I support the decisions of the parents of the Nelson Street Girls’ RC Primary School children who agreed with the school administration not to take this year’s SEA examination. You, too, should concur based on the dramatic decline in the national results from 2020 to 2022 (a whopping 26% decline …
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Vaneisa: Dear President Kangaloo, here’s one way to advocate for change in our youth
President Christine Kangaloo played a hopeful string of chords for me with her inaugural address. She spoke of modernising the protocols that govern how citizens and her office interact, and “having its facilities put to even greater use in hosting cultural, educational and artistic ventures, particularly among the youth”. My …
Read More »Eve v Shabazz: Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana grouped together for Gold Cup prelims
The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team and neighbours Guyana could end up scrapping for a solitary berth at the 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup, according to a ranking system revealed today. The Gold Cup preliminaries will be played on 16, 17 and 20 June with two rounds of matches. Losers …
Read More »Caribbean-first! CPL announces Republic Bank as new title sponsor—Trinidad gets 10 games
The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and Republic Bank Ltd (RBL) are forging a new cricketing partnership, with Republic Bank today being announced as the T20 League’s title sponsor for the next three years. Though monetary details of the sponsorship were not disclosed by CPL CEO Pete Russell, RBL was also …
Read More »Barney: How stretched, direct T&T played into Nicaragua’s hands—and Auvray-Julien combo was underutilised
“[…] Triston Hodge, by nature, is not as attacking a full back as Keston Julien. In a situation where we need to win and a draw and a loss equate to the same thing, why are we taking off one of our more attacking threats? “From where I sat (admittedly …
Read More »Eve: Negative Nicaragua employed “nasty, dirty tactics” and T&T fans didn’t help much
Playing on home soil in a must win affair, the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team managed a single shot on target over 90 minutes plus stoppage time against Nicaragua in Bacolet last night. At the final whistle, the two teams remained locked at one goal apiece—and, as a …
Read More »Dear Editor: Subjects, objects, predicates and Soca Warriors’ stuttering CNL finish
“[…] I am captivated by the sentence: ‘However, coach Angus Eve’s troops lacked the ingenuity to really carve open their limited guests and could not quite wrestle the ball off them with the required regularity.’ “Sir, that declaration transported me to a method of inquiry learned, in primary school, to …
Read More »Nicaragua hold T&T 1-1, as Soca Warriors fail to win Nations League promotion
Trinidad and Tobago will spend another year at least among Concacaf’s second tier football nations. Last night, the Soca Warriors needed a win over Nicaragua at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet to top Group C in the Nations League B. However, the home team never led and could not …
Read More »NYFL 2023: Underdogs Kamillionare silence Marley’s Evolution, Outar reigns supreme as Crown Trace edge Gasparillo
“Who are we?” “One, two, three, Kamillionare!” The youngsters from the Kamillionare FC team were in high spirits on Saturday at the Edinburgh 500 Recreation Grounds in Chaguanas, as they dug deep and hung on for a 1-nil win vs Evolution FC in the Central Zone of the Republic Cup …
Read More »Daly Bread: Answers required for accountability in DPP imbroglio
Persons in public life frequently exercise power without accountability. As President Paula-Mae Weekes was recently demitting office, we were reminded of the fate of the merit list for the appointment of a commissioner of police that was prepared by the Police Service Commission—but which was, in August 2021, diverted from …
Read More »Dr Shallow and Bassarath elected as CWI president and vice-president
Dr Kishore Shallow and Azim Bassarath have been elected to the posts of president and vice-president respectively, of Cricket West Indies (CWI). They will serve two-year terms. The election process was conducted as one of the key items on the agenda of the 24th Annual General Meeting of CWI, which …
Read More »Noble: Gazing in the mirror—will T&T move forward in faith, or face danse macabre?
All nations tell stories about themselves. These narratives tell us where we came from, who we are and where we want to go. Consequently, they change as the storytellers provide contesting viewpoints. The thread is twisted by grief, sentimentality, pride, or shame. Bare facts form only part of the saga …
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