A year or two before former Prime Minister Patrick Manning passed away, I wrote an article stating—among many other things—that Manning no longer held any relevance for politics in Trinidad and Tobago. Of course multiple queries followed from readers. I did not explain myself then as I found the statement …

Crackers about the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) cricket competition? Dixee Crackers were unveiled today as the official biscuit sponsor of the 2018 Hero CPL tournament, as the region gets ready for the sixth edition of the annual six week tournament. The 2018 CPL season bowls off at the Queen’s Park …

It is the Trinidad and Tobago women versus the señoritas of Venezuela on Tuesday evening, as the two neighbours go head to head for bronze medals in the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games women’s football competition in Barranquilla, Colombia. The Women Soca Warriors—who, improbably, made it to the semifinal …

Former “Soca Warriors” forward and captain Kenwyne Jones will prowl the sidelines for the upcoming Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season after taking up the role of assistant coach at Queen’s Royal College (QRC). The 33 year old Jones, who retired from professional football last year, will reunite with his …

“Apart from the instruction to [assistant referees], I believe there is a more fundamental flaw, which is the referee must first refer the incident to the VAR, then is referred to the sideline VAR monitor and, as we saw in many World Cup incidents, a long time can be taken …

“It was a Friday, she recalled, a day just like any other Friday. Like every other Friday she could remember, they had gone to the mosque for Jumu’ah. There had not seemed to be anything special about the midday religious sermon then but, looking back at it now, she saw …

How could it be a “Baby Bandit?” My attention was attracted to the sobriquet “Baby Bandit” in reference to a slain youth-man—David Ector—who turned out to be known to the Police and the community. Both groups knew this person to be euphemistically “walking on thin ice”—allegedly involved in criminal activity. …

The Trinidad and Tobago Pro League will not start as scheduled, on Friday evening, after club owners voted for a two week delay to the 2018 season, barely four days before the promised kickoff time. The move comes as Pro League teams remain in financial dire straits, as private sector …

FC Santa Rosa midfielder and QRC student John-Paul Rochford got his second goal of the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games tournament tonight; but it was a rare bright moment for the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-20 Team, as they were overwhelmed 5-1 by hosts Colombia in their final …

“The Carib Queen has never had any legal status under law… However, it is a title of tremendous significance within an indigenous culture in which women took care of their families and worked alongside their men—unlike other cultures where women were not treated equally. “[…] European colonisation saw the indigenous …

It looked like a fine afternoon for “Showtime.” Somehow, Queen’s Park Cricket Club (QPCC) head coach Shawn Cooper got his hands on the remote and, without asking if it was alright with anyone else, switched channels. By the final whistle, QPCC had stretched their lead atop the Trinidad and Tobago …

“[…] Gary Griffith is not unknown to us. What is unknown, is the justification for this claim that he is a ‘change agent’. How has Mr Griffith’s presence in public life enhanced life in the Republic? “For those who argue that Mr Griffith has the passion and the drive to …