Richard Groden and Oliver Camps, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) general secretary and former president respectively, have been served for contempt of court after failing to sue former TTFF Special Advisor and Minister of Works and Infrastructure Jack Warner. Groden and Camps must respond in writing to the …
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Morton mourned by cricket world
Imran Khan, West Indies Cricket Board Corporate Communications Officer, wrote a moving summary of the late West Indies, Leeward Islands and Trinidad and Tobago cricketer Runako Morton. The best judgment of a man’s character is in his behavior when he feels that no one is watching. And Morton, according to …
Read More »OWTU files No Confidence in politicians
OWTU president-general Ancel Roget threatened withdrawal from the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) unless the MSJ left the “damn stupidness called the People’s Partnership.” The PNM’s effort to capitalise on the rift was breezily dismissed by Roget who told Dr Keith Rowley to save his help for himself. It arguably …
Read More »Griffith breaks speed barrier
Gary Griffth, the PM’s National Security Advisor, said he did not threaten Opposition MP Donna Cox during Friday’s no confidence motion debate or sprint up a flight of stairs to continue abusing her. Griffith countered that Cox cursed him as she went into an elevator on Level Two; the former …
Read More »Police Commissioner unites stakeholders
Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs, in a three-page release, disputed the Prime Minister and the Solicitor General’s assertion that he “procured” a light aircraft and also denied concerns raised by two PNM MP’s regarding his educational credentials and the cost of new police uniforms. Last week, Gibbs infuriated the Police Service …
Read More »Gutsy T&T U-17 women fail Mexican test
The Trinidad and Tobago national under-17 women’s footballers gave a disciplined, energetic performance this evening but it was not nearly enough as they fell 2-0 in their CONCACAF opener to Mexico at the Estadio Cementos Progreso in Guatemala City, Guatemala. It might sound pessimistic to start booking your return flight …
Read More »No Confidence Motion: Amery takes aim
Amery Browne delivers some short pitched ones as he accuses government of shielding drug dealers and makes reference of a Minister who defies a High Court order and carries on his business as usual. Browne isn’t one for the dramatics but, in his own way, he is starting to dish …
Read More »No Confidence Motion: Jack stands for integrity
Opposition Leader alleged that Works Minister Jack Warner lost his Transport portfolio after questioning a conflict of interest involving CAL Chairman George Nicholas. Wired868 believes it is the first time that Warner was on the right side of a conflict of interest charge. Keith Rowley called Nicholas’ stewardship the second …
Read More »No Confidence Motion: Moonilal locates PNM skeleton
Housing Minister Roodal Moonilal claimed that ex-Prime Minister Patrick Manning called the 2010 snap general elections after learning that six PNM MPs—supposedly led by the Opposition Leader—planned to vote against him on the then Opposition’s no confidence motion. Manning supposedly got wind of a clandestine meeting in Barbados between disgruntled …
Read More »No Confidence Motion: Moonilal sees dead people
Roodal Moonilal said Opposition Leader’s No Confidence Motion was dead on arrival but offered that even a corpse can aid a scientific discovery. Moonilal, who opened the batting for the government, asked if there would be another motion of no confidence if Reshmi Ramnarine changed her name again and criticised …
Read More »No Confidence Motion: Reshmi rebranded, reloaded And rehired
Opposition Leader Keith Rowley alleged in Parliament that former SSA head Reshmi Ramnarine signed a deed poll to effect a name change and is believed to be working for the government under the name, Sasha Ritma. Wired868 understands that the alias “Janice Thomas” was taken. More from Wired868 Live Wire: …
Read More »TTFF appoint national managers
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) today announced the appointment of three managers to its football teams. Joycelyn Francois-Opadeyi, a former national hockey team captain and women’s cricket team manager, will serve as manager of the woman’s under-17 team. William Wallace, a past secondary schools cricket president, has been …
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