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Hi there, Trinidad Guardian folk

20-May-10

To the editors and reporters of the Trinidad Guardian who might be reading this: Hi. The Liming House here. Today I happened to catch the attention of the folk(s) behind @TriniGuardian.  As I’m inclined to do whenever I read one of your pieces, I was engaging in some stream of consciousness invective, as below: “most [...]

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T&T media FAIL, Haiti edition

12-Jan-10

Dear Trinidadian media: the Haitian earthquake is the biggest and most important Caribbean story, bar none, of the moment and the year to date. What, exactly, is your excuse for your utter inability to update your sites to reflect this state of affairs, per the following screenshots (taken at approximately 8.55pm Trinidad time): Poor.

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On badjohns, Brent Sancho and things in between

22-Jun-08

There is much about the local media that raises my blood pressure, but today’s feature in the Sunday Express on the origin of the word ‘badjohn’ is a beautifully-written exception. I’ll cite only the beginning, but the piece – written by Kim Johnson – is worth reading in its entirety: Of the countless jailbirds to [...]

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