“The assets of Heritage are in a bad way… Years of poor maintenance has taken its toll. “[…] The recent rupture of tank no 27 in Point Fortin during pressure testing and the resultant flow into surrounding areas of 600,000 gallons of water and some hydrocarbon residue, causing respiratory problems …
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Dear editor: Aquatics injustice! ASATT prioritises swimming to water polo’s detriment
“[…] How is it that a national team of one discipline has to pay to use the facility, while another discipline’s national team, under the same federation, has no cost? “[…] There is probably nothing more heart breaking for water polo players and parents than to see the Minister of …
Read More »Noble: Does chanting constitute ‘rioting’? How Griffith and TTPS failed BLM protesters
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James Baldwin. We can ignore what we faced on 8 June in the Queen’s Park Savannah or face it and propose to change it. Late that evening, a video surfaced of a police …
Read More »Griffith: Only dinosaurs don’t back Fenwick and think they know Covid laws better than me
“The identical training programme for our national team—having them train in pockets, etc—is being conducted by almost every English Premier League team, as is being done by [Terry] Fenwick; and the restrictions were similar. “Likewise, other national teams in Concacaf have also commenced such training, as they want to have …
Read More »TTPS probe ‘cap snatching’ incident at TTBLM protest and will consider charges
“An investigation has been launched into an incident at the Queen’s Park Savannah last Monday in which the cap of a police officer was snatched by a civilian. “A formal report was made by the police officer, who is attached to the Municipal Police Department…” The following statement related to …
Read More »Wallace: We are trying to ‘rectify error’; TTFA president tries to explain secret Fenwick contract
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace admitted today that he legally bound the local football body to terms with Men’s National Senior Team head coach Terry Fenwick that were not agreed to by his board. Wallace, who is chairman of the TTFA’s Board of Directors, said he …
Read More »Demming: #TTBLM protesters suggest bright future for T&T, but TTPS was provocative
When the crowd took a knee and held it in silence for nine minutes, I knew I was amidst a sea of young persons who were sending a message that the time for change is now. The #ttblm movement gathered peacefully in the Queen’s Park Savannah, chanted and spoke their …
Read More »Fifa changes attorneys for TTFA case; Hamel-Smith SC replaces Denbow SC
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has made a substitution. It will be Christopher Hamel-Smith SC and not Dr Claude Denbow SC who will represent the world governing body in its case against the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) at the Port of Spain High Court. Fifa chief legal and compliance …
Read More »“His choice of passes was one of the best I’ve seen!” Remembering the ‘pass-master’ Sedley Joseph
“I never saw Sedley [Joseph] in the middle of a problem as a player, and as manager he was even better…” “Sometimes a player might make an accurate pass but it wasn’t the best one—he would always see the best pass…” “Captain Sedley was the epitome of the essential gentleman: …
Read More »Fenwick restarts national training with Griffith’s blessing; but Look Loy and Ferguson slam exercise
Terry Fenwick started his tenure as Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach at the Police Barracks in St James today, with his first training session since he was hired last December; and the first for any national team under Covid-19 regulations and following the appointment of normalisation …
Read More »T&T Hall of Famer and former midfield general Sedley Joseph makes his last ‘pass’
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 …
Read More »‘There is a different feel…’ NJAC reviews global response to George Floyd killing
“[…] It is not that there haven’t been demonstrations and protests as a result of the killing of innocent black Americans before. That has been a part of America’s history. But analysts, commentators and activists all agree that this time there is something different. “There is a different feel—a different …
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