It is getting hot in middle Earth. Today, a purported internal Police document was relayed from the Head of Special branch, which claimed that the Jamaat-Al-Muslimeen (JAM) was “moving arms and ammunitions to the North and San Fernando” and had planned to “target the Prime Minister’s residence” and free the …
Read More »Facebook felon breaks out of POS prison; Live Wire investigates drama
Well, that was bacchanal. Trinidad and Tobago was so hot yesterday even Jack Warner considered asking the US Attorney General for a plane ticket. At around noon yesterday, Port of Spain inmate Hassan Atwell and two fellow prisoners Allan “Scanny” Martin and Christopher “Monster” Selby made a daring jailbreak. But …
Read More »LiveWire chronicles: It wasn’t she neither? That is madness…
Mr Live Wire tried to hold his tongue; but this is real mad people thing: Madness is when a man resembling Anil Roberts find out a woman resembling his wife is a bigger porn star than him, and when after all his dotish talk about ‘it wasn’t me’, he realise …
Read More »Show me the money: LifeSport gets a Live Wire audit
Success has many fathers; but corruption, to paraphrase, is a bastard. Fortunately, Mr Live Wire has a paternity kit. So let’s have a look at the now defunct LifeSport programme, which has been held in a headlock by the media for the past two months. LifeSport, of course, is the brainchild …
Read More »Tears of a clown: Anil’s resignation letter and the PM’s response
Anil Roberts resigns as Sport Minister and MP but admits no wrongdoing in Life Sport programme. To: Honourable Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, I write to you today with a heavy heart to inform you of my desire to resign as Minister of Sport and as Member of Parliament for D’Abadie/ …
Read More »Oh Carapo: Why Rajaee Ali might be the new Calder Hart
Who said there is such a thing as easy money? Last night, over 75 law enforcement officers raided a Carapo mosque and held Rajaee Ali, the son of Jamaat-al-Muslimeen Imam Hassan Ali, who was taken to the Arima Police Station for questioning. Initial reports suggested that 22 persons were held …
Read More »The case of Minister Two Pull, the Raging Bull and a Tobago 69
Prologue: Sport Minister Anil Roberts has confuffled reporters, who wanted to know if he and Minister Two Pull share the same toothbrush and birthday, by answering their question with a riddle. “I will answer any and all questions when (Opposition Leader Keith Rowley) answers all the allegations about him about …
Read More »Sport Ministry allegedly handed taxpayers’ millions to murder accused
Buckle up, Trinidad and Tobago; it’s about to kick off now. It turns out that, according to the Sunday Express, “Mr Big” was actually “Mr Big Mouth.” When National Security Minister Gary Griffith spoke about declaring war on the criminal element, one always suspected that he would not have to …
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