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    Dear Editor: With Fifa money and experts present, TTFA must say why teams are underperforming

    Dear Editor: With Fifa money and experts present, TTFA must say why teams are underperforming

    Monday 18 August 2025
    • T&T Girls U-14 and High Performance teams both bottom of CFU standings, with no chance of semi spots

      T&T Girls U-14 and High Performance teams both bottom of CFU standings, with no chance of semi spots

      Monday 18 August 2025
    • Vaneisa: A shot of Kamla might be what West Indies cricket needs

      Vaneisa: A shot of Kamla might be what West Indies cricket needs

      Sunday 17 August 2025
    • Laventille Netball League offers hope for future; as Unity and Transcend girls show promise

      Laventille Netball League offers hope for future; as Unity and Transcend girls show promise

      Thursday 14 August 2025
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    Dear Editor: If TTPS “neutralised” threat that caused SOE, where are the arrests? Where’s the rocket launcher?

    Dear Editor: If TTPS “neutralised” threat that caused SOE, where are the arrests? Where’s the rocket launcher?

    Saturday 16 August 2025
    • Dear Editor: Mayor should think out of the box to revive Arima Borough Day

      Dear Editor: Mayor should think out of the box to revive Arima Borough Day

      Saturday 16 August 2025
    • Dear Editor: Even police officers at risk with stand your ground—it’s a recipe for disaster

      Dear Editor: Even police officers at risk with stand your ground—it’s a recipe for disaster

      Sunday 10 August 2025
    • Daly Bread: Legislative trees, shrivelling fruit—T&T must move from ‘commemoration to completion’

      Daly Bread: Legislative trees, shrivelling fruit—T&T must move from ‘commemoration to completion’

      Sunday 10 August 2025
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    Josie vs cancer: What they don’t tell you about cancer diagnosis, treatment and insurance

    Josie vs cancer: What they don’t tell you about cancer diagnosis, treatment and insurance

    Saturday 9 August 2025
    • Dear Editor: Credit were it’s due; Minister Padarath is bringing progress to Wasa

      Dear Editor: Credit were it’s due; Minister Padarath is bringing progress to Wasa

      Wednesday 6 August 2025
    • Vaneisa: Bammy on the brain—adventures in cooking

      Vaneisa: Bammy on the brain—adventures in cooking

      Tuesday 5 August 2025
    • Noble: Staying alive—addressing suicidal thoughts

      Noble: Staying alive—addressing suicidal thoughts

      Saturday 2 August 2025
  • Youth Football
    Nine years since TTFA started its elite/high performance model, is T&T’s youth football better or worse off?

    Nine years since TTFA started its elite/high performance model, is T&T’s youth football better or worse off?

    Wednesday 13 August 2025
    • SSFL 25 Premier fixtures: Fatima, Benedict’s skip opening weekend while Eve-led ‘Naps’ spy chance

      SSFL 25 Premier fixtures: Fatima, Benedict’s skip opening weekend while Eve-led ‘Naps’ spy chance

      Saturday 9 August 2025
    • Dear Editor: Did TTFA breach own safeguarding rules with U-15 Boys troubling travel ordeal?

      Dear Editor: Did TTFA breach own safeguarding rules with U-15 Boys troubling travel ordeal?

      Wednesday 6 August 2025
    • Dear Editor: What every parent, coach, and young athlete should know about OSD

      Dear Editor: What every parent, coach, and young athlete should know about OSD

      Wednesday 30 July 2025
    • Dear Editor: How to build fitter, smarter and more resilient athletes

      Dear Editor: How to build fitter, smarter and more resilient athletes

      Thursday 10 July 2025
    • Dear Editor: Caribbean FAs, like TTFA, can never get sustained success from Fifa grants

      Dear Editor: Caribbean FAs, like TTFA, can never get sustained success from Fifa grants

      Wednesday 4 June 2025
    • School reps slam SSFL All Star picks, urge overhaul of selection process

      School reps slam SSFL All Star picks, urge overhaul of selection process

      Monday 2 June 2025
  • Live Wire
    Political commentary rules as Helon dethrones Machel; Live Wire marks Calypso finals

    Political commentary rules as Helon dethrones Machel; Live Wire marks Calypso finals

    Monday 3 March 2025
    • Live Wire: Crimson Sky on Plantation as Regents vote on Party’s future while Opposition plots response

      Live Wire: Crimson Sky on Plantation as Regents vote on Party’s future while Opposition plots response

      Thursday 9 January 2025
    • Dem judges mudda can’t (be) serious? Live Wire reviews 2024 Calypso Monarch show

      Dem judges mudda can’t (be) serious? Live Wire reviews 2024 Calypso Monarch show

      Monday 12 February 2024
    • Piggy, pussy and politics: Live Wire on Watson Duke’s bizarre local govt campaign launch

      Piggy, pussy and politics: Live Wire on Watson Duke’s bizarre local govt campaign launch

      Thursday 16 February 2023
    • Missing the Faris for the trees? Mr Live Wire gets another political lecture from a mysterious man

      Missing the Faris for the trees? Mr Live Wire gets another political lecture from a mysterious man

      Thursday 17 March 2022
    • Protesters push back against ‘little prick’; Live Wire alarmed as tension boils over at QPS

      Protesters push back against ‘little prick’; Live Wire alarmed as tension boils over at QPS

      Sunday 16 January 2022
    • Live Wire sheds a tear as Minister of Hypocrisy uses time-travel to join Boxing Day boat party

      Live Wire sheds a tear as Minister of Hypocrisy uses time-travel to join Boxing Day boat party

      Thursday 30 December 2021
  • A/V Room
    Defiant NAAATT Junior and Senior Champs draw curtain on 2024

    Defiant NAAATT Junior and Senior Champs draw curtain on 2024

    Tuesday 2 July 2024
    • Unplugged: Jereem Richards, Keshorn Walcott and Tyra Gittens speak from the heart

      Unplugged: Jereem Richards, Keshorn Walcott and Tyra Gittens speak from the heart

      Sunday 30 June 2024
    • NGC/NAAATT Jnr & Snr Champs: Aaron Antoine endures tough opening day

      NGC/NAAATT Jnr & Snr Champs: Aaron Antoine endures tough opening day

      Saturday 29 June 2024
    • CYG 2023: T&T sprinter Trevaughn Stewart’s journey from sorrow to success

      CYG 2023: T&T sprinter Trevaughn Stewart’s journey from sorrow to success

      Monday 15 January 2024
    • CYG 2023: T&T’s Janae De Gannes reviews her epic long jump battle

      CYG 2023: T&T’s Janae De Gannes reviews her epic long jump battle

      Friday 12 January 2024
    • CYG 2023: A Journey of Triumph and Inspiration (Video)

      CYG 2023: A Journey of Triumph and Inspiration (Video)

      Tuesday 9 January 2024
    • YEP Rising Stars: Meet Revell Webster

      YEP Rising Stars: Meet Revell Webster

      Tuesday 23 August 2022
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  • Dear Editor: With Fifa money and experts present, TTFA must say why teams are underperforming
  • T&T Girls U-14 and High Performance teams both bottom of CFU standings, with no chance of semi spots
  • Vaneisa: A shot of Kamla might be what West Indies cricket needs
  • Dear Editor: If TTPS “neutralised” threat that caused SOE, where are the arrests? Where’s the rocket launcher?
  • Dear Editor: Mayor should think out of the box to revive Arima Borough Day
  • Laventille Netball League offers hope for future; as Unity and Transcend girls show promise
  • Nine years since TTFA started its elite/high performance model, is T&T’s youth football better or worse off?
  • Vaneisa: Can West Indies cricket escape cycle of toxicity?
  • Dear Editor: Even police officers at risk with stand your ground—it’s a recipe for disaster
  • Daly Bread: Legislative trees, shrivelling fruit—T&T must move from ‘commemoration to completion’
Dear Editor: With Fifa money and experts present, TTFA must say why teams are underperforming
Monday 18 August 2025

Dear Editor: With Fifa money and experts present, TTFA must say why teams are underperforming

“[…] How can these teams struggle so much on the international stage despite having worked with a ‘F…

T&T Girls U-14 and High Performance teams both bottom of CFU standings, with no chance of semi spots
Monday 18 August 2025

T&T Girls U-14 and High Performance teams both bottom of CFU standings, with no chance of semi spots

Trinidad and Tobago will not advance to the knockout stage of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Gir…

Vaneisa: A shot of Kamla might be what West Indies cricket needs
Sunday 17 August 2025

Vaneisa: A shot of Kamla might be what West Indies cricket needs

Last Monday, Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister threatened her ministers and party officials that …

Dear Editor: If TTPS “neutralised” threat that caused SOE, where are the arrests? Where’s the rocket launcher?
Saturday 16 August 2025

Dear Editor: If TTPS “neutralised” threat that caused SOE, where are the arrests? Where’s the rocket launcher?

“[…] Individuals in authority cannot stand before the population and openly claim criminals have wea…

Dear Editor: Mayor should think out of the box to revive Arima Borough Day
Saturday 16 August 2025

Dear Editor: Mayor should think out of the box to revive Arima Borough Day

“[…] Seek feedback about the performance of your councillors, ask the right questions and most of al…

Laventille Netball League offers hope for future; as Unity and Transcend girls show promise
Thursday 14 August 2025

Laventille Netball League offers hope for future; as Unity and Transcend girls show promise

On a cool Thursday afternoon, Unity Sports Club, in their pink and black uniforms, and the Police Ne…

Nine years since TTFA started its elite/high performance model, is T&T’s youth football better or worse off?
Wednesday 13 August 2025

Nine years since TTFA started its elite/high performance model, is T&T’s youth football better or worse off?

On 25 July, Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Kieron Edwards suggested that …

Vaneisa: Can West Indies cricket escape cycle of toxicity?
Monday 11 August 2025

Vaneisa: Can West Indies cricket escape cycle of toxicity?

I’ve been going through files from the West Indies Cricket Board of Control from the 1950s. I was fo…

Dear Editor: Even police officers at risk with stand your ground—it’s a recipe for disaster
Sunday 10 August 2025

Dear Editor: Even police officers at risk with stand your ground—it’s a recipe for disaster

“[…] During public consultations, Minister Wayne Sturge went so far as to suggest that citizens migh…

Daly Bread: Legislative trees, shrivelling fruit—T&T must move from ‘commemoration to completion’
Sunday 10 August 2025

Daly Bread: Legislative trees, shrivelling fruit—T&T must move from ‘commemoration to completion’

As I have made plain, I value the commentaries contained in letters to the editor. Last week I quote…

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Dear Editor: If TTPS “neutralised” threat that caused SOE, where are the arrests? Where’s the rocket launcher?

Dear Editor: Mayor should think out of the box to revive Arima Borough Day

Dear Editor: Even police officers at risk with stand your ground—it’s a recipe for disaster

Daly Bread: Legislative trees, shrivelling fruit—T&T must move from ‘commemoration to completion’

Dear Editor: Stand your ground law creates dangerous and uneven road for T&T

Dear Editor: All at SEA—changes needed in T&T’s education system

Dear Editor: Know the ground you’re standing on—talking points on proposed home invasion bill

St Louis: Union leaders inside UNC-led gov’t must speak up—workers are watching

Daly Bread: Making sport with our money—state enterprise system remains “fertile ground for mismanagement”

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  • Dear Editor: With Fifa money and experts present, TTFA must say why teams are underperforming

    “[…] How can these teams struggle so much on the international stage despite having worked …

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  • T&T Girls U-14 and High Performance teams both bottom of CFU standings, with no chance of semi spots

  • Vaneisa: A shot of Kamla might be what West Indies cricket needs

  • Laventille Netball League offers hope for future; as Unity and Transcend girls show promise

  • Nine years since TTFA started its elite/high performance model, is T&T’s youth football better or worse off?

Youth Football

  • Nine years since TTFA started its elite/high performance model, is T&T’s youth football better or worse off?

    On 25 July, Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Kieron Edwards suggested that “progress” …

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  • SSFL 25 Premier fixtures: Fatima, Benedict’s skip opening weekend while Eve-led ‘Naps’ spy chance

  • Dear Editor: Did TTFA breach own safeguarding rules with U-15 Boys troubling travel ordeal?

  • Dear Editor: What every parent, coach, and young athlete should know about OSD

  • Dear Editor: How to build fitter, smarter and more resilient athletes

Wellness

  • Josie vs cancer: What they don’t tell you about cancer diagnosis, treatment and insurance

    Chapter 9: I didn’t know what I didn’t know… I have realised that TV and …

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  • Dear Editor: Credit were it’s due; Minister Padarath is bringing progress to Wasa

  • Vaneisa: Bammy on the brain—adventures in cooking

  • Noble: Staying alive—addressing suicidal thoughts

  • Dear Editor: Anand & co gaslighting T&T over gun legislation, instead of addressing valid concerns

Dear Editor: With Fifa money and experts present, TTFA must say why teams are underperforming

“[…] How can these teams struggle so much on the international stage despite having worked with a ‘Fifa Talent Expert’ for over two years? “[…] The Trinidad and Tobago U-14 Girls’ results suggest that presence alone is not enough if not paired with a comprehensive ecosystem of development…” The following …

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T&T Girls U-14 and High Performance teams both bottom of CFU standings, with no chance of semi spots

Trinidad and Tobago will not advance to the knockout stage of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Girls Under-14 Challenge Series, despite home advantage, after successive defeats across two groups. The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) inserted two teams in the regional competition, after a spot was made vacant by …

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Vaneisa: A shot of Kamla might be what West Indies cricket needs

Last Monday, Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister threatened her ministers and party officials that she would “buss” their heads if they did not walk away from behaviour she considered to be leading down the road to corruption. Although she said she knew who they were, she did not name them. …

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Dear Editor: If TTPS “neutralised” threat that caused SOE, where are the arrests? Where’s the rocket launcher?

“[…] Individuals in authority cannot stand before the population and openly claim criminals have weapons of war, the relevant agencies have the information, a SOE was required to disable the threat; and then say the weapon was never found, with no follow up to the population. “How can we the …

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Dear Editor: Mayor should think out of the box to revive Arima Borough Day

“[…] Seek feedback about the performance of your councillors, ask the right questions and most of all ensure that people feel safe to share their views. Do not only focus on councillors and the Corporation’s Facebook pages as community engagement. Getting feedback allows for lateral and divergent views to enhance …

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Laventille Netball League offers hope for future; as Unity and Transcend girls show promise

On a cool Thursday afternoon, Unity Sports Club, in their pink and black uniforms, and the Police Netball Youth Club (PNYC), in their purple kit, played the first of four matches of the Republic Bank Laventille Netball League at the Nelson Mandela Park Public Courts. A few hours earlier, heavy …

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