Scene: Balisier House. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley attempts to wrap up a meeting with some members of his Cabinet. Rowley: … All in all gentlemen, I must say it was a good week. Members mumble approvingly and slap each other on the back. Stuart Young: Prime minister, it is …
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Pro League: ‘Lobo’ and Jomal star as Connection hit Central for six; Stars hold ‘Army’
W Connection established their credentials as 2018 Pro League title contenders yesterday evening, with an emphatic 6-1 win over Couva rivals, Central FC, at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. That result, coupled with a surprise draw between Defence Force and North East Stars, saw the “Savonetta Boys” leapfrog the …
Read More »Daly Bread: The Khamal car caper; and T&T’s preference for personality over process
Khamal Georges, the CNC3 television anchor and journalist, has my total sympathy having recently suffered the terror of a hold-up at gunpoint when his motor vehicle was taken from him. I have interacted well with him. He is not likely to take badly my commentary on the typical Trini comess …
Read More »Gilkes: Today Beetham, tomorrow…; residents were wrong but there’s a lesson worth learning here
It was bound to happen. What happened to Minister Fitzgerald Hinds in the Beetham was unfortunate, illegal and disrespectful. But it was all but inevitable, given a whole range of things including our society’s religious refusal to examine ourselves and our past and connect that to our present realities. So, …
Read More »TTSL Round-Up: Santa Rosa and QPCC win big against struggling Giants and Erin FC
FC Santa Rosa and Queen’s Park Cricket Club (QPCC) FC demonstrated the gulf between the top and bottom of the Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) standings this evening with convincing wins over San Fernando Giants and Metal X Erin FC respectively. Santa Rosa scored all six of their goals …
Read More »Media Monitor: Best reviews PNM government’s continuing “communication” challenges…
Meaning, every competent Communications person knows, is made at the receiving end; whatever the message you intend to send, there is no guarantee that that is the message that will be received by those in whose garden the despatched message happens to fall. Whether or not it bears fruit at …
Read More »Should DJW stay or go? Wired868 speaks to five TTFA stakeholders on controversial president
Is Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams still the right person to take the local sporting body forward? Or should John-Williams, as suggested by board member Keith Look Loy and former World Cup 2006 manager Bruce Aanensen, step aside for the good of the game? Wired868 asked …
Read More »Vidale: What PNM’s frisky gorillas and Beetham’s feisty Fitzgerald greeting say about T&T
“Downpressor man Where you gonna run to? All along that day You gonna run to the sea But the sea will be boiling When you run to the sea The sea will be boiling…” Peter Tosh’s Downpressor Man began playing on loop in my head as I watched the clip …
Read More »Dear Editor: Floodwaters, People Power and the Legacy of Mis-development
“Some persons will criticise the actions of the residents, and they may be quite right in finding the water-dousing problematic. But there are bigger issues to be addressed. “If people find that the actions of a few residents were not the best, then they should also consider that the emotions …
Read More »CPL 18: DM Bravo smashes 94 from 36 balls as Trinbago Knight Riders stun St Lucia Stars
Elegant Trinidad and Tobago batsman Darren Bravo stunned Gros Islet with a whirlwind 94 runs from 36 deliveries last night, as the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) fought back from the dead to defeat the St Lucia Stars in 2018 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) action. The triumph pushed TKR to second …
Read More »Who appointed Corneal? TTFA’s internal structure questioned again as board allegedly bypassed
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has again been accused of violating its constitution, after today’s appointment of Anton Corneal as caretaker head coach of the National Senior Women’s Team with Shawn Cooper as his assistant. Corneal and Cooper will lead the Women Soca Warriors into the five-team 2018 Caribbean …
Read More »Corneal named women’s caretaker coach; Women’s Warriors prepare for CFU finals
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) formally announced technical director Anton Corneal as caretaker head coach of the Women’s National Senior Team today. Corneal replaces Jamaal Shabazz, who resigned from the position last week. Corneal, a former staff member on three Trinidad and Tobago Men’s World Cup teams at …
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