The Trinidad and Tobago national senior football team is anticipating an exciting start to 2013 as the “Soca Warriors”, according to a source, are closing in on international friendlies against Peru and South Korea in February and March respectively. The Warriors hope to host Peru in Port of Spain on …
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T&TEC raises the voltage with Central FC tie
Welcome back, T&TEC FC. Five months and nine games into the 2012/13 Digicel Pro League season, the “Electricity Boys” finally decided to show up yesterday as they raised the voltage to claim a 1-1 draw against rookie team Central FC at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva. Fashionably late? Last season, …
Read More »Soldiers rout Caledonia to surge clear
The 2012/13 Digicel Pro League football season is barely at the halfway mark this weekend. And yet there could be no questioning the right of the Defence Force team to hold the ultimate prize. Not anymore. At the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva last night, the army/coast guard combination sent …
Read More »Connection and Jan-Michael agree amicable split
There will be no reconciliation for defending Pro League champion football club DIRECTV W Connection and its former team captain and custodian Jan-Michael Williams. But there will be no more accusations from the two parties either. W Connection chairman David John Williams and his namesake and former employee, Williams—the two …
Read More »Soca stars uncover indentured labour racket
Trinidad and Tobago soca stars Ian “Bunji Garlin” Alvarez and Fay Ann Lyons-Alvarez might have executed a daring daylight escape from indentured servitude yesterday, right in the land of their birth. Locals might have heard of the alleged labour racket by another name. Caribbean Prestige Foundation (CPF) chairman William Munro …
Read More »Tobago Love: PM’s hubby cracks a funny
“Take my wife… Please!” It is one of the most memorable one-liners of the 1960s and was a catchphrase for late British-American comic Henny Youngman. However, Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar believes her husband, Gregory Bissessar, had only the best intentions when he asked her to stay in …
Read More »Bureaucratic Not-So-Flash Gordon ready to probe Ashworth’s mansion
The Integrity Commission has finally agreed to investigate TOP leader Ashworth Jack’s “nice house” after a 16-month delay since THA field liaison officer Moses Thomas initially asked the body to look into the matter. Integrity Commission chairman Ken “Absolutely-Not-Flash” Gordon told the Trinidad Express that Thomas’ report did not satisfy …
Read More »T&TFF FA Trophy farce; clubs compete for no prize money
The four Pro League teams still active in the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) FA Trophy competition were stunned yesterday to discover that there will be no financial reward for their efforts in this year’s competition. North East Stars, T&TEC FC and Central FC are already into the semifinal …
Read More »Major TTFF changes afoot; Muhammad tipped to return
Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) president Raymond Tim Kee told Wired868.com on the weekend that the local football fraternity should expect “major changes” in February. However, Tim Kee stopped short of saying whether general secretary Richard Groden would be replaced or if, as rumoured, ex-national team manager David Muhammad …
Read More »Ashworth treats Tobago to PP politics
TOP leader Ashworth Jack, the hero of pumpkin and cucumber farmers worldwide, yesterday gave more information on his controversial mansion to Tobago voters. Jack, who is vying for the post of THA Chief Secretary, revealed that it was a “nice house” and far superior to anything that Orville London and …
Read More »Lion cubs draw record crowd; Pro League club tries to poach them
A trio of lion cubs drew a record crowd at the Emperor Valley Zoo in Port of Spain on Sunday as an estimated 10,000 persons came out to see Mufasa, Scar and Kovu, who flew to Trinidad last week from Texas, US. The crowd created a massive traffic pile-up as …
Read More »Controversial autopsies and an impending GESTAPO
Scene: Office of the Minister of National Security Phone rings. Jack Warner: “Good morning, President of Trinidad and Tobago speaking.” Fuad Khan: “Erm, sorry, I meant to call Minister Warner.” Warner: “Oh, yes, sorry. Warner speaking.” Khan: “Jack, it’s Fuad. Did you say you were the President?” Warner: “No, no. …
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