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    SSFL 25: “Naps” stay perfect, with 4-1 dismantling of Fatima in top of the table clash

    SSFL 25: “Naps” stay perfect, with 4-1 dismantling of Fatima in top of the table clash

    Thursday 16 October 2025
    • ‘Reds’ Perreira: Lessen load on Sammy and integrate legends—how Windies cricket can change course

      ‘Reds’ Perreira: Lessen load on Sammy and integrate legends—how Windies cricket can change course

      Wednesday 15 October 2025
    • Spicer helps T&T to point in Curaçao, but Warriors in must-win scenario against Jamaica

      Spicer helps T&T to point in Curaçao, but Warriors in must-win scenario against Jamaica

      Tuesday 14 October 2025
    • SSFL 25: SJC (POS) clinch Big 5 spot; Five Rivers rout St Augustine 19-1

      SSFL 25: SJC (POS) clinch Big 5 spot; Five Rivers rout St Augustine 19-1

      Sunday 12 October 2025
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    Dear Editor: The 2026 Budget ignores the elephant in the room: the US-Venezuela conflict!

    Dear Editor: The 2026 Budget ignores the elephant in the room: the US-Venezuela conflict!

    Wednesday 15 October 2025
    • Dear Editor: Promises kept, lives changed: The 2026 Budget delivers

      Dear Editor: Promises kept, lives changed: The 2026 Budget delivers

      Wednesday 15 October 2025
    • Noble: S&P Ratings, and the NGC—why we can’t stay silent in face of “clumsy moves”

      Noble: S&P Ratings, and the NGC—why we can’t stay silent in face of “clumsy moves”

      Sunday 5 October 2025
    • Daly Bread: Gopaul v Seepaul—T&T needs effective consequence management

      Daly Bread: Gopaul v Seepaul—T&T needs effective consequence management

      Sunday 5 October 2025
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    Vaneisa: Fast Forex for foolish food—T&T’s obsession with foreign fast-food franchises

    Vaneisa: Fast Forex for foolish food—T&T’s obsession with foreign fast-food franchises

    Tuesday 14 October 2025
    • Daly Bread: Revisiting “arbitrary” Covid travel exemptions and T&T’s “narrow” suffering

      Daly Bread: Revisiting “arbitrary” Covid travel exemptions and T&T’s “narrow” suffering

      Sunday 12 October 2025
    • Vaneisa: It’s raining abominations—how do we de-fang our monstrous leaders?

      Vaneisa: It’s raining abominations—how do we de-fang our monstrous leaders?

      Wednesday 8 October 2025
    • MSJ: PM’s UN address puts T&T in Washington’s back pocket; and USA has no friends—only interests

      MSJ: PM’s UN address puts T&T in Washington’s back pocket; and USA has no friends—only interests

      Sunday 28 September 2025
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    SSFL 25: “Naps” stay perfect, with 4-1 dismantling of Fatima in top of the table clash

    SSFL 25: “Naps” stay perfect, with 4-1 dismantling of Fatima in top of the table clash

    Thursday 16 October 2025
    • SSFL 25: SJC (POS) clinch Big 5 spot; Five Rivers rout St Augustine 19-1

      SSFL 25: SJC (POS) clinch Big 5 spot; Five Rivers rout St Augustine 19-1

      Sunday 12 October 2025
    • SSFL 25: St Augustine penalised for using third illegitimate player in two seasons

      SSFL 25: St Augustine penalised for using third illegitimate player in two seasons

      Sunday 12 October 2025
    • SSFL 25: Wright’s wonder strike shocks ‘Pres’; as Signal Hill dig deep for win

      SSFL 25: Wright’s wonder strike shocks ‘Pres’; as Signal Hill dig deep for win

      Saturday 11 October 2025
    • SSFL 25: James doubles up as Signal Hill whip “Caps”; Trinity East move out of relegation zone

      SSFL 25: James doubles up as Signal Hill whip “Caps”; Trinity East move out of relegation zone

      Wednesday 8 October 2025
    • Gordon: ‘Zoom Zoom’ should resist Benedict’s—club vs school tussle could define 2025 SSFL season

      Gordon: ‘Zoom Zoom’ should resist Benedict’s—club vs school tussle could define 2025 SSFL season

      Tuesday 7 October 2025
    • SSFL 25: J’Eleisha, Orielle get five goal hauls in high-scoring Girls weekend

      SSFL 25: J’Eleisha, Orielle get five goal hauls in high-scoring Girls weekend

      Monday 6 October 2025
  • Live Wire
    Political commentary rules as Helon dethrones Machel; Live Wire marks Calypso finals

    Political commentary rules as Helon dethrones Machel; Live Wire marks Calypso finals

    Monday 3 March 2025
    • Live Wire: Crimson Sky on Plantation as Regents vote on Party’s future while Opposition plots response

      Live Wire: Crimson Sky on Plantation as Regents vote on Party’s future while Opposition plots response

      Thursday 9 January 2025
    • Dem judges mudda can’t (be) serious? Live Wire reviews 2024 Calypso Monarch show

      Dem judges mudda can’t (be) serious? Live Wire reviews 2024 Calypso Monarch show

      Monday 12 February 2024
    • Piggy, pussy and politics: Live Wire on Watson Duke’s bizarre local govt campaign launch

      Piggy, pussy and politics: Live Wire on Watson Duke’s bizarre local govt campaign launch

      Thursday 16 February 2023
    • Missing the Faris for the trees? Mr Live Wire gets another political lecture from a mysterious man

      Missing the Faris for the trees? Mr Live Wire gets another political lecture from a mysterious man

      Thursday 17 March 2022
    • Protesters push back against ‘little prick’; Live Wire alarmed as tension boils over at QPS

      Protesters push back against ‘little prick’; Live Wire alarmed as tension boils over at QPS

      Sunday 16 January 2022
    • Live Wire sheds a tear as Minister of Hypocrisy uses time-travel to join Boxing Day boat party

      Live Wire sheds a tear as Minister of Hypocrisy uses time-travel to join Boxing Day boat party

      Thursday 30 December 2021
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    Defiant NAAATT Junior and Senior Champs draw curtain on 2024

    Defiant NAAATT Junior and Senior Champs draw curtain on 2024

    Tuesday 2 July 2024
    • Unplugged: Jereem Richards, Keshorn Walcott and Tyra Gittens speak from the heart

      Unplugged: Jereem Richards, Keshorn Walcott and Tyra Gittens speak from the heart

      Sunday 30 June 2024
    • NGC/NAAATT Jnr & Snr Champs: Aaron Antoine endures tough opening day

      NGC/NAAATT Jnr & Snr Champs: Aaron Antoine endures tough opening day

      Saturday 29 June 2024
    • CYG 2023: T&T sprinter Trevaughn Stewart’s journey from sorrow to success

      CYG 2023: T&T sprinter Trevaughn Stewart’s journey from sorrow to success

      Monday 15 January 2024
    • CYG 2023: T&T’s Janae De Gannes reviews her epic long jump battle

      CYG 2023: T&T’s Janae De Gannes reviews her epic long jump battle

      Friday 12 January 2024
    • CYG 2023: A Journey of Triumph and Inspiration (Video)

      CYG 2023: A Journey of Triumph and Inspiration (Video)

      Tuesday 9 January 2024
    • YEP Rising Stars: Meet Revell Webster

      YEP Rising Stars: Meet Revell Webster

      Tuesday 23 August 2022
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  • SSFL 25: “Naps” stay perfect, with 4-1 dismantling of Fatima in top of the table clash
  • Dear Editor: The 2026 Budget ignores the elephant in the room: the US-Venezuela conflict!
  • ‘Reds’ Perreira: Lessen load on Sammy and integrate legends—how Windies cricket can change course
  • Dear Editor: Promises kept, lives changed: The 2026 Budget delivers
  • Spicer helps T&T to point in Curaçao, but Warriors in must-win scenario against Jamaica
  • Vaneisa: Fast Forex for foolish food—T&T’s obsession with foreign fast-food franchises
  • SSFL 25: SJC (POS) clinch Big 5 spot; Five Rivers rout St Augustine 19-1
  • SSFL 25: St Augustine penalised for using third illegitimate player in two seasons
  • Daly Bread: Revisiting “arbitrary” Covid travel exemptions and T&T’s “narrow” suffering
  • SSFL 25: Wright’s wonder strike shocks ‘Pres’; as Signal Hill dig deep for win
SSFL 25: “Naps” stay perfect, with 4-1 dismantling of Fatima in top of the table clash
Thursday 16 October 2025

SSFL 25: “Naps” stay perfect, with 4-1 dismantling of Fatima in top of the table clash

Naparima College made a strong showing of their title credentials at Lewis Street, San Fernando yest…

Dear Editor: The 2026 Budget ignores the elephant in the room: the US-Venezuela conflict!
Wednesday 15 October 2025

Dear Editor: The 2026 Budget ignores the elephant in the room: the US-Venezuela conflict!

“[…] While the government has made much of fiscal consolidation and social spending, it has left pre…

‘Reds’ Perreira: Lessen load on Sammy and integrate legends—how Windies cricket can change course
Wednesday 15 October 2025

‘Reds’ Perreira: Lessen load on Sammy and integrate legends—how Windies cricket can change course

“[…] I think I am reflecting a majority feeling among Caribbean cricket lovers that CWI’s executive …

Dear Editor: Promises kept, lives changed: The 2026 Budget delivers
Wednesday 15 October 2025

Dear Editor: Promises kept, lives changed: The 2026 Budget delivers

“[…] Yes, the tone of the budget is firm and unapologetic. It calls out past failures and demands ac…

Spicer helps T&T to point in Curaçao, but Warriors in must-win scenario against Jamaica
Tuesday 14 October 2025

Spicer helps T&T to point in Curaçao, but Warriors in must-win scenario against Jamaica

Trinidad and Tobago’s 2026 World Cup qualifying dreams are on the brink now, after the Soca Warriors…

Vaneisa: Fast Forex for foolish food—T&T’s obsession with foreign fast-food franchises
Tuesday 14 October 2025

Vaneisa: Fast Forex for foolish food—T&T’s obsession with foreign fast-food franchises

Off the top of my head, I can count 14 North American fast-food franchises thriving in Trinidad and …

SSFL 25: SJC (POS) clinch Big 5 spot; Five Rivers rout St Augustine 19-1
Sunday 12 October 2025

SSFL 25: SJC (POS) clinch Big 5 spot; Five Rivers rout St Augustine 19-1

St Joseph’s Convent (Port of Spain) booked their place in the SSFL Girls Big Five competition today,…

SSFL 25: St Augustine penalised for using third illegitimate player in two seasons
Sunday 12 October 2025

SSFL 25: St Augustine penalised for using third illegitimate player in two seasons

St Augustine Secondary have become the first team of the 2025 Secondary Schools Football League (SSF…

Daly Bread: Revisiting “arbitrary” Covid travel exemptions and T&T’s “narrow” suffering
Sunday 12 October 2025

Daly Bread: Revisiting “arbitrary” Covid travel exemptions and T&T’s “narrow” suffering

This week I am returning to the recent Court of Appeal declaration that it was a breach of the const…

SSFL 25: Wright’s wonder strike shocks ‘Pres’; as Signal Hill dig deep for win
Saturday 11 October 2025

SSFL 25: Wright’s wonder strike shocks ‘Pres’; as Signal Hill dig deep for win

Signal Hill Secondary pulled off one of the biggest shocks of the 2025 Secondary Schools Football Le…

View Point

Dear Editor: The 2026 Budget ignores the elephant in the room: the US-Venezuela conflict!

Dear Editor: Promises kept, lives changed: The 2026 Budget delivers

Noble: S&P Ratings, and the NGC—why we can’t stay silent in face of “clumsy moves”

Daly Bread: Gopaul v Seepaul—T&T needs effective consequence management

Dear Editor: Diversification, not the Dragon, is key for T&T’s economic survival—but here’s why it has eluded us

Dear Editor: How incompetence of T&TEC—and other essential services—impoverishes T&T

Daly Bread: Two Miles of ‘Roy’ Regis and DJ Pelau

Dear Editor: “Evidence-based decision-making” can transform T&T from “underachievers’ paradise”

Dear Editor: Jack Warner’s extradition “freedom” is a mirage—ex-FIFA VP still can’t travel

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  • SSFL 25: “Naps” stay perfect, with 4-1 dismantling of Fatima in top of the table clash

    Naparima College made a strong showing of their title credentials at Lewis Street, San Fernando …

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  • ‘Reds’ Perreira: Lessen load on Sammy and integrate legends—how Windies cricket can change course

  • Spicer helps T&T to point in Curaçao, but Warriors in must-win scenario against Jamaica

  • SSFL 25: SJC (POS) clinch Big 5 spot; Five Rivers rout St Augustine 19-1

  • SSFL 25: St Augustine penalised for using third illegitimate player in two seasons

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  • Spicer helps T&T to point in Curaçao, but Warriors in must-win scenario against Jamaica

    Trinidad and Tobago’s 2026 World Cup qualifying dreams are on the brink now, after the …

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  • Bermuda lost in T&T’s offensive triangle, as Warriors cruise to 3-0 WCQ win

  • Gordon: ‘Zoom Zoom’ should resist Benedict’s—club vs school tussle could define 2025 SSFL season

  • Molik, Payne in Yorke’s T&T WCQ squad; Phillip, Joevin, Bateau excluded

  • Eve names Cordner, Gosine, Martin and Pollard in 35-member T&T training squad

Wellness

  • Vaneisa: Fast Forex for foolish food—T&T’s obsession with foreign fast-food franchises

    Off the top of my head, I can count 14 North American fast-food franchises thriving …

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  • Daly Bread: Revisiting “arbitrary” Covid travel exemptions and T&T’s “narrow” suffering

  • Vaneisa: It’s raining abominations—how do we de-fang our monstrous leaders?

  • MSJ: PM’s UN address puts T&T in Washington’s back pocket; and USA has no friends—only interests

  • Noble: The history of Trinbago food; and what it reveals about us

SSFL 25: “Naps” stay perfect, with 4-1 dismantling of Fatima in top of the table clash

Naparima College made a strong showing of their title credentials at Lewis Street, San Fernando yesterday, as they swept aside defending champions Fatima College 4-1 to retain their unblemished record in the 2025 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division season. “Naps” have eight wins from as many outings with …

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Dear Editor: The 2026 Budget ignores the elephant in the room: the US-Venezuela conflict!

“[…] While the government has made much of fiscal consolidation and social spending, it has left precious little fiscal or strategic room to manoeuvre should Trinidad and Tobago find itself caught in the crossfire of a conflict between Venezuela and the United States. “Regardless of the duration or intensity of …

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‘Reds’ Perreira: Lessen load on Sammy and integrate legends—how Windies cricket can change course

“[…] I think I am reflecting a majority feeling among Caribbean cricket lovers that CWI’s executive may be overloading the responsibility of former West Indies player Daren Sammy with the task of coaching all three formats, as the results indicate. “[…] No doubt there may be comments suggesting Brendon McCullum …

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Dear Editor: Promises kept, lives changed: The 2026 Budget delivers

“[…] Yes, the tone of the budget is firm and unapologetic. It calls out past failures and demands accountability. Some may find that harsh, but others will see it as necessary. “[…] This budget speaks to real people. It offers relief at the gas pump, in the pharmacy, in the …

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Spicer helps T&T to point in Curaçao, but Warriors in must-win scenario against Jamaica

Trinidad and Tobago’s 2026 World Cup qualifying dreams are on the brink now, after the Soca Warriors were held to a 1-1 draw by Curaçao tonight in Willemstad. On the face of it, a tie away to the Dutch-speaking islanders at a stadium where the home team just defeated Jamaica …

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Vaneisa: Fast Forex for foolish food—T&T’s obsession with foreign fast-food franchises

Off the top of my head, I can count 14 North American fast-food franchises thriving in Trinidad and Tobago. There are probably more, but this is the figure I reached without scrubbing my brain too hard. It might not seem a lot, but the number of their outlets comes up …

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