Trinidad and Tobago Pro League CEO Dexter Skeene admitted that the local top flight competition is facing the toughest fight of its 14 year existence, as uncertainty over government funding and the poor economic climate are among several factors overshadowing the 2016/17 season. Defending champions Central FC, who won successive …

Promising 23-year-old Pro League football star, Ross Russell Jr, is among two recently discharged soldiers who appeared before Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar in the Port of Spain court this morning for the murder of Diego Martin resident Selwyn Gaff. Russell Jr, who has two children, was charged alongside his cousin …

The following response to a Trinidad Guardian editorial on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s public statement on unpaid salaries during his suspension from Parliament was submitted to Letter to the Editor by David Pierre: Reference is made to an editorial titled ‘Dr Rowley’s missing pay cheque’ which appeared in the …

An injection of energy by winger Jarred Dass again proved to be difference for the Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team last night, as they rebounded from a goal down to hold St Lucia 1-1 in Caribbean Cup qualifying action at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. Dass, who came …

The instability, corruption and favouritism—as well as enduring shade, class and foreign preference—and just plain, but twisted, foolishness have become so overwhelming that I have been unable to write about some of my favourite things that reflect the resources capable of making Trinidad and Tobago a happier place. I had …

Fifteen year old Naparima College and W Connection attacker Isaiah Jabari Hudson is the latest off the Santa Flora assembly line, as he joins fellow villagers Levi Garcia (AZ Alkmaar), Nathaniel Garcia (Central FC) and Tyrel “Pappy” Emmanuel (Shiva Boys HC) on a list of Trinidad and Tobago’s hottest young football talent. Hudson, …

Fathers like mine—ordinary men who are barely literate in most instances and worked hard to provide for their families—are remembered only by their immediate families and maybe some friends and people in the communities in which they lived and died. In a society where success is measured by materialism or …

Central FC and former Naparima College striker Nicholas Dillon bagged five goals last night as Trinidad and Tobago dismantled the Turks and Caicos 11-0 in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-20 Championships action at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. On Wednesday evening, the young Soca Warriors found great difficulty …

The following blog on life for commuters in Trinidad was submitted to Wired868 by Jeremy Francis: I recently had a client meeting in the East, so I was on my way up the highway. This was before the introduction of the speed guns. The meeting was at 9 am, so being …

A 48th minute item by versatile midfielder Jarred Dass ensured that Trinidad and Tobago got off to a winning start in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-20 Championships at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva last night. Dass, who played an integral part in Naparima College’s all-conquering 2015 SSFL season, …

It would be asking too much of our politicians that they show some humility in their public lives. In fact, it will be true to say that, with precious few exceptions, politicians across the world are egotistical and arrogant—character traits that distinguish them from most ordinary human beings. Lest I …

The People’s National Movement (PNM) Government is again facing complaints of arrogance, failing to deliver on its pre-election hype and being out of touch with the public, after its first sex scandal and subsequent resignation. PNM senator Hafeez Ali, the defeated candidate for Barataria/San Juan, was the guilty party in …