“Glitches” Affected School Sports, Says Minister Casimir

Minister for Youth Development and Sports, Kenson Casimir on Monday addressed the late commencement of school sports, and the postponement of several sports to later in the school year. Casimir, a former Youth and Sports Officer, and a former journalist, said that his department experienced “glitches” due to unexpected illnesses and a heavy workload. “We have a dynamic where you have a Ministry of Youth and Sports with four Youth and Sports Officers, responsible for doing so much,” he explained. “We have a situation where one of our Youth and Sports Officers fell sick at the most inopportune time. That provided somewhat of a delay. “You also have to take into consideration what type of year we had. The Ministry of Youth Development and Sport had perhaps the busiest year you could ever ask a Ministry of Youth and Sports in our history.  “In 2024 we were preparing for the World Cup, then we hosted the World Cup. We were preparing for Olympics, and then we saw what happened at the Olympics. And so we were preparing for the return of Julian Alfred. We were preparing for CPL, and you saw what happened at CPL.  “And then you had a...