“Nowhere in the world, in any business, [does] the provider of a service demand how [many officials] should be hired and the host cannot verify if the officials he hired even arrived. “The host also cannot advise the provider of what they should be doing [at the venue] as the …
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Pro League scores: Froggy strikes against Police FC as N/East Stars leapfrog Connection
Former Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team winger Akeem “Froggy” Garcia continued his revival—after a long term knee injury threatened to derail his promising career—with the winning goal at the Arima Velodrome last night as North East Stars edged Police FC 3-2 in 2017 Pro League action. Garcia’s item, which …
Read More »MEDIA MONITOR: Oh mih Guardian! End of buy, buy; start of bye, bye
The end is beginning. Lest you think that I should make myself a proper doomsday THE END IS NIGH placard and go and stand under Cipriani Statue so that my friends can laugh me out of town, let me say that I refer not to the end of the world …
Read More »Warriors to reconvene on 14 August; TTFA fails to land Emancipation Day friendly
Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence said his squad will reconvene on 14 August to prepare for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Honduras and Panama on 1 and 5 September respectively. It means, almost certainly, that the Soca Warriors have failed to land an Emancipation …
Read More »Yasinism—Part 2: The unravelling: Pyrrhic victory, greed, disillusionment and corruption of power
1990: A JAMAAT CHILD REMEMBERS—Part 2 Today marks the 27th anniversary of, in the splendid words of David Rudder, the night of the day when the prophets died” because “a man opened a door and showed us our other side.” To mark the occasion, Wired868 exclusively presents the second installment of a …
Read More »T&T fall 3-1 to Ecuador amid general apathy; local tv stations snub game
Trinidad and Tobago were well beaten but not disgraced in Guayaquil tonight as the Soca Warriors were undone by two late strikes in a 3-1 loss to South American hosts Ecuador. Ecuador scored first through forward Juan Luis Anangonó in the 21st minute only for Carlyle Mitchell to equalise with …
Read More »Master’s Voice: Between a marabunta and a jep nest; our two July days of infamy
Monday was the anniversary of that infamous jailbreak, two years ago, and I should originally have submitted this piece to be published on that day. But I think that it’s better if it appears today, between that 24 July anniversary and the anniversary of another infamous episode in this country’s …
Read More »RSSR: Busting barriers and building football bridges—Behind the Bridge
Eight years after the RSSR Football Academy was born on 27 March, 1999, Marvin “Mr King” Lewis sang “Borderline.” In a rendition which earned him second place at that year’s Young Kings Calypso competition, Lewis—son of the late “King Austin”—highlighted the walls being erected between neighbouring communities by the rampant …
Read More »Dear Editor: More Education Ministry mistreatment; ICT technicians on the breadline
“It is completely unacceptable for the Ministry to treat workers with such scant courtesy and disdain. In these recessionary times when jobs are very hard to find, I fear that I shall be on the breadline at least for a little while. And I am at my wit’s end trying …
Read More »Jomal joins T&T squad as Warriors braced for tough Ecuador test
Mexico-based attacking midfielder Jomal Williams will be the last addition to the Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team in Guayaquil today as the Soca Warriors prepare for a South American warm-up challenge from Ecuador from 8.30pm (TT time) tomorrow. Williams was initially ruled out owing to delays in processing his …
Read More »TTSL scores: Josimar strikes as ‘Army’ inflict maiden defeat for Santa Rosa
Defending champions FC Santa Rosa lost their first game of the 2017 Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) One competition yesterday as they fell 2-0 to Defence Force FC at the Arima Velodrome. Santa Rosa were without their captain and leading scorer Keron Clarke, who travels to Ecuador this evening …
Read More »Yasinism—Jim Jones without the suicide; portrait of a powerful imam
1990: A JAMAAT CHILD REMEMBERS This Thursday marks the 27th anniversary of, in the splendid words of David Rudder’s “Hosay,” “the night of the day when the prophets died” because “a man opened a door and showed us our other side.” And today marks the first anniversary of an as yet …
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