Mc Leod lashes out at critics
Despite calls to the executive of the Amateur Swimming Association of T&T (ASATT) for elections, Saturday’s key meeting of the general council to discuss the bye-laws of the new company failed to...
View ArticleParis Attacks: West's Fatal Misunderstanding of Islamic State
The horrendous attacks on Paris have an eerie resemblance to the events of September 11, 2001, in that they seem to have caught everyone off guard.Until perhaps Friday, the main perception among...
View ArticleThe era of computational photography
Photography was once straightforward. Unbelievably fussy and complex, perhaps, but the rules it followed were understandable to anyone who got to at least a third form class doing chemistry and...
View ArticleWhat the heck am I doing here?
When things inevitably get tough in life and in sport, the greatest threat often arises insidiously from within our minds in the form of the question: “What the heck am I doing here?” This question is...
View ArticleWarriors striving for consistency
Much to the satisfaction of the football fans in Trinidad and Tobago, the Soca Warriors succeeded in making an excellent start to the World Cup Qualification leading to Russia 2018. This result seemed...
View ArticleWomen Warriors bash St Lucia 8-1
Former European-based striker Ahkeela “Lady Latapy” Mollon scored a beaver trick, two in each half, to lead T&T Women Soca Warriors past St Lucia, 8-1 in their second-leg Group Two Caribbean...
View ArticleEMA moves to clamp down on noise pollution
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) is moving to clamp down on noise pollution via the enactment of new measures.Those include the registration of source emitters.The announcement was made at...
View ArticleMore complex routines for Williams ahead of Rio
National gymnast Thema Williams plans to increase the complexity of her routine in preparation for the Rio Olympics Test event, which takes place in April of next year.Williams, 19, became the first...
View ArticleTadpole best Blended cricketer
Former West Indies players Dave “Tadpole” Mohammed was crowned “Cricketer-of-the-Year 2015” when Blended Sports Club staged their Annual Prize-Giving Ceremony at the home of the club’s vice-president...
View ArticleElectrical problem closes Arouca Govt
What appear to be a major shake-up at the Education Facilities Company (EFCL), in charge of maintenance and repairs at schools, has forced the closure of yet another school.Some 547 pupils of the...
View ArticleT&T’s Carter finishes 4th in C-final
T&T’s Dylan Carter had a fourth placed finish in the men’s 100m freestyle C-final when the Arena Pro Swim Series concluded at the Jean K Freeman Aquatic Centre, University of Minnesota,...
View ArticleWorrying trend in human trafficking
GML ENTERPRISE DESK Seventh Day Adventist pastor Clive Dottin says over the past five years there has been an upswing in human trafficking in T&T but as a society he says we are always in denial...
View ArticleNetball legend laid to rest
Rachael KingSay the words “Tower of Strength” in the netball world and one player completes that designation literally and figuratively, Janet Cynthia Bailey. The netball legend was laid to rest...
View ArticleSagicor Group income up by 70.5 per cent
The Sagicor Group recorded a 70.5 per cent increase in net income and a 72.6 per cent increase in earnings per share in its operations in the Caribbean and United States for nine months ended September...
View ArticlePourquoi Non guaranteed
Pourquoi Non is guaranteed one of three places in division and one of the Maiden Stakes over a mile of Lingfield polytrack today, even though Denis Coakley’s charge is drawn widest in stall...
View ArticleT&T has to be proactive in fighting terrorism
I have just recovered from the shock of reading National Security Minister Major General Edmund Dillon’s statement that Isis is no threat to T&T at this time.French President Francois Hollande, in...
View ArticleT&T athletes trapped but not defeated
Ten or more Olympic Champions by the year 2024. Groundbreaking. Significant. Trinidad and Tobago Olympic and sport history in the making. What’s the one thing that must be done to create that...
View ArticleUnite against terrorism
The massacre in France last Friday night must be denounced by decent people across the world. It also calls for much more than condemnation and raising of voices in outrage at this barbaric act that...
View ArticleMaking us wonder about our ‘security’
Is our Minister of National Security really serious about making us, the citizens, feel safe and secure when he makes a statement like “Isis is no threat to T&T?”T&T is ideally situated to...
View ArticleAffiliation with Isis should be an act of treason
The recent terrorist attacks in Paris, following on the heels of Charlie Hebdo and the Russian airline bombing, prove that Isis is a major global threat and should be taken very seriously. Even more...
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