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Despite frequent claims of “no vehicles available” and “Sergeant how-he-name on sick leave”, the police service clearly has the resources to organise a nationwide stop and search when they want. Apparently, the qualifications for a police offer are 5 CXC passes and a minimum of 3 yrs working experience at Laughlin & DeGannes since everything from engine oil to tyre pressure was getting checked. While they were checking for vehicular defects, the police clearly weren’t concerned about the use of mobile phones while driving since…

From the beginning of time, there has always seemed to be an unexplainable zeal for sharing ones privates across whatever available medium at the time. However, with the introduction and rapid expansion of social media and mobile devices in today’s society, the naked art form has become agreeably a bit more tricky. With the wide varirty of platforms and their extensive functionalities, there is nothing stopping someone from instantaneously copying/saving and sharing an image you send them. Thus, the only way to protect yourself nowadays…

Yesterday, we gave you a crash course in ‘Fetiquette 101′, listing all the major do’s and don’ts for party-goers this Carnival season and beyond (hope allyuh had a good read and take heed!). As mentioned prior in the previous article, there are always certain characters that consistently appear in each and every Carnival outing. Whether it’s somebody in your crew, a random stranger in the party or you self, yuh bound to find one somewhere in the party. So, after critical acclaim, it only seems…

SCORCH Mag’s Carnival Guidelines to proper Fete Etiquette.

Every year as the long awaited Carnival season rolls around, people of the sweet republic of Trinbago swell with the anticipation of the massive star studded fetes, the rivers of alcohol, ‘bumpas like rain’ and the general euphoric atmosphere that completely envelops the entire country. However, there is one thing about this festive occasion that keeps most men up nights in sheer bafflement. A phenomenon as old as time that, for years, has gone unexplained…until now. That is, as young soca star on the rise,…