:00Good evening and welcome to the past seven days on six I am Vanessa cutting has what made the
00:22news this past week the ttps announced a vague but possible threat to the general election
00:28election observers arrived in the country and tnt won big at the carifter games as per usual if it
00:36was happening it was on six let's get right into it the election race intensified this weekend with
00:44both the pnm and the unc claiming to be leading in the polls political parties including the nta went
00:51all out for their last rallies before the april 28th general election the national transformation
00:58alliance took off first on saturday through a motorcade indigo martin it made its way into st james
01:10after navigating through the traffic the motorcade continued its journey heading towards its final
01:14destination the larry gom stadium in arima meanwhile at the edihad ground in tiger rico team read the
01:23people's national movement for what is its largest campaign before the big day when our cameras
01:29arrived people were still gathering but there was yet another shocker in this election race
01:35as united national congress member of parliament anita haynes stepped out in an unusual color
01:42matching that of unc dissident dinesh rambley haynes told the media she has always maintained that she
01:48will put country first and to refer to her presence there as a continuation of what she has stood for
01:54which is that it is possible to work together haynes further hinted that her membership in the unc was long
02:00over but indicated that she may speak on the issue in more depth in future meanwhile the yellow team the
02:07united national congress gathered at the orangwest savannah this year's young king's winner squeezy
02:13ranking performed early at the event although acting commissioner of police junior benjamin opened a
02:29priority bus route from 10 a.m to 10 p.m on saturday to facilitate the activities by the various parties
02:35motorists still faced significant delays with slow moving or standstill traffic along the bus route
02:42both the pnm and unc rallies commenced at 3 p.m alicia boucher tv6 news unc political leader kamla
02:52pasal besessa addressed thousands of supporters on saturday and took the opportunity to thank all her
02:59loyalists even as she acknowledged that she has made some mistakes that my body
03:04may appear frail and small but inside this body is the mind and heart of a mother that is filled with love
03:18i have been and will always be a mother to all of you was i perfect no i wasn't and humbly says sorry
03:35to my loyal rank and file membership and friends for that i did make some mistakes but as a good mother
03:44i was never i was never ashamed to be with you because i am unc and i am proud we are unc and we are proud
03:55meantime another former unc mp attended the pnm's political rally and urged everyone to vote for the pnm
04:03some of you the journey to the polls may not be an easy one on monday but do not let any kind of fear
04:13or intimidation stop you from going to vote on monday
04:17i ask you to stand tall i ask you to persevere hold your heads high
04:27and when you get into the voting booth when you get into the voting booth it will be you and it will be
04:40your god no one else just you and god and ladies and gentlemen in that moment when you are with your god
04:52in that voting booth but trinidad and tobago first the national security minister expressed confidence
05:00in the capabilities of the police service and the defense force to ensure the safety and security of
05:07the general election this after the acting top cop announced a possible threat to the election
05:14tv6 users sought responses to acting police commissioner junior benjamin's announcement on tuesday
05:20that the trinidad and tobago police services intelligence says things are foot to disrupt the
05:26electoral process and we would be taking a no tolerance a zero tolerance in dealing with that
05:34certain things have come to our attention and we are saying based on the things that have been brought
05:40to our attention that anyone that seeks to break the law as relates to the elections or anything
05:49dealing with the the the offenses under uh the the elections we are going to deal with that decisively
05:56tv6 users spoke with the political leader of the national transformation alliance former police
06:01commissioner guy griffith who is his party's candidate for the saint joseph constituency saying
06:07that the phrase zero tolerance is outdated mr griffith recalled the planning for the police for the 2020
06:13general election when he was the top cop and said nothing like that has been done thus far for the
06:202025 general election mr griffith also wanted clarification from the acting police commissioner
06:27if it is intelligence has proven this but you but what you have done now you've made a public statement
06:32just to basically that can cause more fear and more panic and was it necessary if it is your intelligence
06:38that um would have provided this should you not have just dealt with it monitor it or do you feel
06:44that by telling the public it is going to to give some degree of support to assist them in reducing the
06:50threat and if that is not the case why have why make it public in the first place that can cause problems
06:56that can cause issues uh so i am very confused he needs to make he needs he has a lot of explaining to do
07:02tv6 news also sought a comment from dr rudal munilal the candidate for oropouch east for the united
07:08national congress who has often spoken on behalf of the unc on issues regarding national security we are
07:16calling on the police to maintain order ensure that the process is fair and not tainted um i cannot doubt
07:24or confirm intelligence reports uh received by the police but one believes that the police would be
07:32taking those matters seriously at this stage there is no intention to discuss these matters with law
07:38enforcement but continue to monitor and be vigilant as to the elections in response to questions sent by tv6
07:47news national security minister marvin gonzalez said that he can confirm that he was briefed on the matter
07:54and he is satisfied that the ttps with the support of the ttdf the trinidad and tobago defense force
08:00will deploy all resources of the state to protect the electoral and democratic process and to ensure
08:07it's carried out free and fair mr gonzalez is the people's national movement's candidate for aruka
08:14lopino the elections and boundaries commission issued a post on their facebook page on wednesday
08:18warning the public to avoid any offenses that would prevent voters from casting their ballots
08:25in the general election on april 28th jewel brown tv6 news meantime the caracom observer mission said
08:34it is not here to interfere with the electoral process but will be looking out for anything
08:39suspicious caracom said the observer missions final report will be shared with the government
08:45the leader of the opposition and the election and boundaries commission however the chief of the mission
08:51said they will be presenting their preliminary findings to the media as well the day after the general
08:57election we we simply report what we see and if there is a need to flag anything that looks
09:07suspicious then of course we would chief of mission of the caracom secretariat election observer mission
09:13ian hughes as he told the media that if the mission observes what he called malpractices that go
09:19outside of the remit of the law with regard to the general election in trinidad and tobago they
09:24will be included in the recommendations in their final report and it is um hopefully made public so
09:31that those of you in the media will have access to that so that's our remit we are not there to interfere
09:39but we will observe we will ask questions based on what we see but not questions that are going to be
09:49um intrusive to come across as though we are interfering the caracom observer mission had
09:55originally invited the media to a meeting at the hilton trinidad hotel but it turned into a media
10:00conference there should be six teams and moving throughout five in trinidad and there's a team in
10:06tobago moving throughout the well as best we can um the length and breadth of all of the constituencies
10:12as i said east west north south and central uh within the time frame that's allotted for voting
10:18and of course um staying for the um the count at the various locations he said they are credited to
10:26observe activities and polling stations but also to observe what is happening outside of them as well
10:33as for tobago in particular um i i know we will be going to tobago east that's one of the areas that we
10:40we were told that is um a marginal so we will visit there but um we will also visit um tobago west and
10:51of course as many of the polling stations a question was posed to mr hugues about a dossier the caracom
10:58observer mission received from the unc during their meeting with the party on tuesday i would not want to
11:05be premature by making any statement that would be inaccurate so we are taking our time to go through
11:12that dossier and as i said once we um by tuesday of next week and we have our press conference we would
11:24be in a position to make any sort of statement regarding regarding that the office of the prime
11:31minister said prime minister stuart young met with the caracom election observer team and separately with
11:37the commonwealth observer group at the diplomatic center in st alms on wednesday the commonwealth
11:43observer group met with the unc on thursday jule brown tv6 news we add to a quick break we'll have more news
11:53when we return thanks for staying with us one week after a moruga man was released from detention under the soe
12:08he was shot dead by police near to where he lived the notorious shumba james was killed along with his
12:14friend on friday morning relatives of the men called the killings executions shumba james a former state
12:22witness and suspect in other cases who was detained under the recently concluded state of emergency
12:28was one of two men shot dead by police while driving along the same mary's moruga main road on friday
12:35morning the shooting happened opposite b's sports bar near saunders straice which is minutes away from
12:41the homes of both shumba and the other man identified as barrack poor father of one ryan lochan
12:48this was confirmed by acp in charge of the ttps's southern division wayne meister around 9 45 a.m
12:56on moruga roads and mary's two men well known to the police were fatally wounded during an exchange of
13:03gunfire by officers attached to the southern division task force both men were conveyed to the
13:10princess stonehill facility where they were pronounced dead on arrival at the scene of the shooting on friday
13:16shumba's father and others were left outraged over the killings
13:20the police stopped the man in the vehicle and executed
13:24they went and vote i talked to my child this morning
13:29two of them execute the man execute the man and them right and they're laughing
13:34i shumba father if you're afraid to say that my child is a good man girl people is going to talk
13:39he says shumba told him he was a special voter and was going to vote ahead of the april 28th general
13:48election that's where he believes his son was coming from when he was killed shumba was a passenger in a
13:54gray nissan tida being driven by lochan his friend speaking to reporters relatives of lochan described him
14:01as hard working and family oriented the select and he will point this as you all of all over and ryan i never
14:11known as no gunman and no bad john ryan is a quiet loving fella i could see and all i know shumba james
14:23as a good fella to me i don't know if everybody here this and that and whatever he says both victims
14:32while not frequently together were schoolmates and knew each other from the village he too called for
14:38a proper investigation into the circumstances surrounding the police killings in august last year
14:44shumba did an exclusive interview with tv6 denying any involvement in the double murder of saint mary's
14:51father and daughter enrico and anika gera former national security minister fitz daryl heinz also
14:58issued the soe's first detention order on shumba back in january identifying him as a credible suspect
15:06in various illegal activities he was also a witness in the case against six police officers who were accused
15:13of murdering three people in moruga back in 2011 cindy raguma tika singh tv6 news another man was also killed
15:24by police last week but that incident occurred in tobago acting commissioner of police junior benjamin told tv6
15:30news on saturday that the initial report regarding the shooting death of ronald marcel is currently on his
15:36desk he will reassure the public that the investigation will be conducted transparently there's an interim report
15:43that is um given that interim report was done and um sent from the uh acp to the dcp i and i and um
15:54i am now uh seeking to look at that and from the uh investigation is going to be launched in an
16:02exclusive interview with tv6 news acting commissioner of police junior benjamin reassured the public that
16:08the ongoing investigation into the tragic shooting of ronald marcel will be conducted fairly and
16:14transparently the incident occurred on friday when marcel was shot by a tobago policeman while in handcuffs
16:21during a scuffle along egypt bettel if there is a video security i would not really want to preempt any um
16:29any investigations i would want the investigation to be as free and fair i want to make sure that um this
16:35matter is um done with a level of transparency and integrity assistant commissioner of police oswin
16:42subaro also spoke on the matter confirming that statements from witnesses are being gathered
16:48as an investigator has been assigned to the case an investigator assistant superintendent li tang has been
16:55detailed to investigate um the police involved shooting and at this time i would like to extend condolences
17:03to the family of the gentleman who died um our police officers at no time um leave their homes to engage
17:14police officers we have a video that is circulating and the investigation is afoot um at this time elizabeth williams tv6 news
17:25this is the past seven days on six we'll be right back
17:35welcome back the tobago people's party will win without pdp leader watson duke this from tpp leader fally augustine
17:44as he spoke during his party's political meeting in lekato on thursday night tonight we are saying
17:51that if we stand as a 60 000 strong we will win education secretary zarisha hockett stated the tpp
18:01is the greatest threat to the pnm and so we're not even two years old as a political organization
18:07and right now we are the biggest threat nationally to the people's national movement i didn't want to
18:14call the name or let me call the name meantime debunking opposition claims tpp leader farley augustine
18:21sought to set the record straight indicating tobago contractors have received the contracts
18:27under the present th a administration when we go through the division of food security natural
18:33resources sustainable development and the environment their total amount of contracts
18:40given out over that period 2021 to 2025 is 43 million dollars and of the 43 million dollars all 100
18:52percent of that went to tobago contractors elizabeth williams tv6 news in other news two miners both born in
19:02syria have been granted legal entry into trinidad and tobago this development follows proceedings in
19:09the courts of the united kingdom the law firm representing the children is now appealing for
19:14their protection two children aged eight and nine born in syria to a trinidadian father who remains
19:22detained in syria and a british mother now deceased arrived in trinidad and tobago this weekend following an
19:28order from a united kingdom court tv6 news understands that the grandparents of the children have been
19:34granted guardianship through the court quantum legal the law firm representing the children reveals that
19:41the children were living in an orphanage in syria until the uk government intervened in 2022 because the
19:48children are of trinbegonian descent their local relatives were allowed to engage in the proceedings for
19:54guardianship attorney at law at quantum legal christian j williams explains that the lengthy process
20:01involved identity verification and dna testing he adds that the government of tnt was party to the
20:07proceedings in the uk court in the uk court the government hired um here court a queen's council
20:16and yes there were objections to bringing the children home yes williams believes the case signals a lack
20:25of will on the part of the state there's blockage for some reason where children are being further
20:34damaged especially the children that are still in those camps in syria according to the attorney while
20:41there were talks of tnt setting up a facility to receive women and children repatriated from
20:46syria that has not been done he says without knowing how such a facility would function it is
20:52premature to say whether it would work in the best interest of children or not asked if the government
20:58has offered any services such as psychosocial support to facilitate the arrival of the children
21:04williams has this response we are waiting with open arms to engage the states in a proper model that
21:13can secure transit by use best interest so tansy question the answer is no not from the state ma'am
21:20according to quantum legal the uk court has imposed reporting restrictions prohibiting the identification
21:26of the children from being placed in the public domain in any way such as through the media while that
21:32court has no jurisdiction over this country williams says it is in the best interest of the minors if it
21:39is adhered to alicia boucher tv6 news sport is up next keep it here
21:54in sport trinidad and tobago achieved or best ever gold tally last week finishing in third place at the
22:01karifta track and field championship team tto fell two medals short of last year's total however when
22:08they picked up 25 medals but upped the gold tally by 100 percent with a joint record nine of those being
22:17gold medals jamaica was the top country however as they secured top spot in the standings with 78 medals
22:25in the under 17 girls 800 meter event cheyenne lewis of tnt captured bronze in two minutes and 15.03
22:33seconds jamaica's alike reynolds was the winner in the 800 meter event for under 17 boys breon scott
22:40gave the home fans a gift in the form of a gold medal the tnt runner finished in one minute and 56.48
22:46seconds in the 200 for girls under 20 shanoia douglas of jamaica left the others behind to win the race
22:53tnt's sold frederick copped silver in 23.43 seconds while his sister sanna frederick was fifth
23:00on to the relays in the under 17 girls 4x4 tnt did give their fans reason to smile but the jamaicans
23:08blew away the pack for gold with bahamas taking silver and the host nation bronze in three minutes
23:13and 47.25 seconds tnt also grabbed a bronze in the under 20 men's 4x4 which brought down the
23:23curtains to carifter the bahamas and jamaica took first and second respectively while tnt were third
23:29in three minutes and eight point one one seconds then with now any tfxport triple jump gold medalist
23:37kenisha shelbourne was happy with the team's performance while 400 meter hurdle bronze medalist
23:43jenna marie thomas shared her experience at the games kenisha shelbourne won gold in the under 20 girls
23:50a triple jump it's a result she trained hard for um my training was great at first until i get a minor
23:57injury like four weeks ago so i started to do therapy and stuff but with a strong mindset and the help of
24:04coach faith in god helped me to become better than i was before she indicated that she's not done yet for
24:11the year for 2025 my job um objectives is to continue pushing remember my focus my goal continue
24:19representing trinidad at the best i could and to make as much teams and medals as well meantime jenna
24:27marie thomas who won bronze in the under 20 girls 400 meter hurdles says her performance was a confidence
24:32booster
24:46so june 4 tv 64. and that's our app on the past seven days on six i am ranessa cutting if you didn't catch
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