If God is really a Trini, then he must be a Jehovah’s Witness. Because He certainly has not shown the stomach for intervening in local political affairs. Another weekend and another round of head shaking news as Trinidad and Tobago journalists try to keep up with what passes for administration …
Read More »Who you calling Ho?! Live Wire examines Newsday’s titillating headline
Ho ho ho! Like jumping behind a stranger and trying to ram your groin into her back pocket, some indiscretions are only culturally acceptable during a particular period of the year. Any other time and you’re facing sexual assault charges and, possibly, psychological evaluation. And the Trinidad Newsday newspaper, according …
Read More »TV6 goes full corbeaux on late Security Minister
A 65-year-old man tragically drowned in Tobago this morning. Mr Live Wire knows what you’re thinking: What did his corpse look like and was he any good at his day job? You weren’t thinking that at all? Well, TV6 surely was. And so a married father of four who held …
Read More »Guardian angel lifts skirt again; ad calls Kublalsingh a reptile
The Trinidad Guardian newspaper had observers covering their eyes again when the self-declared “Guardian of Democracy” published a photograph, presumably of activist Wayne Kublalsingh, with the headline: “Trinidad and Tobago discovers a human reptile.” Under the photograph ran the caption: “The Kub-lal. An unusual human reptile discovered here on the …
Read More »Will and no Grace: Express digs through Seetahal’s estate
The Trinidad Express newspaper and its editor-in-chief Omatie Lyder pushed the boundaries of good taste this morning as the leading daily newspaper made the last will and testament of slain attorney, Dana Seetahal SC, its lead story. And, to be clear, Mr Live Wire means that Lyder pushed “Good Taste” …
Read More »Adios Two Pull; weed-loving reporter steals Anil’s thunder
A marijuana-loving public figure has become an internet sensation after walking off the job with a shrug and “f**k it.” Mr Live Wire is thinking that former Sport Minister Anil Roberts probably wishes he could redo his resignation letter right now. KTVA reporter Charlo Greene decided that her time was …
Read More »Prime Minister’s gone wild… with elation at election results!
An elderly woman’s behaviour, which was controversially rebroadcast by the media, has come under national scrutiny with critics saying she should know better than to expose her frailties in public while supporters insist she had every right to be moved by the excitement around her. But enough talk about the …
Read More »Trick or tweet: The truth behind Warner’s Haitian aid lawsuit (Part two)
Independent Liberal Party (ILP) interim leader and ex-FIFA vice president Jack Warner sued me for substantial damages, a retraction and public apology as well as legal costs but he ended up offering an apology instead, via a legal document lodged in the High Court. Here is second and final part …
Read More »MATT will complete Guardian investigations next month
The Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago’s (MATT) executive committee has named the remaining members of its committee to investigate the media body’s role in an incident at the Trinidad Guardian which led to the resignation of three journalists. The investigative committee is chaired by veteran journalist Tony Fraser and now …
Read More »Ramlogans’ attorneys batter Express ladies
If you are squeamish about seeing women being firmly put in their place, please look away now. Because those Trinidad Express ladies sure got what was coming to them. Anika Gumbs-Sandiford apparently spent the last week tiptoeing around Attorney General Anand Ramlogan; an investigative reporter can never be too careful, …
Read More »Fraser heads MATT inquest into Guardian fiasco
Veteran journalist Tony Fraser has been mandated by the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) to investigate the media body’s role in the Trinidad Guardian newspaper fiasco that led to the resignation of three journalists. Fraser will head an independent committee to “review the circumstances which led to MATT giving …
Read More »Williams heads new MATT executive
Trinidad Guardian energy reporter Curtis Williams is the new president of the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) after being voted in by the majority of his media colleagues in today’s election, which was held at TSTT’s video conferencing rooms in Port of Spain and San Fernando. Williams, who …
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