Bhoe: Speaker needs to treat MPs equally
Caroni Central MP Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie says he would like to see Speaker Bridgid Annisette-George be more even-handed in the Lower House.Speaking to the T&T Guardian at the Caroni Central...
View ArticleEducation system failing youths
While the debate rages about the ‘illiteracy’ problem in T&T, a cursory search of the Internet reveals some alarming statistics.The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization...
View ArticleIs boot camp the solution?
It is said that desperate times require desperate measures, but I hasten to add that in spite of our desperation to fix the problem of school violence, I implore serious thought to doing so through...
View ArticleBusiness sector mum on job losses
The public is watching and listening carefully to the deafening silence of the business sector as employees are being retrenched almost on a daily basis. Why haven’t the various chambers of commerce...
View ArticleUncle Ellis gets ready to rock it in snow
Most people know Uncle Ellis (Ellis Reid) as the funny man dancing in front of KFC, Independence Square, Port-of-Spain. Last week, the T&T Guardian sat down with Reid and heard about his struggles...
View ArticleMisconceptions about breast health
Dr Shashta Sawh Breast physician, Pink Hibiscus At Pink Hibiscus, I see many women of varying ages who seem to share some of the same confusion and misconceptions about breast cancer screening,...
View ArticleWestwood Park duo looks to new drama series
Danielle Dieffenthaller, one of the most well known and acclaimed television producers in the English-speaking Caribbean, is working on a new series that she boasts will be unlike anything viewers have...
View ArticleBissessarsingh: We all remember something
Hundreds of people turned out to the launch of a new book, A Walk Back in Time: Snapshots of the History of Trinidad & Tobago, by Angelo Bissessarsingh, on February 18.The historian, founder of the...
View ArticleDasheen, eddoes: Blue Food Delights
Eddoes TalkariIngredients 1 tbsp olive oil 5 eddoes peeled/cubed 1 potato (optional) peeled/cubed 2 cloves garlic crushed 1/4 hot pepper sliced thin—remember to leave out the seeds to control the heat...
View ArticleThe life of a leper
In 1927, Archbishop John Pius Dowling arrived at the newly-commissioned leprosarium on Chacachacare to bless and consecrate the chapel and convent of the Dominican Sisters. It was not altogether a...
View ArticleNorth Zone teams square off for national honours
It was by no means an easy task, but both Police and Detour Shak Attack, the 2015 reigning North Zone champion team and runner up respectively, booked their spots in the final of the Men’s National...
View ArticlePhillip leads D/Martin Boys to hockey title
A penalty-corner strike from eventual tournament Most Valuable Player, Shawn Phillip was enough for Diego Martin Boys RC “B” to pip Good Shepherd Anglican 1–0 in the T&T Hockey Board and Youth...
View ArticleW Connection point away from CFU Club semis
Digicel T&T Pro League club, DirecTV W Connection will go into today’s final round of Group One matches in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship preliminary round versus Suriname’s...
View ArticleWolfe, Ryan Stewart join North East Stars
Former T&T World Cup striker Anthony Wolfe and Guaya United captain and stand-out midfielder, Ryan “Fry” Stewart have joined their former club Japs North East Stars for the remainder 2015/16...
View ArticleCentral screens Under-19 cricketers
The Central Zonal Council of the T&T Cricket Board is encouraging all interested Under-19 cricketers to vie for selection for the national inter-zone competition which gets underway on March...
View ArticleSouth defeats neighbours in U-15 Interzone
Top performances from Darren Samlal and Jonathan Frederick led South to a convincing 123-run victory over South-East in the third round of the T&T Cricket Board 50-over Under-15 Interzone...
View ArticleRoberts shows fight against Merry Boys
Former West Indies batsman Lincoln Roberts struck a half century for Jailal Enterprise Victoria against Merry Boys on the first day of the second round of the T&T Cricket Board (TTCB) Premiership...
View ArticleKhan, Deonarine push T&T out front at NCC
T&T Red Force on the back of a solid 82 from Imran Khan and an unbeaten 49 from Narsingh Deonarine took a 39-run lead on first innings against the Leewards Hurricanes at the close of play on the...
View ArticleBravo pilots Windies to warm-up win
United Arab Emirates – A Dwayne Bravo half-century was enough to lift West Indies to an 18-run victory over Zimbabwe, in their first unofficial Twenty20 warm-up in preparation for the T20 World Cup...
View ArticleT&T’s Ahye burns Mardrid’s track
T&T sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye stellar season continues as she topped the women’s 60 metres event at Friday’s Reunion Internacional Atletismo en Pista Cubierta event in Madrid, Spain.Ahye sped to...
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