Question: How to turn a potential problem into a crisis? Answer: Ask Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan for help. And so, after the curious sight of an Asian couple skinning a dog in what may or not have been Trinidad and Tobago, Health Ministry tried to put out the fire …
Read More »Sex, lies and audiotape; Warner continues charge on alleged ‘Cougar in Chief’
So much for the People’s Partnership’s attack on PNM leader Dr Keith Rowley for wining on a teenager. There is always the likelihood of heavy hypocrisy and immense irony when Chaguanas West MP and former FIFA money transfer extraordinaire Jack Warner is lecturing about wrongdoing. But, not for the first …
Read More »Disjointed! Live Wire finds source of Prime Minister’s memory loss
Twenty-two-year-old Shemika Charles, the Guinness World Record limbo holder, set a new mark earlier this week by limboing under a SUV in the United States. She barely had a week to enjoy her accomplishment. Yesterday, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Leader of Government Business Roodal Moonilal, former National Security Minister Gary Griffith and …
Read More »Disjointed! PM’s memory loss attributed to marijuana
Twenty-two-year-old Shemika Charles, the Guinness World Record limbo holder, set a new mark earlier this week by limboing under a SUV in the United States. She barely had a week to enjoy her accomplishment. Yesterday, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Leader of Government Business Roodal Moonilal, former National Security Minister Gary …
Read More »Warner watch: Media still chasing own tail, Archbishop bats for Jack
The Trinidad Guardian newspaper, in another Jack Warner-related non-exclusive, suggested today that the Chaguanas West MP may have rented a house in Santa Margarita, St Augustine in 2010, which, a neighbour thinks, was occupied by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s sister. And that can only mean… Wait. What the hell does that …
Read More »Snitches get smooches: John Oliver mauls Jack… with kindness
HBO’s British comic John Oliver tonight announced himself to Trinidad and Tobago with a performance that did for comedy what Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr did for boxing. And by that Mr Live Wire means Oliver tossed some elegant jabs, scarcely touched his opponent and yet, somehow, managed to preserve his …
Read More »John Oliver vs Warner: US-based comic buys TV6 airtime; Plus more
Mr Live Wire had a bad dream last night. He dreamt: that the Prime Minister just started the sixth year of a five-year term in office, the country’s Attorney General is so uninspiring that the People’s Partnership once replaced him as minister with Jamal “I am stupid” Mohammed… That ILP …
Read More »Sense from nonsense: Live Wire rules on Warner’s racketeering defence
On Friday May 29, Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner stood up in Trinidad and Tobago’s Parliament and told the Speaker of the House: “I was not here on Wednesday last because I was in prison.” Mr Live Wire cannot confirm that the Speaker replied: “Ahhh, yes. The most powerful country …
Read More »Jack’s Lynch-ing; US AG sends invite for Warner family reunion
Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner, like so many scandal-engulfed politicians before him, looks set to quit his day job to “spend more time with his family.” Only this time, it will be no empty platitude. After three years of giving United States law officials the wide berth by avoiding airports—and probably …
Read More »Ace Ventour leaves Kamla flushed; Live Wire attends to PM
Just when you think Trinidad and Tobago’s politics has lost the capacity to surprise. Out jumps another revelation that seems so ludicrous and unconscionable that one does not know whether to laugh or cry. But enough about Jack Warner’s stunning announcement that he can find 40 people willing to lose …
Read More »Dodgy IC resignation has Live Wire fuming… at himself!
Seriously, Tanty Kamla?! Seriously?! There are a few scenarios that set off alarm bells immediately. Jack Warner offering to provide a budget for any project, Tiger Woods hosting a bridal shower or Anil Roberts practising Spanish. Add to that an Integrity Committee member resigning within hours of an indirect brush …
Read More »“Vindicated” Kamla gets vindictive; Live Wire unearths a fantastic plot
Spoiler alert: Sooner or later, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will be unable to keep a straight face. “Tanty Kamla” will just break down with uncontrollable laughter at a press conference or even in Parliament, while everyone stares at each other with confused expressions. At that point, manned television cameras will …
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