‘I felt I was an artist’:Viv Richards
Viv Richards, the only captain under whom West Indies never lost a series,
speaks about the sense of confrontation he brought to his cricket, his first
Test in Antigua and his success against England. Read more….
Interview by Benj Moorehead,CRICINFO
What was it like having all those great West Indian fast bowlers to face in
practice?
You may say it was [...]
Manning palances in Parliament on mystery church affair
The Prime Minister vigorously defends what he calls the Full Gospel Movement as he gives a comprehensive account of financial assistance and land grants doled out to religious bodies over the past 50 years. He, however, failed to say much about the female Rasputin.
Prime Minister Patrick Manning hit back hard at his detractors in [...]
Cocaine missing at St James Police Station
Just one day after a Parliamentary Joint Select Committee severely criticised the performance of the Police Service and the Acting Police Commissioner came the news that some $1.5 million in cocaine held in storekeeping at the St James Police station has disappeared.
This time police did not blame the disappearance on greedy rodents.
Late last year some [...]
Carnival, Cash, Commess
BY Paolo Kernahan, Trinidad Guardian
The very public and very vitriolic spat between the state television station CNMG and the long
suffering Gayelle channel over the issue of rights for the rights of the annual two-day street
party has stirred many other troubles at the heart of the debate. Read more….
The very public and very vitriolic spat between [...]
New coach Gibson wants WI players to trust him
New West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson has pointed to his relationship with the regional squad
as a key component of his pending tenure….Read more. From the Trinidad Guardian
CASTRIES – New West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson has pointed to his relationship with the regional squad as a key component of his pending tenure, and says [...]
The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
There is no reason why Latin America and the Caribbean should not have their own body of political consensus. Read more….
From Cuban President Raul Castro, GRANMA newspaper
There is no reason why Latin America and the Caribbean should not have their own body of political consensus Speech by General of the Army Raúl Castro Ruz, president [...]
What is Panday’s last trick?
The defeated and discredited maximum leader has cleared out his desk and slunk away from the UNC’s official opposition office. The question is: what trick does he have up his sleeve?
With Kamla Persad-Bissessar doing pretty well in the opinion polls and being seen as the leader most capable of solving the [...]
Ole mas, Basdeo Panday style
‘Ole Mas’ Panday style
Jamaica Gleaner editorial
The formal festival concluded a week ago, but another aspect of carnival in Trinidad and Tobago
may only now be coming to an end. Read more….
THE FORMAL festival concluded a week ago, but another aspect of carnival in
Trinidad and Tobago may only now be coming to an end: the ‘Ole Mas’ [...]
Family massacre in Belmont
The killing of four members of a Gonzalez, Belmont, family early this morning brought back chilling memories of the 1994 massacre of the Baboolal family in Williamsville which was ordered by druglord Dole Chadee.
Grandma Carmen McHutchinson, 69, Asha Roberts, 23, Jason Roberts, 18, and Shakeil Roberts 13, were gunned down when gunmen broke into their [...]
Panday blanks Kamla’s caucus
The silver fox will have to begin clearing out his desk at the UNC offices today probably for the very last time. He is cutting a forlorn figure as one by one his loyalists desert him.
Basdeo Panday will be boycotting tomorrow’s meeting of parliamentarians called by new United National Congress (UNC) political leader Kamla [...]