The Lady Prime Minister summons her closest advisors, called the “Cabal”, to discuss control of the iron throne and a threat in Middle Trinidad from Lord Jack, who has risen from sure death like a phoenix; nay, a cockroach. Lord Anand, the Master of Coin, tries to assist her with a mathematical conundrum. …
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Free encore for DIRECTV’s SportsMax customers
DIRECTV’s SportsMax subscribers will enjoy a free encore for the next month and a half thanks to the addition of SportsMax2 channel 634, which can be viewed for free until 30 September 2013. The football-friendly SportsMax2 includes live and delayed British Premier League matches, UEFA Champions League, international friendlies, Major …
Read More »Late Sport Ministry payment KOs T&T U-15 footballers
Twenty-one year old Trinidad and Tobago track star Jehue Gordon lifted the mood of sport enthusiasts today with a golden run in the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia. The Trinidad and Tobago national under-15 football players might not have felt like celebrating, though. The young “Soca Warriors” today …
Read More »Heart-to-Hart: T&T coach discusses Gold Cup and immediate goals
In many fields of endeavour, a move from Canada to Trinidad and Tobago would be considered a demotion. But the business of football or soccer, as the North American nation refers to the sport, is not one of them. New Trinidad and Tobago national senior team head coach Stephen Hart …
Read More »Heart-to-Hart: To Halifax and back, the making of a Warrior coach
Trinidad and Tobago national senior team football coach Stephen Hart responded to persons who doubted his local credentials, after more than three decades living in Canada, with a question of his own. “If a cat climbed in an oven and made kittens,” Hart asked, “would you call it bread?” DIRECTV …
Read More »Benjamin scores but Connection whipped in Panama
Eighteen year old attacker Neil Benjamin came off the substitutes’ bench to give DIRECTV W Connection something to cheer about with a late well taken goal at the Rommel Fernandez Stadium in Panama City last night. But it was largely a miserable outing for the Trinidad and Tobago Pro League team …
Read More »Jack amazed by State corruption; out-of-body experience suspected
Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner says he has evidence of corruption in the multi-billion dollar Point Fortin Highway construction. And a corrupt MP might be involved. Warner refused to divulge more details and told the Trinidad Express that he will say more “in the fullness of time.” “As the time …
Read More »Bring in the spinners: Pennelope says communication is PNM’s problem
PNM Senator Pennelope Beckles believes her party has just one major problem. Trinidad and Tobago doesn’t know how awesome it is and how fabulous its plans are for the country. “I don’t think the plans of what we would do if we get into government are sufficiently known by the …
Read More »Tee time: PGA Golf Championship on DIRECTV
The 2013 PGA Gold Championship tees off from 8 am tomorrow on August 8 at the Oak Hill Country Club in New York and DIRECTV subscribers will again have unparalleled live coverage of the prestigious golf tournament. DIRECTV’s exclusive mosaic coverage on channel 601 (with mirror on 638) offers coverage …
Read More »Whistling to the bank: Subhas wants big bucks for corrupt secrets
Attorney Subhas Panday has come up with a novel new retirement plan for civil servants. Panday, a former minister in the Ministry of National Secretary, told the Trinidad Express about his “Anti-White Collar Crime Authority” that would be focused on stopping highbrow financial crimes as opposed to cleaning white shirts. …
Read More »Caledonia falls to Toluca but grabs away goal in Mexico City
Caledonia AIA began its 2013 CONCACAF Champions League campaign with a loss away to Toluca last night but the “Eastern Staillions” might take some comfort in an away goal and a salvageable deficit as they fell 3-1 in Mexico City. Toluca plays 8,793 feet above sea level and Mexico’s 2012/13 …
Read More »Sticks and stones please: why Carmona’s address failed
Trinidad and Tobago President Anthony Carmona gave a typically insightful and rousing address to Parliament last Friday, which the equally articulate and astute Clarence Rambharat described as “a well-deserved whipping” in his Trinidad Express column. Here are some highlights from Carmona’s speech: “The elected government of the day is not …
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