Losing our moral groundings
Published: Wednesday, February 3, 2016Many of our middle-aged and responsible citizens in positions of authority apparently are lacking in moral conscience and compassion. This attitude has been...
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FIFA presidential election is no joke
Alvin CornealPublished: Thursday, February 4, 2016Having had the opportunity to follow the trend of the FIFA general elections which are held every four years, the procedure has always been adopted in...
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Boxing ‘Hall of Fame’ honour for T&T Jizelle Salandy
Published: Thursday, February 4, 2016Rachael KingRachael.king@guardian.co.ttBoxu Potts became emotional after learning that Jizelle Salandy will be inducted into the International Women’s Boxing Hall...
View ArticleDyette calls on corporate T&T to help beach volleyballers
Nigel SimonPublished: Thursday, February 4, 2016T&T senior women’s beach volleyballer, Ayana Dyette is pleading with corporate T&T to come on board and support the national women’s team’s...
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Highway Robbery
Simon LeePublished: Thursday, February 4, 2016Oh God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”Abe says, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on”God say, “No.” Abe say, “What?”God say, “You can do what you want Abe,...
View ArticleGuilbault casts critical eye on calypso and soca
Published: Thursday, February 4, 2016Kevin BaldeosinghAs with so many other aspects of Trinidad and Tobago’s culture, it has taken a foreign scholar to produce an account of the country’s...
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Youths shine in pan and calypso Monarch competitions
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Thursday, February 4, 2016In the wake of much criticism on social media about the paucity of soca music for 2016, the youth of the nation are not only shining but are...
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YoPro discovers professional side of Carnival
Published: Thursday, February 4, 2016With the Carnival season in full swing, YoPro members and guests celebrated the festivities by hosting its very first event for 2016, a Carnival Social, at Donna...
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Cupid and canboulay
Tony FraserPublished: Thursday, February 4, 2016“Bow your head and bend your knees to a king of Caribbean culture …when he was born all the varied elements of the culture smiled, knowing he would save...
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Unfair criticism for moko jumbie mas
Published: Friday, February 5, 2016Mas designers, former King of Carnival say:To say the moko jumbie is not mas is to insult the people who dedicate their lives to the craft.This was the opinion of...
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Panic as SWRHA moves to cut temporary jobs
Cindy RaghubarPublished: Thursday, February 4, 2016Staff of the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) went into panic on Wednesday night as a memorandum circulated by the Chief Executive Officer...
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Dallsingh is Queen again
Kevon FelminePublished: Thursday, February 4, 2016Sando’s Night of Monarchs...Reigning Carnival Queen Gloria Dallsingh capped off a fantastic season on Wednesday night when she and her son, Marlon...
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Only birds and bandits
Published: Thursday, February 4, 2016Salvatori vendors on Central Market:Birds and bandits. This is all the Central Market in Sea Lots, Port-of-Spain, has to offer vendors who are to be removed from...
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Bandit grabs $7,000 bank deposit and shoots worker
Published: Thursday, February 4, 2016A betting shop employee who tried to retreive his employer’s bank deposit from an armed bandit was shot twice in the thigh during a daylight robbery in San Fernando...
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Tourism security for T&T
Published: Friday, February 5, 2016Peace and order are key contributors to a successful tourism industry worldwide. As such, security and safety remain a primary concern for tourists when travelling to...
View ArticleWe can do better by homeless people, stray animals
Published: Friday, February 5, 2016Dear Mr President: I hope you get this letter of concern about the large number of homeless people (on the streets of PoS), also stray dogs and cats. I believe that...
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Bassman Jumbie Hell
BC PiresPublished: Friday, February 5, 2016Carnival Friday in the city of Port-of-Spain and, outside my window in the Bajan countryside, workmen are jamming a jack-hammer, the Hilti firing almost as...
View ArticleMinshall and the meaning of mas
Published: Friday, February 5, 2016Ironically enough, those who have been critical of Minshall’s decision to depict the slow death of the civilisation in a kind of funeral gown on stilts were adjudged...
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