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Professor gets $1M to write a report THE five-member Committee appointed by Cabinet to “enquire into the root causes of the problems identified and shown by crime statistics, particularly as it affects Trinidadian males, and to suggest solutions to problems they identify” has hit a snag over money. The delivery read more…

Alleyne is back
May 11th 2012 4:16 PMIt seems that Crime Watch host (should that be former?) Ian Alleyne is having some difficulty overcoming the tabanca of not being on the air. Alleyne’s programme has been suspended (cancelled?) indefinitely by Caribbean Communications Network without explanation thus far, following both he and the station being charged under the read more…

More TATTA from Selby
May 4th 2012 12:04 PMANYONE interested in freedom of expression and freedom of opinion should also be concerned with the advocate role being adopted by TATT and its chairman Selby Wilson, who was last week opining on media standards and what he sees as a decline in media ethics. As someone who has been read more…

Joel Villafana moves back to i95
April 27th 2012 12:08 PMThe OCM group’s acquisition of Citadel has not yet been consummated, as it awaits TATT’s regulatory approval for the takeover of the new radio stations. The synergies apparent from the move, however, became apparent last week when TV6’s Sports News presenter Joel Villafana returned to his i95 roots to anchor read more…

Hunt for Alleyne no longer on
April 27th 2012 12:07 PMMedia Watch has long been warning that Ian Alleyne and his Crime Watch programme were a media accident waiting to happen. While one understands from a financial perspective the reluctance of the OCM group to jettison the crudity that has made Alleyne and his programme such a financial and ratings read more…

More charges coming for Alleyne
April 27th 2012 11:57 AMCops review video footage In the aftermath of the drama that was unfolded last Thursday when Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne was arrested, police say there are provisions in the law dealing with offences relating to inciting a mob. Investigators are now reviewing footage of the tape, which recorded the read more…

Doctors give Alleyne clean bill of health
April 27th 2012 11:56 AMDoctors at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope (EWMSC) have given Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne a clean bill of health. A medical certificate handed over to the police after Alleyne’s discharge from the institution on Monday stated that he suffered no injuries, and all other tests, including read more…



