“How many goals Lexi score again?” Penal Secondary coach Lionel Regis asked his staff, during the 2016 Girls South Zone Knockout finals at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium training ground in Marabella on Friday 2 December. Regis repeated the question several times during their contest against Fyzabad Anglican Secondary. And, each …
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The strain, the support, Molino… Wired868’s final chat with Stephen Hart as T&T coach
“As far as I’m concerned, I’ve reached my second goal,” Stephen Hart told Wired868. “My first goal was to bring us back to a certain level, using the Gold Cup. Because for me, as I said, you always have to measure yourself in CONCACAF first. “The second goal was to …
Read More »Letter to the Editor: SEPOS evening tutors are owed two years salary from MoE!
“I did not want to have to take a loan from the bank but, the way things are going now, I have no choice but to do so and I have already approached a bank. “I’m going into my final semester next year, so I need all my money which …
Read More »Tone deaf: Daly examines response from both parties to local election results
My musically accomplished friends tell me that to be tone deaf means to be unable to distinguish the difference in pitch between different notes. In common usage tone deafness has a wider meaning, namely a person unable to discern the different nuances of a situation. We had a local government …
Read More »‘Naps’ win protest against Pres’ Cupid; Fatima, QRC could dodge drop but S/Juan in trouble
Naparima College will compete in the 2016 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Big Four tournament, after their successful protest against Presentation College’s use of midfielder Kori Cupid during the regular season. Cupid, a Trinidad and Tobago National Under-20 Team defender, played for the “Pres Lions” against Naparima as well as …
Read More »‘Pres’ penalise Signal Hill to set up National Intercol showdown with San Juan North
Presentation College (San Fernando) booked their ticket to the 2016 National Intercol Final with a 5-3 penalty shootout victory over Signal Hill Secondary at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella today. In regulation time, the two semifinalists could not be separated, as they both landed late blows in a tense …
Read More »Army, Central FC celebrate Friday conquests; but Scotland, Ettienne and Saunders point to painful Pro League truths
Not every skin teeth, as the old people say, is a laugh. And, as Defence Force and Central FC players posed with trophies and giant cheques at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, tension was not far beneath the surface. Central, who won the Pro League title for …
Read More »No Latapy or Fevrier; Nakhid, Fenwick and Vranes face international competition for Warriors job
Former Trinidad and Tobago captain and Europe-based midfielder, David Nakhid, is the sole Trinidad-born candidate with his hat in the ring, as the TTFA’s technical committee pores over more than a dozen applicants to lead the Soca Warriors through the remainder of the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign. But …
Read More »Ten-Man San Juan take ‘Boyce Route’ to overtake Trinity Moka in Intercol semis
Just feed the Boyce and he will score. San Juan North Secondary booked their spot in the 2016 National Intercol Final yesterday, as they thumped Trinity College Moka by a 4-1 margin at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. But getting to the Intercol final wasn’t as easy as the scoreline might …
Read More »Randy Glasgow: TTFA should follow PTSC’s lead and rehire Stephen Hart!
“Mr [Stephen] Hart, according to reports, is owed over TT$3,000,000 by the TTFA to cover the life of his contract. To bring in another coach, you will be paying Mr Hart and the new coach for the same period. “The national community and the TTFA Executive know fully well that …
Read More »Letter to Editor: Monthly contracts are turning MoE workers into modern-day slaves
“To date there are approximately 250 individuals whose three year contracts have come to an end and are now on monthly contracts. In fact this has been the situation for the last year and a half and relates to technical officers in various departments such as IT, Text books, Research, …
Read More »Letter to the Editor: Why our attitude to prisoners and YTC inmates is self-defeating
“What the view expressed by the talk show host reflects is the right-wing approach that says we must: “lock up dey ar** and throw away de key.” And upon eventual release what have we created? “Those who imagine that these young men and women at the corresponding facility are ‘wotless’, …
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