“[…] Losing my mother (Nisa Goodridge) was [my biggest] challenge this season. But it doesn’t hold me back—it actually pushes me to work harder than before. “Football helps me stay active, and when I stay active, it takes my mind off everything else…” At just 15 years old, Five Rivers …
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Intercol 25: Rodriguez penalises St Augustine, as ‘Naps’ near treble
Naparima College are 90 minutes away from the first Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) clean sweep since the pandemic, as they edged St Augustine Secondary 1-0 in the Coca Cola National Intercol semifinal to advance to next Wednesday’s final. Another win then—against either Signal Hill Secondary or St Anthony’s College—and …
Read More »Media Monitor: When using a tool makes you look like a tool…
It has been a while since Ye Olde Ranking has stepped up for Media Monitor duty, but don’t feel I haven’t been looking on with a judging eye at what our local media practitioners put out for public consumption. I usually like to look at howlers not just for their …
Read More »‘I think about the bigger picture’: One-on-one with Trinity East’s Deisean Plaza
“[…] I’ll say that I am a go-getter, a hardworking person who tries to be the best at everything. “My family and, just overall, my mindset [make me stand out]: I want to make something of myself one way or another…” From humble beginnings at Pinto United, Trinity College East …
Read More »Intercol 25: Four penalties, four red cards and a protest; St Anthony’s, Signal Hill advance in thrilling zonal finals
There was crazy, exhilarating chaos at the Hasely Crawford and Dwight Yorke stadia yesterday as the North and Tobago zonal Intercol finals featured everything from goals and comebacks to penalty kicks, red cards and, naturally, controversy. When the dust cleared, Signal Hill Secondary had kept the Tobago Intercol title from …
Read More »Dear Editor: Home Invasion Bill is practical evolution of existing law—not ‘political comfort food’
“[…] Critics may dismiss the [Home Invasion] Bill as mere ‘political comfort food’. Its purpose is practical: to bridge gaps between legal theory and public understanding. “This places justice not as an abstract theory but a lived reality focused on offenders causing death during violent crimes like home invasion [and …
Read More »Intercol 25: St Augustine protest bizarre red card—attacker Elijah Baptiste struck by opponent, then sent off!
St Augustine Secondary are in a race against time to have a bizarre red card rescinded in time for their Coca Cola National Intercol semifinal showdown with Naparima College on Friday afternoon, with attacker Elijah Baptiste unable to play as it stands. Yesterday, St Augustine edged Carapichaima East Secondary 1-0 …
Read More »St Louis: Workers still exploited due to divided Trade Union Movement
With three federations and fractured choices, the Trade Union Movement remains divided and workers continue to pay the price. Instead of presenting a united front, unions act in isolation—leaving governments free to exploit division and weakening the credibility of collective bargaining. From its inception, the Movement in Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »SSFL 25: Naparima uploaded Caprietta’s docs in wrong place—would-be champs confident of case
Naparima College winger Jaydon Caprietta was not properly registered to represent his school for the 2025 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season, Wired868 understands. However, Naparima administrators uploaded Caprietta’s paperwork within the SSFL database on 10 September, with all the necessary information. How can both things be true? That is, …
Read More »Intercol 25: ‘Naps’ brush aside ‘Pres Lions’; Five Rivers maul Holy Faith
Naparima College moved to within two games of their first Coca Cola National Intercol title in seven years, as they brushed aside rivals Presentation College (San Fernando) 4-0 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva today to claim the 2025 South Intercol trophy. The “Pres Lions” were left to rue …
Read More »Kedie scores sizzler as T&T thump Barbados 5-0 in opening W Championship qualifier
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team got their 2026 Concacaf W Championship qualifying series off to a solid start this evening with a 5-0 thumping of Barbados at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown. The result saw the Women Soca Warriors storm to the head of Group F, although …
Read More »Vaneisa: Fear and loathing—T&T under high anxiety
I don’t recall ever seeing such a high level of apprehension in our space. Do you? It’s coming from a multitude of shadowed places, so many that it is difficult to put a finger on any one thing as the root. Armadas and squadrons loom on our horizon. Conflicting reports …
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