Look forward in anger
Saturday, June 22, 2013People throw tantrums at the least inconvenience, a psychologist has concluded, because the comforts of modern life have given them the expectations of irrational toddlers. Yet...
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ATTILLAH SPRINGERSaturday, June 22, 2013We got to face the day Oo wee come what may We the people talking We the people suffering—So Much Trouble in the World, Bob Marley
View ArticleTrade union leaders are hypocrites
Saturday, June 22, 2013In the last three years, five gentlemen, named David Abdulah, Ancil Roget, Vincent Cabrera, Joseph Remy and Michael Annisette, have been marching, shouting and doing ev
View ArticleSirens to be used only for real emergencies
Saturday, June 22, 2013One of the most irritating practices that some drivers engage in is following emergency vehicles.
View ArticleLabour rally a big pappyshow
Saturday, June 22, 2013“After the rally, workers were treated to a cultural show.” With those ten words, Radhica Sookraj rounded off the Mass March on July 5 r
View ArticleJones takes 10,000m gold at Sagicor
Saturday, June 22, 2013Richard Jones won the opening event of the NAAA Sagicor/NGC National Open Track and Field Championships when he clocked 30:58.33 in the men’s 10,000m run at the Hasely Crawford...
View ArticleRamdin back for T&T
Saturday, June 22, 2013T&T’s captain Denesh Ramdin will be back in action as the local squad begin preparation for the Champions League Twenty20 tournament in India in September. The T&T...
View ArticleInjured Dilshan out of WI tri-series
Saturday, June 22, 2013Upul Tharanga will replace the injured Tillakaratne Dilshan in Sri Lanka’s squad for the tri-series in West Indies, while Ajantha Mendis also got a recall at Thisara Perera’s...
View ArticleCalypso Warriors in Nacra final
Saturday, June 22, 2013T&T’s Calypso Warriors will be seeking to lift its first regional rugby title in five years, when the 15s outfit takes on USA South in the Nacra Rugby Championship (Tier III)...
View ArticleCA blank bends Red Steel
Vinode MamchanSaturday, June 22, 2013The T&T Red Steel Franchise will have to look at getting a new foreign player as Cricket Australia (CA) has refused to give a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to A
View ArticleNGO gets innovative about fund-raising
Erline AndrewsSunday, June 23, 2013When the first Act it Out Theatre Festival begins on July 31, audiences will not only have the opportunity to see quality local plays, they will also be part of a mo
View ArticleUS servicemen can be prosecuted in T&T
Ucill CambridgeSunday, June 23, 2013US Vice President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s, during Biden’s visit in May. Photo: SHIRLEY BAHADURThe...
View ArticleWhere the wild women are
Marsha PearceSunday, June 23, 2013“My new collection of paintings explores the seemingly opposing ideas of the feminine and the wild,” says Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné whose first solo exhibition,...
View ArticleShabazz jabs at TTFA
Saturday, June 22, 2013When new T&T Football Association (TTFA) Director of Football, Holland’s Leo Beenhakker, and newly hired Soca Warriors coach, T&T-born Canadian Stephen Hart, meet with...
View ArticleNEC assists Calcutta Sports
SHASTRI BOODANSunday, June 23, 2013The National Energy Corporation (NEC) once again stepped up to the wicket in support of youth and community cricket in T&T when it presented a cricket pitch cove
View ArticlePut your money where your mouth is
Sunday, June 23, 2013I was gutted to hear the story of a new cricket club on the block that is trying to change the lives of young people and the snub that they have had to face. Humming Bird women’s...
View ArticlePlipdeco into SIS semis
Sunday, June 23, 2013Plipdeco pulled off an astonishing super over victory on Wednesday in a low scoring thriller against Super Industrial Services Limited as the quarterfinal leg of the SIS Industrial...
View ArticleUSA South new Nacra champs
Andrew GioannettiSunday, June 23, 2013Heartbreak descended over the local rugby fraternity last evening after an improved Calypso Warriors fell to a harsh 26-18 defeat by USA South in the final of the No
View ArticleGafoor withdraws appeal- ‘My integrity is impeccable’
Sunday, June 23, 2013Gladys GafoorFor years the Integrity Commission has been marred in controversy. In 2009, chairman John Martin and all of the commissioners resigned in the wake of a damning High...
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