“[…] Impatience was our downfall… Kraigg Brathwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul have got to have a long hard look at themselves in the mirror; they’ve got to get their bodies behind the ball or else leave it…” The following Letter to the Editor on the West Indies’ ongoing Test series against …

Trinidad and Tobago recorded its first case of new Covid-19 variant, JN.1, according to Carpha today. At present, global health bodies consider JN.1 to be more transmissible than its predecessors but not more severe, while there are no known new symptoms. On 22 December 2023, the World Health Organisation (WHO) …

The 2023 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Big Five will kick off on Friday 2 February, with Central Zone Championship Division winners Miracle Ministries Pentecostal High School (MMPHS) facing North Zone champs Blanchisseuse Secondary at Edinburgh 500. East Division winners St Augustine Secondary also host South Zone champs Moruga Secondary, …

“[…] The decision by our Arbitration Committee and the reactions of distress from the parties and supporters in recent days has given us time for further reflection and deep thought. It was never our intention to cause such distress. “The SSFL understands fully that the system needs to be fixed..” …

Caledonia AIA served notice of their true potential yesterday evening with a surprise 3-1 win over QPCC – City FC in NLCL U19 Community Cup action at the Hasely Crawford Training Ground. City FC started the day on top of Group A, coming off a 6-1 demolition of defending champions …

Trinidad and Tobago and El Dorado East Secondary sprinter Trevaughn Stewart discusses the CYG 2023, relay chemistry and his journey from sorrow to success–after the death of his father, Ricky Stewart More from Wired868 Calling Caribbean university students: Boost job prospects and win gift voucher Calling Caribbean university students aged …

Moruga Secondary and Miracle Ministries Pentecostal High School (MMPHS) have been reinstated as South and Central Zone Championship Division winners respectively, after the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Arbitration Committee upgraded their ruling on registration disputes involving both schools. In a brief but meaningful release, the Arbitration Committee declared that …

The State funeral of former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday last Tuesday occupied the centre of the first news cycle of 2024. Sadly, it did so jointly with a renewed onslaught of murder and violent crime, which once more made a mockery of the statements of the Prime Minister and the …

“[…] This feeling of always being uneducated influenced me when I became prime minister. There were always about 6,000 children thrown on the social dump heap because they failed their Common Entrance exam. “I realised the Common Entrance was not to determine who went to school but who wouldn’t… If …

What is a Crixism? That was the latest campaign for Crix, regional stalwart for a hundred years, according to its manufacturers, Bermudez Biscuit Company. In its first appearance, it was simply called salt biscuits. I remember my paternal grandfather, who squatted on the chair that was part of a beautifully …

QPCC City FC stormed to the top of Group A yesterday with a 6-1 thumping of Soccer Made Simple (SMS) in 2023/24 NLCL U19 Community Cup action at the Hasely Crawford Stadium Training Field. SMS, the defending two-time champions, endured an indifferent start to the current campaign but might have …

Trinidad and Tobago and Bishop Anstey High School star athlete Janae De Gannes discusses the CYG2023, her track and field ambitions, and an epic battle with Australian long jumper Delta Amidzovski More from Wired868 Calling Caribbean university students: Boost job prospects and win gift voucher Calling Caribbean university students aged …