Category: The SCORCH Report

Started from the bottom now we….where???: Hispaniola edition.

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Usually when you speak about Hispaniola, (mostly if yuh gone foreign), you will be met with a “Huh??”. However, if you speak of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, that’s when bells start to ring. Often, some of us may forget that they are one country, especially seeing that ONLY Haiti was hit by the devastating earthquake in 2010 (this continues to tief everyone’s head). But, considering the long and very rocky history these two countries have between each other, it seems that the Dominican Republic would in fact favour the thoughts of those who continuously forget that they are on the same island.

Orange Is The New Jack

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Unless you have been living under a rock for the past 2 weeks, you surely know what has been going on with Jack Warner and his new British rival, John Oliver. However, in case yuh really missed the bacchanal, here’s a quick update: *Dramatic Recap Music* ….Previously on Orange Is The New Jack First of all, Jack Warner, a.k.a former FIFA Vice President, was arrested last month facing charges on money laundering and corruption– with regard to diverting US$750,000 in emergency funds intended for victims…

SCORCH Awards 2014

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Local Celebrity Scandal Winner: Room 201 Girls, Ganja and a Government Minister. If there was a Naparima Girls’ Bachannal Cookbook that would most certainly be the recipe for public scandal. Earlier this year in May, a video surfaced featuring a man who both looked and sounded like then Sports Minister Anil Roberts, rolling a small amount of marijuana in a hotel room whilst surrounded by a bevy of women. Despite the uncanny likeness in appearance and voice, Roberts adamantly denied that the self-proclaimed ‘two-pull man’…

The Hunger Games

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Trinis does always overdo it. We cyah say ‘oh my’ we hadda say ‘OH GAAD OYE!’, we cyah go a free drinks party without bussin’ de bar, and when we get a holiday on a Thursday YUH KNOW we hadda take the Friday off too (just wait and see all who call in ‘sick’ after Divali this week). This innate overreaction manifests itself in all aspects of our lives, including acts of protest. Case in point, the woman who camp outside HDC head office because…

Where on Earth is Olivia Pope????

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*SPOILER ALERT* Is about dam time…. Like true Trinis, we love a good bacchanal, so it was no surprise that we were over excited for Scandal Season 4 premiere. Not that our government doh provide enough Scandal but somehow we prefer to indulge in the work of Shonda Rhimes. The episode got off to a steamy start as we see Jake, all up inside curly haired Olivia’s legs on a private island. Upon receiving a letter with her wine shipment (Olivia is def bout that…

Newsflash: SCORCH is back!

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We went silent for a lil’ bit but we coming back to trouble allyuh souls. With so much happening on the local and international scene we just couldn’t keep quiet any longer. Get used to hearing from us again as we touch on everything from politics, sports, fashion, love, sex and relationships, to entertainment, the local scene and everything else in between. Whether it’s a full length analysis of a serious issue, a quick tweet updating yuh on a trending topic, a brief commentary on…

Fast Food Worker Fired for Good Service

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In what is being branded as the most outrageous dismissal in recent history, an employee of a local, popular restaurant chain has been sent home for consistently providing good customer service. At the centre of the controversy is twenty-four year old Keisha McGoldteet, a self-described mother of two who keeps it real with the exception of her hair. Having been recently promoted from Junior Cashier to Senior Drive-Thru Officer, McGoldteet found herself in hot water after consistent reports of good service made their way back…