New Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence will take seven debutantes into battle on Friday night as he makes his first outing as Soca Warriors boss in a friendly international against Barbados at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The match kicks off at 7pm while …

“Each company has its own culture and, where I work, we are a private company and the boss has all the say. If your supervisor doesn’t like you then it is difficult [to get] promotions and a salary increase. “In the workplace you will meet various kinds of people. Some …

“It’s curious he made no mention of The Diaries of Abbe Armand Masse, the French Catholic priest who on 30 April 1881 wrote that the marchers often ‘amuse themselves in a more or less noisy fashion but peace is not compromised’ but that year ‘by a sort of bravado, the …

Terry Fenwick looks set for a sensational return to the Pro League with increased powers to boot, as the successful and combative English coach declared that he will lead North East Stars into battle for the 2017 season. The deal, according to Fenwick, would give the former San Juan Jabloteh …

Minister of Public Administration and Communications, Maxie Cuffie, has likened the support of child marriages to the defence of slavery and suggested that the current Marriages Act, which permits minors to be married under Hindu, Muslim or Baptist rites, leads to a culture of rape and violence against women. Cuffie, …

Sol Campbell, the former Premier League stand-out defender who is now an assistant Trinidad and Tobago national coach, is not yet in the camp. Nor are the foreign-based players whose experience and expertise is expected to make a difference to the team’s talent pool and performance. But new national team …

The record breaking success of Full Extreme is thoroughly deserved.  I will add to the boiling pot of opinions of why it struck such a deep chord.  For me it is a restatement of the saying that laugh and cry live in the same yard. I am otherwise reluctant to …

A litany of whoa! But we jamming still! Bacchanal, synonym of and the default rhyme for Carnival, has been part and parcel of the national festival for donkey’s years and controversy and comess have been its consistent companions. But this year was ‘diss’ year; everywhere you looked in 2017, it was disaffection, …

“I was surprised, though not very, when Hindu leaders sought to criticise the outfit worn by the President during the Carnival revelry. It is my opinion that such instances actually normalise and homogenise the Indian wear in our culture. “While most of the criticism was focused on the Rudraksha mala …

“If calypso is to be saved and the best interests of calypsonians protected, TUCO needs to get out of the tent business and return to its original mandate of looking after the interests of all calypso and soca performers, including the establishment of the much needed pension plan. “To save …

“Is it that the ole mas is dying out on its own or is it an assisted ‘death’? “A long-running sentiment among ole masqueraders—including those from a band I am currently writing a book on—is that there have been influential people in the San Fernando City Corporation who became displeased …

New Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence will begin his reign on home soil, after the TTFA announced a change in international sparring partners today. And, instead of travelling to Paramaribo, the Soca Warriors will now host Barbados on Friday 10 March at the Ato Boldon …