Former Oropouche West MP Stacy Roopnarine has been announced as ex-Minister of Trade Vasant Bharath’s “Deputy” at the upcoming UNC internal elections on December 5. There has been no comment yet from Mrs Bharath although Mr Live Wire was unreliably informed that Nicole Dyer-Griffith phoned her to offer support and …
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Referee Gregory Lewis faced an inquisition from WASA players, technical staff members and supporters at the final whistle this evening, as Guaya United benefited from a late free kick to clinch a 3-1 win over the “Water Boys” in an eventful CNG National Super League (NSL) Premiership Division affair in …
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A second half double by Trinidad and Tobago’s all-time leading goal scorer Stern John was not enough to prevent Saddle Hill Hotspur from slipping to its second straight 4-3 defeat in National Super League (NSL) Championship Division action last night. John, who was a key member in T&T’s 2006 World …
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“Ay, rasta, wham?” What laudable restraint! What admirable self-control! Having waited, according to the Trinidad Express’ Alexander Bruzual, all day to see Ricardo Jerome, the 36-year-old man accused of assaulting Ruth Marchan (not the former LifeSport director) in a bar, a woman grabbed him—presumably not by the scruff of the …
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The “Soca Warriors” landed in Guatemala City this afternoon with some butterflies in their stomach as they prepare to finally kick off their Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign from 9.06 pm on Friday against hosts, Guatemala. Trinidad and Tobago whipped Guatemala 3-1 at the July 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup …
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Is Trinidad and Tobago’s supply line of top goalkeepers drawing to a close? “Soca Warriors” custodians Jan-Michael Williams and Marvin Phillip and goalkeeping coach Michael Maurice discuss life between the uprights and the secrets of the trade, as they prepare for the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign: More from …
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The following are this week’s fixtures for the various Trinidad and Tobago football competitions covered by Wired868: Wednesday November 11 (Central Intercol) Presentation (Chaguanas) v Tabaquite, 3.30 pm, Presentation; Couva East v Miracle Ministries, 3.30 pm, Couva East; Chaguanas North v ASJA Boys, 3.30 pm, New Settlement; (CNG NSL Championship …
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Play Whe San Juan Jabloteh rounded off the Toyota Classic Round of 16 yesterday evening with a 7-0 mauling of Marabella Family Crisis Centre, as the National Super League (NSL) teams continued to struggle in the knock out competition. Adrian Reid and Nathan Lewis both notched doubles for Jabloteh while …
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“I didn’t expect to play (against Sweden at the 2006 World Cup) and, when the red card occurred,” former Trinidad and Tobago World Cup player and stand-out Cornell Glen told Wired868, “I thought we would go on to lose by about four or five goals because they were bombarding us. …
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The UNC leadership contest is boiling. Ostensibly the challenge to the political leadership of Kamla Persad-Bissesar is a revolt against her running the losing election 2015 campaign in which the party lost Government as “a one person show.” There is nothing odd about a member of a political party challenging …
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I cannot understand the national outrage over the video posted on the Internet that shows several Trinidadian Islamic “jihadists” somewhere in Syria, dressed in combat gear, firing rifles on what appears to be a range, and inviting their Muslim brethren to join them in holy battle in “Hijra”, wherever that …
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The Lotto, an economics teacher friend of mine has long insisted to me, is nothing but “a regressive tax on black people.” That’s probably also true of Play Whe, Pick Two, Pick Four and Scratch and, indeed, the National Lotteries Control Board’s whole range of online games. And not being …
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