“[…] The refugee crisis in Venezuela was not spawned by any government in T&T, either past or present. We are the victims of geo-politics… The shame is not on our country, but on those politicians and so-called validating elites/professionals […] who are willing to be pawns of a bully to …
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SporTT: National stadium lights are fine; T&T Women’s 3pm kick-off due to late TTFA planning
The lights at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain are not the reason football fans must get to the venue by 3pm to see Thursday’s Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team kick off their 2022 Concacaf W Championship qualifying campaign against Nicaragua. Sports Company CEO Jason Williams confirmed that …
Read More »Orin: How the IPL complements West Indies cricket rather than detracts from it
“[…] For two months’ work in India, Guyanese allrounder Romario Shepherd, in what will be his first IPL tournament, will take home a salary of just over US$1m before taxes and other deductions for local cricketing entities. “Other players are making more—we’ll get to that in a while—but Shepherd had …
Read More »‘Hand of Hetty’ prompts Guyana collapse, Solozano shines for Red Force, Jamaica defy Barbados
Shimron Hetmyer was one of the most talked about West Indies cricketers this year, without actually playing for the West Indies—owing, according to the Cricket West Indies (CWI) selectors—to his fitness issues. Today, the talented 25-year-old stole the show again despite facing just one ball from Leeward Islands Hurricanes pacer …
Read More »UFCTT: ‘There’s no transparent, standardised process for hiring of national football coaches!’
“[…] Despite a promise by Normalisation Committee member Nicholas Gomez, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) remains without a functioning technical committee for close to two years and there is no transparent, standardised process for the hiring of coaches. “[…] We would like to remind Mr Robert Hadad and …
Read More »Hero CPL makes Valentine’s Day donation to The Shelter, to assist domestic violence victims
The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has offered a Valentine’s Day gift to women and children who have suffered domestic violence by way of a TT$135,000 (US$20,000) donation to The Shelter, a Trinidad and Tobago-based non-profit NGO. The Shelter, also known as the Shelter for Battered Women and Children, was …
Read More »Best: Pooran, Ambrose, big-money IPL contracts and WI; what sweet in goat mouth…
Toute vérité, we’ve been told, n’est pas bonne à dire. Even if is true, yuh doh have to say it… But 26-year-old would-be West Indies white ball captain Nicholas Pooran wouldn’t hesitate to tell you that it’s really sweet when your dreams come true. And 58-year-old former WI pacer Curtly …
Read More »Dear Editor: Murder?! Not even the Venezuelan authorities went as far as T&T’s Opposition Leader
“[…] It is no secret that the officers in the Coast Guard are traumatised by the continued accusations from her and the other Opposition members who have already found them guilty of the most heinous crime: MURDER—without the completion of an official investigation. “What is even more significant is the …
Read More »Lawrence: Red Force can surge but Khan must unleash Seales and Gabriel
“[…] While the Red Force team seems balanced, skipper Imran Khan could have utilised his impressive bowling attack far better. At times it seemed as though the West Indian fast bowling trio of Shannon Gabriel, Jayden Seales and Anderson Phillip were under-bowled. “[…] Inexplicably, the two most senior players in …
Read More »McWatt and ‘Reds’: What will West Indies selectors do about abysmal batting, Bravo and Roach?
“[…] Jason Holder’s miserly 65-run aggregate was, incredibly, the highest among all the West Indies batsmen [in India]. “The aggregates and associated averages of the West Indies top five batsmen were far more in sync with numbers that would be called at a Bingo game than with those that would …
Read More »Noble: ‘The black masses win elections, but the oligarchy wins the govt’—the elites and T&T society
Gabriel Faria, the past CEO of the leading local business chamber, had an insightful interview in this week’s Business Express. He discussed the formation of a new business advocacy group. He quoted a Dr Terrence Farrell 2011 article on the need for responsible elites in our society while admitting that …
Read More »Alzarri, Evin, Mayers, Odean and Rovman drafted as 17 West Indians get IPL deals
Seventeen regional cricketers will line up in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 competition this season—although almost one-third of them are not in the current West Indies squad. Jamaican bowling allrounder Odean Smith was today drafted by the Punjab Kings, coach Anil Kumble suggesting that he was suitably impressed …
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