I can’t imagine anyone whose insides have not been churning at the gruesome images of murder, maiming and absolute devastation of humanity by humans globally. Most visible are macabre scenes from Gaza: children, babies, women, the elderly, the young, all strewn together as the faces of physical pain—limbs and torsos …
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Gordon: ‘Zoom Zoom’ should resist Benedict’s—club vs school tussle could define 2025 SSFL season
San Juan Jabloteh head coach Marvin Gordon confirmed that 18-year-old attacker Derrel “Zoom Zoom” Garcia is expected to return to Trinidad soon, after a professional loan stint with Slingerz FC in Guyana. But Gordon is urging Garcia, who is nominally still a fifth form student at St Benedict’s College, to …
Read More »Molik, Payne in Yorke’s T&T WCQ squad; Phillip, Joevin, Bateau excluded
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dwight Yorke named four changes to his 26-man squad today, as they prepare for upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifying matches against Bermuda and Curaçao. Deron Payne, a 23-year-old Netherlands-born right back, and 21-year-old midfielder Molik Khan represent the most notable introductions. …
Read More »SSFL 25: J’Eleisha, Orielle get five goal hauls in high-scoring Girls weekend
Scarborough Secondary took advantage of rivals Signal Hill Secondary’s inactivity this weekend, as they crushed Mason Hill Secondary 15-0 to go one point clear atop the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Tobago Girls Championship Division. Striker J’Eleisha Alexander, who was recently named in Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team …
Read More »Noble: S&P Ratings, and the NGC—why we can’t stay silent in face of “clumsy moves”
“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.” Karl Popper, Austrian-British philosopher. The recent S&P Rating is not a new and startling event for Trinidad and Tobago. While many may have focused on the national outcome, we may have missed the reality that some …
Read More »Daly Bread: Gopaul v Seepaul—T&T needs effective consequence management
Recently, the Attorney General, Senator John Jeremie SC, announced that the State had decided to discontinue an appeal against a High Court judgment in which the Court condemned the forcible retrieval of a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago from Barbados, by Trinidad and Tobago law enforcement, in circumstances where he …
Read More »SSFL 25: St Anthony’s rain goals on Scarborough as Jean-Marc grabs a hattrick
St Anthony’s College produced their most emphatic performance of a stuttering 2025 campaign to date, with a 7–1 dismantling of a hapless Scarborough Secondary on a Jekyll and Hyde surface at Westmoorings in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division. In searing heat, the “Westmoorings Tigers” notched four goals …
Read More »Dear Editor: Diversification, not the Dragon, is key for T&T’s economic survival—but here’s why it has eluded us
“[…] The Ministry of Finance website provides budget statements from 2002 onwards. Diversification is mentioned in each budget statement. All 23 years. Undoubtedly, diversification will feature in Budget 2026 when it is read in the coming weeks. “[…] This is not to say that there have been no changes since …
Read More »Eve names Cordner, Gosine, Martin and Pollard in 35-member T&T training squad
Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team head coach Angus Eve named a 35-member training squad today as the Women Soca Warriors prepare for an international friendly against Jamaica later this month. The Jamaica outing will be the team’s sole warm-up match before next month’s opening Concacaf W Qualifiers, and …
Read More »SSFL 25: Herbert, Hackeemar shine, as Five Rivers turn away stubborn San Juan North
Five Rivers Secondary extended their lead in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) East Zone Championship with a 3-0 statement win against their nearest challengers, San Juan North Secondary, in an entertaining top-of-the-table clash at West El Dorado Secondary School. The match was keenly contested with a combination of crunching …
Read More »SSFL 25: Henry stars again, as St Augustine and St Mary’s play to thrilling tie
Two unbeaten records remained intact today as St Augustine Secondary and St Mary’s College battled to an action packed 1-1 draw in a classic game of two halves. Third in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division at kickoff, St Mary’s College needed three points at Warren Street to …
Read More »Edwards says Eve will “elevate” T&T women’s team; after leaving side inactive for 18 months
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Kieron Edwards trumpeted the appointment of Angus Eve as Women’s National Senior Team head coach today, after more than 18 months of inactivity for the programme. Eve, who was fired as Men’s National Senior Team head coach by the Edwards-led TTFA in July …
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