At the end of last week’s column, I described the Opposition United National Congress (UNC) after the results of its recent internal election as “the Kamla Persad-Bissesar re-embedded UNC”. In the week since that column was written, factionalism has broken out in the UNC. The governing People’s National Movement (PNM), …
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Unplugged: Jereem Richards, Keshorn Walcott and Tyra Gittens speak from the heart
Jereem “The Dream” Richards hypnotises the Hasely Crawford Stadium, but there is pain and drama too on Day Two of the NGC NAAATT Open and Senior Champs. Jereem Richards, Keshorn Walcott and Tyra Gittens, three titans of local track and field, have an emotional message for Trinidad and Tobago sport …
Read More »Noble: With all the wealth T&T generated, why were there only broken promises for Beetham?
“[…] The last government never did anything like this (the Clean-up and Beautify Trinidad campaign). This is a great opportunity for the residents and the surroundings. “Beetham Gardens was plagued with many health hazards, especially affecting children: the stagnant drains, the mosquitoes, the flies, the non-collection of garbage on time …
Read More »T20WC24: Kohli, Suryakumar, Proteas give inspired India 2nd T20 title
They choked! Again! At the last hurdle, just the wrong time! At just the right time, struggling star batsman Virat Kohli found his form to help 2007 Champions India sneak past South Africa by seven runs at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday. The former skipper’s carefully constructed 76 (59 …
Read More »NGC/NAAATT Jnr & Snr Champs: Aaron Antoine endures tough opening day
Star attraction Aaron Antoine faces up to tough physical challenge while Tenique Vincent, Keneisha Shelbourne and Peyton Winter make encouraging starts on Day One of 2024 NGC NAAATT Junior and Senior Championship: More from Wired868 Defiant NAAATT Junior and Senior Champs draw curtain on 2024 Trinidad and Tobago’s 4x100m relay …
Read More »Vaneisa: T20WC24 thrills, revived WI interests—but Big Three concerns linger
Both of the semi-final matches in this T20 World Cup were demolitions. The match between Afghanistan and South Africa was actually painful to watch. Even if you supported the SA team, from a sporting perspective, it is unpleasant to look at that kind of devastation—like schoolchildren being trounced by adults. …
Read More »T20WC24: India avenge 2022 England defeat; set up final clash of unbeaten teams
A measured third-wicket partnership of 73 between skipper Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav put India in the driver’s seat in the T20 World Cup semifinal in Providence, Guyana today. On a track where the bounce remained low throughout, the pair got India to a just-above-par score of 171—a sub-par England …
Read More »T20WC24: Shamsi, Jansen demolish Afghanistan; South Africa coast into first final
Riding high after qualifying for their first ever World Cup semi-final, Afghanistan were yesterday brought very low—56 all out—by South Africa. At the Brian Lara Academy in Tarouba, Aiden Markram’s men reached their target for the loss of just one wicket to book a place in a World Cup final …
Read More »Dr Farrell: Muddy Silk—why flawed process harms deserving recipients and even T&T society
“[…] The late Basdeo Panday told us that ‘politics has a morality of its own’. That characterisation is certainly true of the practice of politics, well-known for back-stabbing, lying, and hypocrisy, here and indeed everywhere. “[…] But surely there are some areas of national life which should remain uninfected, if …
Read More »Early Bird: Do Haynes and Sammy really think Charles is a better batsman than Hope?
Bobby did not know that Pakistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka would fall at the first hurdle. But he knew that WI would not go beyond the Super Eight—“if they get that far”. He’s been saying it for weeks. And he knew Nicholas Pooran would not deliver when it mattered; …
Read More »T20WC24: WI eliminated; valiant Chase and Alzarri fail to rein in Proteas, after batsmen misfire
West Indies are out of the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup. On a night interrupted by showers in Antigua, it was the self-titled Rainbow Nation that shone in the end as South Africa emerged with a three-wicket win—with five balls to spare. Allrounder Roston Chase starred with bat and ball …
Read More »Daly Bread: Sorting reality from the spin
I was brought up in a household that loathed pretentiousness. Had my mother, Celia, been alive she would have been wryly amused at the buss pipe in the new Ministry of Health multi-million dollar palace. The uncontrolled gushing of water can be seen as symbolic of the gushes of words …
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