Manning backs back
It is reassuring to be told that the Prime Minister is not at war with anybody in Trinidad and Tobago. Unfortunately, the reverse may not be the case.
The Prime Minister has finally exercised better judgment and retreated from his aggressive, confrontational approach which certainly has not won him any new friends or influenced anybody, probably, [...]
Why the Prime Minister and Govt losing war for the minds
by Tony Fraser, Trinidad Guardian
The Prime Minister and his handlers may feel they won the battle of the news conference last
week….Read more in Tony Fraser’s column in the Trinidad Guardian….
The Prime Minister and his handlers may feel they won the battle of the news
conference last week; but the more critical assessment required is one to
determine [...]
Scrunting ex-judges want increased pensions
by Francis Joseph, Trinidad Guardian
Their pleas for the past 10 years have fallen on deaf ears…. Read more in the Trinidad
Guardian….
Their pleas for the past ten years have fallen on deaf ears, so retired judges
have taken their plight to international bodies, hoping that they would get
higher pensions in order to survive. The Retired Judges Association [...]
Jones is okay
.Kenwyne Jones is all right, despite fears of a groin injury sustained in the match for his English Premier League club, Sunderland, against Manchester City in which he scored.
Scans revealed that there is nothing wrong and he could be in action this weekend.
It was earlier reported that the tall, muscular striker would have been out [...]
Bravo, Pollard light up New Delhi
Bravo and Pollard displayed their considerable skills in a match for their Mumbai Indian team, 24 hours after arriving in India. They helped the team to its highest score and were responsible for four wickets between them.
Twenty four hours after arriving in New Delhi after a long flight from the Caribbean and staving off jet [...]
St Cyr heads new Integrity Commission
St Cyr heads new Integrity Commission
Watch out Calder, the new Integrity Commission may soon be on your case. As long as it does not fall apart.
Dr Eric St Cyr, known throughout the Caribbean as a leading economist and academic, is he new head of the Integrity Commission, which an obviously relieved President Max Richards swore [...]
Bandleader Choy Aming is dead
Former bandleader Kelvin “Choy” Aming is dead.
Aming, who was in his 80s, was a bandleader in the heady era of the 1940s when there were great bands like Bob Wilson and the Wilsonians, Sel Duncan, John Buddy Williams, Fitz Vaughn Bryan, Johnny Gomez, Tom Durham, Norman Tex Williams et al. That was a time when [...]
Catholic church needs $40 million to renovate churches
By COREY CONNELLY, SUNDAY NEWSDAY
Already faced with a depleting flock and mounting concerns about a persistent lack o candidates
for the priesthood, the local Roman Catholic Church is said to be in the hunt for $40
milllion….Read more….
Already faced with a depleting flock and
mounting concerns about a persistent lack of candidates for the
priesthood, the local Roman Catholic [...]
Hart report from Fraud Squad tomorrow
Where is Calder Hart? The Fraud Squad may want to have a word with him.
Nervous moments for former State Board heavyweight who is holed out abroad as reports are that Interpol is on his trail and investigations into allegations of nepotism are to be concluded by the Fraud Squad tomorrow.
Congress of the [...]
Heroes Day heroics by Chris Gayle
Gayle on the go in his explosive innings.AP photo
by Siddarth Monga, CRICINFO
On a beautiful sunny day at Arnos Vale and ona pitch that offered good bounce the Zimbabwe
batsmen found the going too tough….Read more…
On a beautiful sunny day at Arnos Vale and on a pitch that offered good bounce,
the Zimbabwe batsmen found the going too [...]