Dear Prime Minister, When you speak, I listen like many others young and old, we all listen closely. If we miss your message, we go to social media and that is where I found a shocking clip from a recent News Conference on Anslem Gibbs’ Twitter feed of 3 December …
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Daly Bread: How many more must die while we await vaccination legislation?
Nearly three months ago, in a column published on 5 September, I called on the Government to consider legislative options in the face of the Delta variant threat. I wrote as follows: ‘Given the low rate of vaccination, our population is wide open to death or hospitalisation from the Delta …
Read More »CWI coos over ‘balanced’ squad, as West Indies team announced for U-19 Cricket World Cup
Seventeen-year-old left-handed middle-order batsman Ackeem Auguste will lead the West Indies Rising Stars team into the 2022 ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup tournament, which will be co-hosted by Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana. Auguste was given the distinction on Friday by the …
Read More »Write Start (16-18): A pandemic Carnival; what could go wrong? Kadar Mohammed offers a suggestion
“[…] Connecting with people once again and dancing in unison with strangers, drinking their rum and revelling in the fact that they were finally free to enjoy themselves in the way they truly wanted to for way too long. “Lockdown is finally over and the fun has just begun, or …
Read More »He loved sport, helping people, jazz, and corn beef… Remembering ‘Tony’ Harford
“[…] ‘Tony’ Harford was a person who loved his sport. He was a person who loved people, he loved to help people. “Basically his life was about those two things…” Former Northern Football Association (NFA) president, Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) board member, veteran media anchor and radio presenter, …
Read More »TTFA ‘has no affiliation with Mr Jerome Pierre’; local body distances itself from ‘scholarship programme’
The following is a press statement from the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA): The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association is hereby advising the public and stakeholders that it has no affiliation with the individual Mr Jerome Pierre nor has the organisation endorsed any programme or activity as is being …
Read More »B&B Ep 21: Shawn Cooper talks coaching and goes behind the scenes of ‘Naps’ vs ‘Pres Lions’
Presentation College (San Fernando) head coach Shawn Cooper talks to the Burdie and Barney Show about his coaching development, his time with Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team, historic Intercol titles with southern rivals—Naparima College AND the ‘Pres Lions’—and the little known story about 2019 National Intercol hero, Jardel …
Read More »Write Start (16-18): Sade Hinkson foresees a dystopian T&T, when Carnival is everyone’s dream
“[…] Dr Keith Rowley previously promised, however, that once a majority of the population was vaccinated, only the protected would be allowed to celebrate this colourful festival. This brought about protests, of course. “[…] Now here he was, in front of the cameras once again. All the conditions had been …
Read More »B&B (Trailer): Shawn Cooper: The backstory to Pres Lion’s illegal player, Kori Cupid
Presentation College (San Fernando) head coach Shawn Cooper gives the backstory to the controversy surrounding utility player Kori Cupid, who was suspended by the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) during the 2016 season. Look out for Part Two of our interview with Cooper on Friday 3 December as he talks …
Read More »Write Start (16-18): Brace for bacchanal! Kyla-Marie Singh sees protests and price spikes in Carnival 2022
“[…] I do think that there would be a lot of controversy specifically from ‘anti-vaxxers’ about non-vaccinated persons not being able to partake in these festivities—and this might cause a problem in society at that appointed time. “[…] There would possibly a price increase in all areas and industries that …
Read More »Write Start (11-15): Kristen Smith battles her nerves, as she prepares to face Machel Montano
“[…] ‘I would now like to invite Machel Montano to the stage…’ “The din increased, ensuring I would be incapable of hearing properly for the rest of the night. Almost splitting my face in half, a beaming grin enveloped my visage as my hero stepped into view… Machel Montano…” Eleven-year-old …
Read More »Media Monitor: Simmons to blame for pathetic WI? Howzat for ‘responsible’ journalism?!
Current West Indies coach Phil Simmons is a lucky man. Replying to Sri Lanka’s 386 all out in the First Test in Galle last month, Kraigg Brathwaite’s West Indies reached a precarious 100 for 6 in their first innings. And then, chasing 348 for victory, they found themselves at a …
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