Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve selected 12 players and two reserves from his 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup squad in his travelling party, as the Soca Warriors prepare to resume international action away to Bolivia on Friday 21 January. The Warriors leave tomorrow for the …

“[…] The Prime Minister was forced to concede defeat on his ‘mandatory/safe zones’ initiatives for the public sector. Not only was that completely bungled by his Attorney General-turned-Minister of Labour, recently turned Minister of Marine Affairs, but the labour movements called his bluff.  “He now has to move his deadline …

On the eve of the Government’s scheduled launch of its Public Sector and Public Service Vaccination programme, protesters, led by Umar Abdullah of the First Wave Movement, took to the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port of Spain to, well, protest. Mr Live Wire is not sure what is more ironic: …

A third batting collapse in as many games saw Kieron Pollard’s West Indies go under to stand-in skipper Paul Stirling’s Ireland by two wickets at a sun-drenched Sabina Park in Jamaica yesterday. The historic 2-1 win in the three-match ODI series catapulted the busy Irish, who have now played 18 …

Cabinet members Stuart Young, Clarence Rambharat and Marvin Gonzalez are to be commended for taking a public stand on legislation regarding the sale and use of fireworks—in disagreement with the proposed legislation with which the Attorney General is taking centre-stage. The AG has again gone out on a limb, unaccompanied …

In my former life, I used to be a marketing guy. A product like Netflix, therefore, intrigues me. While most persons only see Netflix’s dominance, I see the brand’s aspirational benefit ‘escape from reality’.  The brand connects people with stories, providing fast, easy entertainment. It taps into your feelings as …

“[…] For West Indies cricket fans, an ODI series defeat to Ireland, following immediately as it would be on the team’s ignominious loss of the T20 series in Pakistan, would be incomprehensible. Even more so because the Pakistan series loss was preceded by the WI’s most embarrassing and highly forgettable …

The West Indies Rising Stars began their 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup campaign with a defeat today, going under by six wickets to Australia by six wickets in the tournament opener at Providence in Guyana. West Indies won the toss and chose to bat. But by the sixth over, the …

Minister of Public Administration Ms Allyson West is reported as saying that Government has more important issues to deal with than a dress code. Of course you do, Minister West. Therein lies the problem. It is a problem of politicians losing touch with the needs of ordinary folks and forgetting …

“[…] The MSJ condemns the PNM and UNC, as they have in effect colluded to kill the The Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill. “[…] If it ever becomes law, it would require political parties to be registered similarly to companies and mandate that parties present audited financial statements and …

Four days ago, Ireland were uncertain about whether they could put together a full XI to complete the CG Insurance One-Day International series against the West Indies owing to five Covid-19 cases and two injuries. Today, the Irish did far better than just show up as they downed their hosts …

The Anguilla Football Association (AFA) has confirmed that Women’s National Senior Team head coach Ahkeela Mollon was suspended for ‘abuse’ of a player but stressed that it only received one such complaint about the Trinidad and Tobago-born coach. AFA president Girdon Connor and his administration have faced public criticism over …