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Colleagues, friends pay tribute to George 'Umbala' Joseph

News Yvonne Webb

ONE of the most controversial radio talk -how hosts, businessman George “Umbala” Joseph, has died.

Umbala, who was the recipient of the Humming Bird Medal, Gold, died at the Port of Spain General Hospital on Saturday. He had been ailing for some time.

Former colleague at I95.5 FM and former labour minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus said she was shocked to learn of his death, as they had a conversation two weeks ago, “and he was his natural, rude old self.”

She said he invited her  and her husband, Gaston, to dinner, but they never got to take up the offer.

Recalling their friendship, which dated back many years, Baptiste-Primus said, “George was one person who never put water in his mouth to speak. He always called a spade a spade, but he was a man with a big, big heart.

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“He would give to people in need,” she said recalling his generosity through the Civil Liberties Union of TT, which he founded. Every Independence, Joseph bathed, fed and clothed homeless people. He said he too came fr

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With a heavy heart, we announce the passing of veteran radio broadcaster George Umbala Joseph. The Grenadian-born Joseph made his home in Trinidad and was well known for his bluntness during his tenure at i95.5fm. Joseph was 85. Joseph is said to have contacted another medium expressing his dissatisfaction with the treatment he received whilst seeking medical attention at St James Medical Facility. Umbala said that his complaint had nothing to do with him requesting special treatment but rather for the authorities to remedy this situation in the best interest of the populace. Reports indicate that Joseph was warded in a tent with rather unsanitary portable toilet facilities which he couldn't use due to his mobility issues. The CEO of NWRHA, Anthony Blake said that the facility's structure wasn't designed for the parallel health care system and as a result the open tents were outfitted with beds since it is mandatory for patients to do Covid tests before being admitted. Joseph was moved to an enclosed area before passing away this morning. It was later revealed that his Covid test

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Former radio personality George “Umbala” Joseph has died

An­na-Lisa Paul

For­mer ra­dio an­nounc­er and me­dia per­son­al­i­ty George “Um­bala” Joseph died on Sat­urday.

The 84-year-old was ad­mit­ted to the St James Med­ical Com­plex on Tues­day and had spent three days un­der a tent on the hos­pi­tal’s com­pound along the West­ern Main Road be­fore be­ing ward­ed.

Joseph re­port­ed­ly reached out to a fel­low me­dia prac­ti­tion­er at Guardian Me­dia for help to high­light his plight as he con­tin­ued to be sub­ject­ed to the heat; fumes from pass­ing ve­hi­cles; and the portable toi­let which he was un­able to use due to his lim­it­ed mo­bil­i­ty.

At the time, Joseph said he had been forced to re­lieve him­self be­hind the tent.

Con­tact­ed on Fri­day, Joseph said, “I’m not com­plain­ing be­cause I’m not ex­pect­ed to be treat­ed bet­ter or dif­fer­ent. I am com­plain­ing be­cause that is what peo­ple have to go through. If you saw the filthy con­di­tion, it will ap­pal you as it does me.”

North West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (NWRHA) CEO An­tho­ny Blake re­spond­ed

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