MJ’s Doc High TT Ratings
Michael Jackson’s doctor, Dr Conrad Murray is regarded as a distinguished professional by his local counterparts. What’s next for him is the question?
Whatever suspicions there may be about Michael Jackson’s doctor, he can count on the ringing endorsement of a member of Parliament.
Gynaecologist Dr Time Gopeesingh, Opposition member for Caroni East, who says [...]
Swine Flu Blues
Health Minister Jerry Narace seems to have contracted something as bad as the Swine Flu virus-Swine Flu stress.Trinidad and Tobago has more Swine Flu cases than any other Caribbean territory.
Trinis are scared of travelling to Tobago for “summer” vacations because of the relatively high number of confirmed Swine Flu cases in the Sister Isle.
Hotels in [...]
Scary crime situation
Crime is out of control. The authorities seem helpless to provide security for citizens
There is a lot of finger-pointing as the country tries to come to terms with the horrifying murder of a soldier’s wife who was shot in the head by a bandit when she drove into the compound of a [...]
TT mourns Michael Jackson
Record shops are besieged for CDs of his music. Grieving fans remember his 1978 concerts here.
Michael Jackson wasn’t a calypsonian but the “King of Pop” thrilled audiences in Trinidad when he sang Kitchener’s hit calypso “Sugar Bum” during the two concerts where he and the Jackson Five performed in 1978.
Tributes poured in from shocked and [...]
Picong,laughter in Indian training camp
A lot of good-natured banter between Indians and schoolboys in a practice session at Sabina Park. However, the weary Indians probably want to return home and rest after losing the T20 championship in England.
The Indians have been preparing for Friday’s One Day International (ODI) match against the West Indies in a relaxed atmosphere at [...]
16,000 Trinis HIV Positive, 32 Swine Flu Cases
Two weeks ago, there were only three confirmed Swine Flu cases. There are now 32 cases but 23 persons have fully recovered, if we are to believe the official statistics.
Some 16, 457 persons are HIV positive.
The Swine Fever count is now 32.
Beleagured Health Minister Jerry Narace presented these statistics to the country [...]
$$ Troubles For 3 Caribbean Billionaires
Sir Allen Stanford is in jail. Lawrence Duprey lost has $100 billion C.L. empire and Jamaican financier Michael Lee Chin cannot pay bondholders on time.
Not an easy time for billionaires in the Caribbean.
Sir Allen Stanford, who was based in Antigua and got a knighthood there, has been indicted
of fraud a US $7 billion fraud and [...]
Swine Flu Hysteria
Was it really necessary to cancel the Caribbean Games? There are some 3,000 Swine Flu cases in the U.K and Wimbledon has not been cancelled.
The country is bordering on near hysteria as three more cases have increased the Swine Flu count to 28.
Most of the cases are in Tobago; one school has been closed [...]
Odd ODI Squad
The selectors have dropped Lendl Simmons after his commendable T20 performances. They have brought back the likes of Dave Bernard Jr, Narsingh Deonarine and Runako Morton for the series against India.
The West Indies will hope for better luck in the less abbreviated form of the game-the One Day Internationals (ODI)- as they face [...]
Govt. panics over swine flu outbreak
The Health Minister is under pressure and appears to have lost his nerve. The spectre of closed schools and police stations and visiting Surinamese athletes contracting the Swine Flu here prompts it to cancel inaugural Caribbean Games.
Famous last words-don’t panic!
This was the persistent mantra from the Health Minister and other Government spokesmen but [...]