Trinidad and Tobago are through to the quarterfinal round of the Concacaf Nations League for the first time. But, after three successive wins in Group A, they somehow ended up stumbling through the door—after a 5-3 loss away to Curaçao. The Soca Warriors needed only a draw to advance. However, …
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Dear Editor: Jada Pinkett Smith is an example of toxic femininity
“Jada Pinkett Smith is toxic… This woman brazenly admitted to infidelity […] and now is opening up about her obvious posthumous feelings for Tupac Shakur. “[…] Imagine the outrage if it was the other way around…” The following Letter to the Editor on a presumed example of “toxic femininity” was …
Read More »Noble: How Slavery still influences depressed wages, union-busting, and job insecurity
“The mere fact that a man could be, under the law, the actual master of the mind and body of human beings had to have disastrous effects. It tended to inflate the ego of most planters beyond all reason. “They became arrogant, strutting, quarrelsome kinglets; they issued commands; they made …
Read More »Daly Bread: Spaces for culture and the arts
In the aftermath of the annual ritual of the presentation of the Budget, three of Trinidad and Tobago’s most credible and authentic practitioners in the arts and culture were reported in the Trinidad Express newspaper, last week, as expressing reservations about what is passed off as Government support for culture …
Read More »SSFL 23: Fatima reclaim first place after San Juan, Naps ‘cancel each other’
Fatima College reclaimed first place in the Premier Division of the 2023 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) after leaders San Juan North Secondary were held to a goalless draw at home to third-placed Naparima College. Fatima defeated Arima North Secondary 2-0 at Fatima Ground, Mucurapo to move level with San …
Read More »Vaneisa: Our immortal BC
At the end of September, in Thank God It’s Friday, a column which has now been running for more than 35 years, BC Pires said: “Chances are Thin.” Without a wallow or a moan, but replete with dread details of his beastly struggle with cancer of the oesophagus, he revealed …
Read More »Dear Editor: Take a bow, Soca Warriors! What a fightback!
“[…] Reon Moore is becoming ‘the inevitable’—that’s the tenacity and fox in the box work you need. Off the ball he was superb. Nathaniel James, what did they give him to drink? Bend it like Beckham! […]” The following Letter to the Editor on Trinidad and Tobago’s 3-2 win over …
Read More »“Natty” to the rescue again, as T&T come from behind to down Guatemala 3-2
Trinidad and Tobago moved within touching distance of the Concacaf Nations League A quarterfinals last night, after a rousing 3-2 win over Guatemala at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. A draw away to Curaçao, who are already relegated, would be enough to see the Soca Warriors into …
Read More »Early Bird: CR7 before Ronaldo? Buffon before Banks? Get real, AI!
The Peterkin massacre, we’d both agreed last week, was a horror movie, which had moved murder in T&T into a whole new realm. And as I drove down to Bobby’s house early Monday morning, my mood was still more than muted, sombre. “Judgement,” Bobby the Bard greeted me even before …
Read More »SSFL 23: De Gannes tricks QRC, as Fatima and “Naps” stay on S/Juan’s heels
Fatima College continued their pursuit of leaders San Juan North Secondary today, as they thumped Queen’s Royal College 7-1 in Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division action at Mucurapo Road. Midfielder Aidan De Gannes netted a hattrick—one of three trebles today—while winger Christian Bailey got a pair and Michael …
Read More »SSFL 23: School football kick-off times changed again, due to “fading light”
The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive committee has adjusted its kick-off times again, with all non-televised games now starting at 3.45pm. Televised matches as well as games pitting Trinidad schools against Tobago schools will continue to start at 3.30pm. The change takes effect from tomorrow’s Premier Division matches across …
Read More »Eve makes four changes as T&T eye Nations League A quarterfinals
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve announced four changes to his 23-man roster today, as the Soca Warriors prepare for their Concacaf Nations League A match window with games at home against Guatemala (13 October) and away to Curaçao (17 October) respectively. Eve replaced midfielder …
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