Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley appeared to respond with sarcasm as Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith declared today that the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has closed investigations into the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Cambridge Analytica, a controversial now bankrupt British consultancy firm, were accused—by former employee turned whistleblower, Christopher …
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TTFA and FCB fail to settle differences, Wallace must take legal action to regain accounts
The next time that Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace interacts with the First Citizens Bank, it will likely be in a court room. The two parties agreed yesterday that only a judge could remedy their differences in a bizarre breakdown between client and service provider, which …
Read More »MSJ: Trinidad and Tobago must not let Fifa treat country like a ‘banana republic’; back the TTFA
“[…] Trinidad and Tobago is not a banana republic and Fifa must respect our laws. When the FBI recently investigated Fifa, it had to run for cover—so FIFA does not hold the moral high ground here…” The following press statement on Fifa’s decision to implement a normalisation committee in Trinidad …
Read More »MFO Covid-19 study: High satisfaction in gov’t and Health Ministry, less trust in media
“[…] While international media is the top source for information on the outbreak, the public also places focus on local television channels, and government websites. Locally, government sources take precedence, with the Ministry of Health being considered the most trustworthy source. “[…] Despite the fear and concern for economic well-being, there is …
Read More »With hurricane season set to follow pandemic, Caricom must find voice on climate change
The Caribbean Community Market (Caricom), established in 1973, is the oldest surviving integration movement in the developing world and its achievements along the way are many. Great strides have been made—particularly through functional cooperation in education, health, culture, security—and it is a respected voice in international affairs because of a …
Read More »TTFA website down as UK company complains of Hadad snub, Fifa-appointee retorts
“Error—not found.” The above message is the statement that greets fans and stakeholders on the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) website these days, as even the local sporting body’s online presence has fallen prey to the instability at the helm. It is five days now since the TTFA’s website …
Read More »St Christopher’s doubles gets green light, Griffith apologises for police intervention
The following press statement on police action against ‘The Original Fat Boy Doubles’ sold at the St Christopher’s Service Station and Massy Stores lunches was issued today by the Corporate Communications Unit of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS): Commissioner of Police, Gary Griffith, has offered an apology on …
Read More »Snitches get Yankee riches? Live Wire weighs in as Opposition goes ‘Full Moonie’
Some things can be difficult to comprehend. Take the scene at a shopping mall in Atlanta—just a week after stay at home orders were lifted in the Georgia capital and businesses encouraged to reopen—as hundreds of *cough cough* ‘urban youth’ cued up to purchase the new Air Jordan 5 sneakers. …
Read More »MSJ: ‘Backward and opportunistic!’ Kamla’s UNC is acting like T&T’s ‘fifth column’
“[…] It is the view of the MSJ that the UNC’s position makes them unfit for being the government of Trinidad and Tobago since they will turn us into a semi-client state of the US. We need not state the obvious—we pass the stage when we had a governor, long …
Read More »TTFA employee: Wallace conceded staff to Hadad, now hand over FCB account so they can be paid
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace has already relinquished control of his secretariat, according to an anonymous staff member, and should now do the ‘humane’ and ‘rational’ thing and concede the local football body’s bank accounts to the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee. The viewpoint was among several complaints …
Read More »Daly Bread: Gov’t must do more for ‘working poor’ who suffer most from pandemic
If anyone had cared to pay attention before Covid-19, they would know that life is a daily hustle for a significant number of citizens. These citizens have no employer and they are usually poor. There are also a significant number of citizens who have an employer but, in the absence …
Read More »World Press Freedom Day: Shrinking T&T media faces greatest challenge in Covid-19
“[…] The health crisis is exacerbating longstanding tensions between the institution of the free press and governments here and around the world. Authoritarian impulses, single-source information flow, privacy incursions, political polarisation, hostility towards the media and shrinking resources in the wake of Covid-19, which will further impoverish the quality of …
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