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Anna Kasafi Perkins, professor of Caribbean theology and ethics in the Faculty of Humanities and Education at The University of the West Indies, Mona campus, and senior programme officer in the quality assurance unit at UWI’s Regional Headquarters.
March 9, 2026

Flair | Home is where the heart is for Anna Perkins

Being part of a female collective marking a history-making turn at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, is not lost on Anna Kasafi Perkins. Appointed last year as a professor of…
Professor of cultural studies in the Faculty of Humanities and Education at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, and director of the Centre for Reparation Research at UWI’s Regional Headquarters, Sonjah Stanley Niaah.
March 9, 2026

Flair | Sonjah Stanley Niaah sends the elevator down

In Sonjah Stanley Niaah’s world, glass ceilings should not merely be breached. They are meant to shatter. For this professor of cultural studies in the Faculty of Humanities and Education at The…
Carmel Roofe, director of the School of Education and professor of curriculum studies at The University of the West Indies, Mona campus.
March 8, 2026

Flair | Raising the ‘Roofe’

No shortcuts were taken on Carmel Roofe’s journey to her present titles of director of the School of Education and professor of curriculum studies at The University of the West Indies, Mona campus.
Zoyah Kinkead-Clark, deputy dean of graduate studies in the Faculty of Humanities and Education.
March 9, 2026

Flair | ‘I am always going to tell myself yes,’ says Zoyah Kinkead-Clark

The most surprising reaction Zoyah Kinkead-Clark received to her promotion came on the home front. It was from her 5-year-old son, Stephen. “He told me he did not know women could become professors. I…
Dean Williams, also known as ‘Sam’.
March 8, 2026 by Olivia Brown

Woman tried to stop partner from leaving home before confrontation with cops left him, two others dead

The spouse of one of the three men killed during an alleged confrontation with police in Comfort district, Clarendon, on Friday is challenging the official account of the deadly encounter. The…
Coach Sabrina Wittmann gives instructions during the 3. Liga football match between FC Ingolstadt and SV Waldhof Mannheim, in Ingolstadt, on May 5, 2024.
March 8, 2026

Germany’s only female pro coach still giving it a go

BERLIN (AP): As the first and only woman to be appointed head coach of a men’s professional football team in Germany, Sabrina Wittmann faces more pressure and scrutiny than most of her counterparts.…
AP India’s Rinku Singh (left) and Kuldeep Yadav during a practice session ahead of the T20 World Cup cricket final match against New Zealand in Ahmedabad, India yesterday.
March 8, 2026

India eye third T20 World Cup title, New Zealand hope to spoil party

AHMEDABAD, India (AP): Memories from a fateful November night still linger on, even as India gun for a record third title when they take on New Zealand in the Twenty20 World Cup final today. The…
Alphansus Davis High Scool coach, Megan Wilson-Copeland.
March 8, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Alphansus Davis attacking the middle distances

Head coach of Alphansus Davis High School, Megan Wilson-Copeland, is expecting strong performances from her athletes, particularly in the middle-distance events at this year’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys…
FIle Former Trinidad and Tobago men’s senior football team head coach Dwight Yorke.
March 8, 2026

TTFA boss gives Yorke’s tenure ‘five out of 10’

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): Former head coach of Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) men’s national football team, Dwight Yorke, has been given a lacklustre rating by president of the Trinidad and…