“[…] It is no secret that the officers in the Coast Guard are traumatised by the continued accusations from her and the other Opposition members who have already found them guilty of the most heinous crime: MURDER—without the completion of an official investigation. “What is even more significant is the …

“[…] While the Red Force team seems balanced, skipper Imran Khan could have utilised his impressive bowling attack far better. At times it seemed as though the West Indian fast bowling trio of Shannon Gabriel, Jayden Seales and Anderson Phillip were under-bowled. “[…] Inexplicably, the two most senior players in …

“[…] Jason Holder’s miserly 65-run aggregate was, incredibly, the highest among all the West Indies batsmen [in India].  “The aggregates and associated averages of the West Indies top five batsmen were far more in sync with numbers that would be called at a Bingo game than with those that would …

Gabriel Faria, the past CEO of the leading local business chamber, had an insightful interview in this week’s Business Express. He discussed the formation of a new business advocacy group. He quoted a Dr Terrence Farrell 2011 article on the need for responsible elites in our society while admitting that …

Seventeen regional cricketers will line up in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 competition this season—although almost one-third of them are not in the current West Indies squad. Jamaican bowling allrounder Odean Smith was today drafted by the Punjab Kings, coach Anil Kumble suggesting that he was suitably impressed …

Our country has been widely shamed internationally by the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard’s fatal shooting of an illegal migrant baby.  The use of the label ‘accident’, the premature ducking of responsibility and due process as well as the crude, partisan political exchanges have compounded the shame. For the moment, …

“When was your last serving? Was your appetite quenched? Do you thirst for more? Of course you do! Well, let’s get right into the poetry, enthusiasts!   “Have a taste of my unreleased poetry from my unreleased manuscripts I’ve left to marinate in time. Have your fill!” The following poems were submitted …

The Trinidad and Tobago Red Force became the first team to win a fixture in the 2022 West Indies Championship, seeing off the Jamaica Scorpions today at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba. But, as the Red Force stumbled clumsily over the finishing line, it is anyone’s guess which …

Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team coach Kenwyne Jones named seven newcomers in his 22-member squad today as he prepares for the Women Soca Warriors’ opening W Championship qualifier against Nicaragua next Thursday from 3pm at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain. Former national youth defenders Shaunalee Govia and …

It’s beginning to look a lot like, not Christmas, but ciao for West Indies white ball captain Kieron Pollard. I have a niggling suspicion that the 34-year-old globetrotting allrounder has had it with the sniping and the pot-shot-taking that never ends in the Caribbean. And with having to repeat, you …

“[…] Kamla Persad-Bissessar gleefully opines that T&T faces immense embarrassment and scrutiny from news media and international agencies over the horrific death of a migrant baby… How pathetic!  “[…] The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and the editor of the Express can defend themselves from the false narratives proffered …

It is not for nothing that, on Day 3 of their four-day West Indies Championship contest against the Jamaica Scorpions, Trinidad and Tobago Red Force head coach Dave Furlonge and his match analyst, Amit Jadoo, were already peeking at what the next opponents, the Windward Islands Volcanoes, were up to. …