January arrives quietly. After the noise of Christmas and the forced optimism of New Year’s resolutions, the world exhales. The decorations come down. Life resumes. Carnival beckons. It is in this quieter month—often overlooked, rarely celebrated—that we mark Cervical Cancer Awareness. There is something painfully appropriate about that. Cervical cancer …

On 7 April 2002, at the time when the House of Representatives was deadlocked 18-18 and was unable to elect a speaker, the first of these weekly columns was published. It was entitled Equal Shame. I pointed then, at the outset of my journey as a weekly columnist, to our …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-17 Team had to settle for one point tonight, as they were held 2-2 by Curaçao in a thrilling, feisty affair at the Stadion Rignaal ‘Jean’ Francisca in Willemstad, Curaçao. The clash kicked off Group F in the Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Qualifiers. El Salvador …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team completed a mini-exhibition tournament last night, with a 1-1 draw against the Grenada National Under-20 Team at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The tie followed emphatic wins over the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines U-20s (6-0) and a youthful AC Port …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team head coach Marvin Gordon suggested that he has just two outfield players left to look at, as he prepares to select his squad for the opening qualifying round of their 2027 Fifa Under-20 World Cup campaign. Last night, Trinidad and Tobago whipped a …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team head coach Marvin Gordon said his players are “60 percent there”, after they cruised to a 6-0 win over Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva last night, in the first of two international friendlies this week. Attacker …

Trinidad and Tobago can face estranged neighbours Venezuela in a football battle this March, after the South American nation was drawn with the Soca Warriors for the upcoming Fifa Series. Venezuela, ranked 50th in the world by Fifa, replace Iceland in a four-nation group that includes Gabon and hosts Uzbekistan. …

We can’t pretend that this society, our society, has not become ugly and hateful. The place has been practically reduced to internecine warfare, spewing venom-like mud volcanoes. Try as you might to avert your eyes and focus on the little sparks of decency and beauty that still refuse to be …

Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-17 Team head coach Ayana Russell named nine overseas-based players in her 21-member squad today, as the young Women Soca Warriors prepare for Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers action. Russell’s troops start their campaign on Saturday 24 January against hosts Curaçao at the FFK Stadium in Willemstad, …

Soca star Patrice Roberts linked the negative effect of current financial challenges on the ability to experience the joy, love and togetherness of Carnival. As a consequence, she cancelled her scheduled ticketed concert on 22 January and will perform free instead. Her motivation, as reported in the Trinidad Express newspaper …

“[…] There is also something profoundly human about the evil eye that modern medicine struggles to acknowledge: the role of envy and comparison in illness. “We live in an age of social media, where admiration is constant and unfiltered. Eyes everywhere. Watching. Liking. Measuring. “If the ancients were worried about …

Another Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) match day, another postponement. There was more farce today in the 2025 schools football competition as referees did not show for a Girls Big Five semifinal fixture between defending champions Pleasantville Secondary and North Zone champions St Joseph’s Convent (Port of Spain) at the …