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Alcoa negotiator being investigated for bribery by US/UK prosecutors

06-Apr-10

Good to see you again. Glad you enjoy the Limes.Not that anyone in the local media should be asking questions of our politicians, or anything… From the Wall Street Journal: U.S. and U.K. prosecutors are investigating a prominent Canadian businessman for criminal money laundering and bribery as part of a two-year investigation centering on Alcoa [...]

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.

What’s not to love about being fair?

20-Sep-09

Unidentified female X, in comment on facebook picture of self looking v tan: oh gosh…i need to stay out of the sun! Unidentified female Y, in response: yuh lookin BLACK Unidentified female X: I know. This is terrible…definitely not the shade I want to be!!! I love being fair!! Indeed.

T&T Gov’t finally steps up on the Schengen visa issue

07-Aug-09

About damn time too. The Express reports: Citizens will no longer need a visa for the French overseas territories once their stay is 30 days or less. Foreign Affairs Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon announced yesterday that following an approach by the Government, the French Government has agreed to exempt nationals of this country travelling to Guadeloupe, [...]

Let the layoffs begin

31-Aug-08

The global financial system and the world economy are facing unprecedented challenges, but you wouldn’t know that if you only read Trinidad’s so-called “newspapers.” There has been an almost complete lack of coverage of the meltdown that started in the US housing market, other than occasional Pollyanna-esque comments from government and the Central Bank that [...]

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