Live Wire

Eight days after the 56-year-old Gregory Wight was violently assaulted by the cutlass-wielding son of Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh, there was finally a development. A Woodbrook police source told the Trinidad Express that the lawmen drove to the home of the ponytailed zorro yesterday. Surprisingly, he wasn’t there and …

Scene: Yellow Brick Road. Four friends and their little pothound are skipping along when suddenly: BANG! A huge cloud of red smoke appears on the road and inside the cloud is a giant face. Kamla: “Oh my God. It’s the wicked witch of Diego Martin West, Keith Rowley.” Rowley: “Yes, my …

Education Minister Tim Gopeesingh, who is famed for his condescending lectures to teachers, union representatives and parents, was presumably left red-faced after a video showed his cutlass-wielding son, Shane Gopeesingh, apparently assaulting the 56-year-old Gregory Wight outside Brooklyn Bar. At least “humble pie” is a safer treat than doubles these days. …

Michael Suedathsingh was arrested by Chaguanas police after 1,450 grammes of marijuana was allegedly found in his home. Seudathsingh, a Rastafarian, claimed he used the drugs for religious purposes and was jailed for two years with hard labour. His elder brother, Mitra Seudathsingh, who lives at the same residence, will …

Scene: Manager’s office, a  KFC West PoS branch. Phone rings. Manager: “Good morning, KFC, the manager speaking.” Dr Rowley: “Good morning, Dr Keith Rowley here. I’m calling about the complaint I made last week.” Manager:  “Hello again, Dr Rowley. What seems to be the problem this time?” Dr Rowley:  “This …

Laventille was left in awe of the “Action Man” this weekend as, within hours of promising a National Security branch in Beverly Hills, excavators were already clearing the land. “I must say that it is very good and he showing that for a minister, he care about the people and …

Clevon Raphael (in a Trinidad Guardian interview): (…) Do you think the PP administration could survive Section 34? Herbert Volney: Of course… It is a ten-day wonder, if as long. That’s the thing about 10-days; there is no guarantee of employment in the immediate aftermath. Mr Live Wire wishes the …

National Security Minister Jack Warner took his holier-than-thou routine to new heights yesterday after criticizing Anglican Reverend Dean Collin Sampson for supposedly lowering the bar in religious values by criticising the People’s Partnership government. Dean Sampson suggested, during Monday’s opening of the Law Term, that the nation was outraged by …

The People’s Partnership yesterday distributed cheques ranging in value from $7,000 to $30,000 to over 100 Diego Martin families affected by last month’s flood. The pay-out totaled $1.8 million or roughly $200,000 less than the State paid Machel Montano to sing “Advantage” last year. “I know there is no way …

Scene: PP emergency meeting Prime Minister:  “Gentlemen, and ladies, I think you will all know the reason for this emergency meeting. Following yesterday’s march through the streets, it was clear to me from the television coverage that some of the trees around the Port of Spain savannah are in need …

(A deep, mysterious voice offers a monologue) IN THE FUTURE   ONE NATION IS AFFLICTED   WITH A NEW KIND OF GOVERNMENT.   ONE WOMAN CONTROLS IT ALL.   BUT JUDGEMENT IS COMING   TO TAKE DOWN AN EMPIRE.   HE MUST GO ALL THE WAY UP.   HERBERT TWO …

Attorney General Anand Ramlogan admitted to a crisis yesterday but it was not the one that Chief Justice Ivor Archie and the rest of Trinidad and Tobago was most worried about. The Chief Justice and the Law Association chided the Government about the haste in proclaiming the Administration of Justice …