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    Jnr Champs 25: Cole, DeGannes among four Pan Am qualifiers, but mixed reviews for T&T track and field

    Jnr Champs 25: Cole, DeGannes among four Pan Am qualifiers, but mixed reviews for T&T track and field

    Tuesday 1 July 2025
    • None so blind? ICC should remove 3rd Umpire, amidst concerns he’s become Australia’s 12th man

      None so blind? ICC should remove 3rd Umpire, amidst concerns he’s become Australia’s 12th man

      Tuesday 1 July 2025
    • RBL 5 for Fun: Kassiram leads stingy Bamboo bowling attack, as St Joseph TML reined in

      RBL 5 for Fun: Kassiram leads stingy Bamboo bowling attack, as St Joseph TML reined in

      Saturday 28 June 2025
    • Diamond Vale Gov’t revel in Rep Bank Primary Mini Polo upset; Katwaroo lists standout talent

      Diamond Vale Gov’t revel in Rep Bank Primary Mini Polo upset; Katwaroo lists standout talent

      Friday 27 June 2025
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    Dear Editor: Why is accountability only demanded of ‘the other side’?

    Dear Editor: Why is accountability only demanded of ‘the other side’?

    Sunday 29 June 2025
    • Daly Bread: Crumbled oversight function continues to haunt state enterprises

      Daly Bread: Crumbled oversight function continues to haunt state enterprises

      Sunday 29 June 2025
    • Daly Bread: The problem with governments’ management of state boards

      Daly Bread: The problem with governments’ management of state boards

      Sunday 22 June 2025
    • Noble: Beware of frenemies—why Labour should be wary of Gov’t union

      Noble: Beware of frenemies—why Labour should be wary of Gov’t union

      Sunday 22 June 2025
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    Vaneisa: Words to live by—‘pleasure reading’ can be transformative for our youth

    Vaneisa: Words to live by—‘pleasure reading’ can be transformative for our youth

    Monday 30 June 2025
    • Josie vs Cancer: To protect my sanity, I constantly filtered offered advice

      Josie vs Cancer: To protect my sanity, I constantly filtered offered advice

      Saturday 28 June 2025
    • Dear Editor: Child’s play is no idle pursuit; it’s crucial to our development

      Dear Editor: Child’s play is no idle pursuit; it’s crucial to our development

      Tuesday 24 June 2025
    • Vaneisa: Why ‘How to Say Babylon’ is a Caribbean fathering tale

      Vaneisa: Why ‘How to Say Babylon’ is a Caribbean fathering tale

      Monday 23 June 2025
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    Dear Editor: Caribbean FAs, like TTFA, can never get sustained success from Fifa grants

    Dear Editor: Caribbean FAs, like TTFA, can never get sustained success from Fifa grants

    Wednesday 4 June 2025
    • School reps slam SSFL All Star picks, urge overhaul of selection process

      School reps slam SSFL All Star picks, urge overhaul of selection process

      Monday 2 June 2025
    • ‘Zoom Zoom’, Gosine get 2024 MVP awards; SSFL releases All Star squads

      ‘Zoom Zoom’, Gosine get 2024 MVP awards; SSFL releases All Star squads

      Thursday 29 May 2025
    • RBNYFL 25: QPCC take U-20 title; Pro Series, B/Blasters, Trendsetter scoop up crowns

      RBNYFL 25: QPCC take U-20 title; Pro Series, B/Blasters, Trendsetter scoop up crowns

      Monday 26 May 2025
    • RBNYFL 25: Ball Blasters lead T’go charge in finals, but QPCC, Pro Series well poised

      RBNYFL 25: Ball Blasters lead T’go charge in finals, but QPCC, Pro Series well poised

      Friday 23 May 2025
    • Dear Editor: Mulraine is right; TTFA must invest in talent identification

      Dear Editor: Mulraine is right; TTFA must invest in talent identification

      Tuesday 20 May 2025
    • Mulraine: Screening sessions to select national youth teams is lazy, inefficient and outdated

      Mulraine: Screening sessions to select national youth teams is lazy, inefficient and outdated

      Tuesday 20 May 2025
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    Political commentary rules as Helon dethrones Machel; Live Wire marks Calypso finals

    Political commentary rules as Helon dethrones Machel; Live Wire marks Calypso finals

    Monday 3 March 2025
    • Live Wire: Crimson Sky on Plantation as Regents vote on Party’s future while Opposition plots response

      Live Wire: Crimson Sky on Plantation as Regents vote on Party’s future while Opposition plots response

      Thursday 9 January 2025
    • Dem judges mudda can’t (be) serious? Live Wire reviews 2024 Calypso Monarch show

      Dem judges mudda can’t (be) serious? Live Wire reviews 2024 Calypso Monarch show

      Monday 12 February 2024
    • Piggy, pussy and politics: Live Wire on Watson Duke’s bizarre local govt campaign launch

      Piggy, pussy and politics: Live Wire on Watson Duke’s bizarre local govt campaign launch

      Thursday 16 February 2023
    • Missing the Faris for the trees? Mr Live Wire gets another political lecture from a mysterious man

      Missing the Faris for the trees? Mr Live Wire gets another political lecture from a mysterious man

      Thursday 17 March 2022
    • Protesters push back against ‘little prick’; Live Wire alarmed as tension boils over at QPS

      Protesters push back against ‘little prick’; Live Wire alarmed as tension boils over at QPS

      Sunday 16 January 2022
    • Live Wire sheds a tear as Minister of Hypocrisy uses time-travel to join Boxing Day boat party

      Live Wire sheds a tear as Minister of Hypocrisy uses time-travel to join Boxing Day boat party

      Thursday 30 December 2021
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    Defiant NAAATT Junior and Senior Champs draw curtain on 2024

    Defiant NAAATT Junior and Senior Champs draw curtain on 2024

    Tuesday 2 July 2024
    • Unplugged: Jereem Richards, Keshorn Walcott and Tyra Gittens speak from the heart

      Unplugged: Jereem Richards, Keshorn Walcott and Tyra Gittens speak from the heart

      Sunday 30 June 2024
    • NGC/NAAATT Jnr & Snr Champs: Aaron Antoine endures tough opening day

      NGC/NAAATT Jnr & Snr Champs: Aaron Antoine endures tough opening day

      Saturday 29 June 2024
    • CYG 2023: T&T sprinter Trevaughn Stewart’s journey from sorrow to success

      CYG 2023: T&T sprinter Trevaughn Stewart’s journey from sorrow to success

      Monday 15 January 2024
    • CYG 2023: T&T’s Janae De Gannes reviews her epic long jump battle

      CYG 2023: T&T’s Janae De Gannes reviews her epic long jump battle

      Friday 12 January 2024
    • CYG 2023: A Journey of Triumph and Inspiration (Video)

      CYG 2023: A Journey of Triumph and Inspiration (Video)

      Tuesday 9 January 2024
    • YEP Rising Stars: Meet Revell Webster

      YEP Rising Stars: Meet Revell Webster

      Tuesday 23 August 2022
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  • Dear Editor: Why is accountability only demanded of ‘the other side’?
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  • RBL 5 for Fun: Kassiram leads stingy Bamboo bowling attack, as St Joseph TML reined in
  • Josie vs Cancer: To protect my sanity, I constantly filtered offered advice
  • Diamond Vale Gov’t revel in Rep Bank Primary Mini Polo upset; Katwaroo lists standout talent
  • Dear Editor: TTFA should come clean on relationship with radio station
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Jnr Champs 25: Cole, DeGannes among four Pan Am qualifiers, but mixed reviews for T&T track and field
Tuesday 1 July 2025

Jnr Champs 25: Cole, DeGannes among four Pan Am qualifiers, but mixed reviews for T&T track and field

Four rising stars, among them two Carifta Games champions, have booked their spots at the Junior Pan…

None so blind? ICC should remove 3rd Umpire, amidst concerns he’s become Australia’s 12th man
Tuesday 1 July 2025

None so blind? ICC should remove 3rd Umpire, amidst concerns he’s become Australia’s 12th man

Boasting the most feared and most formidable bowling foursome in contemporary world cricket, Austral…

Vaneisa: Words to live by—‘pleasure reading’ can be transformative for our youth
Monday 30 June 2025

Vaneisa: Words to live by—‘pleasure reading’ can be transformative for our youth

My preoccupation with advocating that we do more to encourage a love for reading stems from a convic…

Dear Editor: Why is accountability only demanded of ‘the other side’?
Sunday 29 June 2025

Dear Editor: Why is accountability only demanded of ‘the other side’?

“[…] What kind of society are we building when the working class is always the first to feel the axe…

Daly Bread: Crumbled oversight function continues to haunt state enterprises
Sunday 29 June 2025

Daly Bread: Crumbled oversight function continues to haunt state enterprises

Last Sunday, I traced the perils of having the state enterprises unrestrained by diligent and timely…

RBL 5 for Fun: Kassiram leads stingy Bamboo bowling attack, as St Joseph TML reined in
Saturday 28 June 2025

RBL 5 for Fun: Kassiram leads stingy Bamboo bowling attack, as St Joseph TML reined in

A disciplined bowling attack proved decisive in the St George final of the inaugural Republic Bank-s…

Josie vs Cancer: To protect my sanity, I constantly filtered offered advice
Saturday 28 June 2025

Josie vs Cancer: To protect my sanity, I constantly filtered offered advice

Chapter 8: It was an onslaught of information… Reading about breast cancer survivors and their…

Diamond Vale Gov’t revel in Rep Bank Primary Mini Polo upset; Katwaroo lists standout talent
Friday 27 June 2025

Diamond Vale Gov’t revel in Rep Bank Primary Mini Polo upset; Katwaroo lists standout talent

Diamond Vale Government Primary School broke the recent private school stranglehold on the primary s…

Dear Editor: TTFA should come clean on relationship with radio station
Wednesday 25 June 2025

Dear Editor: TTFA should come clean on relationship with radio station

“[…] We have a national senior men’s soccer team funded by Fifa, the government (my tax dollars), an…

T&T mis-Fortune for WCQ campaign; Atlanta midfielder requires surgery
Wednesday 25 June 2025

T&T mis-Fortune for WCQ campaign; Atlanta midfielder requires surgery

Midfielder Ajani ‘Jay’ Fortune will miss the remainder of Trinidad and Tobago’s 2026 World Cup quali…

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Jnr Champs 25: Cole, DeGannes among four Pan Am qualifiers, but mixed reviews for T&T track and field

None so blind? ICC should remove 3rd Umpire, amidst concerns he’s become Australia’s 12th man

RBL 5 for Fun: Kassiram leads stingy Bamboo bowling attack, as St Joseph TML reined in

Diamond Vale Gov’t revel in Rep Bank Primary Mini Polo upset; Katwaroo lists standout talent

Dear Editor: TTFA should come clean on relationship with radio station

T&T mis-Fortune for WCQ campaign; Atlanta midfielder requires surgery

Diamond Vale bring the fire, Dunross show steel in Rep Bank Primary Mini Polo

Yorke says T&T can compete—but can Warriors get to 2026 World Cup?

Sealy scores stunner; but T&T eliminated after 1-1 tie with Saudi Arabia in tense affair

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  • Vaneisa: Words to live by—‘pleasure reading’ can be transformative for our youth

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  • Josie vs Cancer: To protect my sanity, I constantly filtered offered advice

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Jnr Champs 25: Cole, DeGannes among four Pan Am qualifiers, but mixed reviews for T&T track and field

Four rising stars, among them two Carifta Games champions, have booked their spots at the Junior Pan American U20 Athletics Championships in Villavicencio, Colombia this October. The four won the right to represent this country at the  2025 National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad and Tobago (NAAATT)–NGC Junior Championships, …

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None so blind? ICC should remove 3rd Umpire, amidst concerns he’s become Australia’s 12th man

Boasting the most feared and most formidable bowling foursome in contemporary world cricket, Australia need no assistance to best Roston Chase’s now-struggling-to-find-their-feet West Indies. In the first match of the three-Test series they won by 159-runs in Barbados last week, they seemed to get it anyway. From an unlikely source. …

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Vaneisa: Words to live by—‘pleasure reading’ can be transformative for our youth

My preoccupation with advocating that we do more to encourage a love for reading stems from a conviction that it is a fundamental aspect of our development as a society. It’s not so much about learning to read, important as that is, but more about finding pleasure in the act. …

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Dear Editor: Why is accountability only demanded of ‘the other side’?

“[…] What kind of society are we building when the working class is always the first to feel the axe? When institutions are reshaped in silence? When accountability is demanded only of ‘the other side’? “[…] Too often, those who cry foul in opposition grow quiet once in power. Outrage …

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Daly Bread: Crumbled oversight function continues to haunt state enterprises

Last Sunday, I traced the perils of having the state enterprises unrestrained by diligent and timely oversight by the constitutionally established Public Account [Enterprises] Committee (the PA[E]C) and I referred to that committee being handicapped, due to the late submission of annual reports and other financial information to it. The …

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RBL 5 for Fun: Kassiram leads stingy Bamboo bowling attack, as St Joseph TML reined in

A disciplined bowling attack proved decisive in the St George final of the inaugural Republic Bank-sponsored RBL Five For Fun cricket competition, as Bamboo Settlement Government Primary School defended a batting score of 53 runs from five overs (and a total of 111 inclusive of bonus points) to hold off …

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Malick captain Jordan Ferdinand (right) has a job Malick captain Jordan Ferdinand (right) has a job on his hands today as the ninth-placed school face third-placed Presentation College (San Fernando) in SSFL Premier Division action at Serpentine Road. 
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