The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) revealed that one member of the Men’s National Senior Team tested positive for Covid-19 last night in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The player, who was not named, ‘was immediately isolated at the team’s hotel’ according to a TTFA release, which also claimed that …
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More than 50% of current Covid-19 cases are asymptomatic; 38 new cases confirmed
Just as many people now confirmed with Covid-19 in Trinidad and Tobago showed no signs of having the virus as those with symptoms. This according to the technical director of the Ministry of Health’s epidemiology division, Dr Avery Hinds. He said: “There is a significant proportion, maybe around half, maybe …
Read More »Fast and furious! Guyana suggest they can live with T&T’s speed, as WCQ kick-off looms
Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana will reacquaint their burgeoning rivalry in strange territory and with new faces in the technical area, as both nations launch their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying bids tomorrow from 7pm at the Estadio Panamericano, Santo Domingo. On paper, the Soca Warriors are favourites, but it …
Read More »Deyalsingh absent as health ministry struggles to rebut Ansa McAl’s vaccine claims
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh was absent from today’s Ministry of Health virtual media conference to answer questions that remain about how the business community has supported the government as it tries to acquire Covid-19 vaccines. Instead, the technical director of the health ministry’s epidemiology division, Dr Avery Hinds, said: …
Read More »Oops! Burdie and Barney Show postponed til Wed 7 April…
Eh… First the good news. Nobody got head-butt on the Burdie and Barney Show this week! The bad news? Well, there is no show at all. Why, yuh say? Covid-19? We ent get a travel exemption? Ansa McCal didn’t put through the order for us?! Actually, it was just a …
Read More »Media Monitor: Holding forth forever; will WASA main leak Badree please shut up!
“In the air… and out!” That’s Richie Benaud, the Voice of Cricket, describing a dismissal. Yeah, describing. Five words. More than enough. He is, you see, on television. The name Jimmy Magee probably does not ring too many bells. But he outdid Benaud. That came during Diego Maradona’s magical half-the-field-run-and-score …
Read More »Haitian robbery; David, ‘Gally’ and ‘Archie’ erupt in controversial ‘74 campaign
The following is the third instalment of a series on Trinidad and Tobago’s World Cup football adventures, adapted from articles published first in the Trinidad Express in 2006, and looks back at the controversial 1974 World Cup campaign: Port-au-Prince was as silent as a grave on 4 December 1973. On …
Read More »CMO: Rise in new Covid-19 cases for March ’cause for concern’
New Covid-19 cases have risen steadily each week for the month of March. Last week, 72 cases were confirmed, the week before saw 47 new cases. At the end of the first week of the month, 23 new cases had been confirmed. Speaking at the Ministry of Health’s virtual media …
Read More »Deyalsingh denies family link to vaccine purchases, threatens legal action
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh has issued a statement denying any connection with medical supplier VARY Medical and Scientific Company. In a Facebook post on 21 March, the page Braveboy Report suggested that the government was improperly ordering Covid-19 vaccines from Hong Kong through the local medical company. The post …
Read More »NFCTT disputes Hadad’s claim that coaches ‘paid up’; Corneal, Shabazz discuss Fenwick fracas
National Football Coaches of Trinidad and Tobago (NFCTT) interim president Jefferson George has denied Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad’s apparent claim that any coaches were paid off under his watch. Hadad’s comments were supposedly made in a press conference on 18 March and subsequently published in the Trinidad Newsday …
Read More »Flashback: Guerra to the world; John John starlet’s mission to rise above violent background
The following article, written by Lasana Liburd, was first published in the Trinidad Express newspaper on 8 November 2007: “I could be the best player in the world,” said 19-year-old CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh midfielder Ataulla Guerra. “All I have to do is stay honest and truthful to myself …
Read More »Daly Bread: A very unhappy anniversary; the impact of Covid-19 and vaccination tug-of-war
Last week marked the first anniversary of the declaration by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that the Covid 19 virus had become a pandemic. This was a very unhappy anniversary because well over two million persons worldwide have since died. Added to the direct consequence of death, the virus has …
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