The Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) Board voted unanimously last night to hold a virtual election for the post of president on Sunday 6 December, according to a board release signed by general secretary Peter Thomas. Their last attempt to fill the position was scuppered by interim president Jameson …
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NCRHA: we’re pleased to have Mr Bissoondath’s confidence, over 6,250 surgeries since pandemic
“[…] The NCRHA is seeking to engage Mr [Brian] Bissoondath in a complex restorative abdominal surgery. As a post cardiac surgery patient, his procedure is an even more risky endeavour. “[…] During the Covid-19 lockdown, the NCRHA has provided over 6,250 surgeries…” The following press statement was submitted to Wired868 …
Read More »Dear editor: Hadad should forget Pro League and focus on Fifa mandate of TTFA debt
“[…] Mr Robert Hadad is seeming to fall in the same footsteps of Mr David John Williams and Mr William Wallace in shelving the most prestigious and longstanding football tournament, which is under the purview of the TTFA, while chasing a very costly league at this time—noting fully well the …
Read More »Ford: why Olympic track star, Dr Cliff Bertrand, represents the best of Arima sport
“[…] Like Shelly [Gomes], let’s all sing our praises in memory of another great native of Arima, Dr Cliff Bertrand, trusting that his death will not be forgotten but instead bring about a rebirth of sports in the only Royal Chartered Borough in Trinidad and Tobago…” The following Letter to …
Read More »Dr Hinds: we’re not close to end of the tunnel; 12 dead and 977 new Covid cases in November
Trinidad and Tobago closes November with 12 deaths and 977 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. This total is an improvement from October, which had 1,161 confirmed cases and 31 deaths. The total number of active cases is now 778. In November, there were two spikes in the number of …
Read More »US sanctions China tech firm that provides Venezuela’s internet, reaffirms Guaidó support
“[…] With this latest action, the United States reaffirms its commitment to promoting accountability for all those complicit in the illegitimate Maduro regime’s efforts to undermine democracy…” The following release from US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, reveals sanctions against Chinese company, CEIEC, which is allegedly responsible for 70 percent …
Read More »TTSL Board: Interim president, Jameson Rigues, is on ‘a sad and destructive path’
“[…] Mr [Jameson] Rigues has refused to recognise and accept the collective authority and decision making of the Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) Board and has repeatedly undertaken unilateral actions that disregard the League’s by-laws and the TTSL Board…” The following is a press statement from the Trinidad and …
Read More »Coaches association meets SSFL coaches, TTSL and WoLF next
The following is a press statement from the National Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (NFCTT): The National Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (NFCTT) continued its town hall-styled meetings on Saturday 28th November 2020. The guests of this meeting were the Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Premier Division coaches. …
Read More »‘Worse than DJW!’ Rigues aborts elections in ill-tempered AGM, TTSL board sets new date
The Trinidad and Tobago Super League’s 14 active member clubs were meant to choose their new president today from either of two candidates: Guaya United manager Jameson Rigues and UTT FC head coach Clayton Morris. Instead, by all accounts, chaos reigned in an ill-tempered meeting before Rigues, who is also …
Read More »Daly Bread: Is there a real distinction between a ‘zesser’ party and a ‘pool’ party?
Last week, Natalee Legore, the host of Morning Brew, spoke for many when she stated: ‘we are not very clear as to why the police is able to take action in certain circumstances where people are gathered and not in others’. It seems, she said, ‘that what is public and …
Read More »Dear Editor: Young not ashamed of treatment of Venezuela children? He has skin like ‘crapaud leather’?
“[…] The children were treated in a cruel, inhumane and unusual way. It is utterly ridiculous for Stuart Young to pull some verbal sleight of hand, arguing that they were ‘escorted’ and not ‘deported’…” The following Letter to the Editor on the deportation of 16 Venezuelan children was submitted to …
Read More »Hart: A happy Wanderer, why I kept Garcia and ‘Ramps’, and how to turn around T&T football
In the maiden Canada Premier League (CPL) season in 2019, Trinidad and Tobago coach Stephen Hart finished bottom of the table with his HFX Wanderers outfit. The turnaround in 2020 could not be much more profound, as the Wanderers roared to second place, with what the CPL media described as …
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