Gayelle reporting that police have gone to conduct a raid an undisclosed location. Just before that, Gayelle ran some video of Errol Fabien making a heartfelt appeal for people to come forward with information about the incident if they have it. Paolo Kernahan repeated the appeal, adding that people can call 1-800-TIPS (local number), which [...]
Gayelle now saying 10-11 people injured, though injuries not life threatening. Minister of National Security Martin Joseph has arrived on the scene and Health Minister John Rahael has gone to the Port of Spain General Hospital. Gayelle (whose anchor, Paolo Kernahan, just apologised for not showing more video from the scene by reminding us that [...]
A Gayelle reporter is getting info from one of her “sources”–she’s on the rooftop of a casino opposite Smokey & Bunty, the bar in front of which the blast occurred. Here’s what she said (more or less): Two EHS workers were buying food at a jerk stand when the bomb, which had been placed in [...]
A Gayelle reporter is getting info from one of her “sources”–she’s on the rooftop of a casino opposite Smokey & Bunty, the bar in front of which the blast occurred. Here’s what she said (more or less): Two EHS workers were buying food at a jerk stand when the bomb, which had been placed in [...]
I’ve switched over to Gayelle TV. Two young men have been held for questioning by the police. Another person reported injured. The area around St. James is completely cordoned off. Gayelle’s Errol Fabien interviewed Chinky, one of the popular St. James food vendors (and a fellow I often patronise). Chinky says he stands to lose [...]
It’s almost certainly a copyright violation, but I managed to make a very lousy recording of part of CNC news’s on the spot report on the bomb blast at Smokey and Bunty’s. Listen to it here. Since I recorded this CNC is reporting that five people injured, “situation very grave”. Technorati Tags: trinidad+tobago, bomb+blast, caribbean [...]
Was just about to head out to the cinema when my friend Skye Hernandez called to say there was a report on CNC television news of a bomb blast outside the popular Smokey & Bunty bar in St. James, a district just outside of Port of Spain. Apparently people were injured. So the crap continues. [...]
Dear CFR friends, I love receiving your e-mails and comments. But occasionally, I do yearn to hear the sound of your voices. I envy podcasters who are able to weave audio comments from their listeners into their shows. I envy the sense of community it creates, illusory though it may be. Of course I could [...]
Conceived on a Sunday, born on a Monday, completed on a Tuesday, episode #34 turned out to be Solomon Grundy-esque in more ways than one. In this ‘cast I take a look back at Caribbean Free Radio’s life history, talk a little about the show’s geographical context and raison d’etre–then get sidetracked again by work [...]
As you’ve probably heard me say on CFR, one of the things I do to put food on the table is video production (mainly as a producer/scriptwriter), which is probably why I’ve hesitated about getting into videoblogging. Today, however, it’s raining again, and I decided to do a simple test, not with a camcorder, but [...]
This just in from the iTunes Music Store (after several e-mails asking why CFR wasn’t listed in their directory): Dear Georgia, Thank you for contacting the iTunes Music Store. We have escalated your report to iTunes Music Store engineering and we will send you an email message once we have a resolution. You can expect [...]
Trinidad & Tobago has another tech podcast! ReddiCast, hosted by one of our friends from the TTCS podcast, launched today. Here’s the site, and here’s the feed.
Back in the days when I was still recording my shows using a Panasonic AG-DVX100a camcorder and editing in Soundtrack, I was interviewed by Jack Herrington for the O’Reilly book Podcasting Hacks, which was released in August. I’m yet to order myself a copy, but the book is getting good reviews on Amazon, so it [...]