Live Wire

Tobago is a racially tense place at the moment. The brutal murder of German couple Hubertus Keil, 74, and Birgid Keil, 71, was followed by a travel advisory in Germany about the threat of violence on the “Sister Isle” while other foreigners in Tobago complained about feeling intimidated, discriminated against …

Stacy Roopnarine, a UNC MP, does not care much for Minister of Works Suruj Rambachan’s tendering; but, apparently, she can be much tenderer where National Security Minister Gary Griffith is concerned. Griffith, incidentally, is a man of no fixed party although, for now, the part-time hobo is back at home …

Mr Live Wire tried to hold his tongue; but this is real mad people thing: Madness is when a man resembling Anil Roberts find out a woman resembling his wife is a bigger porn star than him, and when after all his dotish talk about ‘it wasn’t me’, he realise …

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association, which has not done anything silly in about the last 48 hours, could not help itself. This evening, in a further effort to impress fans with their organisational prowess, the TTFA revealed that children under-12 must have “kids tickets” to get into the Hasely …

Trinidad and Tobago cricket captain Denesh Ramdin left a meeting with the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) on Monday evening convinced that he had lost his post at the helm of the team. “I am axed as captain and they announced Rayad Emrit will be captain going forward for …

Scene: Pastor Live Wire addresses the congregation as he conducts a satirical and completely fictional funeral service at the Second Revival Church. Pastor LW: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and friends and family of the dearly departed Richie “Homes” Stewart who passed away so tragically last Thursday. We all remember …

Sex-mail 101: When you send photographs of yourself in your birthday suit and the recipient does not offer to blow out the candles, chances are you not going to finish that particular race. On 6 March 2010, Australian Senator Nova Peris allegedly sent ex-Trinidad and Tobago Olympic star Ato Boldon …

The good news is that President Anthony Carmona has been roused into action. The bad news is that it was not to save Wayne Kublalsingh from likely death, influence constitutional reform or send a cheque for the Trinidad and Tobago national senior women’s team. Mr Live Wire: “The world is …

The Trinidad Guardian newspaper had observers covering their eyes again when the self-declared “Guardian of Democracy” published a photograph, presumably of activist Wayne Kublalsingh, with the headline: “Trinidad and Tobago discovers a human reptile.” Under the photograph ran the caption: “The Kub-lal. An unusual human reptile discovered here on the …

Since when did Trinidad and Tobago become the set for the “Hunger Games?” In the past week, the two island republic’s inability to feed the minds and conscience of its citizens has made global and local news. Let’s just say when, as Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond …

Trinidad and Tobago’s first Prime Minister Eric Williams said the country’s future lies in our children’s bookbags. If so, then pray. In the “Trinidad & Tobago Social Studies for Primary School: Standard 2” book, author Kevin Jeanville listed crime shows and letters to the editor among the country’s viable solutions …

The Trinidad Express newspaper and its editor-in-chief Omatie Lyder pushed the boundaries of good taste this morning as the leading daily newspaper made the last will and testament of slain attorney, Dana Seetahal SC, its lead story. And, to be clear, Mr Live Wire means that Lyder pushed “Good Taste” …