Budding author Raheema Sayyid-Andrews shares another powerful love story with Wired868: “I missed you,” he says. She has just stepped through the door and he meets her at the threshold and wraps his arms around her. Her face finds its place between his neck and shoulder and she breathes in his …
Read More »Transparency International: T&T Police violated our civil liberties
Transparency International defines corruption as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. This is a modern definition designed to reflect the multifarious facets of abuse of power. This line of reasoning is premised upon the idea that public official are trustees of the public good in respect of the powers …
Read More »Fixin’ T&T asks private sector to support policemen
Fixin’ T&T asks the T&T Chamber, AMCHAM, TTMA and DOMA to support the local police via an open letter: Dear Sir/Madam, FIXIN’ T&T both sympathises and empathises with members of the public who were inconvenienced yesterday; the lessons not taught to and exams not written by our nation’s children, the …
Read More »Love always: a tale of passion between the covers
Budding author Raheema Sayyid-Andrews shares an enduring love with Wired868: When she was eleven, she fell in love. There were no fireworks or lightning bolts but it was intense, life-altering… and forever. It was the first time she read a romance novel. It was written by Barbara Cartland, set in the …
Read More »Car care tips: How to take better care of your vehicle in 2015
Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to save money and avoid grief by taking better care of your vehicle? Here are some tips from Toyota to make that possible: Check your tyre pressure: It not only keeps you safe on the road, it also conserves fuel. Your vehicle’s recommended …
Read More »No-brainer! Sancho defends decision to join PP Government
“My Cabinet colleagues are really a good bunch of people based on what I have seen,” Sport Minister Brent Sancho told Wired868. “Every discussion that they have in Parliament and outside of Parliament is for the better of Trinidad and Tobago. The Prime Minister in particular has really impressed me… …
Read More »Mind your business! Sancho tackles sport, critics and his new nickname
“I know qualification always seems to be a topic but I don’t get what qualification you’re supposed to have to be a Sport Minister,” Sport Minister Brent Sancho told Wired868. “Are you supposed to go to university and study to be a Sport Minister? “I think experience is the greatest …
Read More »Fixin T&T: The Gov’t has collapsed; call elections after Carnival
The following are letters sent on Tuesday February 3 by civic group, Fixin’ T&T, to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams: The Honourable Mrs Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, 13 – 15 St. Clair Avenue, St. Clair. Dear Mrs …
Read More »Support Black Stalin; time to rally behind our calypso legend
Leroy Calliste or, as he is better known, the “Black Stalin” is no ordinary Calypsonian. He has used his artistic ability to be a voice of the nation. His entire career has been about “taking care of de people business.” I became a Stalin fan before I ever dreamed of …
Read More »Omertà (part thirteen): How the FIFA crooks got away with it
In secret, they confess… Zug, September 21, 2009: FIFA President Sepp Blatter swallowed his pride and travelled in his chauffeured black Mercedes from his luxurious office high above Zurich to the austere lakeside office in Zug of the Chief Prosecutor, Christian Aebi. Blatter’s driver was probably wise enough not to …
Read More »A National Epidemic: The failure to recruit and raise leaders
There are several traits that quality leaders must possess, which include being able to: Relate and Inspire; Organize, Manage and Motivate; Innovate and Achieve; Envision; Endure; Make Good Things Happen; be Strong but not Brittle, and Recruit and Raise Leaders. The one that has the most telling impact on a …
Read More »Into the blogosphere: Wired868’s most read blogs of 2014
Brian Lara versus Sachin Tendulkar, the secret thoughts of a cussbud Minister, an internationally recognised community football coach in Chaguanas and constitutional reform debate were all among our best read posts for 2014. Here is our Top Ten list: 10. Cricket’s ‘Greatest’ debate: Santa Cruz statistician Franklyn “Uncle Frank” Hernandez …
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