The following is the second part of Owen Thompson’s recall of that unforgettable summer in 1976 that ushered in the West Indies cricket team’s glory years: While the events of that 1975-76 tour of Australia unfolded (between October 1975 and February 1976), a certain Robert Nesta Marley was getting ready …

The Trinidad and Tobago domestic football calendar should resume on Friday 14 August—pending a final meeting with the Ministry of Health—with 20 clubs ready to kick off in the Ascension Tournament and more than twice that number awaiting start dates in their respective zones. Central FC are scheduled to open …

The Ministry of Health confirmed another 32 positive cases of Covid-19 this evening, which brought Trinidad and Tobago’s tally to 275 cases since the onset of the pandemic. At present, the country has 132 active cases of the novel coronavirus. The results this evening were for persons swabbed over the …

Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram said ‘learned behaviours’ rather than state-ordered ‘lockdowns’ are Trinidad and Tobago’s best chance of successfully seeing off the Covid-19 virus. At present, the twin island republic falls into the World Health Organisations’ (WHO) second highest category for the movement of the novel coronavirus, which …

Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith has ordered an investigation into the conduct of police officers attached to the Central Division, after uniformed lawmen were spotted in attendance at a Central T10 cricket match in Charlieville that breached the Public Health (2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCOV) Regulations. Although team sport is still …

On 1 August, Trinidad and Tobago had 173 confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic in early March. Six days later, the counter stands on 225. It means that, according to data from the Ministry of Health, the twin island republic has had 52 positive cases of …

The Ministry of Health announced seven more confirmed cases of Covid-19 on the morning of 7 August, which brought the total number of positives since the onset of the pandemic to 217. There have been 65 local infections in the past 19 days. From the seven latest positives, three are ‘contacts …

A Besson Street police officer was one of three persons who tested positive for Covid-19 today. All three cases are ‘pending epidemiological investigation’ and not believed to be linked to a previous patient. The results took Trinidad and Tobago’s tally since the onset of the novel coronavirus to 210 cases, …

“[…] To deport Venezuelan refugees back to the human rights and humanitarian emergency that they were fleeing, in the middle of a pandemic, is an outrageous violation of the obligations that Trinidad and Tobago has committed to under international law. “[…] The authorities of Trinidad and Tobago are pushing a …

The Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) today referred Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) leader Ancel Roget to the Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) for ‘racist remarks directed towards certain members of the media fraternity’ during a JTUM press conference at Paramount Building, San Fernando on 4 August. Roget, while …

Trinidad and Tobago now has more Covid-19 cases in its second wave of infections than the first. The Ministry of Health confirmed two cases yesterday and eight more this morning as the country’s tally rose to 207 positives, since the onset of the pandemic. The twin island republic has 55 …

In 1976, Tobago-born Owen Thompson was but a boy of 14 when Greg Chappell’s Australia put a 5-1 merciless whipping on Clive Lloyd’s West Indian cavaliers. That turned out to be the last time for a long, long time. In those days, Thompson, who now works in film and television …