It may be premature to deem it a relegation battle but when Fatima College host northern rivals St Mary’s College at Mucurapo Road from 3:30pm on Saturday, it will be an almighty battle for three precious points. Both teams endured rough starts to the 2018 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) …
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Dear Editor: “We hold up a mirror to society…”; MFO responds to Baldeosingh on ‘gay rights’
“Mr [Kevin] Baldeosingh’s confusion may be caused by his desire to correlate the findings with the cited comment by Inglehart. Our position is not that our country’s values have changed but that these values are changing. A world of difference.” In the following Letter to the Editor, MFO (Market Facts …
Read More »SSFL 18: Jordan Riley purrs as “Pres Lions” devour St Benedict’s 3-1
Defending Secondary School Football League (SSFL) champions Presentation College (San Fernando) laid down another marker in their title pursuit this season by dispatching south rivals St Benedict’s College 3-1 at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium. The buzzing atmosphere in Marabella set the stage for Presentation’s Jordan Riley to lay down a …
Read More »Women Warriors still stuck in T’dad despite assurances; Cooper omits Maylee from final W/Cup squad
Eight days before Trinidad and Tobago’s opening 2018 Concacaf Championship fixture against Panama—and despite assurances by Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams and Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Shamfa Cudjoe—the Women Soca Warriors have no confirmed coach, no plane tickets for the pre-tournament camp and are …
Read More »Tiger’s race to glory; East Lake puts glint back in his eye and PGA silverware in his hands
Two shy! The distance on his approach at the par-5 18th was just a tad short, the ball landing in the rough separating the front-side bunker from the green. On another day, on nine out of ten days, given the angle of the spot where it made landfall on that …
Read More »Gilkes: Republic reflections; pondering difference between ‘de-colonial’ and ‘post-colonial’
“Politics is a game of fear. Those that do not have the ability to frighten power elites do not succeed. “[…] The platitudes about justice, equality and democracy are just that. Only when ruling elites become worried about survival do they react. Appealing to the better nature of the powerful …
Read More »SSFL 18: ‘Pres Lions’ host St Benedict’s at MRS; Wednesday’s Premier fixture list
Defending SSFL Premier Division champions, Presentation College (San Fernando), will try to maintain their 100 percent record for the 2018 season when they host southern rivals, St Benedict’s College, from 3:40pm tomorrow at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. St Benedict’s are yet to register their first win in 2018 …
Read More »Media Monitor: CPL interview in lieu of review (Pt 2); TKR skipper Bravo shoots from the hip
Imagine this… Trinbago Knight Riders captain Dwayne Bravo concludes an imaginary press conference, as columnist Earl Best wraps up the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season with the second and final part of a fictional exchange: Wired868: I watched the replay of the all-important game against the Warriors on the last …
Read More »Salazar chaos continues: Cunningham voted both ways, Look Loy accuses DJW of fraud
The fall out from the suppression of Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) vice-president Joanne Salazar’s resignation continued over the Republic Day weekend, with president David John-Williams, general secretary Justin Latapy-George and board member Wayne Cunningham increasingly under the spotlight for varying reasons. Salazar resigned her post on 11 September …
Read More »Daly Bread: A tsunami of grief; moving on from Petrotrin
Two weeks ago, I asserted that the proposed closure of the Petrotrin refinery was a socio-economic earthquake attributable to the State enterprise fault line that runs right through our economy. That earthquake has produced its tsunami. It is a tsunami of grief. The question is this: Do we understand that …
Read More »Media Monitor: CPL interview in lieu of review; DJB locks horns with the cricketing media
Who loves the spotlight more than internationally renowned cricketer-cum-entertainer with a growing reputation, Trinbago Knight Riders skipper Dwayne Bravo? And, after his team secured a historic second successive CPL title at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy last Sunday, DJB was in his element, the toast of Tarouba. However, the media …
Read More »SSFL 18: Rochford huffs but St Rose blows the Royalians down, as St Augustine return to winning ways
Another Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) match day and another goal for bustling centre forward Kesean St Rose, as St Augustine Secondary maintained their unbeaten run this season with a 1-0 over Queen’s Royal College at Gordon Street, St Augustine. St Rose, a former Trinity College (Moka) stand-out, has been …
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