As children, we all took a ‘purge’ during the August school vacations, but our mothers gave us an orange to take away the bitter taste. Now we do not even have a sour orange as—according to Minister Franklin Khan, during his discussion of the latest twist in the Petrotrin saga—we …

Some years more than others, the Christmas message of peace on Earth and goodwill to all persons takes on a tone more urgent than the general warmth of the message. This is such a time. There have been over 500 murders for the year, a number of unsolved disappearances, significant …

“They have always known and always feared how powerful sexuality is. Your sexuality represents your understanding and your choice of expression of your most intimate and powerful sexual instincts. “[…] So they tell you how to walk, sit, stand, how to bump, grind and dry hump, how much you should …

Trinidad and Tobago’s National Senior Team players have had enough of alleged broken promises by Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and will not play against Wales next March unless all debts are wiped off. At present—according to four senior players who spoke on condition of anonymity—the …

England National League football club, Wrexham AFC, have appointed a new manager; and it is not Trinidad and Tobago’s Dennis Lawrence. Lawrence was tipped as favourite for the post, after former club manager Sam Ricketts quit for greener pastures, two weeks ago. However, the current Soca Warriors head coach Dennis …

The curtain has fallen on the 2018 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) with the juggernauts of Naparima College claiming a historic treble of titles in a season that offered exciting twists at the end. Coach Angus Eve’s team never tasted the bitterness of defeat, as they claimed an unbeaten 2018—an …

The Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team have booked their first international date of 2019—and it is away to Wales at the Racecourse Ground on 20 March. Wales, who are coached by former Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs, are ranked 19th in the world by FIFA and boast of established …

Cunupia FC closed off the 2018 Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) season with a 2-1 victory over Queen’s Park Cricket Club (QPCC) in the League Cup final at the Arima Velodrome last night. The victory was all the more impressive for Cunupia, as they managed it without the services …

Former Calypso Monarch Michael “Sugar Aloes” Osouna—the story goes—once tried to get touch-feely with the then-fresh faced MC at his calypso tent, Rachel Price. The response to the calypso world’s ‘king of bling’ was withering. “I tell you I looking for a man resembling ah Maharaj showcase?” If Aloes was …

Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team assistant coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier suggested the Soca Warriors are progressing well for the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup tournament, despite their most inactive calendar year in over two decades. The Warriors, led by head coach Dennis Lawrence, played six friendlies in 2018 with just one …

Official statistics is not a negotiation game, it affects the reality of people’s everyday lives. The cavalier televised response of MP Suruj Rambachan—“If you say 41%, I say 75%, you could say 60%”—in attempting to justify his claim that 75% of Trinidadians work for less than TT$6,000 per month is …

“Doxing, according to the AG, ‘is when you go out of your way to crash a system using certain truths’ which is ‘akin to a cybercrime’. With the greatest of respect, this is untrue. This is not what doxing is. “[…] In fact both the Interim Report and Report of …