Category Archives: Sports

corruption, General T&T, Media, Politics, Sports

Jack Warner responds to London Telegraph video

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LEFT: Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former FIFA president João Havelange at the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation's Centennial Dinner held at the Dr. Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence, Macaya on September 05, 2008
LEFT: Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former FIFA president João Havelange at the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation's Centennial Dinner held at the Dr. Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence, Macaya on September 05, 2008

Jack Warner responds to London Telegraph video: Ingratitude worse than witchcraft

October 18, 2011
guardian.co.tt

Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has responded to the video recording of his CFU meeting in Port-of-Spain which was highlighted in the London Telegraph last Thursday. In the following letter which was sent to the Guardian, Warner points out that the recording fell flat despite the pressures of foreign interpretation and the anti-Jack Warner sentiments. Warner also gives an insight as to what can be expected when he reveals his tsunami against FIFA ‘in the fullness of time.’
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corruption, Crime in T&T, General T&T, International, Law, Media, Opposition Party, People's Partnership, Police, Politics, Sports

PNM, COP on Jack video: PM must address issue now

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By Gail Alexander
October 13, 2011 – guardian.co.tt

Jack WarnerThe Opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) and the Congress of the People (COP), a coalition partner in the People’s Partnership, have called on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to immediately act in the issue concerning taped statements by Works and Infrastructure Minister Jack Warner. PNM MP Amery Browne said Persad-Bissessar must immediately suspend Warner from the Cabinet and allow a police probe to proceed. COP chairman Joseph Toney, who said he was not at all comfortable with the situation pertaining to Warner, added that the Prime Minister must speak about the issue and the country must be told whether any laws were broken.
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Africa, Caribbean, England, General T&T, India, International, Race and Identity, Sports

My Two Cents on ‘fire in Babylon’: And a Slightly Different Take on ‘Calypso Cricket’

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By Corey Gilkes
October 01, 2011

Calypso CricketOn Wednesday I went to MovieTowne in Port of Spain for the first time ever (no, seriously). Now before the last seven friends I have left in this world get vex with me, rest assured I haven’t had a change of heart and decided to be like everyone else. It was only because that was where the documentary “Fire in Babylon” was being shown and allyuh know how strongly I feel about cricket and social consciousness. So yuh boy gone and took in the thing (and again on Sunday to see the documentary on the Black Power Movement “70s the Movie”).
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corruption, England, General T&T, People's Partnership, Politics, Sports

Think the unthinkable

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By Raffique Shah
June 26, 2011

Raffique ShahLAST December, after the FIFA voted on hosts for the 2018 and 2022 football World Cup, I wrote a column in which I suggested that Jack Warner might have exposed Trinidad and Tobago to negative fallouts in international relations because of the perception that he had reneged on promises made to the US and Great Britain.
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General T&T, Politics, Sports

Fifa Vice-President Jack Warner Resigns

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Monday June 20, 2011

Jack WarnerJack Warner, the controversial Fifa vice-president recently investigated over alleged corruption, has stepped down from his position at the footballing governing body.

The 68-year-old, from Trinidad and Tobago, had been a member of the Fifa Executive Committee since 1983, and was suspended last month after he was accused of corruption.
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corruption, England, General T&T, International, Politics, Sports, USA

Warner a one-man wrecking machine

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By Raffique Shah
December 11, 2010

Raffique ShahTHE closest I ever got to a football World Cup finals was in London in 1966. No, I was not in Wembley Stadium where England beat West Germany 4-2 in a match that was mired in controversy. My friend, the late Joey Baksh, and I, watched the match on television from a flat near Brixton. That was so close to Wembley, yet beyond the reach of students who could not afford tickets.
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Complaints, General T&T, People's Partnership, Politics, Protest, Sports, USA

Anil Roberts and US Embassy Visa Denials

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Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Anil Roberts at the Emancipation Celebrations in Port of Spain
Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Anil Roberts at the Emancipation Celebrations in Port of Spain
Unnecessary row

Express Editorial – August 7, 2010

THE fresh row that has broken out between representatives of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and the American Embassy in Port of Spain over the issuance of US visas entered a decidedly nasty phase last week.
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corruption, Finance, General T&T, Media, People's Partnership, PNM, Politics, Sports, UDeCOTT, UNC

Corruption, Mismanagement and Waste

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July 31, 2010

UDECOTTMadness in Sportt–Anil
Roberts added: “Errors, omissions, impropriety and downright corrupt practices… from the Caribbean Games, which never came off, to the legacy flag at Hasely Crawford Stadium, to the hiring of interns, the leasing of expensive SUVs, duplication of duties/responsibilities and the creation of a ghost roof at the stadium.”

…’Prophetess would be proud’
SPORTS Minister Anil Roberts yesterday literally didn’t know if to laugh or cry as he exposed $65 million in a clutch of dubious deals at the Sport Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SPORTT) in a hard-hitting speech in the Lower House.
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Complaints, Entertainment, General T&T, Law, Media, People's Partnership, PNM, Politics, Sports, UDeCOTT

Multi-million dollar headaches

NAPA at Todd Street San Fernando
NAPA at Todd Street San Fernando
By Cecily Asson
July 01, 2010 – newsday.co.tt

Minister of Planning, Economic and Social Restructuring and Gender Affairs, Mary King yesterday revealed that and additional $90 million is needed to complete the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Todds Street, San Fernando while a “few hundred million more” is needed to finish the Chancery Lane Complex a short distance away.
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