Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams refused to respond to questions on an alleged training ground incident with “Soca Warriors” head coach Stephen Hart, issues raised by National Futsal Team coach Clayton Morris or even to reveal when technical director Muhammad Isa started work at the local …
Read More »The high price of perks: the HDC scandal reveals the soft underbelly of the T&T media
Judged by the standards to which it holds other institutions of public trust, one would’ve expected a clear and unambiguous media response to the Sunday Express report that a significant number of journalists and media workers were beneficiaries of public housing on the basis of personal recommendations from ministers of …
Read More »Martin Daly: the media is insulting our intelligence on HDC scandal
The discovery that a large group of people benefitted from the exercise of ministerial and satellite power in their favour in what appears to be preferential circumstances should undoubtedly have attracted scrutiny from the media. The fact that the benefit was the allocation of houses by the Housing Development Corporation …
Read More »Ask Mr Live Wire: Online taxes, gov’t corruption and gas and vehicle price hikes
In keeping with our efforts to engage readers, Mr Live Wire agreed to answer questions from random guests via Skype. The following were the satirical results: Balisier-baby: Mr Live Wire, I understand the reasoning behind all theses taxes eh. It’s because those crooked UNC politicians thief all we money! But …
Read More »Waithe’s TCM responds on Benz/HDC bacchanal: TV6 and Express got it wrong
The following is a release from the TCM (Total Convenience Management) Board regarding TV6 and Trinidad Express reports on the rental of a Mercedes Benz to the HDC, which, TCM allege, contained ‘inaccuracies and misrepresentations of their business arrangement. Businessman Kirk Waithe is a prominent member of TCM as well as …
Read More »Ode to Grenfell: BC Pires bids a very special farewell to a Guardian icon
Satirical columnist, BC Pires, offers an imitable tribute to Guardian Media chairman, Grenfell Kissoon: “I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” – Mark Antony OUTSIDE the media, few people know or think much about the Guardian Media chairman, Grenfell Kissoon, and even those within the industry think little …
Read More »CNC3 apologises for getting caught misleading public on Ian Alleyne arrest
“We’re sorry that you caught us!” The CNC3 media house has admitted to misleading its viewers and the Trinidad and Tobago public today, over the arrest of its crime show host, Ian Alleyne, in arguably the most self-serving and insincere apology since Raymond Tim Kee’s statement two weeks ago. Tim …
Read More »MATT concerned by force in Alleyne arrest; wants answers on TTPS/TV6 relationship
The following is a press release from the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) in relation to the arrest of Crime Watch television host, Ian Alleyne, by Inspector Roger Alexander from competing reality crime show, Beyond The Tape, and the subsequent media coverage of the matter: The Media Association …
Read More »Replacing a dying order: the Sukhdeos, Crime Watch and media responsibility
So much dust has been kicked up since Rachael Sukhdeo’s facebook posting that visibility has been reduced to almost nil on her chilling allegations of domestic violence and the refusal of the police to act on her complaints. Now displacing her voice are loud reverberations about media censorship, conflicts between …
Read More »Say what I95.5?! Women respond to “feminist” attacks after Tim Kee scandal
The following open letter is directed to Ralph Maraj and Darian Marcelle for alleged comments made towards women activists and feminists during “The Afternoon Drive” on I95.5 FM. This letter was sent by: Jacquie Burgess, Merle Hodge, Dr Sheila Rampersad, Attillah Springer, Eintou Springer, Folade Mutota and Verna St Rose …
Read More »Insp Alexander wets Alleyne: Lawman arrests TV rival on taxpayer’s time
What should have been a police investigation into a domestic violence matter in Chaguanas this morning turned into a cocolooks measuring competition between rival television hosts, Inspector Alexander and Ian Alleyne. And, to summarise, Alleyne ended up flushed, begging for mercy and getting treatment for a sore hand. While the …
Read More »Media misleads public again on Tim Kee; Live Wire demands their resignation
The following is the actual excerpt from an an interview with Raymond Tim Kee on Sky 99.5 FM, just after lunch today: Interviewer Jessie-May Ventour: Mr Tim Kee, at the 12 o clock news we found out that you are still the mayor of Port of Spain, that you have …
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