Former Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team captain and Hall of Fame inductee Sedley Joseph passed away today at the age of 80. Joseph had been ailing for some time with his kidneys. A former St Mary’s College and Maple midfielder, Joseph was considered one of the giants of …

Trinidad and Tobago has one new confirmed case of Covid-19. The infected person was revealed, according to Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh, to be one from a family of three who recently returned to the country and was quarantined at the TTFA Home of Football Wellness Centre in Couva. The …

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Haitian Football Federation (FHF) president Yves Jean-Bart was provisionally suspended by Fifa today for 90 days, due to allegations of sexual abuse against minors at Haiti’s national training centre—which was first unearthed last month by the UK Guardian newspaper. The 72-year-old Jean-Bart, who is nicknamed ‘Dadou’, was one of several …

Trinidad and Tobago Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith honoured a civilian, Kevon Neptune, today for his ‘selfless act of kindness’ in rushing to the aid of a police officer after an accident in El Socorro, two months ago. But there was a negative note to the proceedings as Griffith suggested …

The Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA) will ask Minister of Education Anthony Garcia to propose the postponement of the CSEC/Cape examinations until no earlier than four weeks after the re-commencement of school in September. The decision was taken at a TTUTA General Council meeting, which was held virtually …

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) will benefit from a US$750,000 (TT$5.1 million) grant to assist its regional health response to the Covid-19 pandemic, after the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a payment for that purpose. The grant was financed by the IDB Japan Special Fund, which was established by …

“[…] While international media is the top source for information on the outbreak, the public also places focus on local television channels, and government websites. Locally, government sources take precedence, with the Ministry of Health being considered the most trustworthy source. “[…] Despite the fear and concern for economic well-being, there is …

Robert Hadad, chairman of the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee, described the local game as being ‘in a disorganised, deranged place’ but suggested he is the man to ‘fix’ it, during an online meeting with national football team technical staff members that lasted just over half hour last night. Hadad was installed …

Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith has warned citizens that lawmen have the authority to enter their homes without warrants, through section 133 of the Public Health Ordinance. The clause, according to Griffith, gives police to right to ‘enter any land or building to save lives’. The Trinidad and Tobago Police …

The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service arrested 16 persons this morning under the Public Health (2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-Cov) Regulations, in what was described as a ‘Covid-19 quarantine party’ at the Alicia’s Guest House in Cascade. The arrests were made at around 12.30am. Half of the persons held were Venezuelan—seven …

Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith described the Ministry of National Security’s latest initiative, which will put security guards from four firms into residential neighbourhoods, as a state-sponsored ‘community watch’. This afternoon, a National Security release declared that the government has hired four private security firms to ‘provide mobile security patrol …