By Michael De Gale May 06, 2008 In this season of rejuvenation and renewal, my friend celebrated yet another birthday. She may have passed the dreaded half way mark by now but since time has been a friend to her, that mark is not immediately apparent. Free of the sags, wrinkles and tiredness that is … Continue reading Digging Our Own Graves
By Raffique Shah April 27, 2008 If former Trade Minister Dr Keith Rowley is a hooligan who displays ‘wajang’ behaviour, when did these abominable character traits first manifest themselves? Prime Minister Patrick Manning, explaining why he summarily fired the senior minister, told the media that for all of five minutes during a Cabinet committee meeting, … Continue reading Manning Shoots a Rowdy Messenger
By Dr. Kwame Nantambu March 25, 2008 As quiet as it is kept, Trinbagonians seem to be in long-term denial that there is a direct correlation between Soca music and moral decadence in TnT. As of this writing, the evidence is very clear and convincing that immorality and public sexual vulgarity have surpassed the nadir … Continue reading Soca Music and Moral Decadence
By Andre Bagoo March 13, 2008 A MAN who was charged with rape and who spent four years in prison after being identified by two women at a police identification parade, was yesterday set free and exonerated by DNA evidence which proved his innocence. It is the first time DNA has set an accused person … Continue reading DNA Test clears rape accused
Online Sex Auctioneer Ordered to Reveal Customers’ Identities A German woman became pregnant after having anonymous sex with six different men who bid on the erotic encounter in an online auction. Now a Stuttgart court has ruled that she has a right to know the men’s identities, despite the Web site’s assurances that their personal … Continue reading Dudes, domes and dot.coms
By Raffique Shah Sunday, December 23rd 2007 The voice of the people, we are often reminded, is the voice of God. My rejoinder to this scriptural interpretation of democracy is: the masses so often prove to be asses, one wonders if God has any influence in secular matters like elections, party affiliations, and worst of … Continue reading ‘How fortunate for leaders that men do not think’
Girl, 12, critical after rape A 12-year-old schoolgirl is fighting for her life at the San Fernando General Hospital after she was allegedly tied up and sexually assaulted by two masked men at her Rio Claro home yesterday morning. Police report the men also stuffed a melongene into her body and left her for dead. … Continue reading Crime …. Scalping suspect surrenders…
By Raffique Shah September 16, 2007 Last Thursday most Italians decided to deny themselves their supreme daily delight-pasta-because of what they saw as an unreasonable increase in price. A one-kilo pack of the wheat-based staple had increased by 27 per cent, now priced at around TT$12. This was as shocking a protest as one could … Continue reading Welcome to the upside-down world
Details Emerge In West Virginia Torture Case Six people have been arrested in West Virginia coal country for the week-long torture of a young woman. Six people, all white, were arrested in connection with the alleged abduction of the black woman. Authorities are investigating the case as a possible hate crime. Authorities said Megan Williams, … Continue reading Six Held for Week-Long Torture of African Female
TriniSoca.com Reporters September 12, 2007 Creator of such Calypso gems as “Progress”, “In Time to Come”, “Somebody”, “Steelband Woman”, “Saltfish”, “This World Don’t Like Nothing Black”, “Phillip My Dear”, “Take Me Back Africa”, “Too Young to Soca” “In Time to Come”, “Save our Domestics”, Winsford ‘Joker’ Devine is undoubtedly one of the greatest songwriters of … Continue reading Winsford ‘Joker’ Devine Speaks