So the Finance Minister’s budget presentation is over; we all now know the major highlights. I make no apologies for not offering any red or yellow-tinted responses or comments or analyses. I want to break with the sterile ‘This was good’ and ‘That was bad’ tradition and discuss instead what …

I stopped watching many TV shows and movies a long time ago because they have apparently run out of ideas and are in the habit of using old shows and scripts—that worked sometime in the past—to see if they would work now. I am now convinced that I should also …

All 22 players on the field at Westmoorings bore illustrations of ferocious tigers on their shirts; but it didn’t take long to spot the pussycat. If today’s clash between the “Westmoorings Tigers” and the “Fyzo Tigers” was a boxing match, then Fyzabad Secondary’s technical staff would have been obliged to …

“No minister or prime minister can cause the DPP to prosecute or discontinue a prosecution… No minister or prime minister can instruct the Commissioner of Police to arrest anyone. These offices, which are part of the Executive arm, have their independence explicitly protected in the Constitution as is the Judiciary …

“Everybody was the way people should be all the time,” she continued. “Not mean and afraid but good to each other.” “She” is Marlene Dietrich; the person to whom she is speaking is Ernest Hemingway. It is 1950. No, I was not there; Lillian Ross was. I am reading the …

Dominica, I am sorry. I choose to say that in the patois of the headline of this column, consistent with the linguistic expression of Dominica’s national motto: Après Bondi, C’est la Ter—After God, it’s the Earth. Now, after Hurricane Maria, Dominica’s beloved Earth is a debris dump—its fertility disrespected by …

Defending Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division champions Shiva Boys Hindu College got back to winning ways today, defeating a dogged Fatima College team 4-1 at Mucurapo Road. At kick-off, just one point separated table-toppers Shiva from fourth-placed Fatima. And at the halfway stage, coach Hayden Ryan’s charges knew …

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday reminded Trinidad and Tobago of why the Parliament Channel is as useful as a Lasco fan on Maracas beach, with her latest charge of contempt against Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley. On Friday, Tanty Kams asked House Speaker Brigid Annisette-George to refer Keithos to the …

“It is our right to express anger when there is inequity in the responses to the cries for help. It is our right as citizens and taxpayers to challenge the use of public funds and to question corruption and inefficiency. “It is also our right to speculate over the misappropriation …

The Trinidad and Tobago Super League’s (TTSL) bid to bring Brazilian legends Ronaldinho and Rivaldo to a playing field in Trinidad has hit a snag—another one! Caribbean Football Trust Limited (CFTL), sponsors of the TTSL’s proposed “All Star” showdown, have confirmed that the event will now be pushed back by …

The Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Disciplinary Committee dropped the hammer today on two students from Presentation College (San Fernando) and Carapichaima East Secondary, as the quartet were given increased suspensions for their behaviour in last weekend’s SSFL Premier Division clash. Presentation won the contest 2-1 but both teams had …

Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence struck a bullish pose at today’s media conference at the National Cycling Centre in Couva, insisting that he had 100 percent confidence in his ability to steer the Soca Warriors towards success, despite a run of eight consecutive matches without …