Naps target Tigers scalps
The Angus Eve-coached Naparima College will be keen to maintain its narrow lead at the top of the BgTT/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premier Division 15-team table when it comes up...
View ArticleSports needs full attention of all
For too long, sports in this country has been neglected by all of us. For too long, people have trampled on sports, as if it is an afterthought, without due care and consideration.For too long, we have...
View ArticleMohammed in revamped ODI Squad
ST JOHN’S – Jason Mohammed has been recalled four years after he made his debut while Test batsman Jermaine Blackwood is poised for his first one-day appearance, in a 15-man squad announced yesterday...
View ArticleIndia inspires Danielle
Earlier this year, former Miss T&T Danielle Jones-Hunte was mid-way through a three-month professional sojourn in Mumbai, India, when she fell ill. A bout of dysentery, which coincided with chicken...
View ArticleIRA amendments withdrawn
Although the T&T economy is contracting due to falling oil prices, citizens deserve to share in whatever wealth is available, Labour Minister Jennifer-Baptiste Primus said yesterday.“All of us want...
View ArticleMason Hall blasts Speyside in Girls SSFL
Lloysha Simon scored a hat-trick to lead Mason Hall to a commanding 7-0 beating of host Speyside when matches in the Tobago Zone of the BGTT/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Girls...
View ArticleT&T to welcome 30,000 cruise visitors
T&T will welcome 16 ships and more than 30,000 cruise visitors during the 2015/2016 cruise ship season which kicks off in November. As the country continues to aggressively pursue the cruise...
View ArticlePrimary school coaches inspired by ACE
Primary school coaches may have attended the third annual Atlantic Coaching Excellence (ACE) Symposium to hear about football and cricket, but an ethical governance lawyer, a management consultant and...
View ArticlePhil followed the guilty ones
It was only Friday last that I had mentioned to the president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) that the unethical behaviour of all the stakeholders involved with West Indian cricket was a...
View ArticleCT scanner needs urgent repair
I have been advised that our Minister of Health, Terrence Deyalsingh, has hit the road running. I, therefore, am pleading with him to immediately address, prioritise and provide an immediate solution...
View ArticleShortest ever NBA player motivates youngsters
Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues, the shortest player in NBA (National Basketball Association) history, encouraged young basketballers at the Digicel Jumpstart Programme, to not let obstacles get in their way of...
View ArticleBounce factor for ‘Candy’ man
Eqinette ticks enough boxes to justify the first leg of my each-way double on Kempton polytrack tonight; Amanda Perrett’s charge could also initiate a double for veteran jockey Dane O’Neill in both...
View ArticleSimmons’ future to be decided within seven days
ST JOHN’S—Suspended head coach Phil Simmons will know his fate within the next week, after he meets with a West Indies Cricket Board human resource panel to discuss his controversial comments.WICB...
View ArticleYoung artists exhibit political theme
At first glance it looks too easy, sophomoric even, but over time the work of a group of young artists at the recently concluded (S)HOW at Medulla Art Gallery begins to resonate. The exhibition flows...
View ArticleWICB: No dog bark!
West Indies cricket head coach Phil Simmons has been suspended which may result in him being fired. This is very disconcerting for three reasons. First of all, Mr Simmons and Mr Clive Lloyd who...
View ArticleNot a bin downtown
I could not help but notice the absence of badly-needed garbage bins in downtown PoS last week. Not being a regular visitor to the area, I was walking along with a bottle of water that I had purchased...
View ArticleHow about a venture capital fund?
The price of oil and gas is unlikely to ever go up to over US$100 or even fifty or sixty dollars. More and more countries are using renewable or alternative technologies. Norway on a windy day will...
View ArticleLet’s have fairness in use of Mandela Park
Protecting our green space as in the Mandela Park certainly does not seem a priority of the Port of Spain City Corporation. For many months now, attention has been drawn to the broken barriers at the...
View ArticleDignity and the choice to self-disclose mental health status
If someone were to ask me if they should self-disclose their mental health status, I’d undoubtedly say not if they want to preserve their dignity. I’d probably consider the society in which they live...
View ArticleFrom irreverent to president
Haiti is a land of dreams (some might say nightmares), so I wasn’t entirely surprised to hear that the Kompa singer I’d watched dropping his pants onstage years ago at the World Creole Music Festival...
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