Quality sparring awaits T&T boxers in Cuba
Four of T&T’s national boxers including welterweight Aaron Prince will leave this country on Monday for Cuba where they will spar against quality opposition in preparation for the first Rio 2016...
View ArticleMachel makes it hat-trick of wins
Machel Montano has won the Road March competition for the third consecutive year with his song Waiting on the Stage. He became the fourth artiste to win a hat-trick, joining the likes of Austin Lyons...
View ArticleNo Govt help for new teams in Pro League
Teams seeking entry into the T&T Pro League must show that they are able to stand on their own financially or else it will not be considered. Invitations for interested teams are being advertised...
View ArticleGabriel wins again with Another Day In Paradise
Veteran mas designer Rosalind Gabriel says she is happy with her band placing first in the Junior Bands category (Large) of the NCC Band of the Year competition. She said so yesterday shortly after the...
View ArticleFour more guns seized
With 12 guns recovered for the year, four during the Carnival period and over 300 in the past two years, the head of the Northern Division Senior Supt David Abraham has labelled his area as a gun hot...
View ArticleTime for Panorama review?
Desperadoes’ undisputed Panorama win on February 6 marked the 11th time the band has won the contest which essentially declares for it the title of leading steelband in the world. This maintains...
View ArticleContesting the Carnival
By the time you get to read this, it’ll all be over, officially that is. Although as we all know, until the fat lady stretches her vocal chords and wind down, wind up last gaspers at Maracas, Mayaro...
View ArticleNot all narratives have equal value
Kevin BaldeosinghA book about an academic controversy might seem esoteric and irrelevant to even the intelligent lay reader in T&T, but this account by Mary Lefkowitz, a historian specialising on...
View ArticleThe benefits of volunteering
Part 1 While on the surface volunteering may seem to be a time consuming effort with no reward to be gained, ask anyone who has volunteered before and they will surely tell you that it was worthwhile....
View ArticleT&T Music Fest celebrates Diamond Jubilee
The T&T Music Festival Association celebrates its Diamond Jubilee in 2016, beginning with the hosting of its 31st Music Festival from February 14 to March 12 at venues in North, South and Tobago...
View ArticleKendra Phagwa fest celebrates 25 years
The Vasant Panchami Utsav, which will be hosted at the Hindu Prachaar Kendra, will be an extra special occasion this year as it will mark the start of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Kendra...
View ArticleMayor apologises
While Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says recent controversial remarks by Port-of-Spain mayor Raymond Tim Kee do not warrant his dismissal, the PM yesterday distanced his Government from any “victim...
View ArticleSamuel now player/coach at North East Stars
Former T&T international and Europe-based attacker Collin Samuel has joined the roster of North East Stars, where he will serve as player/coach for the remainder of the Digicel T&T Pro League...
View ArticleEuropean stars for Flow Premier League
European-based T&T senior professional volleyball quartet, Krystle Esdelle, Channon Thompson, Sinead Jack and Marc-Anthony Honore will be the marquee players when the Flow-sponsored T&T...
View ArticleSport Ministry slashes Pro League grant by $33,000
WALTER ALIBEYDespite assurances from Minister of Sport Darryl Smith that there will be no cuts in the subventions given to teams in the TT Pro League, funds have been slashed by $33, 000. Yesterday...
View ArticleSteelband community stunned
The killing by strangulation of Japanese-born steelband player Asami Nagakiya has stunned her family, friends and the entire steelband community.A PCS Nitrogen Silver Stars tenor pan player since 2012,...
View ArticleW Connection targets top stop
Direc TV W Connection will have a chance to go top of the table on goal-difference when the 2015/2016 Digicel T&T Pro League resumes after a two-week Carnival break with a double-header at the Ato...
View ArticleWild Flower can bloom
Iconic Figure could benefit from ‘ground control’ in a ten-runner Maiden Stakes over six furlongs of Wolverhampton Tapeta tonight when enough boxes are ticked for a decent punt.This will be the sixth...
View ArticleStars of yesterday’s Intercol on show
WALTER ALIBEYThe stage is now set for the Fourth Annual Intercol Football Nostalgia Festival tomorrow from 10 am at St Mary’s College Ground, Serpentine Road, St Clair.Ten intercol winners including St...
View ArticleAmla, McCullum ride for T&T in CPL
Bridgetown, Barbados Fans in T&T are in for a treat as big name players like Hashim Amla and Brendan McCullum will be representing the Trinbago Knight Riders at the Caribbean Premier League T20...
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