Abigail Hadeed, the photographer and filmmaker, is my cousin. To be more precise, as her beloved grandfather and my uncle constantly reminded us, Abigail is my first cousin once removed. That is because her mother, who was born Daly, is my first cousin. I mention these relationships as a form …
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Tiger fight! St Hillaire shines as St Anthony’s claw back to hold fiery Fyzabad
It was billed as a SSFL Premier Division football match but, for much of the evening, it felt like a roller coaster ride at the Petrotrin Pointe-a-Pierre Sports Ground in Fyzabad. Fyzabad Secondary led 2-0 and were coasting to the finish line. Then St Anthony’s College roared back to make …
Read More »A dress for teachers? Best take on Education Ministry’s proposed sartorial intervention
As a minister of education, Tim Gopeesingh can’t touch Anthony Garcia with a ten-foot pole. As a conscientious educator with over three decades of dedicated service in the formal education system, I confidently so affirm. Photo: Former Minister of Education Dr Tim Gopeesingh And I go further. If you gave …
Read More »Emma’s Mama: A tragic, moving short story on a victim of incest
“Hold she down dey!” her mother said to her two brothers. “Yuh is too much of a bad little girl, always lying and making up story. And now look what you gone and do!” “Leh mih go! Leh mih go!” Emma Thomas screamed, twisting her little body this way and …
Read More »The Book of Elie: What U-17s exit says about Latapy, DJW and T&T’s football path
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-17 Team’s fading 2017 World Cup dreams were finally put to rest at the Hasely Crawford Stadium last night, as Suriname clinched the final available CONCACAF berth despite a 2-1 loss to Cuba. Coach Russell Latapy’s team needed Cuba to win by two clear goals …
Read More »No more short-cuts: Latapy applauds Caribbean qualifiers, makes point to own team
“One of the things I think we can take from this tournament is the spirit which we showed, which allowed us to come back in two of the matches,” Trinidad and Tobago National Under-17 head coach Russell Latapy told the TTFA Media. “Maybe with a bit more time together things …
Read More »Electric Ramdeen downs Trinity; Naparima continue title charge with Moka win
Defending Secondary School Football League (SSFL) Premier Division champions Naparima College continued to gather momentum in their title defence with a 2-0 win over Trinity College Moka in Moka yesterday afternoon. First half substitute Mark Ramdeen was the star of the show as he tormented all and sundry in Moka …
Read More »Jamaica dashes TT’s under-17 CFU dreams… but there’s still Concacaf
Trinidad and Tobago’s dreams of being 2016’s Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Men’s Under-17 champions were dashed last night following a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to Jamaica at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. However, the faintest hopes of advancing to the CONCACAF stage are still alive for the young Soca Warriors, …
Read More »Wine of astonishment: Rhoda grabs President by his jewels, as ‘new media’ goes balls deep
Trinidad and Tobago can only look on aghast as a once beloved public figure hurtles towards the rocks and now looks certain to be divorced from a position that he truly cherished as much as we loved seeing him in it. But enough about the break-up of “Brangelina”. Anybody caught …
Read More »Another Soca Warriors player shot; Jabloteh star Nathan Lewis hit in shoulder
San Juan Jabloteh winger and, arguably, the Pro League’s most outstanding player in the 2015/16 season, Nathan Lewis, is now resting at home after being shot in a drive-by outside the Maloney Indoor Sport Arena at around 1am on Sunday 18 September. Lewis, who has blistering pace and can operate …
Read More »PNM: The UNC is being anti-PNM and not pro-country in FATCA snub
PNM general secretary Ashton Ford has accused the Opposition party, the United National Congress (UNC), of being anti-PNM rather than pro-country in his Letter to the Editor on the Opposition party’s failure to support the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The following is Ford’s full release: The United National …
Read More »This week in football from 19-25 Sep: T&T U17s try to stay alive, SSFL and NSL action continue
The Trinidad and Tobago National Under-17 Team will try to keep their India 2017 World Cup campaign alive as they tackle regional rivals, Jamaica, in a key Caribbean Football Union (CFU) fixture while St Anthony’s College, Shiva Boys Hindu College and Presentation College (San Fernando) try to stay ahead of …
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