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Tobago is not quite paradise
Tobago is changing, according to Orville London, Keith Rowley and local police officials. But it seems some things stay the same. The initial lack of urgency for catching the killers of other elderly...
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Despers sings a song and dances
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra celebrated 50 years of achievement on Friday night at a gala reception, held at the House of Angostura in Laventille.Hosted by veteran radio personality Phill Simmons, the...
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Reggae stars ready to thrill Trini fans
Jamaican Reggae artiste, Protoje has already arrived in T&T and has done several promotion gigs for this year’s Hennessy Artistry event Reggae on the Bay which takes place on Saturday at Hasely...
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Trini Revellers launches Woodbrook—Then and Now
It was probably the most unique mas band launch I have ever attended. Striving to always be different and pushing the envelope, Trini Revellers (TR) launched its 2016 presentation—Woodbrook: Then and...
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Pancake heaven
Pancakes still remain the epitome of the all-American breakfast, high and mighty, light and fluffy, drenched with syrup, it’s easily everyone’s favourite breakfast treat. Each country has its own...
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Massage more than just pleasure
Jochede Goodridge was looking for a place to establish her massage therapy business. Qualified with a degree in Applied Science—Massage Therapy from a New York university and some working experience in...
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Savour Pigeon Peas
Since we started paranging in September, we can also start gearing up for the pigeon peas season too, as this staple crop starts to appear in abundance throughout T&T from December to March. “…Like...
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‘Breast cancer killing our women’
October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. From October 1 to 31, efforts were made globally to raise awareness of this dreaded disease. T&T has made great strides in the last few years in providing...
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Caribbean Internet TV platform launched
The Caribbean equivalent to Netflix is here! Newly launched Over-the-Top (OTT) Platform, MAS2TV, delivers unique Caribbean content to consumers on demand, with the tagline "Love Your Culture." MAS2TV...
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Mansion of Bliss facing ruin
When you look up at the creatures perched on top of the Lion House on the Chaguanas Main Road, you may wonder what they are, exactly. Are they really lions? Or are they monkeys? Or perhaps some...
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Lazabeam Unleashes Cyah Help it
BY NYERERE HAYNES As far as music is concerned, Keshav Singh better known in the music world as Lazabeam, is interested only in one thing—the future. He believes, mixing traditional musical elements...
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Approaching El Capitan
Longtime readers of this column will be aware that I’m an Apple guy when it comes to computers, though not necessarily so when it comes to computing.I’ve run Windows in emulation since the old,...
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Knowing when it’s time to rest
If you are enthusiastic about physical culture like me, then chances are that at some point in your sport or exercise regime you have had to deal with serious fatigue, plateaus and injury. Even for...
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Mayaro film flair on your phone
Winning the 2015 T&T Smartphone Film Festival was a surprise to Ayesha Jordan. Her first place entry, Good Ole Days, was not her first stab at the competition. Jordan, 33, also submitted to the...
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Depression not a sign of weakness
Major depression is a serious but treatable illness. MDD, as the disorder is called, is also known as clinical depression and is differentiated from other forms of depression by its pervasiveness. One...
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Music meets environment in Galofre’s film A Better Place
BC Pires reviews A Better Place, the lead film in Sustain T&T’s 2015 Green Screen programmeYou’re not doing too shabbily, as a film-maker, if the strongest criticism of your film is that it should...
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Viva deadheads!
Truckin’ got my chips cashed in. Keep truckin’, like the do-dah man Together, more or less in line, just keep truckin’ on.Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street. Chicago, New York,...
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Find the right volunteer match
Volunteering can be a great experience, but the key is to find the right match for you. Like all matchmaking, finding your partner may take several tries. One approach is to treat finding your...
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Naipaulian tour: Trinidad’s first family of literature
“All of (Vidia) Naipaul’s work came from what (his father) Seepersad wrote,” said Prof Arnold Rampersad, Trinidadian Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, while delivering the feature address at...
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In Flanders fields
It was pure coincidence that T and I found ourselves motoring through Flanders fields a week before Remembrance Sunday. It was her birthday so we were on our way to the beautiful Belgian city of...
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