Fifa was unfair to Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace and vice-presidents Clynt Taylor, Susan Joseph-Warrick and Sam Phillip—but we fraid to get ban. This, according to a few observers, was the prevailing mood at last night’s informal general meeting called by Wallace. The meeting, which was …
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Wallace’s last stand? Look Loy confirms that TTFA members will determine next step in Fifa fight
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s 47 member delegates will be allowed to vote for the immediate future of the organisation at tonight’s online Zoom meeting. Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) president Keith Look Loy, who is also part of the United TTFA slate that brought William Wallace to …
Read More »‘Let’s share our views…’ TTFA president invites delegates to meeting on eve of Fifa decision
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace has invited delegates of the local football body to an online meeting, on the eve of Fifa’s deadline to withdraw its case from the High Court. The summons was issued yesterday, via email, and the agenda read simply: ‘TTFA v FIFA …
Read More »DJW: ‘I’m a scapegoat…’ Ex-TTFA president continues Bassant rebuttals
Controversial former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams offered his second attempt at rebutting CNC3’s ‘TTFA’s Secret Trail to Panama’ investigative report today. The hour long feature, done by senior investigative journalist Mark Bassant on 10 September, alleged that John-Williams diverted football money to a secret Panamanian …
Read More »Covid counter: Health Ministry announces fifth death this weekend and 43rd in September
The Ministry of Health, this evening, announced its fifth Covid-19-related death for the weekend and its 43rd this month. The deceased patient was an elderly female with co-morbidities. She was Trinidad and Tobago’s 65th death since the onset of the novel coronavirus. There were also an additional 35 positive cases …
Read More »Daly Bread: Putting certain mouths into quarantine; and holding PSC accountable
Just before his very welcome elevation to the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Boodoosingh gave a decision on the Public Health Ordinance and the Coronavirus Regulations made under it. The importance of the decision was blurred by claims of who won or lost the case made by politicians interested in …
Read More »Covid counter: Four weekend deaths take September tally to 42
The Ministry of Health announced three more Covid-19-related fatalities this morning, which took the country’s death toll as a result of the novel coronavirus to four this weekend and 42 for the month of September. The deceased patients were described as one elderly male and two elderly females—all with co-morbidities. …
Read More »Covid tally: 202 new cases and one death today—39 fatalities this month
The Ministry of Health announced 202 new cases of the novel coronavirus today with another death. The deceased patient was described as an adult male with co-morbidities. Trinidad and Tobago has now had 3,853 positive cases of Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic from 25,932 unique patient tests. There …
Read More »MoH: T&T’s infection rate is declining, athletes’ special Covid risk and tennis exemption
Dr Avery Hinds, technical director of the Ministry of Health Epidemiological Division, said Trinidad and and Tobago’s infection rate appears to be on a downward trend, following a surge of Covid-19 cases in the second wave of the virus. Due to a backlog of cases, the public receives data on …
Read More »DJW disputes date in CNC3 report; Bassant: Doesn’t change crux of issue
Eight days after CNC3 aired an hour long investigative report on former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams entitled ‘TTFA’s Secret Panama Trail’, the controversial administrator has offered his first rebuttal. In one clip during the programme, CNC3 investigative journalist Mark Bassant told viewers: “Shipping sources say …
Read More »Little difference between Gomes and games; Best remembers Sheldon—his QRC teammate
When I told Sheldon Anthony Gomes that Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards had reminded me of him, his response was immediate. “He as good as you?” I had asked in jest. “Nah, skip,” he responded, “ten times better—at least!” Richards had singlehandedly run out three Australian batsmen in the 1975 World …
Read More »Fifa gives TTFA new ‘final deadline’ of 23 Sep, Hadad risks ‘contempt’ charge to relay it
Fifa has given the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) a new ‘final deadline’ of 23 September to ensure the withdrawal of its High Court case against the governing body. The latest threat was issued by Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura to Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad this morning …
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