“[…] Some keen observations coming out of the show—apart from the long lines and late gates—was the failure to fully protect the football pitch, as areas of green could be seen toward the back end of the fete. “[…] What could be the repercussions of this heavy foot traffic, alcohol spilling and high …

Coming out of the Covid-induced hiatus, our 2023 Carnival is touted as the “Mother of All Carnivals”. We promote our fetes as the best ever and discuss ways of monetising our 2023 Carnival’s impact. We believe that we could export this wonder of the world. Amid this noise, a lawsuit …

On Thursday evening, Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team head coach Shawn Cooper and another staff member suffered an attempted “break-in” at their hotel in Antigua City, Guatemala. “I saw someone trying to open my door,” Cooper told Wired868. “They showed me a key with my room number…” A …

When someone dies, it is traditional to hold a wake. It’s a time for relatives and friends to gather during the nights before the funeral to offer commiserations and support for the grieving ones. Wakes are thought to have originated within the realm of Catholicism, when the idea was to …

As a part-time monitor of the media and a full-time anglophile, I sometimes come across stuff in the newspaper that gives me pause but which might not move other more casual observers in the same way. For example, there is the Express’ Saturday 11 February lead story. It sent me …

Is it too late to post this? Our 9-day memory cycle kicked in already? I was thinking we should forget cricket and football and make chess our favourite game, like it is in Russia. For one thing, it will teach us to think several moves ahead. And another thing, we …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Under-17 Team head coach Shawn Cooper credited the desire of his players and the physical preparation of the teenaged team, as they advanced to the Round of 16 phase of the Concacaf Under-17 Championship after yesterday’s 1-1 tie with Barbados. The result, at the Estadio …

If you know you lack the muscle to handle the weight of a woman’s expectation, sometimes it is best to say upfront: I cyah make, darling. You’re not helping anyone when you take the keys to a Heavy T van when you know full well that you’re accustomed to riding …

Trinidad and Tobago are through to the knockout stages of the 2023 Concacaf Under-17 Championship but coach Shawn Cooper will not want to dwell on how they got there. Having tussled with Canada and the United States in their opening two Group F matches, Soca Warriors supporters would have hoped …

Wicketkeeper/batter Shai Hope and batting allrounder Rovman Powell will lead the West Indies cricket team in the One-Day International (ODI) and T20 formats. Hope and Powell were confirmed in their respective roles today by the Cricket West Indies. The talented cricketers replace Nicholas Pooran, who quit his post in both …

Trinidad and Tobago lost their second successive outing of the Concacaf Under-17 Championship tonight in Antigua, Guatemala. But, once again, they did not go meekly—as they fell 3-1 to the Group F leaders, the United States of America, at the Estadio Pensativo. The result was arguably settled within the first …

Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT) has provided quality coverage of this season’s Panorama competitions, particularly through the engagement of knowledgeable commentators. In the course of her closing remarks last Sunday morning when the medium and large band semi-finals concluded after midnight, Michelle Huggins-Watts, musicologist and formidable pan practitioner, commented on …