MP Dr Roodal Moonilal: “[…] I was of the view that, if true, this assistance rendered [by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley] to the regime of Nicolas Maduro… was an affront to the community of free nations and further posed a risk that Trinidad and Tobago could be met with …
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Noble: Faith and Science are two sides of same coin, both can help combat Covid-19
The great uncertainty of the impact of the Covid-19 disease wreaks fear and doubt in many. In a world that longs for certainty, we have met our match. For much of our human history, we have thought of the future as ‘a terrifyingly unknowable blur’. More lately, full of increasing …
Read More »Hadad: “I’m here to fix the game of football”; Fifa-appointee talks to TTFA coaches
Robert Hadad, chairman of the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee, described the local game as being ‘in a disorganised, deranged place’ but suggested he is the man to ‘fix’ it, during an online meeting with national football team technical staff members that lasted just over half hour last night. Hadad was installed …
Read More »Raffique Shah: ‘Black power’ and Indians; when flowering racial unity sparked a revolution
The following column was written by Raffique Shah on 9 June 2000: IN 1970, I was the only Indian officer in the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment. I was also the youngest officer, having graduated from Sandhurst in July 1966, some four months after I had turned 20. When I returned …
Read More »Baldeosingh: Black Power’s gains were overstated
“[…] Another key claim that NJAC always makes is that, because of Black Power, banks were forced into hiring non-white persons. It is true that, after the 1970 protests, banks did diversify their hiring practices. But […] this was just an acceleration of a process that had already started…” In …
Read More »Wallace to FCB: Who named you arbiter? TTFA president threatens bank and clashes with Hadad again
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace has threatened legal action against First Citizens Bank and dismissed complaints by Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad, as the besieged administrator adopted a more combative public tone today. On Monday, Hadad stated, on the TTFA’s website, that he was the …
Read More »Hart moves on TTFA, local body gets two week deadline to satisfy TT$5 million debt
Former Soca Warriors head coach Stephen Hart has given the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) two weeks to find the US$742,444 (TT$5 million) owed to him for unpaid salaries and breach of contract. Should the TTFA fail to satisfy Hart, the Canada-based coach has threatened to levy against the …
Read More »Gilkes: Thank god Raffique was a dreamer; Commissioner missed the 1970 elephant—clean
The letter penned by the Commissioner of Police condemning the valorising of the army mutineers of 1970 brought to the surface several important issues. One such issue is the fact that, even in tiny countries like this one, it is entirely possible to live in an insulated space with little …
Read More »FCB rules on Wallace/Hadad tussle for TTFA account and opts for: ‘none of the above’!
Even if Fifa parks US$2.5 million (TT$16.9 million), which represents its annual subvention plus Covid-19 relief money, into the bank account of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) tomorrow, it could be weeks or even months before it gets to the local body’s unpaid technical staff and office employees. …
Read More »Don’t use the TTFA letterhead! Hadad threatens Wallace with legal action
Normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad has fired back at Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) William Wallace over his use of the local football body’s letterhead today, as confusion continues to engulf the sport here. This morning, Wallace sent a letter to the TTFA’s 37-odd technical staff members and dozen …
Read More »An ‘exceptionally difficult’ year! Imbert on salary grants, public aid and ‘recalibrated’ budget
“[…] Trinidad and Tobago is not only impacted by the economic consequences of Covid-19; but as an oil-and-gas exporting country, the economic, financial and social consequences have been further compounded by the dramatic drop in oil and gas prices. The worldwide demand for crude oil has crashed in the context …
Read More »Wallace: TTFA will pay unpaid staff as soon as we get Fifa money, besieged president offers ‘peace of mind’
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace assured administrative and coaching staff members today that they will be paid outstanding monies soon, once the local football is in ‘receipt of the monies from Fifa’. Wallace’s letter was his first official communique to staff since Fifa announced that he …
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