Let’s see what manner of insanity is in the local news today, shall we?
Welcome to the first-ever fwiw News Roundup!
You can always count on the Honourable Fitzgerald Hinds to stick his foot in his mouth The man has never met a crime controversy he didn’t want to dive into.
Ask any Trini to name the top issue facing our nation, and they’ll say it’s crime. But we actually mean crime* and there’s so much hiding under that asterisk…
As I watch the story of the POSGH NICU bacterial outbreak unfold, I wonder if we might be on the verge of remembering the power of solidarity.
The main reason why I wouldn’t even bother lining our budgies’ birdcage with any of the three major papers is that—with the exception of a few notable instances—they generally don’t seem interested in producing newsworthy stories.
In honour of our first Carnival since Covidageddon, here are three things you should know about “The Greatest Show on Earth”.
What kind of person looks at a video of terrified children being shushed by their, no doubt, equally terrified teacher as gunshots ring out nearby and calls it “quite misleading”?
I wonder if we’ll ever get around to envisioning an approach to addressing our spiralling crime rate that doesn’t amount to cheering for extrajudicial killers.
The question: Did Lala Anthony appropriate Carnival (and therefore Caribbean) culture with her Halloween costume? The answer: 🙄