The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team looks set to start life under Italian coach Carolina Morace without three of their most gifted attacking players, after former captain Maylee Attin-Johnson and star attacker Kennya “Yaya” Cordner were both suspended following issues with the national head coach over the weekend. Attin-Johnson …
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Stern rejoins Warriors; grateful for support after death of teenaged daughter, Nikela
Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team assistant coach Stern John has issued a note of gratitude to all persons who extended their condolences and support for him as he grieved over the untimely death of his daughter, Nikela John. Nikela, a 19-year-old COSTAATT student, passed away suddenly at her Cunupia …
Read More »Scary Shamfa! Ex-FITUN official Akins Vidale on the iron fist inside the TDC glove
I can still remember the accolades coming in from many quarters for the impressive PNM candidate for Tobago West in the 2015 General Election. I refer, of course, to Shamfa Cudjoe. It took one short month in office for the newly appointed Minister of Tourism to declare to the Parliament …
Read More »Taking a long, hard look: Daly explains why courts can’t save us without better policing
I suppose one can admire the zeal with which the Attorney General, Mr Faris Al Rawi, pursues his causes in the Parliament. Likewise, members of the Opposition have made a number of valid points concerning legislation brought before the Parliament recently. It would of course be more palatable if both …
Read More »Pen in school, Minister Garcia? Best honours brother who fathered the writer in him
I couldn’t believe my ears. Had the radio just said that the Minister of Education was planning to start instruction in panmanship in the nation’s schools? Had someone finally seen the light after all these years, just as the Lloyd Best Institute of the West Indies was launching a week-long …
Read More »Letter to the Editor: Is T&T cursed by our horsemen of the Apo-calypso?
“How else can one explain our two honourable Houses of Parliament, Upper and Lower, that seem to be ordained never, like East and West, to meet? “Where parliamentarians and some senators too seem to spend more time in the highest courts of the land trying to embarrass one another, to …
Read More »Kenwyne and Molino head T&T’s foreign-based contingent for upcoming WCQs
Former Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team captain and Atlanta United FC forward Kenwyne Jones and Minnesota United midfield ace Kevin Molino are both set to return to international action next week, after being named in a 26-man squad to face Panama and Mexico in Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying action …
Read More »Why the TTFA’s self-serving, classless behaviour remains the Warriors’ biggest hurdle
One of the most memorable incidents of Dennis Lawrence’s debut as a head coach for the Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team came before kick off against Barbados at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva on Friday 10 March 2017. As Lawrence prepared to make his international bow at the …
Read More »Letter to the Editor: Carnival, Panorama and ketching the spirit
“You don’t have to be an expert to realize that Panorama pieces are saturated with arrangers’ attempts to evoke certain emotions in the listening audience, which, in turn, are designed to elicit particular responses… “Successfully executed and then terminated with a flourish, these figures often have the effect of making …
Read More »Women Warriors host Venezuela on 26-29 March; T&T play four internationals in six days
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) will stage four international matches in just five days, as the local football body confirmed that the Women’s National Senior Team will host Venezuela in exhibition games on 26 and 29 March respectively at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The two fixtures—which …
Read More »Farewell Mrs Officer: How many murders will it take to puncture T&T’s self-delusion?
“I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.” SE Hinton, The Outsiders. Somewhere in Trinidad and Tobago, there is likely to be a high powered national security meeting going on right now. But it will have little to do with catching the killer of WPC Nyasha …
Read More »Rio (w)rap II: TTOC boss on missing chef de mission, Dick, Ato’s advice and Vision 2024
“Okay, so if Brian Lewis is an idiot and an A-hole and 10 golds by 2024 is pie-in-the-sky, then is it two bronze medals by 2024? Is it twelve finalists by 2024? Is it no medals by 2024? “Surely, whether it’s one cent or a million spent, we must have …
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