Broadsides from the third issue of Town, posted on Keate Street, opposite Memorial Park, Port of Spain; 27 March, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Sunday, March 07, 2010
The flight of the cobo
My Carnival Monday placard from the band Cobo Town, proudly carried through the streets of Port of Spain nearly three weeks ago. The face of Calder “Cobo” Hart — head of the powerful state construction agency Udecott, widely suspected of massive financial improprieties and thought by some to be Prime Minister Patrick Manning’s bagman, subject of investigation by the Uff commission of enquiry — replaced the national coat of arms in the middle of a giant $100 bill.
Last night the news broke that Hart, formerly protected by Manning, was forced to resign from Udecott and his positions at other state agencies, and has fled the country with his family. This morning everybody asking how many blue notes this cobo managed to pack in his luggage.
Photo by Georgia Popplewell.
My Carnival Monday placard from the band Cobo Town, proudly carried through the streets of Port of Spain nearly three weeks ago. The face of Calder “Cobo” Hart — head of the powerful state construction agency Udecott, widely suspected of massive financial improprieties and thought by some to be Prime Minister Patrick Manning’s bagman, subject of investigation by the Uff commission of enquiry — replaced the national coat of arms in the middle of a giant $100 bill.
Last night the news broke that Hart, formerly protected by Manning, was forced to resign from Udecott and his positions at other state agencies, and has fled the country with his family. This morning everybody asking how many blue notes this cobo managed to pack in his luggage.
Photo by Georgia Popplewell.
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Overheard
On the pool terrace of the Torarica Hotel, Paramaribo, Suriname; 24 February, 2010:
“Dutch people don’t get a hangover from Parbo. So we can drink as much as we want. It’s because it’s made from rice.”
On the pool terrace of the Torarica Hotel, Paramaribo, Suriname; 24 February, 2010:
“Dutch people don’t get a hangover from Parbo. So we can drink as much as we want. It’s because it’s made from rice.”
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Town in Paramaribo
Broadsides from the third issue of Town on Kleine Waterstraat in Paramaribo; 26 February, 2010. This issue of Town engages with the Paramaribo SPAN project
Broadsides from the third issue of Town on Kleine Waterstraat in Paramaribo; 26 February, 2010. This issue of Town engages with the Paramaribo SPAN project
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