Mrs Fete

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…

The rise and fall of Sasha
December 30th 2011 8:34 PMTHIS 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…

Editorial hypocrisy
December 30th 2011 8:13 PMALTHOUGH 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…

It is alleged
December 30th 2011 8:11 PMMEDIA 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…

Year of the woman in media
December 30th 2011 7:56 PMONE 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…

Journalists transition
December 30th 2011 7:54 PMTHE 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…

Up and Downs of 2011
December 30th 2011 7:45 PMWHERE 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…



