PNM general secretary Ashton Ford has accused the Opposition party, the United National Congress (UNC), of being anti-PNM rather than pro-country in his Letter to the Editor on the Opposition party’s failure to support the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The following is Ford’s full release: The United National …
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This week in football from 19-25 Sep: T&T U17s try to stay alive, SSFL and NSL action continue
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-17 Team will try to keep their India 2017 World Cup campaign alive as they tackle regional rivals, Jamaica, in a key Caribbean Football Union (CFU) fixture while St Anthony’s College, Shiva Boys Hindu College and Presentation College (San Fernando) try to stay ahead of …
Read More »T&T chess champ, Della-Marie, discharged but still comatose; family grateful for support
Trinidad and Tobago national chess champion and St Joseph’s Convent (Port of Spain) Della-Marie Walcott, 15, remains comatose after an operation to remove a brain tumour in January 2016. However, she has been discharged and taken home by her parents where she will continue to receive private nursing and home …
Read More »Pandemonium in Couva as T&T U-17s eke out comeback win over Bermuda; Latapy: Trust me
Ahh, Trinidad and Tobago footballers just love the drama. A sweetly-taken stoppage time item by striker Jaydon Prowell sent the Ato Boldon Stadium into raptures last night as the young Soca Warriors were able to complete a dramatic 3-2 comeback victory over Bermuda and keep their 2017 FIFA Men’s Under-17 …
Read More »Speedy sentence against evil work: Gov’t using ineffective plasters while crime soars
In last Sunday’s column, I sought to inject some reality into the discussions about what to do about violent crime. In the course of that column I referred yet again to the impunity with which murder and other crimes are committed and had a bit of a sardonic smile that …
Read More »Birthday boy Salandy blows out St Mary’s, as Westmoorings Tigers top SSFL
St Anthony’s College put in a clinical performance yesterday evening to leave St Mary’s College winless after four rounds of Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Premier Division action and firmly in a relegation battle, according to St Mary’s head coach Ryan Shim. The Westmoorings Tigers were more than worth their …
Read More »Total disrespect! Williams axes Pappy and Quinn for skipping T&T U-20 camp
Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team coach Brian Williams has refused to consider Shiva Boys Hindu College players Tyrel “Pappy” Emmanuel and Quinn Rodney for the Caribbean Cup finals, after rejecting their excuses for skipping an ongoing training camp in Guyana. Emmanuel and Rodney were selected on Williams’ 20-man team, which left …
Read More »Haiti overcome Immigration issues and weary legs to defeat T&T U-17s in World Cup qualifier
The aggregate score now reads Haiti 4, Trinidad and Tobago 1. The two Caribbean nations have now met five times at both senior and junior levels over the last three years. And, on all but one occasion, it was the French-speaking islanders who came out on top. The Trinidad and Tobago National …
Read More »T&T U20s edge Alpha; young Warriors face club team in Guyana instead
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team won their first warm-up match in Georgetown this afternoon. But it was against Guyanese club team, Alpha United, rather than the Guyana National Team, as initially suggested by a Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) release. W Connection midfielder Jabari Mitchell and Moses …
Read More »How the West was won: Live Wire on Chaguaramas controversy; and Faris’ Enquiry into Enquiry!
Trinidad and Tobago Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi looks set to create a new milestone for State idiocracy, wastage of funds and donkey logic, after suggesting that the Government is considering launching a Commission of Enquiry into a Commission of Enquiry. Trinidad and Tobago, we ent going to hell again. We …
Read More »Melee in Moka: Signal Hill overcome puzzling officiating to hold off East Mucurapo
The Secondary School Football League (SSFL) kicked off with great excitement as teams from around the country began their third round of matches in the Premier Division. Puzzling officiating, a game played on no one’s home ground and the exchange of mild off-field hostilities were some of the features of …
Read More »T&T U-20s travel to Guyana shorthanded; Shiva Boys aces “Pappy” and Quinn skip tour
As the Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team took off from the Piarco International Airport at 3:30pm for a seven-day training camp in Guyana, talented central midfielder Tyrel “Pappy” Emmanuel and dashing winger Quinn Rodney were preparing to face San Juan North Secondary in SSFL Premier Division action in Bourg …
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