Do any Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team footballers still believe in the verbal assurances of Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Kieron Edwards? With formal invitations due to be issued from Monday 7 September for players to represent the Soca Warriors in the upcoming 2026/27 Concacaf Nations …

“[…] We kick off the Nations League competition on the road against Haiti, followed by Dominican Republic at home (on 24 and 27 September respectively). “Our other opponent in Group A is Curaçao, who we play twice on 1 and 4 October, away and home. We know Curaçao and Haiti. …

Thirteen years have passed since health care workers, Lake Asphalt employees and other workers last received a salary adjustment. In 2026, they remain stuck on 2013 wages while the cost‑of‑living climbs higher every day. Postal workers have fared even worse, still bound to 2010 salaries—16 years without relief. The People’s …

Having just celebrated 64 years of independence, discussions as to whether Trinidad and Tobago is better off since gaining independence and if T&T could have done better have been at the fore. I have decided to add my voice to this debate for two reasons. First, as assistant professor at …

“[…] Change did not come easy. Brunell Jones of Trinidad’s Evening News likened it to trying to ‘sell a bicycle to an Arab who had grown accustomed to riding a horse or a camel’ and ER Ward of the Trinidad Guardian deplored what he called the latest craze by the …

“[…] To the ‘UNC family’ she offers the old tired hymn: lagoons, cane fields, salt and rice, ponds and springs—the ancestral ledger of one community, recited as if the rest of the country were furniture. “To the country she offers a different sermon: the British left you a prosperous, functioning …

Some years ago, I lived and worked in Sierra Leone. I arrived in the capital, Freetown, just ten years after a decade-long civil war.  The war was brutal. According to estimates 50,000 – 75,000 died, 20,000 had limbs amputated, 2 – 2.5 million were displaced, and hundreds of thousands of …

A friend asked why I love the CPL. Truth be told, the cricket itself is not the primary attraction, although the matches have been exciting and fiercely competitive. How many times have I found lumps in my throat? The sight of Sir Viv Richards at the stadium named after him …

This Independence Day, Trinidad and Tobago turns 64. If the country were one of my patients, this would be about the age when I would become more interested in health. I would ask about diabetes in the family, home blood pressure checks, cholesterol, sleep, smoking, alcohol, waist circumference and whether …

“[…] I urge our PM not to use the word ‘coolie’ to self-reference. I accept the fact that you may not be endorsing the slur but instead flipping the insult on its head to honour the resilience of people who survived indentureship and built lives despite oppression. “However, I believe …

In two years, I will be a pensioner myself. So when I say the upcoming budget must increase the old age pension, I’m not speaking from theory—I’m speaking from fear and genuine trepidation. Every week, I watch elderly men and women in the supermarket putting items back on the shelf. …

“[…] ‘No rule was broken’ is a legal answer to a question that isn’t, at its heart, legal. It’s a question about what the Savannah is, who it belongs to, and on what terms it was ever meant to be touched…” The following Letter to the Editor on the Government’s …