Cricket West Indies (CWI) today confirmed a final warm-up fixture for the West Indies T20 team from 7pm on Thursday 30 May against Australia at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad. Tickets are available online for adults and seniors/children (under-16) for US$24 and US$12 respectively, or at Trinidad box offices …

Cricket West Indies today announced a 15-man team to face South Africa in the West Indies’ final dress rehearsal before the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which is jointly hosted by the Caribbean and the United States. West Indies and South Africa will face each other in three T20 …

An indication given in a weekly column to deal with an identified topic “next week” is one that is difficult to implement. Things keep rapidly falling apart and the nasty quarrels between those in public life who are responsible for our governance burst into the news cycle with an intensity …

“It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness, and a mood of helplessness prevail.” Lech Walesa, 1983 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. As a country, we are becoming more shameless. The scant regard that the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) staff displayed to Dr David Picou is galling. …

Life has a way of setting you adrift; sometimes on a rough sea, sometimes with such gentle currents that you barely notice how far you have travelled. Knowing that during my period of research and writing, I had sunk even deeper into my naturally reclusive state, I felt that the …

The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team will resume international engagements in Curaçao later this month, as they compete in the three-nation Queen’s Friendly Tournament with Aruba and the host nation. The Women Soca Warriors will face Aruba on Wednesday 29 May and Sunday 2 June and tackle Curaçao …

When Erla Harewood-Christopher assumed the role of acting commissioner of police in December 2022 following the vacation of her predecessor, McDonald Jacob, I was optimistic that things would change and our approach to crime would improve. Her official appointment in February 2023 as our country’s first female commissioner of police …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team completed their preparation for the opening round of their Fifa 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign last night with a 2-0 friendly win over Guyana at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. Once more, 37-year-old forward Kevon “Showtime” Woodley played a …

“[…] Women are the ones most directly involved. They bear most of the physical and psychological trauma of parent/motherhood during pregnancy—unlike the male who has the option to opt out at any time. “[…] Does this tragedy not expose the lack of attention given to a most vulnerable group charged …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve got his first win of 2024 last night as the Soca Warriors held off Guyana 2-1 in a friendly international match at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain. After over 20,000 patrons turned out to see a …

The football gods were in a fickle mood on Saturday as the semifinal round of the Republic Bank National Youth Football League (RBNYFL) produced an unrelenting series of upsets. The form book was ripped apart and discarded into the winds, fluttering like a battered kite in a hurricane. Whether you …

Last week, we marked the tenth anniversary of Dana Seetahal’s murder. Justifiably, her family bemoaned the slow pace of events. Legal luminaries piped in with their observations, primarily focused on the trial. Some were performative in content. We forgot the chilling words of the US Assistant Secretary of State William …