Now that Manchester City have officially sealed the title in England and Real Madrid have put Liverpool in their place and reasserted their dominance in Europe—with more than a little help from Judas Iscariot in the red goal—all eyes turn to Russia. It is time to crown the real kings. …
Read More »Bim at 45 (Pt 3): Melodies from a master craftsman; is Tanker the Derek Walcott of Caribbean music?
Bim Singh’s final fall is the harsh culmination of the metaphor of entrapment that runs through the film. A mesh, inescapable, awaits Bim everywhere, even in his opulent, new haven. It is an element of the past which refuses to go away that jumps out of nowhere on his return …
Read More »T&T book Sept friendly against UAE; Lawrence hopes to get second outing too
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team will play their next international friendly on 6 September when they travel to Spain to face the United Arab Emirates in Girona. The UAE, whose only World Cup appearance came in 1990, are 81st in the FIFA rankings at present—11 spots higher …
Read More »Bim at 45 (Pt 2): Robertson’s masterful camera work adds to Tanker’s music to make a politician cringe
Andre Tanker orchestrates—there is no better word—perfect harmony between musical movements and plot movements. Key to that harmony is the articulation of a fusion that proved a prophetic precursor to the diversity of musical forms taken for granted in Trinidad today. At a time when ‘Trinidad music’ meant almost exclusively …
Read More »Bim at 45: Production far from perfect but Andre Tanker’s music scores big
“Revisiting Bim four and a half decades later, thanks to the 40th Anniversary Film and Music Pack, I find the film’s imperfections all the more endearing, its shortcomings charming. Perfection in any home-grown Trinidad film product back then would have been out of sync with place and context; it remains …
Read More »Glasgow to head new TTPA; call issued for national dialogue on tourism and Carnival
Randy Glasgow, the well-known production company which bears his name and which put on a slew of shows locally every year, has been elected to head the newly formed Trinidad and Tobago Promoters Association (TTPA). Another four members, including Secretary Colin Miles, were on Tuesday elected to form the Executive …
Read More »John-Paul shines off the bench as T&T U-20s fight back to beat French Guiana to fifth
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team closed off their Guadeloupe Six-Nation Invitational tournament yesterday evening with a 3-1 win over French Guiana to avoid the dreaded wooden spoon. Midfielder John-Paul Rochford came off the bench to score twice and create T&T’s other goal for Shaqkeem Joseph, as the …
Read More »T&T U-20s lose 2-1 to Martinique; will face French Guiana trying to avoid last place
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team lost their second successive outing of the Guadeloupe Six-Nation Invitational tournament yesterday, falling 1-2 to Martinique at Capesterre-Belle-Eau. The young Soca Warriors lost 0-2 to Costa Rica on Saturday and found themselves facing a similar deficit on Sunday, as the French islanders …
Read More »T&T U-20s fall 2-0 to Costa Rica in Guadeloupe; Latapy credits team’s “all-round performance”
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Read More »Central suffer embarrassing elimination; Pro League team kayoed by Martinique amateurs
Trinidad and Tobago will not be represented in Concacaf’s first- or second-tier club competitions this season, after TT Pro League club Central FC were eliminated 2-1 by amateur Martinique team, Club Franciscain, in a play-off contest tonight in Kingston, Jamaica. The defeat means that, for just the second time in …
Read More »Shabazz: Time for T&T Women to re-establish reputation; Young and Mims named in 20-member squad
Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team head coach Jamaal Shabazz says his players intend to re-assert themselves in the region, as they prepare to kick off their France 2019 Women’s World Cup campaign on Saturday against the United States Virgin Islands. The Women Soca Warriors tackle the USVI from …
Read More »Judah, Jordan and Semper on U-20 squad for Guadeloupe tourney; Latapy: “Players technically above average”
Shiva Boys Hindu College student Judah Garcia was part of an 18-man Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team which left Piarco International Airport this morning for the six-nation Guadeloupe Invitational tournament, which runs from 18-21 May. Garcia, who debuted for the senior Soca Warriors against Panama last month and …
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