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A few years ago, Michal Teja captured hearts and titles with his hit song, DNA. At the time, I was living abroad and remember being moved by the line: “freedom in we DNA”. I was moved by that line as the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine conflicts brewed, and what could be …

On 14 July, Spain offered a sublime display of football savoir faire to the world and knocked the French out of this year’s Fifa World Cup in the semi-final. Five days later, on 19 July, the Spaniards overcame the defensive and unenterprising Argentinians in the final, to take their second …

Coffee and chocolate have spent years in and out of medicine’s good books. One month, coffee is blamed for palpitations, high blood pressure and sleepless nights. The next, it is being praised for lowering the risk of diabetes, liver disease and early death. Chocolate is treated no better. A study …

The Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team suffered a humbling defeat in Louisville, Kentucky tonight, as the Soca Warriors fell 1-0 to United States second tier club Louisville City FC at the Lynn Family Stadium. If that was not bad enough—it gets worse. Louisville City dominated the match despite …

When I reach into the freezer for something from my hoard of cooked dishes, I am often reminded of the origins. The oildown from when breadfruit kept calling me, and I was roasting, mashing, and cubing obsessively. A version of a shepherd’s pie with small chunks of stewed goat nestling …

Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Derek King is targeting a Concacaf Nations League A quarterfinal berth, after the Soca Warriors received their Group A fixtures—which pits them against Curaçao, Haiti and the Dominican Republic in the September and October match windows. The Soca Warriors start their …