Former Women’s League of Football (WoLF) general secretary and Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) board member Jamiyla Muhammad has passed away from cancer. She is believed to have battled the disease for over a year. Muhammad’s loss compounds a grief-laden year for WoLF, which lost competitions secretary Claire George …

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s first general meeting under the Robert Hadad-led normalisation committee passed without rancour today but with few questions answered. A TTFA press statement this evening said that ‘many of the issues were addressed’ but did not identify any. It listed some matters that were ‘still …

If any of the emails, releases and obviously planted stories circulating within the last 36 hours have any substratum of fact, then the fact of interference in the selection process for a new commissioner of police and now apparent interference in the attempts to settle the attendant litigation seem confirmed. …

“[…] The Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) and the Archdiocese’s Ministry for Migrants and Refugees (AMMR) call upon the society of Trinidad and Tobago to come together in the spirit of community and counter xenophobic thoughts and actions so that we may best ‘welcome, protect, promote and integrate’ the …

“[…] Foremost among the policies now obviously in need of desperate reform would be that of the fitness standards.  “As numerous former players have suggested, the duplicity of allowing some players to be granted fitness exemptions while others are deemed to have failed to meet the required standards has to …

The manipulations of the appointment of a commissioner of police (CoP) consequent upon the expiry of the term of office of Gary Griffith are now out in the open and in the court. The court may provide such enlightenment as may be necessary concerning the character of employment governed by …

(Scene: A private room. A mainstream reporter, whose identity has been protected to avoid her being trolled half to death, vents to Mr Live Wire.) Mainstream Reporter: […] So I’ve had it up to here with this narcissistic, thin-skinned, empty-headed, all flash and no substance, fountain of made-up information, skin-teeth …

‘Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.’ These words of Nelson Mandela should resonate as we approach our upcoming budget debate. A national budget is more than an economic forecast; it is a declaration about …

“[Joe Young] was in his 30s when he led the bus strike that changed the nation, and when he spoke at the funeral of Basil Davis, one of the revolutionaries killed in 1970. “As a young person he was making real change, not just for himself but for a large …

Renowned cricket commentator Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira on his journey from a Guyana farm-boy to a globe-trotting journalist, the golden era of West Indies cricket, the slow death of the regional four-day game, and his endearing respect for legendary West Indies fast power and cricket analyst Michael Holding. Subscribe for free …

In Group 1 of the Super 12’s, Australia, England and South Africa await. When the 2021 edition of the ICC World Cup eventually bowls off in the UAE and Oman in mid-October, those three will lead the attempt to knock the crown off the head of Kieron Pollard’s defending champions. …

When long holiday reach, yet ah certain fellah breaking his neck to get to work—dem is people to watch; When yuh killing yuhself for big ‘acting’ title but can’t even ‘act’ like a half-decent human-being most of the time—dem is people to watch; When the same MP who cried political …