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Reigning Soca Monarch and Road March Champion Machel Montano (left) serenades Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at his Machel Monday Carnival Concert at the National Stadium last Monday. Also attending the concert were (from left) Public Utilities Minister Emmanuel George, Minister of National Security John Sandy, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Communications, Nicole Dyer-Griffith; the Prime Minister's husband Dr. Gregory Bissessar and calypsonian Benjai

Kamla keeps up heavy party schedule Amidst fiery protests in the Siparia constituency and bitter complaints by some constituents that she is missing in action, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is keeping up a heavy party schedule of Carnival fetes, in one instance hitting three — in different parts of the  read more…

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Veteran footballer PHILLIP BUTCHER in a memorable greeting of football greats. From left: SHAY SEYMOUR, KENNY AKAL in wheelchair and FRANK DE FREITAS

Veterans to the rescue

January 13th 2012 12:21 PM

THERE is something big happening in Trinidad and Tobago’s football with the formation of the Veterans Football Association. Since the present local football fraternity has descended into a very dark abyss, being humbled by Guyana and Grenada, the Veterans are bent on saving and redeveloping the sad plight of T&T  read more…

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ARC CEO Ogeer gets ‘golden handshake’

January 13th 2012 12:20 PM

TALK in racing circles is how Arima Race Club (ARC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ken Ogeer is being given a “golden handshake” of over $200,000 at the end of his contract this month. Ogeer was given a three-year contract in which it was agreed to pay him a bonus every  read more…

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Champion trainer O’Brien faces a ban

January 13th 2012 12:19 PM

TRAINERS are anxiously awaiting the outcome of the hearing into the illegal drug use on Joezel, trained by John O’Brien. The Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority (TTRA) has scheduled a hearing for Thursday for the champion trainer to explain the use of a painkiller procaine, which Joezel was tested positive  read more…

Gene Miles

How Gene Miles died

January 13th 2012 12:16 PM

ON December 17, 1972 the Sunday Punch published an interview conducted by its publisher Patrick Chookolingo. The interview was said to be the first ever done with the, by then, disgraced socialite Gene Miles and had been done in 1963. The second installment of the re-print appeared in the TnT  read more…

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Trainer slapped up for bounced cheque

January 13th 2012 12:16 PM

TALK among trainers is how a sports writer, who is a trainer, got a few slaps for allegedly issuing a bounced cheque recently. This column was told that a man came to the racetrack with a walking stick, inquiring about a trainer early in the morning. He was told that  read more…

Brian Mac Farlane

Jokers, jesters & comic clowns

January 13th 2012 12:15 PM

Over the years I have learnt to expect and accept certain behaviour from whosoever made up the current crop of posing pretenders and mimic men so I am rarely surprised, but every now and then some of them go so far above and beyond even my cynical expectations that I  read more…

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