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There is a time and a place for everything. Context, in other words, is key. On 21 October 2014, Leeds United’s Italian defender Giuseppe Bellusci remonstrated angrily with Norwich City striker Cameron Jerome and shouted “negro” at the latter player. An FA charge of racial abuse swiftly followed. The FA …

Ho ho ho! Like jumping behind a stranger and trying to ram your groin into her back pocket, some indiscretions are only culturally acceptable during a particular period of the year. Any other time and you’re facing sexual assault charges and, possibly, psychological evaluation. And the Trinidad Newsday newspaper, according …

Last week, a 62-year-old woman decided to go to an all-inclusive party after work. That grandmother also turned out to be the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. Cue pandemonium on Faceboook. According to who you listened to, Kamla Persad-Bissessar should have been: at work trying to raise the price …

First, the good news: Kamla Persad-Bissessar has stepped down as Minister of the People—a possible concession that she has no idea what the people of Trinidad and Tobago want anymore. And the bad news? She is still Prime Minister. Something like cricketer Daren Ganga in his latter days when he …

Former Sport Minister Anil Roberts made a surprise return to the public eye today at the memorial service for beloved television host Marcia Henville. No doubt it was not the funeral Roberts had hoped to attend. Roberts was accompanied by his beautiful young wife and, by all accounts, they were …

There is no sugar coating this. When your Finance Minister is afraid to answer questions on financial transparency and conflicts of interest from, of all people, Jack Warner, you know that you’re in way too deep. If Larry Howai thinks his reputation—or what remained of it after his $10 million …

You have purpose… People see you trying hard to prevail in life, Make you feel that without them you going to fail in life, As you start to grow your strength and you making strides, Their minions come to crucify like they nailing Christ, Look at all of them and …

Alleged drug trafficker Matthew Soo-Chan was so irate at having his picture taken on his exit from the Tunapuna Magistrate’s Court yesterday that he physically lashed out at Newsday photographer Angelo Marcelle. So much for marijuana being a harmless and jolly, recreational drug. Soo-Chan must have been on that stuff …

One is an unfortunate error. Two is a cause for concern. But what do you call three mix-ups in the same case? And if the High Court cannot get simple procedure right in a matter involving two of Trinidad and Tobago’s most eminent politicians, then what is left for the …

A 65-year-old man tragically drowned in Tobago this morning. Mr Live Wire knows what you’re thinking: What did his corpse look like and was he any good at his day job? You weren’t thinking that at all? Well, TV6 surely was. And so a married father of four who held …

Scene: Office of the Prime Minister. Mr Live Wire waits patiently for the arrival of the Prime Minister and an exclusive interview. The Prime Minister walks in and greets him enthusiastically. PM: Good day. So you are the Vanity Fair reporter eh? Very nice to meet you. How has your …

‘Tis the season for giving and Mr Live Wire is a generous soul. As we prepare to enjoy the holiday season and wish goodbye to 2014, Wired868 revisits the stories that you read and shared the most in this calendar year. Our “Good Morning” section, which takes a satirical slant …