I begin this week with a thank you to those in the airport who welcomed me home on the Saturday after Easter with the knowing look of having ‘made me out’. That includes the officers on duty commencing with the friendly immigration officer and I specially acknowledge the charming smile …

On Friday 5 April, the Express headline screamed, “Things you see in movies”. Little did the writer know that more horror stories would come within the week. The newspapers do not have to worry about the frequency of headlines that cause us to gasp. They can do it every day …

I suggested that people might not be offering their views on constitutional reform because they do not know what is contained in the country’s Constitution. I may be familiar with its nitty-gritty, but I can’t say I have a total grasp of what it covers. And that’s a point I …

Kieron “Bo” Edwards is the new president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA). Edwards, the Eastern Football Association (EFATT) president, was elected with 38 from a possible 57 votes—66 percent of the electorate—after a 100% turnout of the TTFA membership today. He will now serve a four-year term …

“Pick your poison…” A football stakeholder who will vote at Saturday’s Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) general election summarised their perceived options in three words. For the first time in four years, the TTFA will start next week with an elected official in charge. But, based on a few …

“What’s really going on with this WASA water tank?” Bobby inquired, in the middle of our walk last Wednesday morning. In the area to the west of the tank, there was heavy machinery, a tractor and a front-end loader. I know that put Bobby’s mind at ease. He is a …

World Class Soccer Clinic and the Arima Araucans Academy are in a neck-and-neck battle to capture the East Zone Under-14 crown, after match day six (the penultimate round) in the Republic Bank National Youth Football League (RBNYFL). At the Republic Bank Sports Ground in Barataria on Saturday, World Class defeated …

It is 22 years to the day that my very first column appeared in the Sunday Express newspaper. It has done so every Sunday since, save and except odd days when I let my caring editors know in advance that I will not submit a column on a particular weekend. …

Each day, we are assaulted with new stories about our crime situation. It appears that the front pages of our daily newspaper will soon be unable to shock us. We are growing numb to the suffering spread across the land. Everywhere we turn, we are confronted by violence. Stunning pictures …

A conversation about imagi­ning our future planet raised a jumble of issues for me. I could grasp the substantive points being made by the 30-year-old, but many of them had not occurred to me before. It seemed that it might be a world where basic survival would define all activities. …

Jaric Titans managing director and head coach Brian Browne finally led his travelling party of roughly 90 persons back to Tobago from the Manchester International Easter Cup today, via a flight from the London Gatwick Airport. But they will be short of one child when they hit the tarmac at …

The Verticast Media Group yesterday claimed to have filed an “anti-competitive lawsuit” against Digicel (Jamaica) Limited and Columbus Communications Jamaica Limited and Cable and Wireless Jamaica Limited (subsidiaries of Liberty Latin America) in the Jamaica Supreme Court. Liberty Latin America operates the Flow network in the Caribbean. The alleged lawsuit …