The 2020 winner of the PEN Pinter Prize, LKJ’s poetry puts the ignominy and hardship of the black experience in Britain front and centre in words that echo across the decades
For the first time since 1986, the United States failed to qualify for the World Cup with a shock 2-1 defeat against Trinidad and Tobago.
Uganda’s biggest public health threat is the drain of its medical brains to Trinidad and Tobago.
Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner, who is also Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Works, has hinted at a return to football administration.
South Africa have every reason to start their three-Test series against the West Indies at Queen’s Park Oval on Thursday in a confident mood.
Zimbabwe’s spinners led the touring side to 26-run victory over the West Indies in a low-scoring Twenty20 international on Sunday.
England’s Stuart Broad launched into a tirade about the docile nature of the pitches in the Caribbean, after another long, hard day in the field.
Andrew Strauss plans to revel in the rich vein of form that he has displayed on England’s tour of the Caribbean.
Females from at least one other species besides our own will sometimes go to great lengths to avoid sexual harassment by males.
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Pakistan and South African players were involved in what is believed to be a fire scare and had to file out of their Hilton hotel in Port of Spain early on Wednesday as they were having breakfast. Irish and Canadian players, however, were not among those who had to leave the premises, having already left for practice.
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Not all Trinidadians seem to be enthused at the prospect of the 2007 World Cup finally rolling on to their shores next week. A cartoon published in the Trinidad Guardian on Tuesday summed up the opinions of some concerned citizens. ”Boy, how come yuh watching World Cup cricket like if yuh in church,” one man asks another. Both are formally attired.
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Mohammad Hafeez gave an impressive all-round performance to guide Pakistan to an emphatic 77-run victory over Canada in a World Cup warm-up match on Tuesday. Middle-order batsman Hafeez top-scored with a solid 61 to help Pakistan post a challenging 273-8.
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/ 29 September 2006
A strong earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale rocked Trinidad and Tobago on Friday, alarming locals and leaving major areas of the Caribbean country of 1,3-million without electricity. Early media reports had the entire island of Tobago, and the south and north of densely populated Trinidad without electrical power.
West Indies cruised to a 19-run victory over India on Sunday, wrapping up a 4-1 one-day series victory after a fine all-round batting and bowling display. Chasing 256 runs from their 50 overs to win, India were dismissed for 236 in 48 overs to leave West Indies buoyant heading into next month’s four-Test series.