“[…] The safeguarding process belongs to the protection of the child and the proper management of risk—it does not belong to the person who happens to report the concern. “[…] A safeguarding department cannot determine its processes based upon the timeline demanded by a complainant… Once a matter enters a …
Read More »Dear Editor: Parents’ safeguarding concerns with TTFA still unanswered; we deserve better!
“[…] A Trinidad and Tobago National U-14 player was reportedly left at Piarco International Airport at approximately 3am, after the group had already spent the better part of the previous day travelling. “It was further reported that the Team Manager departed while the minor remained alone at the airport, with …
Read More »Diary of an autistic child: “They say I’m different—but I’m just me…”
“[…] It’s not necessarily that I don’t like you—it’s just immensely discomforting to be up close and personal. “It feels almost painful making eye contact…” The following Letter to the Editor, which gives a first-hand account of living with autism, was submitted to Wired868 by an autistic teenager: They say …
Read More »St Rose: Safeguarding shouldn’t stop at preventing harm—create better environments for athlete development
“[…] Safeguarding is often discussed primarily in terms of protecting children and athletes from abuse, neglect, exploitation, harassment and other forms of harm. Those responsibilities remain fundamental. “However, safeguarding should not stop at preventing harm. It should also help create the conditions in which athletes can develop safely, confidently and …
Read More »Look Loy: T&T football’s swirling down the drain pipe—no matter what apologists and enablers say
“[…] Never mind the ‘media specialists’, apologists and enablers (paid and unpaid by TTFA) who seek to convince us otherwise. They could spin it however they wish. The world, including our opponents, sees we are in terminal decline. “The Soca Warriors have become a ‘small island’ team…” In the following …
Read More »Dear Editor: How long will T&T allow TTPS to insult our intelligence over non-use of bodycams?
“[…] It is nothing short of amazing how this current political directorate can go from conceptualization of 30 ‘police post’ to delivery, in a matter of days. Meanwhile, the issue of body cameras has been simmering on the back burners since Columbus’ arrival. “Each time the topic comes up, we …
Read More »Dear Editor: What About Our U-17 Women, TTFA? Are they the discarded generation?
“[…] Concacaf has announced that a 16-team Women’s U-17 qualifying competition will take place in February 2027, as part of the pathway to the Fifa U-17 Women’s World Cup. “[…] So why, with the competition only months away, is there seemingly no visible U-17 women’s national programme preparing the girls …
Read More »Look Loy: The passage past Hispaniola—what King’s Warriors need to succeed in Nations League
“[…] We kick off the Nations League competition on the road against Haiti, followed by Dominican Republic at home (on 24 and 27 September respectively). “Our other opponent in Group A is Curaçao, who we play twice on 1 and 4 October, away and home. We know Curaçao and Haiti. …
Read More »A History of T&T Football: Formations and style—should T&T play its own game? Or mimic the English?
“[…] Change did not come easy. Brunell Jones of Trinidad’s Evening News likened it to trying to ‘sell a bicycle to an Arab who had grown accustomed to riding a horse or a camel’ and ER Ward of the Trinidad Guardian deplored what he called the latest craze by the …
Read More »Devant Maharaj: ‘The last non-UNC ballot was counted; now the PM’s mask is off…’
“[…] To the ‘UNC family’ she offers the old tired hymn: lagoons, cane fields, salt and rice, ponds and springs—the ancestral ledger of one community, recited as if the rest of the country were furniture. “To the country she offers a different sermon: the British left you a prosperous, functioning …
Read More »Dear Editor: T&T must address race and class issue to ever achieve stability, prosperity and cohesion
“[…] I urge our PM not to use the word ‘coolie’ to self-reference. I accept the fact that you may not be endorsing the slur but instead flipping the insult on its head to honour the resilience of people who survived indentureship and built lives despite oppression. “However, I believe …
Read More »Hatt: Can Trinidad and Tobago athletics create environment, like Jamaica, to consistently develop world class athletes right here?
“[…] This is not about necessarily copying Jamaica’s MVP, but developing the same philosophy with Trinidad and Tobago coaches, facilities, management, sports science, training groups, education partnerships, and sponsorship. “Create an environment where a talented 17- or 18-year-old doesn’t automatically think: ‘my only route to becoming an international athlete is …
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