The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team are facing elimination from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifying series after just three matches, following a 4-1 loss to St Kitts and Nevis at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva this evening. The shock result means the Women Soca Warriors are third …
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TTSL 19 round-up: Big triumphs for UTT and Prisons while Giants and Matura also prevail
San Fernando Giants and UTT FC picked up where they left off at the Ascension Invitational Tournament with opening day wins in the 2019 Terminix Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) competition this weekend. Giants, who copped the Ascension Division Two title, held off Police FC 2-1 at the Mannie …
Read More »Noble: White Knights or Piranhas? Examining the Petrotrin sale
On 18 October 2018, almost one year ago, a doleful Mr Ancel Roget was pictured, in a photograph supplied by the OWTU, between two prospective partners, announcing their bid to acquire the Petrotrin assets. One company, Sunstone Equities, appeared from the news report to be a facilitator of government-private sector …
Read More »Daly Bread: Are the malls becoming crime hot spots? T&T’s state of anxiety is growing
Two ladies in the early afternoon—to which we refer colloquially as after lunch—park a vehicle in an area, not isolated from one of its entrances, and enter a shopping mall. An hour later, as they are exiting the mall, they see a man standing adjacent to their vehicle. They have …
Read More »Youth programme battles mental illness through sports
“Mental health and physical health are fundamentally linked. There are multiple associations between poor mental health and chronic physical conditions … so we are hoping that S.I.M. would be able to offer a refuge, which is a safe space to rebuild oneself, for those in schools and others. “ The …
Read More »SSFL 19: ‘Hulk’ smashes San Juan North, Presentation (San F’do) stay in title hunt
Presentation San Fernando’s 2-1-win condemned San Juan North to their fourth loss in seven games in Secondary School Football League (SSFL) round eight action at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium on Saturday. Ackeel Jacob was the match-winner with a fine goal in the second half to propel the south giants to …
Read More »Ascension Rd 11 (Video): Party time for ‘Army’, Rangers run riot in Phase 2 and San F’do’s giant blow
Party time for Defence Force as controversial ‘Bally’ strike prompts Morvant Caledonia AIA implosion, Ross Russell Jr makes Jabloteh see double as Terminix La Horquetta Rangers run riot in La Horquetta, and Yohannes Richardson lands knock out blow as San Fernando Giants stun Deportivo PF. Analyst Terry Fenwick and Vidia …
Read More »Salandy: Discrimination and abuse rampant in education system; and taxpayers are funding it
In 1999, Clivia Jones went to school with a modest cornrow hairstyle only to be told by the Corpus Christi principal to fix her hair or stay home. This story came to mind when I read of two recent incidents. The first was of a Port of Spain schoolteacher spewing …
Read More »MEDIA MONITOR: CPL cricket maths matter, mea culpa, ad nausea and missing Machel
People living in glass houses, we have heard over and over, have to careful bout pelting stone. As a long-time Wired868 contributor, I have made it a major mission of mine to monitor the media’s many mistakes. And my parents, teachers and multiple mentors—God rest all their souls—have made me …
Read More »Lawrence: ‘Mexico are phenomenal no matter what players they select’; T&T coach ‘proud’ of squad despite loss
Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team head coach Dennis Lawrence expressed pride in his outfit’s showing in Toluca last night, despite being comprehensively outplayed in a 2-0 loss to a youthful Mexico team. Mexico coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino selected 19 debutantes in his 24-man squad of local-based players to …
Read More »Dear Editor: Instead of attacking, Law Association should work with CJ
“It cannot be that judges must have the confidence of the local bar and without it, they must resign and/or be impeached. In fact, the Law Association, by so ferociously attacking the chief justice, only risk damaging the office and its own credibility in tandem. If they were to succeed …
Read More »Terminix confirmed as Pro League and Super League sponsors as Ferguson’s influence grows
Trinidad and Tobago’s two top tier domestic football competitions will kick off on 5 and 18 October respectively with Terminix Trinidad director Richard Ferguson playing a key role in both. Yesterday, Trinidad and Tobago Super League (TTSL) president Keith Look Loy unveiled plans for the third season of the second …
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