In my last blog, published on 5 June 2014, I suggested that our political situation was not unlike George Orwell’s Oceania, which was the fictitious setting for his timeless novel, “1984”. On 11 June 2014, within a week of my post, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar declared that we must “unleash …
Read More »Policemen find gangster shooting school in D’go Martin… then go home
The Trinidad and Tobago Police service yesterday revealed the discovery of a “horrifying” criminal target range in a forested area off Unity Lane, Diego Martin with over 3,000 spent shells from various high calibre weapons. What? Are you still reading? No; that’s it. The policemen returned to the station and …
Read More »MATT slams Police Commissioner for “outrageous” Bassant statement
The suggestion by the Acting Commissioner of Police that inaccurate reporting by CCN’s Senior Investigative Journalist Mark Bassant may have caused a threat to be made on his life is the most outrageous statement to be made by the head of law enforcement in the country. MATT is shocked and …
Read More »National Security tackles low detection rate with armoured SUVs… Eh?
National Security Minister Gary Griffith has supposedly had another eureka moment. Armoured sports utility vehicles; that is what Griffith thinks Trinidad and Tobago needs. “The plan is to fight fire with fire and go into the ultimate hotspot areas and take the fight back to the so-called gang leaders,” Griffith …
Read More »Off-colour National Security Minister deserves the pink slip
Day Nine: The nation of “red, white and black” is still blue about the inability of the men in khaki to catch Dana Seetahal’s dark-hearted killers. So why exactly has the National Alert State moved from “Yellow” to “Green?” According to the National Security Ministry: the National Operations Centre, which …
Read More »Seetahal update: PM wants to make snitch rich; Police suspect criminal killed SC
The Trinidad and Tobago Government yesterday went into overdrive to locate potential whistle blowers with information on the slaying of former Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal. But it’s different this time. On this occasion, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar vowed that the People’s Partnership does not want to name, shame, fire and …
Read More »True Silk: What Dana’s passing means to T&T
If the assassination of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal is a wake-up call to you; then something’s wrong with you. If a little boy being raped and killed in a swimming pool at a birthday party wasn’t a wake-up call then, Dana’s assassination can’t wake you up to nothing. You’re in …
Read More »AG eulogises murdered lawyer; right after some comforting words to himself
News about the shocking murder of former Law Association president Dana Seetahal SC, which occurred just after midnight today, was swiftly followed by a tribute from Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, who claimed a long-standing friendship with her. He offered the Trinidad Express an anecdote of his relationship with the brilliant …
Read More »Pro League postponement: Police vs Central is off tonight
This evening’s Pro League fixture between Central FC and Police FC has been postponed to a date to be determined due to protest outside Parliament in Port of Spain. Central and Police were due to meet from 6 pm at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva in the first game of …
Read More »Stop playing with those soldiers, Griffith!
It has been four weeks since the Defence Force football team along with all other sport and cultural teams within the local regiment have suspended all “involvement in national, regional and community type/level sporting activities.” No one has ever explained how the likes of Curtis “Boyo” Gonzales, Kevon Carter and …
Read More »Filbert Street seeks Rapid Response to new police unit
Scene: TV studio in Port of Spain Presenter: “Welcome back to the DayBreak show and I’m delighted to introduce my next guest, Sergeant Snail of the newly formed Rapid Response Unit. Good morning Sgt Snail.” Sgt Snail: “Good morning, Fuzzy. Sorry I’m late. Traffic.” Presenter: “Haha; so you get stuck …
Read More »Acting Police Commissioner flops on the switchboard; hypothetically
Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams served further notice of his immense suitability to lead a hapless police force when he refused to inform the Trinidad Express about the law with regards to failure to report a crime. Williams, who once called Jack Warner the best Minister he ever worked with …
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