Economics 101: How do you raise interest and help ensure the long term viability of Carnival? If you are a 21st century homo sapien, the internet might be your first and most cost-effective stop. Encourage the Trinidad and Tobago media and Carnival participants to take photographs and show videos of revellers …

Scene: Office of the Minister of National Security. Phone rings… Minister Warner: “Good afternoon, Jack speaking.” Acting COP Williams: “Good afternoon Jack, Stephen here.” Warner: “Ah, Stephen, how are you today?” Williams: “Well, actually, I’ve had the President on the phone to me.” Warner: “Maxwell called you?” Williams: “Yes, and …

Not content with harassing the media and party promoters, the Trinidad and Tobago Copyright Organisation (TTCO) has opted to go after the big fish, Facebook and its users. So, if you believe spending upwards of $4,000 on a carnival costume and hundreds more on gym fees entitles you to share …

Despite criticism from some persons, I want to assure the public that Caledonia AIA and, ultimately, Trinidad and Tobago will benefit from Caledonia’s long term plan in sending players to Finland and Kazakhstan. How is this possible, you may ask? Well, firstly the one Trinidad and Tobago player and two …

A release this week confirmed that several of the Pro League’s most talented footballers have signed deals with teams in various corners of the European continent. I say various corners, as most of them are not exactly the European hotbeds of football. But who will benefit from these overseas moves? …

A lecturer and medical students at the Eric Williams Medical Science Complex were relieved of their money, jewelry, cellular phones, laptop computers, wallets and iPads yesterday at 9.30 am. North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) chairman Dr Shehenaz Mohammed said security would be beefed up at the complex as a …

“We will come to the point (where we would be) very disappointed with a result like that,” said joint Trinidad and Tobago national head coach Jamaal Shabazz, in the post-game press conference. “It’s not bad for now. But we have to be more ambitious as a people going forward (from …

Justice Anthony Carmona, the Trinidad and Tobago President-elect, sang calypso under the sobriquet “Lord Pussyfoot” while he was a UWI student and once advanced to the Calypso Monarch Semi-final. There is no information available about how Lord Pussyfoot fared in Skinner Park but, if it was a rough afternoon, Mr …

The Trinidad and Tobago senior national football team hopes to see tangible evidence of the nation it is representing tonight when the “Soca Warriors” tackle Peru from 8 pm in a friendly international at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva. In July, Trinidad and Tobago will compete at the CONCACAF Gold …

I’ve been advised, by a source with no reason to lie about such things, that some quite draconian fees have been instituted for the coverage of Carnival in 2013. These fees break out as follows… NCC Fees: Personal use – $600.00, Commercial use – $800.00 Additional National Carnival Bandleader’s Association (NCBA) fees …

Twenty-five-year-old former Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 captain Radanfah Abu Bakr and 28-year-old Guyana international left wing back Walter Moore can make their competitive debuts in the Kazakhstan Premier League in early March after agreeing terms with newly promoted team FC Vostok. The move is expected to be the first …

In the second and final part of our two-part series, Wired868 looks at the Pro League players whose performances in the first half of the 2012/13 season have put them above their peers: (Starting XI) Cleon John (North East Stars/ Goalkeeper/ 31 years old): John has possibly been the Pro …