“[…] It was stated in the allegations that I failed to consult with my colleagues before signing on behalf of the body, and further, the matter was not discussed at membership or executive level. “[…] This matter was in fact discussed with the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s League Football (TT …
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TTFA members call EGM to ‘withdraw’ Fifa case; Look Loy vows to boycott ‘illegal event’
Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad has scheduled an extraordinary general meeting on 15 September for the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) 47 member delegates, in the first significant response by local stakeholders to the impasse between the TTFA’s elected officers and Fifa. Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura vowed, …
Read More »CPL 20: Can Zouks deny fans batting fireworks on offer in Thursday’s Tarouba final?
Lightning, we are told, does not often strike in the same place twice. In August 2018, the Jamaican Tallawahs’ Andre Russell blasted an unbeaten 121 off only 40 balls to stun the Queen’s Park Oval home crowd into silence. But weather-wise, this has proven to be an extraordinary year so …
Read More »Warner: The treatment is great… not so much the food; ex-Fifa VP breaks silence in Couva
Former Fifa vice-president and ex-Minister of National Security Jack Warner said he is on the mend and hopeful of a quick discharge, after being diagnosed with Covid-19 earlier this week. Warner, who is 77, said he is hospitalised at the Couva Hospital and offered a brief statement on his current …
Read More »Covid-19 counter: Adult male with no co-morbidities is 15th death in eight days
Last Thursday, on 27 August, Trinidad and Tobago tallied 15 deaths in total since the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Eight days later, the figure has doubled to 30. This morning, the Ministry of Health revealed that the last Covid-19 related fatality was ‘an adult male’. The deceased patient …
Read More »Covid-19 counter: 43 more positives and another death—an elderly male with co-morbidities
The Ministry of Health confirmed Trinidad and Tobago’s 29th Covid-19 related death this evening. The deceased patient was described as ‘an elderly male with co-morbidities’. There have been 14 deaths due to the novel coronavirus within the last week, which is almost as many fatalities suffered by the country since …
Read More »Media Monitor: Pollard vs Holder: reporters mistake Mind Games Pt 6 for Fast and Furious
Not for nothing has television been dubbed the ‘boob tube’ or ‘idiot box’. And this, long before anyone was able to watch the sports news on TV6! Bad as it is, the CCN channel is not alone. Not just in vision but in the voice and print media as well, …
Read More »Covid-19 counter: 21 more positives and 1,213 active cases
The Ministry of Health recorded another 21 positive test results for Covid-19 this morning, which took Trinidad and Tobago’s number of active cases to 1,213. The 21 new positives were said to be representative of samples taken between 28 August and 2 September. At present, there are 96 patients hospitalised …
Read More »TV6 ME: United TTFA discuss Fifa ban on Morning Show
Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace, vice-president Clynt Taylor and board member Keith Look Loy discuss possible Fifa ban with TV6 Morning Edition host Fazeer Mohammed: More from Wired868 B&B (Trailer): Shawn Cooper: How the Soca Warriors are often outmanoeuvred off the football field Former Trinidad and …
Read More »Dear Editor: Fifa, TTFA, normalisation and ‘the overrated bliss of being right’
“[…] All sides would have to initiate a reasonable offering as a sign of good faith. A prudent place for Fifa to start is to cease its threats of suspension or expulsion of the TTFA, while the ousted TTFA executives can remove their High Court substantive claim and refile said claim with CAS…” …
Read More »‘A chance to show our discipline’, AG defends masks in private vehicles and children fines
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi has defended amendments to the public health ordinance, which put children over eight years old and families in their private vehicles at risk of hefty fines for not wearing masks. The measures, which became legally enforceable on Monday, received some public pushback. However, at this morning’s …
Read More »Wallace emails Fifa members for support from ‘oppressive’ leadership; Hadad slams ‘misinformation’
William Wallace: “[…] We believe the imposition of the normalisation committee as punishment for our revelation of the previous administration’s financial impropriety, which was ignored by Fifa…” Robert Hadad: “[…] Your letter is an example of the campaign of misinformation and disinformation that you and a number of your colleagues …
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