The following Letter to the Editor was sent to Wired868 by Josephine S Aché as a call to arms against noise pollution, which intensifies during the Carnival season: This is an Open Letter to The Air Committee, responsible for the Out In South Fete, held at the SAPA Car Park …
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The following are this week’s fixtures for the various Trinidad and Tobago football competitions covered by Wired868: Tuesday January 19 (Pro League) North East Stars v St Ann’s Rangers, 3.30 pm, Larry Gomes Stadium; Central FC v Club Sando, 6 pm, Ato Boldon Stadium; W Connection v Point Fortin Civic, …
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“The Lord has smiled on us today because if(La Horquetta) were a bit more clinical we would have been about 4-1 down,” WASA FC coach Shurland David told Wired868. “We were very, very lucky.” WASA FC managed to hang on to 1-0 lead by the final whistle in yesterday’s CNG …
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The following are the individual awards distributed at the Secondary School Football League’s 2015 Prize Distribution 50th Anniversary Awards function on Saturday January 16 at Naparima College: Player of the Year (Boys): Brent Sam (San Juan North) Player of the Year (Girls): Ray-ann Montano (Fyzabad Secondary) Top Five Players (Boys): …
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She might be a woman just hurting for her country. But the image of a tearful Minister of Trade Paula Gopee-Scoon pleading for loyalty to country in this time of recession, personifies the psychology of helplessness that poses additional risk to the economy. While reduced revenue could send an economy …
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As a nation, we can do nothing about the plunging price of oil except watch with alarm as crude slides below US$30 a barrel. Even if we ramp up production, which has fallen by approximately 50 per cent over the past decade, it will make little sense. At this point, …
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On Friday January 15, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi launched a defence for Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s decision not to have Housing Minister Marlene McDonald step down, despite her admission that she enquired about a HDC house for her common-law husband, Michael Carew, in 2008. McDonald was Minister of Community …
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A few of the Caribbean’s finest entertainers like Alison Hinds, Superblue, Marcia Miranda and Mairoon Ali, along with Canboulay, East Indian and sailor dancers have performed at my home. They have done so on the little home made stage next to the mango tree that Farook and Steve would build when …
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A disastrous opening five minutes by Police FC defender Karlon Murray, coupled with some super counter attacking play and shot-stopping, powered DIRECTV W Connection to a hard fought 4-2 Pro League victory over the “Lawmen” at the Larry Gomes Stadium this evening. Newly appointed “Women Soca Warriors” coach Richard Hood …
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A first half hat-trick by attacker Jason Marcano propelled defending TT Pro League champions Bankers Insurance Central FC to a whopping 7-0 victory over Point Fortin Civic Centre at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva last night. Ataulla Guerra, Sean De Silva, Ricardo John and former Civic striker Marcus “Lobo” …
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“Keep going fellahs!” Matura ReUnited coach Devon Bobb shouted yesterday evening, as his players tried to find a way past a resolute Petrotrin Palo Seco backline. “It will come!” Matura residents have every right to feel cocky about their football team these days, as ReUnited stretched their unbeaten run to …
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Police FC head coach Richard Hood will steer the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s National Senior Team into the 2016 Olympic qualifiers next month into the United States. The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) confirmed today that Hood, who is a sergeant in the Guard and Emergency Branch, was a …
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