Road March + Soca Monarch + Groovy Soca Monarch + Baby on the way = Faye Ann

Congratulations from us here at The Angry Pothound.

Late/Lost on Carnival Mon & Tue?

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Kudos to CTNTWORLD & Royalty Club

WTF Files: Beauty Pageant in St Lucia

WTF Files: So your voice aint break yet but you just became a daddy

The Dog being a born n bred Trini usually sticks to minding trini n Caribbean business but i caught wind of sumn that happened in the UK and i had to say a couple words on it. Cuz ah mean you know us trini's like to follow, 'monkey see monkey do' ting nah alluh know what i mean.

Name: Alfie Patten

Age: 13
Height: 4 feet

Occupation: student

Status: single
Children: one

Alfie, his 15 year old girlfriend Chantelle and their week old baby girl Maisie look alot more like a litter of pups as opposed to dad, mum n pup.

When asked about the financial implications of having a baby Alfie is quoted as saying “I didn’t think about how we would afford it. I don’t really get pocket money. My dad sometimes gives me £10.”

Maisie was conceived after Chantelle and Alfie then 14 and 12 had a night of unprotected sex.

Sex at 12?!?!

And they say TnT is bad...

The Dog out!
(pic courtesy The Sun newspaper in the UK)

Stray Dog: Happy Valentine's Day

Today is valentine's day . . . the Dog has no idea what this means, all i know is that everyone is walking past my kennel with roses and chocolates. One of my stray dogs has written an interesting piece that i have to share. I present Kim Lee.

"Why most ppl relationship last 3yrs! lol

Its like buying clothes that you're not that into but the store clerk sells you for what's it worth. e.g You meet a dude/chick and she ok looking, alright personality...de person breath don't stink. Average stuff seems cool.
If you are the guy you have to spend money...to court and only til you spend a good bit... then you'd really know if she's into you.
If you are the chick you're in a worst off predicament cause you will only know if he like you after you pass up some pussy!

Life.... ain't it fair....lol

So if you lasted this long then...congratulations the person genuinely likes you.

Year1... You spend your time learning the person habits that they don't really show you. lol e.g He ask you to attend a football game so you say excitingly "cool!" knowing fully well you think that football is rubbish! or he doesn't do things that you think he should but you go along with things like that not to disappoint, run or scare him off. lol
Y'all men know what i talking bout...Lying to your gf "I stop smoking" but pulling a drag when she not looking and sucking a power mint. lol

Year 2. Your true colours start to show..."Baby yuh coming the game, it's Sunday?" "Oh Gwad! again...I tired...I not really feeling it!" or "Wait nah you still smoking?" Why it is you doing them things, I talk to you about that already? de man quiet cause he just don't care no more.

Year 3 After now figuring out who de fuck yuh with is only then you can assist the relationship cause Reality kicked the beautiful image of the illusion that we created for one another to fall in love with. Dotish ppl actually try for year five using the excuse that "we done make it so far!" but that statistics usually end up in a huge disaster..

PPL who make three year relationships call it a learning experience.
PPL who make five year relationship call it a waste of time.
PPL who were married for 24 years and called it quits never fully recover....

So if you know what you want...say what you mean and mean what you say."

Hmmmm ... the Dog thinks Kim should become the trini Dr Phil cuz all i can say is FREAL!

Stay tuned for more from our stray dogs

Ban Banana & Ban Soca???

Get this, a lecturer at the Cipriani Labour College Dr Kwame Nantambu has come out and bad and called for soca music to be banned. The Dog's ears rose atfter hearing this. His claim is that SOCA is responsible for a lack of morals in today's society. Soca music! This learned individual has obviously chosen the wrong tree to bark up and especially during the wrong season.

Don't get me wrong the Dog is not about to bash Dr Nantambu as i have read a couple of his articles and the guy is good. BUT. . . soca being the cause of a lack of morals. Come on doc!

I am aware that with everything there are always bad seeds and exceptions to the norm. Yes there are soca songs (and dancehall and reggae and r&b and rap and rock and country and this list goes on) that encourage and promote negative aspects of our existence, but who is to tell the artist not to have that thought in his head? Who is to tell the Dog not to bark?

Isn't freedom of expression encouraged or are we trying to emulate the government of Burma that restricts Internet access through software-based censorship that limits the materials citizens can access on-line in order to stifle their thoughts??

The song that is in the fire now is Ian 'Bunji Garlin' Alvarez's Banana.
"Good banana, long banana she want country and town banana"

The Dog says kudos to Mr Garlin for his creativity and for also carrying on a trend that has lead to the growth of calypso and soca music. The double entendre. Trinidadiands have always been given credit for being gifted at this. From calypso icons such as Dr Slinger Francisco aka the Mighty Sparrow with "Salt Fish" & "Mae Mae" to Raphael De Leon aka the Dean of Calypso aka the Roaring Lion with "Netty Netty" & "Marianne". How are these songs any different to 'Banana'?

According to Dr Nantambu can these songs be also considered 'musical pornography'? hmmm

The Dog wishes he had heard Dr Nantambu in his entirety to ensure that he wasn't misunderstood cuz ah mean he is a Dr.

To wrap this up as i have to get back to trying to catch my tail on this black Friday, Calypso & Soca = Trinidad & Tobago and i leave you with the words of the very wise philosopher Plato

"Music gives a soul to the universe,
wings to the mind,
flight to the imagination,
and life to everything"

Public Enemy Number One

Has anybody noticed how many anti Stern John groups have been created on facebook in the last 24hrs, the dog thinks it's hilarious. For those of you that don't know, Stern John is a Trinidad and Tobago national footballer and our top goal scorer of all times with 69 goals to his name. His goals basically took us to the world cup in 2006. Stern has had a love hate relationship with die hard soca warrior fans and waggonist alike because of his inconsistent form in front of goal. The latest backlash against Stern stems from the soca warriors game against El Salvador on Wednesday night, where the warriors blew a 2-0 lead and allowed El Salvador to come back and draw the game 2-2. Before the dramatic comeback by the El Salvadorians, Stern missed a penalty kick that would have made the warriors be up 3-0.The dogs question to the people creating these anti stern john groups is, are you all going to create groups for the defenders that gave the El Salvadorians the two free kick opportunities by constantly fouling them right on the edge of our 18yard box for the last 10 minutes of the game when we had a 2-0 lead???

The Journey Begins

The Final round of world cup qualifying resumes today. Trinidad and Tobago will square off against El Salvador away from home @ the Estadio Cuscatlan a 52,000 plus seater stadium around 9pm Tnt time. It will be a very hostile environment but the Dog thinks that we can come away with a victory and 3 points.

P.S. if you are a traveling supporter of the soca warriors and you are attending this game, God be with you, you may want to walk with your own 100 man army,a raincoat and shield and have a helicopter available to help you escape those crazy pee peltling El Salvadorian fans.

(photo courtesy of flickr)

Dulari Nanny

Ravi Bissembhar aka Ravi B placed 2nd in the 2009 NLCB Chutney Soca Monarch competition with his song entitled "Dulari".

Kenneth Salick placed 1st with "Radica" and Hunter placed 3rd with "Jep Sting".

Ravi B won, get this, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100000.00)!!!



The Dog is loving the song and is now SERIOUSLY considering getting into chutney soca. What do you guys think? Can you see the Dog on stage?

Any suggestions for a sobriquet? "Curry Stray Dog" maybe... lol.

What do you guys think?

Sweet Sweet TnT

The Dog opened his Express newspaper today to read a very frightening and alarming article by Renuka Singh. Two customs officers and a woman kidnap and beat an airport security guard for, get this, DOING HIS JOB. WTF!!!
NB: his job in a nutshell is to not let anyone into restricted areas of the airport without proper identification.

“Because of the stringent security now in place for the upcoming Fifth Summit of the Americas, the guard on duty informed the men that he needed his superior's clearance before allowing unauthorised persons onto the compound.

When the officer turned away, both men pounced on him and dragged him bodily into the marked Customs vehicle. He was held in the van and repeatedly punched and beaten, according to reports.
The security guard was then taken to the Customs Office on the same compound, where he was again held and continually beaten. “

“Estate Police Association Andrew Dardaine confirmed the reports in a telephone interview on Tuesday and said that Airports Authority guards rescued their colleague as soon as they found out what had transpired. The injured guard was immediately taken to the hospital, where he was treated and discharged. He has not returned to his job because of injuries sustained in the attack.”

“Dardaine explained that this "turf war" has been going on for some time between both offices, “
"If they want a war, they could get a war, but that is not the objective of the exercise at the end of the day."

Hmmmmmmmmmm
So the bandits are out kidnapping, raping, robbing and killing citizens (the murder toll is almost double the number of days gone thus far in the year. A human year btw not a dog’s), while the persons whose job it is to protect are themselves victimizing other citizens. Come on people! What is going on in our once sweet sweet T&T? From the ongoing soap opera that is politics to this . . . . what should the Dog expect next? Bandits arresting police for selling them drugs? Panday at the helm of the PNM?

Stay tuned for another episode of Sweet Sweet TnT hosted and narrated by The Angry Pothound

Found It

courtesy of rasadam via youtube

WTF Files: Why i shouldn't smoke weed

LAST YEAR THIS KID GOT CAUGHT WITH WEED AND AS HIS PUNISHMENT THE JUDGE MADE HIM WRITE AN ESSAY ON WHY HE SHOULD NOT SMOKE. SOME OF YOU MAY BE ASKING YOURSELVES, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? WELL THE DOG WANTS YOU TO READ WHAT THIS KID CAME UP WITH.

I should not smoke marijuana because it is a big crime. It can put me in jail because it is against the law. It could make me a pusher.
I will have to work for a drug lord and the police will come for me. They will find me on the block hustling weed. If I run or not, they may search me and ask me for the weed. I will tell them I do not know. They will beat me. I will feel like a fool when they are done with me.

I should not smoke marijuana because it is not good for my health. It could make me mad or crazy. If I smoke marijuana it will give me bad breath and make my teeth yellow. Smoking marijuana can get me high and make me do wrong things. It can make my body thin and weak if I do not eat healthy food. I may not want to bathe and end up smelling stink. No one will want me near to them. They will drive me away. From smoking marijuana I may not be able to have sex. I will be no good for a woman.

If I smoke marijuana I will get addicted and will want to smoke more and more. If I do not have money I will want to thief. I will thief from my family and anyone else to buy the weed. Then I may have to sell things in my mother’s home. That will trip her off and she will want to put me out of the house. If I have to leave I will have to live on the streets. I will be a homeless boy. I will have nothing to eat and nowhere to sleep. I will be a vagrant. I may have to fight other vagrants to survive.

I should not smoke marijuana because it can make people who love me feel ashamed. My mother will cry and my father will cuss. My brother and sisters will cry too. They will talk to me and I will not listen to them. My rest of family will not want me to be around them. I will be like a homeless child. I will be sad and lost.

Smoking marijuana can lead me to harder drugs like cocaine. No one will look at me because cocaine is more deadly than marijuana. Cocaine can make me a crack head. I will see things that are not real, like a green man. I know I will end up a spranger. I will be so thirsty for the cocaine that I will do things that are not right. I may end up in jail for doing petty crimes like thiefing fruits, picking pockets and snatching women’s purses. I should not smoke marijuana because I will pick up a ghetto girl who nobody wants. She will be smoking more than me and that will make us fight. It will make us both crack heads. If we should have a baby it will be a crack head too. The baby may be so sick and it may die. If I do not smoke marijuana I will find a prestige girl who does not smoke marijuana and has herself in order. I will want her parents to appreciate me. We may get married and have healthy babies. We will be good parents and send our children to school and church. If I keep on smoking marijuana, my dreams will not come true.

If I smoke marijuana I will have to hide from the teachers who taught me in school. They will be upset with me because they thought I was a good boy. They taught me well but I did not follow up. They taught me how to read and write but if I had listened I would be something good out there. I was a fool because I did not take my education. I will have to hang my head in shame when I see the teachers. But it can be different if I do not smoke marijuana.

Being with friends who smoke marijuana can put me in jail if the police should raid the block. I will not have any weed on me but if the police finds any weed they may plant it on me. I would be innocent but they do not care and no one will believe me. They will tell me to plead guilty because you cannot win the police in court. I will have no choice but to plead guilty. It will be up to the judge to believe me or not. He will give me a fine or send me to YTC. I may even have to write an essay or read a book. These I will not want to do because I cannot read and write too well. No one will want to help me because I should not have smoked marijuana. I should have stayed in school and obeyed my mother. I should not smoke marijuana because I was taught in church that my body is holy and a gift from God. I must take good care of this gift and not destroy it. I must love my body because to God it is beautiful. He made me in his likeness. He made me special.

I am in court because the police said I had marijuana on me. The judge believed the police. I do not want this to happen to me again. I will lock off the marijuana smoking and the bad company. I will try to get into a Servol Life Centre. I will try to make my reading and writing better. I want to study hard and be smart and make everyone proud. But mostly I want to be proud of myself. I never want to be in this position ever again.


Why I should not smoke marijuana
By KESTER HARPER Friday, April 4 2008
Trinidad Newsday

Damage Control: Guardian Life's email to staff

From:
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 4:07 PM
To: GLOC all Admin Staff & Agents with Execs
Subject: Message from the Group CEO to All Staff

Fellow Guardians,

You would have heard today that the Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago has announced a rescue programme for the CL Financial Group.

We view this move as very positive, since failure of the CL Financial Group could have led to systemic risk across the financial system of not only Trinidad and Tobago, but the wider Caribbean region as well. It is with the best interests of the country in mind, and all her financial institutions, that we stand in full support of the Central Bank’s initiatives to bring the CL Group back to a healthy standing.

How does CBTT intervention and the ongoing global financial crisis affect the country?

There is no reason to predict a severe economic downturn in Trinidad & Tobago. A moderation of spending by Government and consumers will be a very good thing. The Governor of the Central Bank and the Minister of Finance have given the unequivocal assurance of the strength of the financial institutions and the Government. We will weather this storm if we abide by the following rules: save more in prudent and transparent investments; defer unnecessary spending; and take to heart the learning experiences of this time.

How does this crisis affect GHL’s business?

1. Your board and management have been consistently prudent in the conduct of Guardian’s business. Our overall investment portfolio is very conservatively managed, with minimal exposure to international equities. We did not invest in exotic debt securitization which caused great financial harm to many and the failure of others. We concentrated our hard currency investments, be they US dollar, Euro or pound sterling denominated, in Government securities.

2. The Group has a very strong liquidity position. Our businesses have continued to perform very well during these turbulent times, and they continue to generate excellent cash flow for GHL. In addition, we have executed on two very significant transactions, namely the sale of Grupo Mundial and our shareholdings in RBTT/RBC. These two transactions alone generated over $2.1 billion in cash for Guardian.

3. The Group has long applied the principle of dealing only with top rated reinsurers. To the extent possible, we have secured the backing of absolutely blue chip global reinsurers, including Lloyd’s, and are of the view that risk emanating from this source is minimal.

4 Our financials show that we are extremely strong. Our solvency ratios are well above regulatory minimums, and independent financial rating agencies like A.M. Best rate us A Excellent. We have just embarked on the first ever Share Repurchase Programme in the Trinidad & Tobago market place which is evidence of our confidence in our company and in the future.

In other words the GHL Group is as solid as a rock and it is liquid!

Has GHL ever dealt with kind of financial crisis before?

We have indeed been through market crises before – GHL has been around since 1847 and recessions have been part of the financial cycle, in the 1930s and in the 1980s. Our Jamaican subsidiaries, GLL and GAMJa, operate in a very difficult financial climate. It is GHL which went in some 10 years ago to take over the portfolios of three failed insurance companies and merged them into a success story of which Jamaica is justifiably proud.

What does all this mean for Guardian’s people?

In periods such as this, of fear and uncertainty in the investment world, Guardian’s 162 year history of prudence and excellence represents the gold seal of Quality in wealth and asset protection and management.

We can best serve our fellow citizens with advice amidst over-information and misinformation. We can show Trinidad & Tobago and the region, how a quality financial institutions serves its people in times of stress – with Integrity, Quality, Growth and Service.