Live Wire

(Scene: A sports bar in Tacarigua. It is nearing closing time. Mr Live Wire sips on his rum and coke and considers the current crisis facing the planet and the havoc it has wreaked on the lives of so many innocent people. He shakes his head sadly as he wonders …

Question: You’re jogging through an area that is unfamiliar to you and notice a very animated show of anger and despair by people you do not know. Do you: A) Mind your blasted business and keep jogging; B) Politely ask what is going on; C) Very respectfully enquire if there …

It was a wild night in Manama on 16 November 2005 and a bunch of Trinbagonians celebrated the success of the Soca Warriors at a night club. Girls are in short supply at recreation places in Bahrain while local females are non-existent. But one young pannist got lucky as he …

So let me get this straight: Guardian boss Nicholas Sabga claims to be the voice for the man on the street—and not Wall Street either—Movie Towne owner Derek Chin is screening for the role of Florence Nightingale, journalists are supposedly less honest than politicians and about as transparent as the ingredients …

Some things can be difficult to comprehend. Take the scene at a shopping mall in Atlanta—just a week after stay at home orders were lifted in the Georgia capital and businesses encouraged to reopen—as hundreds of *cough cough* ‘urban youth’ cued up to purchase the new Air Jordan 5 sneakers. …

‘Buying scrap iron, old battery buying… and Covid-19 spreading!’ Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh introduced the government’s latest measure to thwart to spread of the deadly novel coronavirus today, which he coined the ‘loudspeaker programme’. And, no, it is not more complicated than it sounds. Basically, a fellah with a vehicle …

“We are trying to walk a tightrope between fighting off a virus that can kill us,” said Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, “and trying to protect an economy that could collapse and a country that could go into bankruptcy if things go pear-shaped.” In retrospect, maybe this is not the …

By the time of writing, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, Health Minister Dr Deyalsingh, Finance Minister Colm Imbert, Labour Minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus, Communications Minister Donna Cox, National Security Minister Stuart Young and a small army of doctors have all faced the public, represented by their emissary, the media. And yet …

So it turns out Kenneth Petty-man was not Trinidad and Tobago’s most unwelcome overseas visitor this Lent after all. The government confirmed its first official case of coronavirus or Covid-19 yesterday—and it’s a 52 year old Swiss who just returned from Switzerland and has a child attending a high-end prep …

There was only ever going to be one winner in this Carnival’s much talked-about love triangle, which came to a head on top of Tribe’s music truck on Carnival Tuesday. And, no, we are not referring to Neil ‘Iwer’ George, Nicki Minaj and the elbow of Nicki’s aptly named husband, …

Guess who just made it on to President Paula-Mae Weekes’ next Independence Day couples retreat? Hunnngh! Yes, Trinidad and Tobago soca star and Road March juggernaut Machel Montano is now a married man, after he tied the knot with long-time sweetheart Renee Butcher on Valentine’s Day at the Red House …

In the blistering heat and with dust everywhere, a mysterious figure trudges onward—followed by dozens of persons carrying knapsacks. One follower, petitioned by his companions, finds the gumption to politely question his leader. Follower: Al-Masih, why do you lead us through this desert? What is our purpose? Leader: What desert? …