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For What It's Worth

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A safe space for common sense.

Crime

Connecting the Dots Issue 6: What Bodycams?

by fwiwinbox March 21, 2025March 21, 2025 1 Min Reading

TTPS killings are up by 133% in 2025 but it’s NBD according to the union and acting CoP. Source: Trust me, bro.

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Governance

Connecting the Dots Issue 5: Welcome to Silly Season 2025

by fwiwinbox March 19, 2025March 18, 2025 1 Min Reading

All jokes aside, as much as I respect the Uno reverse move from our new PM, it’d be great to see him address the matter

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fwiw Roundup

fwiw News Roundup #3: 13th June, 2024

June 13, 2024June 25, 2024 14 Min Reading

In today’s news, another government minister accuses the opposition of corruption without revealing any intention of prosecuting. That’s why crime cyah done.

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fwiw Roundup News

fwiw News Roundup #2: 12th June, 2024

June 12, 2024June 25, 2024 15 Min Reading

Let’s see what manner of insanity is in the local news today, shall we?

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fwiw Roundup News

fwiw News Roundup #1: 11th June, 2024

June 11, 2024June 25, 2024 15 Min Reading

Welcome to the first-ever fwiw News Roundup!

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Crime Governance

Politicians Say the Darndest Things… Again—Crime Edition

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 9 Min Reading

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.

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Crime

De Crimes* Cyah Done

May 29, 2024May 29, 2024 5 Min Reading

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…

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Healthcare

The Hidden Power of Solidarity

April 18, 2024June 14, 2024 8 Min Reading

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.

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Education Media

What’s in a Newspaper? Not Much, These Days

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 4 Min Reading

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.

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Culture

3 Things You Don’t Know About T&T Carnival

February 17, 2023February 16, 2023 5 Min Reading

In honour of our first Carnival since Covidageddon, here are three things you should know about “The Greatest Show on Earth”.

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Governance

Politicians Say the Darndest Things – National Security Edition

November 8, 2022November 8, 2022 5 Min Reading

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”?

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Governance

“Solving” Crime in T&- er, La-La Land

November 7, 2022April 30, 2025 5 Min Reading

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.

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TTPS bodycam footage? What TTPS bodycam footage? Listen, if the TTPS—an org with a longstanding history of corruption—wants us to believe a 133% increase in cop killings is NBD, the least they could do is share the bodycam footage they have... and collect the 3,000 cameras collecting dust in storage. All jokes aside, as much as I respect the Uno reverse move from our new PM, it'd be great to see him address the matter directly in a manner that puts the concerns raised to bed. Do so really doh like so, inno. To be a Trinbagonian woman who loves her country is to live with the knowledge that your nation doesn't really love you back. To live and love in this space is to understand that, should the wrong person cross your path and take your life, your countrymen and women will first find ways to blame you for your own murder. To listen to our leadership is to know that nothing will change unless we make them change it. If we could avoid repeating the mistakes of 2010 (or another nation's mistakes of 2024), that'd be 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵. If so many TTPS applicants are failing to meet the basic criteria for entry (and given what some of their officers are getting up to), the organisation should probably take a closer look at its recruitment pool. Shout-out to that one officer at the Carenage Police Station who held nothing back when asked his thoughts on the Prime Minister's recent Parliamentary statement about the police's fear of criminals. Let's connect the dots, shall we?
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