History, they say, is written by the victors. For just over a week, we still enjoy the title of defending T20 World Cup champions. Let us, therefore, while we still can, rewrite history. Not, like Christopher Columbus and the Spaniards and all the self-serving colonial powers, with a view to …

Twenty-six year old left-handed opening batsman Jeremy Solozano was the only uncapped player selected in the West Indies 15-man squad announced today, when the Cricket West Indies selectors named their tour party for the two-match Test series in Sri Lanka. Solozano, who hails from Arima in Trinidad and Tobago, forced …

It is an intriguing idea. But I reject it. Out of hand. There is, as the Americans, no there there, dear. Writing in April 2007, just before Brian Lara’s final white ball game for the West Indies in the World Cup of that year, under the headline ‘The last king …

Twenty-five year old Sri Lankan pacer Chamika Karunaratne tapped his temple and then tapped his heart, after dismissing West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell for two runs in today’s ICC T20 World Cup contest. And, just to be sure nobody missed it, Karunaratne repeated the gesture. By then, West Indies were …

“[…] In Section 35(c) of our Constitution, it is stated that the President may be removed from office if  ‘… he behaves in a manner that endangers the security of the State…’  “It is pellucidly clear that the President is prohibited from sharing sensitive confidential information, with the national community, …

“[…] As a country, we have the challenges of the never-ending Covid pandemic which is taking a terrible toll in lives lost and plunging families into mourning, an economy that is spluttering along unable to sustain jobs and businesses, huge inequalities of wealth and income… “And a governance system that …

Two goals and a clean sheet saw Chelsea right back Reece James emerge as the unlikely star of match day 10 in the England Premier League, as he helped the London lords to a 3-0 win over Newcastle—and put a spring in the step of every fantasy football player lucky …

The Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago is saddened to learn of the passing of veteran media personality Errol Pilgrim. Pilgrim passed away this morning at the Eric Williams Medical Complex in Mt Hope after undergoing surgery. Described as a consummate professional by those who worked with him, Pilgrim was …

“[…] Even as a small country with limited resources, we will make every effort to report to the required standard, with some assistance, of course. We expect others to do the same. “[…] Mr President, as an economy largely based on oil and gas and petrochemicals, we in Trinidad and …

Black Stalin’s lyrics in his 1988 calypso ‘We could make it if we try’  have been occupying a space in my brain. He sang: ‘So the Treasury broke and they say that recession jamming/And so to foreign countries Trinis start migrating/ They lose faith in their country, they say we …

“[…] Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, in his address which aired on local news channels in Trinidad and Tobago and is available on the UN’s website, spoke of the need to raise climate change ‘adaptation, ambition and action’ while working for the survival of not just mankind but all species. …

I do NOT know if Mark Nicholas is the racist I believe him to be. It matters not to me today. I do NOT know if Quinton de Kock is the racist I do NOT believe him to be. It matters not to me today. Neither man’s issue matters to …