For the second time in two weeks, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) failed to reach a quorum for its extraordinary general meeting at Naparima College, San Fernando, which was meant to authorise its financial report so it could be forwarded to FIFA. It means the TTFA will now …

“I decided to give it one last go when track and field began getting rid of cheaters in my event,” Trinidad and Tobago women’s shot put champion, Cleopatra Borel, told Wired868. “I finished outside of the final in London [at the 2012 Olympic Games]. I was the first person outside …

Trinidad and Tobago Gymnastics Federation (TTGF) president David Marquez, first vice president Akil Wattley, second vice president Ricardo Lue Shue and his wife and assistant treasurer Donna Lue Shue will have to defend their controversial omission of 20 year national gymnast Thema Williams in a local courtroom. At just after …

Today is the 26th anniversary of that fateful day when, thanks to Yasin Abu Bakr and the other 114 insurrectionists, Trinidad and Tobago discovered, in the splendid words of David Rudder’s “Hosay,” “Uzi diplomacy (and) SLR love.” To mark the occasion, Wired868 presents an extract from Memoirs of a Jamaat Child, …

Part 1 of this column by Raffique Shah was published on Wired868 on Wednesday 20 July. Trinidad and Tobago, as a very inefficient producer of sugar, relying heavily on preferential prices for the commodity from Britain, and later the European Union, should have scaled back sugar production from the 1970s when …

Attorney Jonathan Bhagan, one of 30 signatories on a no confidence motion against Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) president Reginald Armour SC and vice-president Gerry Brooks, confirmed today that he was not misled into signing the controversial requisition by UNC Senator Wayne Sturge. “Mr Sturge did not attempt …

The welter of negative stories in the Trinidad and Tobago media has left a bad impression on the country from an outsider’s perspective. In this particular case, the outsider is former Soca Warriors goalkeeper and Trinidad and Tobago 2006 World Cup standout, Shaka Hislop. Speaking on the final day of …

Former Attorney General Anand Ramlogan was a no-show while UNC Senators Wayne Sturge and Gerald Ramdeen refused to defend their own requisition, as a no confidence motion in Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) president Reginald Armour SC and vice-president Gerry Brooks came to a crushing defeat at a special …

It is not uncommon for people to hear statements like “but it is a free country,” “I can do what I want” or “I have a right to my opinion.” But, in Trinidad and Tobago, we have a myth of free speech. If we think we can speak truth to …

Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) president Reginald Armour SC and vice-president Gerry Brooks will need the support of their membership to keep their respective positions, as they attempt to stave off a vote of no confidence instigated by a faction that includes former Attorney General Anand Ramlogan SC …

Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team captain Kenwyne Jones will spend the next five months in the local Pro League, after the former England Premier League forward agreed terms with defending champions, Central FC. The 31 year old forward, who recently signed for new United States Major League Soccer (MLS) …

Currently, as has happened in the past, race talk has surfaced in the aftermath of a change of Government. Part of the problem is the widespread use and abuse of statutory corporations and so-called state enterprises as the vessels through which illegitimate or corrupt activity flows. When an election is …