“The assets of Heritage are in a bad way… Years of poor maintenance has taken its toll. “[…] The recent rupture of tank no 27 in Point Fortin during pressure testing and the resultant flow into surrounding areas of 600,000 gallons of water and some hydrocarbon residue, causing respiratory problems …
Read More »Dear Editor: ‘Irresponsible’ to hold swim camp during outbreak; Anil: Kids safer there than at home
Ricardo Rampersad: “What kind of leadership and example is it for these experts to allow kids to partake in a gathering with 26 swimmers and at least three experts, bringing the total to 29? “[…] What was even more disturbing is that the president of the Amateur Swimming Association of …
Read More »DJW promises plan to fix local football in seven days; dissolves Gillette-led Commission
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has taken it upon itself to rescue the immediate future of the domestic game, after a vote at a board meeting this afternoon at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva. The defunct League Commission, chaired by businessman Lindsay Gillette and guided by a …
Read More »T-League on verge of collapse as Gillette accuses DJW and Camara of betrayal
The much-vaunted T-League, a FIFA-approved and TTFA-run football league involving Trinidad and Tobago’s two top domestic competitions, appears to be on the verge of collapse before a ball is kicked, with leaked correspondence suggesting an about-turn by Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams. Today, Commission chairman Lindsay …
Read More »Enter Gillette: Swim president coos over DJW and Home of Football in debut appearance
Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ASATT) president and former Energy Minister and Petrotrin chairman Lindsay Gillette made his first public splash in local football yesterday, in a remarkably unremarkable press conference at his Woodford Street, Port of Spain office. By Gillette’s retelling, the media gathering marked ‘a historic …
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