Author: Stephon Nicholas
THE Hillview College Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) is getting into the holiday spirit with Mingle on D Hill, a Christmas cooler party, on November 23. The event takes place at Garden Sanctuary, Centre of Excellence, Macoya, from 6pm to midnight. Tickets are priced at $300. The event promises to be a treat, to get all patrons […]
NEW Soca Warriors head coach, Dwight Yorke, has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago. Yorke, a former TT captain, was welcomed at the VIP Lounge, Piarco International Airport on November 8. Among the welcoming party were TT Football Association (TTFA) officials, including director of communications Shaun Fuentes, who was part of the TTFA staff for the […]
MINORITY LEADER Kelvon Morris is urging the Farley Augustine-led THA to support the Tobago autonomy bills currently before Parliament. At a media briefing on October 21 at his Scarborough office, Morris said the Tobago Self-Government Bill and the Tobago Island Government Bill aim to grant the island the autonomy it has long been seeking. Morris […]
Trinidad and Tobago’s Dylan Carter placed fifth in the 50m butterfly final at the Swimming World Cup in Shanghai, China on October 20. Carter, 28, touched the wall simultaneously with Australian Matthew Temple. Both athletes were timed at 22.53 seconds and earned 899 points. Taking the gold was new world record holders Noe Ponti of […]
AFTER repeated calls by stakeholders for the Tobago House of Assembly to reveal the budget for the October carnival, Tobago Festivals Commission Ltd CEO Kern Cowan has announced that some $9 million was allocated for the upcoming event. On the Tobago Updates morning show on October 15, Cowan disagreed with the view, in some quarters, […]
MISSION accomplished. Trinidad and Tobago will remain in League A of the Concacaf Nations League after beating Cuba 3-1 in a must-win encounter at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet, Tobago, on October 14. Defeat would have seen the Soca Warriors relegated to League B, and they came out like a team fighting for survival. Police […]
CARETAKER coach Derek King has recalled Kevin Molino and Joevin Jones for a pair of Concacaf Nations League fixtures against Cuba on October 10 and 14. TT travel to Cuba for the first encounter before hosting the Caribbean team at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet a few days later. TT are last in League A […]
RED FORCE bowling allrounder Terrance Hinds, 32, has earned a maiden call-up to the West Indies T20 team for the tour of Sri Lanka, scheduled for October 13-17. Hinds helped the Trinbago Knight Riders reach the playoffs of the ongoing Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League, snaring eight wickets from eight matches with an economy of […]
THA Secretary of Finance Petal-Ann Roberts has described the budget presentation of Finance Minister Colm Imbert as “empty and lengthy.” Roberts was speaking at a media conference on September 30, approximately 30 minutes after Imbert spent five hours and 15 minutes to deliver a $59.7 billion budget for fiscal 2024/2025. Imbert said the THA will […]
Minister of Caricom and Foreign Affairs Dr Amery Browne has stressed Haiti needs to lead the solutions to its challenges, supported by international co-operation. He made the statement on Saturday during a speech at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Haiti has been grappling with political turmoil for years with […]