“Hey, I ent send you out there to beat you know!” Trendsetter Hawks technical director Anthony “Dada” Wickham admonished young winger Zion Harley. Harley blushed and lowered his head slightly by means of apology. An attack was on but Harley couldn’t resist slowing down to dribble just one more QPCC FA …
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How pro-active approach to marijuana can offer big boost for T&T tourism and agriculture
“If we were to go all the way and legalise marijuana for both medicinal and recreational purposes, think about the effects it could have on boosting and differentiating our basically still-born tourism product… The potential to revitalise the local economies of rural villages hardest hit by our recession is obvious. …
Read More »Daly, Dumas troubled by revelations on magistrate Quinlan-Williams, Carmona and JLSC
“[Avason Quinlan-Williams] has very recently been appointed a High Court judge and we are absolutely satisfied that the public interest requires that the determination of the disciplinary tribunal be released, so that the public can be assured of the propriety of the appointment of Mrs Quinlan-Williams to the office of …
Read More »San Juan survive! SSFL members defy executive and standings to keep Bourg boys in top flight
On the same day that the new Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) executive committee unveiled its fixtures for the 2017 season came a decision that will force a do-over. San Juan North Secondary are back in the Premier Division, despite the drawn out process of their relegation from the top …
Read More »Cibao put Central FC on alert with Jekyll and Hyde showing; Portmore KO Racing Club
Well, that was interesting. Trinidad and Tobago Pro League teams, Central FC and San Juan Jabloteh, had their own way for the opening double header of the Caribbean Club Championship’s final group stage on Sunday night. But Jamaica’s Portmore United and the Dominican Republic’s Cibao FC did just enough to …
Read More »AV ROOM: Will the Brian Lara Stadium survive the curse of politicians’ egos?
Those who have read CLR James’ Beyond a Boundary will be all too familiar with Matthew Bondman. James describes Bondman on the second page so that the name is likely to have been encountered even by those who did not get very far into the famous book. The Bondman description reads in part …
Read More »Lawrence takes home-based players to Colorado on 23 May, T&T finalise USA preparation
The Pro League will kick off without its marquee Trinidad and Tobago international players as Soca Warriors head coach Dennis Lawrence got the green light to take a home-based squad to Colorado on 23 May to prepare for next month’s 2018 World Cup qualifier away to the United States. The …
Read More »Marcano magic motors Central; Nathan doing as Jabloteh triumph in CFU opener
Central FC and San Juan Jabloteh started their respective 2017 Caribbean Club Championship final group stage campaigns with comfortable wins over Antigua’s Grenades FC and Haiti’s Racing Club FC respectively at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain last night. Central conceded first but roared back to win 3-1 …
Read More »Not even a little beg pardon?! Daly hits arrogance of blundering T&T bodies
My deceased mother, Celia, had a number of priceless expressions. Many of them applied to persons who got “too big for their boots.” Getting too big for your own boots could be a gradual process. When it happened overnight she discerned that it was an immediate attack of “position-itis”—a condition …
Read More »Crowne: Govt’s Property Tax Act is unconstitutional and will fail in court
“The Constitution does […] permit laws to infringe constitutionally protected rights. Such laws must be ‘reasonably justifiable’ and passed with a special majority… “The Property Tax Act, however, was passed with a simple majority. It cannot benefit from this Constitutional exception.” The following Letter to the Editor regarding the legality of the …
Read More »Day in the life of a loans officer: I have to find $15 million a year for bank; or else
“I feel great satisfaction when I get difficult applications approved for customers who are in tough situations and really need the help. I had a client who brought a market bag filled with provision and also her whole family to introduce them to me after. She was so happy.” Wired868 …
Read More »Daly: Seven questions for JLSC; why body cannot escape its failures in Ayers-Caesar appointment
The statement issued on Tuesday by the JLSC is little more than a confession that it failed to do independent due diligence of its own and was duped as a consequence. This is obvious from the core defence of the JLSC that: Reasonable due diligence is satisfied by seeking an assurance that …
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