Last Wednesday, a letter to the editor appeared in the Express that was so poignant it made me abandon what I had intended to write. Exactly 25 years ago today, Daniel Bertie’s father, Trevor, was shot and killed by bandits in St Clair. “I remember everything. I remember his last …

In a Field Guide to Getting Lost (2005), Rebecca Solnit wrote of the places in which one’s life is lived: “They become the tangible landscape of memory, the places that made you, and in some way you too become them. They are what you can possess and, in the end, …

Calypso is back, baby! Well, by which we mean that gripping political commentary is back in favour at the Dimanche Gras. Independent Senator Helon Francis is the 2025 Calypso Monarch for his stirring appeal to the next Trinidad and Tobago prime minister in To Whom It May Be—although it could …

“[…] The MSJ is calling the Donald Trump/ Marco Rubio position for what it is. An act of an imperialist bully. “This is the 200-year-old Monroe Doctrine on steroids. That doctrine underpins the belief by the US that every country and every individual in this hemisphere is subject to US …

Carnival Sunday 2025 is upon us. It falls within a period so violent that it compels me to begin this column with a prayer that, in keeping with the Carnival season so far, our two days of artistry and celebration in the streets will take place without violent disruption attributable …

Trinidad and Tobago’s push for qualification to the Poland 2026 Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup ended—after just three games—with a heavy defeat last night as the young Women Soca Warriors were thumped 12-0 by Canada at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. If anything, the lopsided score summary flattered the …

For whatever reason, the Express posted my column last week (The Art of Forgetting) on its Facebook page with an introductory heading comprising these 30 words of the 900 I’d written. “I come from a Muslim family, and when I entered puberty I rejected Islam for telling me that menstruation …

Trinidad and Tobago will host one of three Concacaf qualifying groups for the Morocco 2025 Fifa Women’s Under-17 World Cup from 31 March to 6 April as 12 teams compete for four World Cup spots. The young Women Soca Warriors are grouped with the formidable United States, El Salvador and …

On a sweltering hot Saturday at Moka, Santa Cruz United and Trendsetter Hawks could not keep pace with Pro Series on a potentially pivotal day in the North Zone Under-14 Division of the 2025 Republic Bank National Youth Football League (RBNYFL). Santa Cruz United and Trendsetter Hawks started match day …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Under-20 Team finished match day two with their second comfortable win of the Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship Qualifiers series, as they trounced Dominica 7-0 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. But there were mixed feelings at the final whistle. Yes, Trinidad and Tobago …

Current reality is significantly at odds with the much touted joy and unity of Carnival. It is front and centre of its own stage, which grimly rivals the dazzling Carnival stages. Such reality can no longer be easily pushed aside and become invisible during the Carnival season. The murderous challenges …

The following is part two of an interview with FC Santa Rosa founder and head coach and ex-Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical committee chairman Keith Look Loy interview: Clubs no longer have roots in their communities. This uprooting leaves room for other institutions, like gangs, to attract young …