Al Jazeera, a Qatari-owned television station, refused to air footage of a Toulouse gunman’s shooting spree, which included the murder of three children, out of respect for the victims, their family and the country and because the clips would add nothing new to the tragedy. Al Jazeera‘s move follows the …

The Trinidad Guardian shows headline writers how it is done with this clever title—which we recycled—that paid homage to a crushing 15-2 triumph for the Tobago-based Paradise hockey club against visiting Paragon in the boys’ under-19 division on the weekend. Wired868 wonders if the Sister Isle would be charged for …

Ex-solder Devorn Jorsling bit the hand that fed him on Sunday by scoring the lone goal as Caledonia AIA edged Defence Force 1-0 in the TTFF FA Trophy final at Marabella. Wired868 cannot confirm whether Caledonia received a trophy for their triumph or just a photograph of the “Soca Warriors” …

Opposition Leader Keith Rowley has called on AG Anand Ramlogan to show returns for $200 million spent in two years on private counsel and referred to him as “the caballero of the cabal.” The AG retorted that Rowley already had three defamation cases coming and there are more cases in …

The media has been filled recently with the battles between the Police Service Commission (PSC) and the present Commissioner of Police (COP). This blog does not pretend to care about this pappyshow but shall use it rather as a starting place to address the issue of academic consultancy and the …

… U-23s need win against Honduras   The Trinidad and Tobago national under-23 football team can still mathematically qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games but it would take a miraculous awakening against Honduras on Tuesday night. In California this evening, the young “Soca Warriors” again failed to match their …

… Unlucky seven for T&T Olympic hopefuls   Trinidad and Tobago’s 2012 London Olympic qualifying campaign got off to a dismal start last night in California as the Mexico Under-23 football team routed the young “Soca Warriors” 7-1 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Los Angeles. Los Angeles is …

Candice Worrell returned to her Couva home last weekend for the first time since the 29-year-old health and safety officer was brutally attacked by a still unidentified assailant outside her Jenexcon Engineering workplace in Montrose, Chaguanas on 20 January 2012. By Monday, she was back at the St James Medical …

Add fraud to the numerous allegations—many of them substantiated—made against Jack Warner, Minister of Works and Infrastructure and ex-FIFA Vice President, over the years. Accusations of corruption against Warner are nothing new. But the identity of Warner’s latest accuser might raise fresh questions about the Chaguanas West MP’s behavior during …

… Rochford and Joseph among six T&T exclusions   Trinidad and Tobago national football team coach Angus Eve selected his 20-man squad today who will aim to win a spot at the 2012 London Olympic Games. The twin-island republic has never competed at the Olympics in football. The national under-23 …

… One man against one million: the tale of Mario Goijman (Part One): Mario Goijman has spent the past decade stalked by debt and treachery. On the morning of Friday 15 March 2012, Goijman’s increasingly troubled existence almost came to a bloody end as a court-appointed marshall accompanied by a …

…Play the Game launches an appeal to FIVB and international sport on behalf of Mario Goijman, the Argentinian whistleblower, who must leave his house for good on Monday: The volatile situation of Argentine volleyball whistleblower Mario Goijman took a dramatic turn for the worse on Friday (March 16). That was …