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Reigning Soca Monarch and Road March Champion Machel Montano (left) serenades Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at his Machel Monday Carnival Concert at the National Stadium last Monday. Also attending the concert were (from left) Public Utilities Minister Emmanuel George, Minister of National Security John Sandy, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Communications, Nicole Dyer-Griffith; the Prime Minister's husband Dr. Gregory Bissessar and calypsonian Benjai

Kamla keeps up heavy party schedule Amidst fiery protests in the Siparia constituency and bitter complaints by some constituents that she is missing in action, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is keeping up a heavy party schedule of Carnival fetes, in one instance hitting three — in different parts of the  read more…

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Flashback: House Speaker Wade Mark and adviser to PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Sasha Mohammed, celebrate at a popular Port of Spain club after her appointment

The rise and fall of Sasha

December 30th 2011 8:34 PM

THIS year has also seen the rise and sudden fall of the erstwhile star TV6 senior producer Sasha Mohammed from Engagements Adviser to the Prime Minister to the invisible woman. Mohammed was called in by police and questioned about threatening and abusive e-mails, which were traced to her computer, ending  read more…

Former Planning Minister Mary King listens attentively to Integrity Chairman Ken Gordon

Editorial hypocrisy

December 30th 2011 8:13 PM

ALTHOUGH you would not be able to tell it from the reportage in the mainstream media, one of the major media developments over the last year was the Government’s use of its advertising clout to reward and punish media houses for toeing the official line. This has led to some  read more…

Ian Alleyne on the hunt

It is alleged

December 30th 2011 8:11 PM

MEDIA Watch still does not know in what category we should place TV 6 media personality Ian Alleyne, but his rise in national prominence following his move from Win TV was certainly one of the biggest developments in media for 2011. His star was almost extinguished as quickly as it  read more…

Irene Medina

Year of the woman in media

December 30th 2011 7:56 PM

ONE of the unremarked developments in the media for 2011 was the rise of women to powerful positions in the media, taking control at both the boardroom and editorial management level. At Newsday, of course, chairman, chief executive officer and Editor-in-chief Therese Mills has long been mistress of all she  read more…

Keith Smith

Journalists transition

December 30th 2011 7:54 PM

THE media lost some notable personalities this year none larger than former Express editor-at-large Keith Smith and television presenter Allyson Hennessy. Smith, who was one of the foundation members of the Express newsroom, died in February this year after an award-winning career that saw him fashion a unique journalistic style  read more…

PSA President Watson Duke

Up and Downs of 2011

December 30th 2011 7:45 PM

WHERE the new year finds them: Based on their performance and behaviour are these major news personalities in a better or worse position that they were a year ago? Minister of Education Dr. Tim Gopeesingh (down): Enters 2011 with charges of sexual harassment on top of continued chaos in the  read more…

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