“[…] I’ll say that I am a go-getter, a hardworking person who tries to be the best at everything. “My family and, just overall, my mindset [make me stand out]: I want to make something of myself one way or another…” From humble beginnings at Pinto United, Trinity College East …
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Intercol 25: Four penalties, four red cards and a protest; St Anthony’s, Signal Hill advance in thrilling zonal finals
There was crazy, exhilarating chaos at the Hasely Crawford and Dwight Yorke stadia yesterday as the North and Tobago zonal Intercol finals featured everything from goals and comebacks to penalty kicks, red cards and, naturally, controversy. When the dust cleared, Signal Hill Secondary had kept the Tobago Intercol title from …
Read More »Dear Editor: Home Invasion Bill is practical evolution of existing law—not ‘political comfort food’
“[…] Critics may dismiss the [Home Invasion] Bill as mere ‘political comfort food’. Its purpose is practical: to bridge gaps between legal theory and public understanding. “This places justice not as an abstract theory but a lived reality focused on offenders causing death during violent crimes like home invasion [and …
Read More »Intercol 25: St Augustine protest bizarre red card—attacker Elijah Baptiste struck by opponent, then sent off!
St Augustine Secondary are in a race against time to have a bizarre red card rescinded in time for their Coca Cola National Intercol semifinal showdown with Naparima College on Friday afternoon, with attacker Elijah Baptiste unable to play as it stands. Yesterday, St Augustine edged Carapichaima East Secondary 1-0 …
Read More »St Louis: Workers still exploited due to divided Trade Union Movement
With three federations and fractured choices, the Trade Union Movement remains divided and workers continue to pay the price. Instead of presenting a united front, unions act in isolation—leaving governments free to exploit division and weakening the credibility of collective bargaining. From its inception, the Movement in Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »SSFL 25: Naparima uploaded Caprietta’s docs in wrong place—would-be champs confident of case
Naparima College winger Jaydon Caprietta was not properly registered to represent his school for the 2025 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) season, Wired868 understands. However, Naparima administrators uploaded Caprietta’s paperwork within the SSFL database on 10 September, with all the necessary information. How can both things be true? That is, …
Read More »Intercol 25: ‘Naps’ brush aside ‘Pres Lions’; Five Rivers maul Holy Faith
Naparima College moved to within two games of their first Coca Cola National Intercol title in seven years, as they brushed aside rivals Presentation College (San Fernando) 4-0 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva today to claim the 2025 South Intercol trophy. The “Pres Lions” were left to rue …
Read More »Kedie scores sizzler as T&T thump Barbados 5-0 in opening W Championship qualifier
The Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team got their 2026 Concacaf W Championship qualifying series off to a solid start this evening with a 5-0 thumping of Barbados at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown. The result saw the Women Soca Warriors storm to the head of Group F, although …
Read More »Vaneisa: Fear and loathing—T&T under high anxiety
I don’t recall ever seeing such a high level of apprehension in our space. Do you? It’s coming from a multitude of shadowed places, so many that it is difficult to put a finger on any one thing as the root. Armadas and squadrons loom on our horizon. Conflicting reports …
Read More »Intercol 25: Speyside upset Scarborough, while Signal Hill go through
Scarborough Secondary were eliminated from the 2025 Intercol competition today, as the struggling Premier Division outfit fell 3-1 to Championship outfit Speyside Secondary in a Tobago Intercol semifinal double header at Shaw Park. Speyside, who are Premier Division-bound after finishing second in the 2025 First Citizens Big Five competition, gave …
Read More »Dear Editor: Why Home Invasion Act is legal equivalent of political comfort food
“[…] The Home Invasion Bill does not expand rights for householders. It does not reshape murder elements… What it does do is reassure the public that the law stands with terrified defenders. Again: courts already did that. “So why does the Bill exist at all? The honest answer is the same in every …
Read More »‘Mistakes don’t define you!’ One-on-one with SJC’s Kaitlyn Darwent
“[…] I think I just want to improve in anything I do and achieve all my goals—not just to prove it to everybody, but to myself. I like being able to see that I put my mind to something and achieved it…” Seventeen-year-old St Joseph’s Convent (Port of Spain) student …
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