Concacaf’s Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying series began with 23 teams from the Caribbean, along with five from Central America, and one from North America. By this time next week, the only Caribbean team still in with a shot at Qatar might be Jamaica, who were not asked to go …
Read More »TTFA confirms Fenwick ‘termination’; Corneal, Sherwood and Chinapoo to help pick new coach
“[…] A selection panel led by NC member Nicholas Gomez and comprising Anton Corneal, Anthony Sherwood and Richard Chinapoo will meet to finalise the selection of the interim head coach. “The interim head coach together with the panel will then establish the supporting team…” The following is a press statement from the …
Read More »Hope, Powell and Seales get nod for WI’s First Test against S/Africa, Bravo misses out
Teenaged Trinidad and Tobago fast bowler Jayden Seales was among four new inclusions to the West Indies Test team for the first match of the Betway Test Series against South Africa, which bowls off on Thursday from 10am at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in St Lucia. Top order batsmen Shai Hope …
Read More »Bateau: Some players don’t value national shirt enough, but Warriors will play for pride against SKN
Trinidad and Tobago defender Sheldon Bateau, who was stand-in captain on Saturday when the Soca Warriors drew goalless with The Bahamas, said that the team’s weekend result and subsequent elimination from the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying series affected the older players more than the younger ones. The 30-year-old Bateau, …
Read More »‘Financial and legal business leaders with impeccable integrity’; NC blows own trumpet after coaches pay-out
‘A team of financial and legal business leaders with impeccable integrity’ tasked with ‘an incredibly complex operation’. That is how the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee, chaired by Robert Hadad, referred to itself tonight, in a public statement ostensibly meant to provide an update on the finances of the Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »Hope, Seales included in West Indies 17-man provisional Test squad to face S/Africa
Star limited overs batsman Shai Hope was included in a 17-man provisional West Indies squad today to face South Africa in the Betway Test Series from 10 June in the Caribbean. Hope is one of five potential inclusions to the West Indies Test squad that played two draws from as …
Read More »Covid counter: 326 deaths and 13,085 positives in May; Wired868 looks at figures before and after SoE
The Ministry of Health confirmed another 16 Covid-19 related deaths today, which took the number of fatalities this month to a sobering 326. In the previous 14 months of the pandemic, Trinidad and Tobago had a total of 169 deaths. There were 271 new cases recorded, which were based on …
Read More »TTPS arrests 26 alleged partiers in Valsayn for breach of public health regulations
Twenty-six alleged partiers in Real Spring, Valsayn where among 36 persons arrested by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) over the last 24 hours for breach of the public health regulations, as lawmen attempt to enforce measures meant to curb the spread of Covid-19. There have been 925 arrests …
Read More »Griffith: TTPS will ‘exercise discretion’ to essential workers and emergency situations, despite ‘adjusted curfew hours’
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith has asked his lawmen to ‘exercise discretion’ as the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) attempts to manage ‘adjusted curfew hours’ on the Indian Arrival Day and Corpus Christi holidays, which fall on Monday 31 May and Thursday 3 June respectively. Only essential workers are …
Read More »Health and education ministries reschedule holiday vaccinations, due to PM’s new SoE amendments
The Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education have rescheduled all Covid-19 vaccination appointments on Monday 31 May and Thursday 3 June—the Indian Arrival Day and Corpus Christi holidays respectively—after the operations of its public health facilities were severely curtailed by an amendment to the state of emergency regulations this …
Read More »How did Couva Hospital achieve 60% decrease in Covid deaths, as CEO claims, while national rate soars?
NCRHA CEO Davlin Thomas: ‘[…] The numbers speak for themselves. The reduction in mortality rate by sixty percent (60%) is exceptional. This experienced and highly qualified multidisciplinary team has also achieved a 25% increase in discharges, with a near full to capacity bed occupancy…’ TTRNA president Idi Stuart: ‘[…] The …
Read More »Covid counter: 15 deaths and 250 cases from 506 tests; T&T receive 9,000 vaccines from Bermuda
Trinidad and Tobago suffered 15 more deaths related to Covid-19 over the last 24 hours, which brought the total number of fatalities to 390 since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. There have been 221 deaths this month so far. The Ministry of Health also confirmed 250 new …
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