Naparima College started their 2018 National Intercol campaign with a narrow win this evening, as they edged second tier outfit, La Romaine Secondary, in South Zone quarterfinal action at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella. Attacker Isa Bramble got the lone item for “Naps” who are fresh from copping the …
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“I will do whatever it takes—within the rules—to win!” One on one with St Benedict’s Keon Boney
“During that 90 minutes [on the field] is the only time you would get or see the most emotions out of me. I hate to lose, and I will give my best to win. I will do whatever it takes—as long as it’s within the [rules] of the game—to win.” …
Read More »Dear Editor: Westmoorings barrier betrays spiralling security concerns across socio-economic strata
A video of a young man removing a barrier strategically placed across the road in a community somewhere in west Trinidad raised some serious concerns. Initially he was thought to be villain. It turns out that the barriers were illegally placed across the roadways. It also became apparent that the …
Read More »Dear Editor: Has T&T reverted from Police Service to Police Force? And at what price our liberty?
“When police are militarised, they are more likely to be attacked (Carriere, 2016). The militarisation of police does not reduce crime. Elite teams neither reduce crime nor enhance public safety and become used routinely in low-income communities. “There is no evidence that this practice enhances officer safety nor lowers crime …
Read More »Daly: Greenvale double cross squared; flooding fallout highlights political failure and lack of accountability
It now seems incontrovertible that Greenvale Park Development, La Horquetta, should not have been built at all. The disastrous flood risk that materialised to the material and psychological damage to the residents—now facing the further risk of flood-borne diseases—was the proverbial disaster waiting to happen. Several reports in the media …
Read More »Live Wire: Griffith defends ‘pissy pooch’ after lawmen mistakenly kick in door of elderly couple
Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith is again being called to answer for the zealous behaviour of his lawmen, after officers kicked down the door of an elderly Mason Hall couple during a drug search—only to realise they had gotten the wrong address. So much for the accuracy of the TTPS’ …
Read More »Latapy knocks “schoolboy football” in closing U-20 fixture, all Caribbean teams eliminated
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team return home from the Concacaf Under-20 Championship on Monday and they will see many familiar faces in the departure lounge. The unprecedented formation of the 2018 Concacaf competition eliminated the qualifying rounds for the Caribbean and Central America with all 34 participants advancing …
Read More »TTPS charge 22-year-old St Augustine man with sedition over Facebook post
Twenty-two-year-old Santa Margarita, St Augustine resident Jonathan Anthony Mohammed is the first Trinidad and Tobago citizen to be charged under the Anti-Terrorism Act, after the DPP gave instructions to the Terrorism Interdiction Unit (TIU) on Friday 9 November. The Anti-Terrorism Act was initially passed in 2005 while it received its …
Read More »Dear Editor: Is Griffith’s crime-fighting medicine good for us in the long term?
“I celebrate the success of the intelligence that would have led to this find [of weapons and drugs]… But there is something else that I feel a deep concern about. “I look with discomfort at that brotherhood of testosterone and violence that our Commissioner seems a little too happy to …
Read More »Intercol round-up: Bishop’s squeeze through, Chaguanas North, St Anthony’s lead routs
Chaguanas North Secondary appear to have to lost their chance at promotion to the Premier Division for the second successive year, as they are bottom of the Shell/First Citizens Bank Big 5 competition. But they did get a taste of Coca Cola Intercol glory today, as Central Zone winners returned …
Read More »Lee scores again as T&T U-20s down USVI 3-0 to end on winning note
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team finished their Concacaf campaign on a winning note this afternoon, as they downed the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) 3-0 at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. The young Soca Warriors had no chance of advancing from their group and return home on …
Read More »Wallace: The SSFL is improving, on and off the field; explains rulings on Championship protests
“The SSFL executive is a serious executive that is bent on ensuring things happen correctly,” Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) president William Wallace told Wired868. “It’s bent on cleaning up whatever existed before and what people got away with… I think last year was really a watershed moment for SSFL …
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