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Heard the joke about Barack Obama and George Bush? Obama was missing one of his spies, Edward Snowden, who was hiding out in Moscow. So, he allegedly had an airplane leaving Moscow and carrying Bolivia president Eva Morales and his Defence Minister re-routed to Austria, grounded for over two hours …

The PNM has put its colt in the Chaguanas West by-election race in the form of 24-year-old farmer Avanish Singh. Former MP Jack Warner was kind enough to write Singh’s campaign slogan for him. In response to the furore about spending $6.5 million in taxpayers’ money to tow a firetruck, …

Sport Minister Anil Roberts offered to resign, with conditions, on the TV6 Morning Show on Tuesday. So far, so interesting. Not surprisingly, the problem lay in the thought process. Roberts, who is also the D’Abadie/O’Meara MP, vowed to leave public office if a series of emails allegedly sent between the …

Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee thinks local football is in better shape than ever after a delightful two-game tour of Europe, earlier this month. “The reports will show that we lost both matches to Romania and Estonia,” Tim Kee told the TTFA Media. “But the tour …

Deputy Commissioner of Police (CoP) Mervyn Richardson is on the verge of solving the e-mail scandal that has gripped Trinidad and Tobago for the past two weeks and could feasibly spell doom for either the political career of the Opposition Leader or the Prime Minister and Attorney General. Either that …

Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley did not know about his backdoor until very recently. Presumably, neither did the Trinidad Express. But reporter Renuka Singh latched on to Rowley’s rear with the sort of relish not seen in these parts since US-based R&B star Akon grabbed hold of an underage girl …

It has been eleven weeks and two days since Wired868 stationed itself outside the President’s House in an effort to capture something truly extraordinary. So, why are we here? No, we did not miss the turn-off to the Emperor’s Valley Zoo; rather we are about to deliver to our readers, …

Scene: International Rescue Committee headquarters in New York. Phone rings. IRC Chairman George Rupp answers George Rupp: “Hello. George Rupp speaking…” Ex-Minister of National Security, ex-Minister of Work and Infrastructure, ex-UNC Chairman, ex-Chaguanas West MP, ex-FIFA Vice-President, ex-CONCACAF President, ex-Caribbean Football Union President, ex-Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation Special Advisor, …

Breaking news: Trinidad Tobago bosses are sending their workers crazy! Never mind. You can go back to talking to yourself. Dr Varma Deyalsingh’s assertion yesterday at the Employers Solution Centre in Aranguez seemed akin to a headline that states: “PM’s dog barked at lunchtime.” But maybe the Secretary of Association …

Quick question: What is one major similarity and difference between “Twilight”, “The Great Gatsby”, “The Miller’s Tale”, “Popeye” and the KFC “Double Sweet and Fire” advertisement? Answer: All revolve around a love triangle that goes wrong; but only KFC is trying to sell you a chicken sandwich. Take the Miller’s …

Not so long ago, Trinidad and Tobago celebrated its 50th anniversary as an independent nation. Presumably, taxpayers have finished paying soca star Machel Montano for his commemorative CD by now. It is easy to wonder what all that Independence Day fuss was about, though, as China president Xi Jinping turned up …

The Tobago Organisation of the People’s (TOP) fourth annual conference ended in chaos yesterday as heated exchanges and the threat of legal action over the party’s voting process prematurely aborted the exercise without a single vote being cast. But TOP leader and Tobago’s most famous pumpkin and cucumber farmer, Ashworth …