The following press statement on kidnap victim Andrea Bharatt was released by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS): The search for kidnapped victim, Andrea Bharatt, ended this afternoon after her body was found down a precipice along the Heights of Aripo. According to reports, around 12.20pm today, a motorist …
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Burdie & Barney Podcast Ep2 (preview): Re-introducing Stephen Hart
For Episode Two, Burdie and Barney welcomes some more North America-based talent to the pod, in the form of HFX Wanderers boss, Canadian Premier League Coach of the Year and former Soca Warriors head coach Stephen Hart. Don’t worry, Barnie vetted his YouTube clips. Oh wait, was Burdie supposed to …
Read More »Rowley: ‘[School] is on!’ Forms 5 and 6 restart on Monday; teachers now essential workers
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley confirmed that Form 5 and Form 6 students will return to school on Monday 8 February. Speaking at a press conference today, he said that the move was a ‘managed response of working with the virus’. Acknowledging that students have been kept away from in-person …
Read More »Demming: What is our comprehensive Covid-19 immunisation plan?
I may be late to the party, but MX Prime has nailed it with his recent release Torture. He has demonstrated how our music has told our stories and records key moments in our history. When the history is written, this will be the defining story of early 21st century …
Read More »Fenwick: ‘This is the starting position… we weren’t far away [from USA] with our local-based players’
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick today continued to reframe the narrative around his international coaching debut—a joint national record 7-0 loss to the United States in Orlando on Sunday—as he suggested some positives to local football fans, in an interview with the TTFA Media. …
Read More »NJAC suggests ‘council of elders’ to solve THA impasse that ‘can have serious repercussions’ for T&T
“[…] NJAC shares the concern of the wider society, particularly the people of Tobago, about the present situation in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). “It is NJAC’s view that such a situation inevitably creates an environment of political instability that can have serious repercussions, not only for Tobago, …
Read More »Dear Editor: Fenwick used the Soca Warriors like a bait dog—it is indefensible!
“[…] In boxing, there’s a term called a ‘bad beating’ in which the victims never quite recover to fight at an equal or better level. It is why some fights are not taken and why some corners throw in the towel. “Where was the initiative to protect these players’ psyche …
Read More »Stern first test for second-string; what will Brathwaite’s young West Indians be thinking?
Ardent WI cricket fans said a prayer. And continue to pray. Curtly Ambrose made an appeal. Sir Clive Lloyd wrote a letter. Coach Phil Simmons issued a challenge. But the biggest impact on the performance of Kraigg Brathwaite’s second-string unit in Bangladesh over the next couple of weeks is likely …
Read More »‘Fenwick is misleading the public!’ Eve knocks T&T coach for supposedly disrespectful, contradictory statements
Club Sando FC head coach and former Soca Warriors stand-out Angus Eve has accused Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick of misleading local football fans on several issues—not least regarding the Warriors’ supposed 5-0 win over Sando, earlier this month. On 23 January, Fenwick posted …
Read More »Media Monitor: Kalicharan launches attack on WI elite, Skerritt called to defend innocents
In all my years of observing and commenting on West Indies cricket, I have tended to agree rather than disagree with public positions espoused by Dr Noel Kalicharan. Or Ricky Skerritt. But I guess there’s a first time for everything. That’s progress! Progress comes in various forms. For more than …
Read More »Fenwick: ‘I apologise for taking the game and the gamble but we need to recognise where we are…’
“[…] I apologise for taking the game and the gamble but we need to recognise where we are and how the rest of the world are operating. “[…] My locally-based national team have been battering local regional teams back home because we have been working and developing a game plan …
Read More »Deyalsingh explains ‘stratified approach’ to mass Covid-19 vaccination rollout
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh described the ‘stratified approach’ to the Covid-19 vaccine rollout expected to begin in March. The first phase would target priority groups. Next, would be mass public vaccinations and finally, vaccinations through private hospitals. Speaking at the health ministry’s virtual media conference, Deyalsingh said the first …
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