Social media lights up every time Dr Michelle Trotman speaks about Covid-19, although she admits that she is not a ‘Facebook person’. The authenticity with which she delivers is endearing at a time when our officials just don’t understand how to engage the population. Dr Trotman spoke to us with …
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Fifa puts DJW’s accountant, Patrick, in charge of TTFA, despite being subject of investigaton
Fifa has placed controversial Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) finance manager, Tyril Patrick, in charge of the local football body ‘until the normalisation committee has been put in place’—a decision that has further heightened suspicions within the fraternity. The governing football body belatedly informed the TTFA, via email today, …
Read More »T&T’s Covid-19 count climbs to seven; Health Ministry says all cases were imported
The Ministry of Health confirmed Trinidad and Tobago’s sixth and seventh cases of coronavirus Covid-19 today. Both cases, like the previous five, were declared to be imported. Trinidad and Tobago closes its borders at 12.01am on Wednesday, in an attempt to slow the rate of infection on the twin island …
Read More »‘Travesty of logic and justice’, ‘attempted coup’, ‘cover-up’: TTFA officials condemn Fifa intervention
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) stakeholders have slammed Fifa’s decision to implement a normalisation committee on the island and effectively nullify the football body’s election last November. Fifa, in a press release today, claimed that its fact-finding mission to Trinidad last month—done in conjunction with Concacaf—found ‘extremely low overall …
Read More »Fifa appoints normalisation committee in T&T, Wallace and VPs removed after three months
Fifa has disbanded the Board of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) with immediate effect and will appoint a normalisation committee on the island. The decision was made today by the Bureau of the Fifa Council in accordance with article 8.2 of the Fifa Statutes. Article 8.2 states simply …
Read More »Court allows Walkes to empty TTFA’s coffers, accounts to be unfrozen within days
Former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) technical director Kendall Walkes has the high court’s permission to empty the bank accounts of the local football body. Walkes got the green light yesterday after the TTFA’s accounts were frozen for close to a month as the result of a garnishee order …
Read More »Live Wire chronicles: Closed borders, price gouging and Bunji’s risk-ué adventure
By the time of writing, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, Health Minister Dr Deyalsingh, Finance Minister Colm Imbert, Labour Minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus, Communications Minister Donna Cox, National Security Minister Stuart Young and a small army of doctors have all faced the public, represented by their emissary, the media. And yet …
Read More »Covid-19 patient number five confirmed; 26-year-old man tests positive
The Ministry of Health confirmed Trinidad and Tobago’s fifth case of coronavirus Covid-19 today after a 26-year-old tested positive. His travel history was not divulged. The twin island republic got its first positive case last Friday, which was followed by three more confirmed patients over the weekend. Three of the …
Read More »Noble: The poor are more vulnerable to Covid-19; who will help them?
The pictures of shoppers at a leading membership warehouse store that emerged on social media capture the social divide in our society. Those fortunate ones can go mid-morning to stock up whatever is needed to prepare for the eventualities while others are tied to their place of work and unable …
Read More »Trinidad and Tobago unplugged: Rowley closes nation’s borders for 14 days; pubs to shut down
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced that Trinidad and Tobago will close its borders to all visitors for the next 14 days from midnight 17 March. Meanwhile, schools will remain closed until 20 April 2020. The decision, according to Rowley, is a first step to stop the twin-island republic …
Read More »PM condemns Persad-Bissessar for urging Ghana to ignore his energy advice
“What should be of great concern to all the decent right-thinking citizens of Trinidad and Tobago is whether there is no limit beneath which some persons not sink in their quest for political power even if it means destroying the wider national interest. “This is a serious question for the …
Read More »T&T now has four Covid-19 cases; NWRHA lists services that are and aren’t available to public
Trinidad and Tobago has two more confirmed cases of Covid-19. The Ministry of Health confirmed the additional positive findings tonight, which brings the total number of persons found to be carrying the coronavirus to four. No further information was offered regarding the age or sex of the patients, where they …
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