The following tribute to late Trinidad and Tobago sprinter Mike Agostini was submitted on Saturday May 14 by the National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad and Tobago (NAAATT): The National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad and Tobago (NAAATT) wishes to extend deepest condolences to the relatives and friends …
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The war between 20 year old Trinidad and Tobago gymnast Thema Williams and the Trinidad and Tobago Gymnastics Federation (TTGF) might only be just getting started. Eminent local attorney Martin Daly SC has joined “Team Thema” and will add his expertise to Williams’ legal staff, which is headed by Keith …
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“At what point were flights for Marisa Dick and Ricardo Lue Shue booked? Were the funds used for the booking cleared by the standard practices of the body?” A ‘concerned citizen’, Ian M.S. Royer, wrote yesterday to Trinidad and Tobago Gymnastics Federation president David Marquez demanding answers: Dear Mr Marquez, Re: A …
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International hockey returned to Trinidad and Tobago yesterday after a five year hiatus, as the Women’s 2016 Junior Pan American Championship flicked off at the National Hockey Centre in Tacarigua. It was a mixed day for local hockey enthusiasts though, as United States attacker Gabrielle Major grabbed a hattrick in a …
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The following is a joint press statement from the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ASATT) and the Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SporTT), following a Trinidad Express exclusive that swimmers were being charged TT$3,000 to attend the Carifta Championship although SporTT met all the athletes’ costs: The …
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The following letter was written by Leon Williams, the father of Trinidad and Tobago national gymnast, Thema Williams: I remember, as a young boy watching Sesame Street, (seeing) a child ask an adult: “Is silence a sound?” The adult paused for a moment and then answered, “I don’t know.” I would …
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Twenty year old gymnast, Thema Williams, has vowed to remain focused on her dream of doing Trinidad and Tobago proud at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, despite falling victim to perceived character assassination yesterday. At around noon yesterday, Georgette Heinz, the self-declared mother of an unnamed young female gymnast, sent …
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Fourteen year old Trinidad and Tobago chess champion, Della-Marie Walcott, a St Joseph’s Covent (Port of Spain) student, is still comatose but is now resting at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope. Walcott’s family has expressed its eternal gratitude, via press release, to the Office of the …
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The family of 14 year old Trinidad and Tobago chess olympiad and St Joseph’s Convent (Port of Spain) student, Della-Marie Walcott, have opened a bank account and online crowd source account for funding and will host a curry q and movie showing to raise money to offset rising medical expenses. …
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The following press release was sent to Wired868 by the friends and family of 14 year old Trinidad and Tobago chess olympiad and St Joseph’s Convent, Port of Spain student, Della-Marie Walcott: The family and friends of Della-Marie Walcott would firstly like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the …
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We do not usually have to wait long for examples of the smaller, less heralded countries receiving the short end of the stick. Field hockey is no different. I wanted to pen an opinion piece since the July 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto but resisted for fear of being …
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Ask a PTSC bus driver whether: more maintenance work is needed on buses, which routes are unprofitable, are the roads good, or are his working hours bad? Nine out of ten times, he or she would have an opinion worth sharing. And we would be glad to hear it. But …
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