“In a diverse society, aiming to do well, African people are not doing as well as we expected or as well as we might,” intoned Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on the same day that Fitzgerald Hinds, member of parliament for Laventille West, gave an expansive interview in the Sunday …
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Play Ascension: ‘Easy’ as Sunday evening, Defence Force hail comfortable win over QPCC
Defence Force held another football pitch under siege in Division One of the Ascension Invitational League, emerging 5-1 victors over a hapless QPCC at St Mary’s College grounds on Sunday. “Today was easy,” Hutson ‘Barber’ Charles, Defence Force assistant coach, chuckled after the match. “I don’t think QPCC offered us …
Read More »T&T U-15s draw 1-1 with Barbados, Wilson scores but Warriors held by plucky minnows
The Trinidad and Tobago Boys National Under-15 Team missed out on their best chance of a group stage victory at the Concacaf Championship this morning as they were held 1-1 by Barbados at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. The Under-15s, who are coached by Stuart Charles-Fevrier, need a win …
Read More »Massacre in St James; Police FC shake off ‘blight’ to hit 10-man Matura for 6!
And they’re off! After consecutive defeats to Guaya United and San Juan Jabloteh, Police FC finally opened their account in the Ascension Invitational Tournament, thumping Matura ReUnited by a 6-nil margin at the Police Academy in St James Saturday evening. Both teams entered yesterday’s encounter winless. And it did not …
Read More »POS Acting Mayor: No decision on Kwame Ture Street yet; but here are the benefits of it…
“[…] Interestingly, I reside at Oxford Street and have lived there for the 34 years of my life. On one occasion years ago, I noticed some persons who appeared to be tourists, walking along Oxford Street and staring around as if they were searching for something. “When I asked if …
Read More »Daly Bread: So much of nothing; a week of ‘Blame Game’ from Hinds/Ramdial to Rowley/Archie
“With so much of everything how do we leave with nothing?” This question is asked in a multi layered (adults only) song called the ‘Blame Game’, a collaboration between John Legend and Kanye West, released in 2010. I came across this last Sunday on one of those Sunday mornings when …
Read More »T&T U-15s lose 3-0 to Costa Rica, Wilson misses penalty in Concacaf opener
The Trinidad and Tobago Boys National Under-15 Team opened their Concacaf Championship campaign this morning with a 3-0 loss to Costa Rica at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Costa Rica scored all three goals in the opening 20 minutes and, although the Elite Team was able to subsequently stem …
Read More »Crowne: Archie’s Kobayashi Maru; why Chief Justice should resign
Should the Chief Justice Resign? Yes, but not for the reasons you think. To date I have opposed the referral of the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago’s (LATT’s) report to the Prime Minister and I have also supported the Prime Minister’s decision to not refer that report to President. …
Read More »Dear Editor: Why Oxford Street to Kwame Ture? Why not a First Peoples or East Indian name?
“I have noted that the Deputy Mayor of Port of Spain Hillan Morean told an Emancipation Day audience that the Port of Spain City Corporation plans to rename Oxford Street after Kwame Ture, Trinidad-born Pan-African activist. “[…] Why change to mainly African names and not equally to the First Peoples, …
Read More »Play Ascension Rd 3 (Video): Wired868 looks at upcoming fixtures and reviews Round Three
Can anyone stop Defence Force? The Army/Coast Guard combination roll into Serpentine Road from 4pm on Sunday to face QPCC FC and the ‘Parkites’ have a real fight on their hands if they are to get anything out of the Ascension Invitational fixture. Pro League heavyweights, Defence Force, are yet …
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