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Hadad-led NC replies on coaches, debt repayment, and outstanding AGM; Wired868 marks response
On Saturday 1 May, representatives for roughly half of the membership of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) wrote a stinging 14-page rebuke of the operation of the Fifa-appointed normalisation committee. The missive was forwarded to Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura.
“We look forward to a prompt response from you with regards to our aforementioned concerns,” the members closed, “and ask that you specify in detail, how these matters will be addressed.”
VE Day street parties took place across the country
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When we think of VE Day, we think of impromptu celebrations with soldiers hugging girls in fountains, and street parties in villages across Britain. As the guns fell silent, long tables were constructed on roads, covered with sheets and surrounded with a mishmash of chairs. Locals stayed up, making ‘rounds of sandwiches and biscuits… ’til four in the morning’, as cook Ruth Mott would later recall, packing them into bags printed with Union Jacks.
For as much as VE Day was about speeches and fireworks, it was also about food and drink, and the coming together of people over a series of feasts, compiled in the face of years of rationing. As our thoughts turn to our own gradual return to normality, what are the parallels with May 1945?
Ex-boxing champ still waiting for house 40 years later
Thursday 4 March 2021
Former national boxing champion Ralph Peterkin, 69, is calling for an update on how far along his housing application has progressed after he has been waiting for a house for 40 years. - Shane Superville
Retiree Ralph Peterkin is asking the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) to remember his application form, as he is still waiting for word on his housing application – 40 years after he submitted the first documents.
Peterkin, 69, visited Newsday s Port of Spain office on Thursday and said despite repeated calls and visits to the HDC, he is no closer to getting a home.
Giving back during the year of covid19
Monday 28 December 2020
Life managing director Kristoff Headley, presents donations collected by the events and entertainment company to Feel CEO Elena Villafana Sylvester. PHOTO COURTESY LIFE -
This year proved to be one of the most challenging in recent times. Despite the pitfalls brought on by the covid19 virus since March, including job loss, school closures, and the emotional effects of physical distancing, this year also brought out the very best in people.
Numerous corporate sponsors have contributed to the Ministry of Education’s Adopt a School initiative in the past few months with over 21,000 pledges of laptops and tablets for children engaged in virtual classes. Corporate sponsors have also been making personal contributions to education and many other private donors have contributed to device distribution efforts.