Those of you who took god out your thoughts and were following my rants over the years know I have been saying the word “emancipation” actually means transfer ownership. And that puts into clearer perspective what dem snakes and soucouyants I was taught to celebrate as humanitarians and liberators were …

Trinidad and Tobago Boys’ National Under-15 Team head coach Shawn Cooper named an 18-man squad yesterday, which departs for the 2023 Concacaf Championship in the Dominican Republic on Friday morning. New England Revolution Academy central defender Sheridan McNish will captain the national youth team, which includes 2023 Republic Cup National …

West Indies One Day International (ODI) captain Shai Hope and fast bowler Oshane Thomas both earned recalls to the region T20 International (T20I) team today, as they were named in a 15-man provisional squad to face India in the five-match Kuhl Stylish Fans T20I Series powered by Black and White. The …

Club Sando are set to become the first Trinidad and Tobago football club to participate in a regional competition in five years, when they face Guadeloupean champions Solidarité-Scolaire from 5pm on Friday 4 August in Saint Kitts and Nevis for the Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield. It will be the first …

Last week, there was high level recognition of the relevance of the steelband movement to sustainable development goals, even though our governments have not published implementable policies for the mutual and sustainable benefit of communities and steelpan music participants—such as players, arrangers, tuners and tutors. By a resolution passed on …

There were two disturbing events in a week when the nation needed to be reflective because of the anniversaries of 27 July and Emancipation Day. The first was the re-publication of a Jamaica Observer column by Lisa Hanna about the Jamaica bank debacle, and the second was the re-emergence of …

Last Tuesday, Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados, delivered the 22nd annual Sir Frank Worrell Memorial lecture at the Cave Hill campus. I happened to come across the live broadcast quite by chance and, as usual, was riveted by her candour, relevance and fervour as she discussed the state of …

“[…] We now have the triumvirate or the three-headed Hydra of Gary Griffith, Jack Warner and Kamla Persad-Bissessar. One was police commissioner whose response to the beating death of an accused in custody while he was commissioner was: ‘he fell off a chair’. “[…] The other (a one-time acting prime …

“[…] Jasai Theophilus isn’t going on a trial and I never said such. Instead, I chose to have MY 13-YEAR-OLD SON continue his development over this holiday period at a three-week development camp hosted by Mr Anthony Rougier, which I believe would augur well during this learning phase of his …

The Trinidad and Tobago Boys National Under-15 Team failed to hold on to a one-goal lead, missed a penalty and finished with 10 players, in an eventful 1-1 draw with Jamaica in an international friendly yesterday afternoon at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. But that was nothing compared to …

Dashing left-handed batsman Shimron Hetmyer was included in the West Indies team for the upcoming One-Day International (ODI) series against India, after an 11-month hiatus. Hetmyer, 26, was named in a 15-man squad for the first ODI of the three-match CG United series, which starts on Thursday 27 July at …

The Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella was the launchpad for just over a dozen young footballers from each of two Caribbean nations yesterday, as the Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica Boys’ National Under-15 Teams met in an international friendly. The hosts were better but without really carving open the Jamaican …