“[…] The Fifa suspension is not to disband any national team or prevent them from training but to prevent them from participating in Fifa-sanctioned tournaments or Fifa-approved international friendly matches. “Any manager should know this, and it is of even greater concern if he did but still made these uncalled-for …
Read More »NJAC Rededication: Economic transformation and the birth of the people’s sector
“[…] Ownership of our economy was still dominated primarily by foreigners, supported by, a local predominantly white elite. Under NJAC’s leadership, however, people were moving for true independence, which could only be achieved through ownership and control of the economy. “The new slogan was: ‘We do not want crumbs, We …
Read More »NCRHA Psychiatric Unit supports staff and patients during pandemic; 24 new cases today
The Ministry of Health has reported 24 new positive Covid-19 cases. That brings the total reported infections to 5,798 since March. The death toll stands at 111 since yesterday’s reported fatality. Currently, there are 44 patients in hospital, with a further 28 in step-down facilities and 304 in state quarantine …
Read More »Dear Editor: Auto insurers underpaying claims
“[…] by underpaying settlements, insurance companies pressure consumers to use low-cost repair shops, regardless of expertise, tooling, workmanship or repair methods that are compliant with manufacturer warranties. Consumers are incentivised to buy used or substandard parts, which not only puts unsafe cars on the road but also supports car theft …
Read More »Is it me that has ‘faux concerns’? George Jr fires back, insists govt letting businesses down
“[…] We simply cannot continue like this without a massive fiscal intervention. My interviews last week were designed to get this message over to the policy makers and to the public. “Unfortunately the message seems to have been either misinterpreted or misunderstood as being hostile… And [Noble Philip] says it …
Read More »Dear Editor: Hospitality students left in the lurch by TTHTI closure
“[…] school authorities have not been processing refunds for lab and other fees duly paid by students this year. They also failed to deal with the urgent and legitimate questions about obtaining accurate transcripts, timely refunds or assisting students to graduate…” The following letter to the editor about the close …
Read More »Dear editor: What causes layoffs, what happens after they occur and what the law says
“[…] The period of layoff as generally outlined by the industrial court is a maximum of three months. If there is no resumption of work, a worker is entitled to claim his severance pay… “[…]What we have witnessed since the pandemic, is that employers have been in breach of the …
Read More »Dear CJ: ‘[Your] unwarranted statements reflect negatively on my competence as a judge’; Gobin on Fifa ruling
“[…] I am sure that I do not need to remind you chief justice that there is more to the management of cases than fixing timetables. First instance judges often have to remind litigants and lawyers of the significance of what we do. “A judge who refuses to defer to …
Read More »Only Fifa can rein in Fifa! Spain-based lawyer says Swiss courts couldn’t help TTFA either
“[…] Domestic Swiss courts would have not offered Mr Wallace or the TTFA any relief either. Fifa is a private association under Swiss law. Swiss law is very clear in that private associations are free to make their own rules as they see fit, and the Fifa Statutes definitively exclude …
Read More »Dr Gloudon: TTFA-Fifa: an inconvenient truth that won’t be deciphered with one-dimensional thinking
“[…] The TTFA has undoubtedly been in a mess for a long time; and so has Fifa. Indeed, we may have learned how to be corrupt in football from Fifa. No one in a local or regional body can carry on sustained defrauding of Fifa without the assistance of someone …
Read More »TTFA members ‘humbly apologise’ to Fifa and Hadad, agree to accept ‘normalisation’
“[…] Based on the meeting, the TTFA must advise that its members have agreed to abide with the conditions of the normalisation committee and will co-operate fully to ensure that the mandate of the committee is realised. “In addition, let me take this opportunity to humbly apologise to you, the …
Read More »Dear editor: There was nothing ‘pyrrhic’ about Wallace and the UTTFA’s fight, history will smile on them
“[…] The UTTFA and supporters of its stand against the mighty Fifa might also be encouraged by the words of a martyr for the cause of Poland’s Solidarity Workers in the 1980s. “Before he was brutally murdered on 19 October 1984, Father ‘Pop’ (Jerzy Popiełuszko) reportedly urged embattled workers with …
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