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Fanfare to All Stars
What are the ingredients for a good fete? Good venue; reasonable admission; good music; good food; nice people. Fanfare Associates got an A in each category when it launched its J’Ouvert 2016 mas band...
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Local hip-hop artiste making strides
It was Kwame Williams' love for hip-hop and rap music that made him join the now defunct rap group Spot Rushaz. When the group split, Williams quickly pursued a solo career, which today he describes as...
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Wendy Fitzwilliam: Caribbean’s Next Top Model in high demand
Host of Caribbean’s Next Top Model, Wendy Fitzwilliam, is enthused by the opportunity presented by the show to showcase the best of what the Caribbean has to offer in the fashion and beauty...
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Tranquillity CU launches Visa debit card
The Tranquillity Credit Union Cooperative Society Ltd in collaboration with Intercommercial Bank Ltd, and with technical support from Micro Software Designs Ltd launched its Visa debit card on Thursday...
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Sharifa Ali-Abdullah: Child protection not for the faint-hearted
Meet Sharifa Ali-Abdullah, the director/CEO of the Children’s Authority of T&T who has successfully led the pioneering work which resulted in the landmark establishment of the authority in May this...
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Top tips when shopping for plus-size bridal gowns
Plus-size bridal gowns generally start at size 16 (American sizing) and can go up to size 40. Bridal gowns are also usually two sizes more than your everyday size—for example, if you usually wear a...
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Starting art education early
One day Tessa Alexander Sloane-Seale’s teen daughter came home from school and told her something no artist-parent wants to hear. “Mommy, there are kids in my class who don’t know what a collage is,”...
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Teams battle in Animation Bootcamp
T&T’s growing animation industry is attracting young people with creative ideas and the means to make these dreams into reality. The Animae Caribe Animation and Digital Media Festival aims to...
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YoProTT partners with the Richard Sutherland Wells Foundation to create awareness about Human Rights and Human Trafficking regionally.During a season when a lot of the focus is on celebrating the...
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Woman who makes oatmeal exciting
I used to joke that Judette Coward could make oatmeal exciting. And then she did, with a Forward Forty video on How to Make An Amazing Bowl of Oatmeal. Bananas, cinnamon and some cane sugar are...
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Pearl's Sweet Hand
Of all the items that 94-year-old Pearl Massiah treasures most in her home, a Pyrex measuring cup is one. After all these years, the cup has remained in its pristine state. No chip, no fade. It is as...
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Celebrating Creole Christmas
If Jingle Bells and the prospect of riding a one-horse open sleigh is as appealing as rumless black cake; if you’re heartily sick of roasting chestnuts on open fires, looking for a chimney, helping...
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The Spectre of the real
No, it’s not Skyfall. Right from the opening chords of Sam Smith’s sombre theme song, it was clear that things were going to continue be a bit different in Sam Mendes’ second outing as director of a...
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The flow state of mind
These columns consist of synthesised material from across a broad range of my interests. Lately, I have been intrigued by the mind and have focused on directly experiencing it through attentive...
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When children are at risk for mental disorders
I’ve been gazing on the global concern of children and adolescent mental health. It’s introspection really, as I look with refined hindsight into my onset, to understand what could have precipitated my...
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A matter of perspective
A new book—Contemporary Caribbean Architecture—which explores the notion of contemporary Caribbean architecture through essays and photographs of more than 50 design projects throughout the English and...
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Young, green, and eager
Climate change is a huge issue. But do we take it at all seriously here in T&T?“No,” stated Dizzanne Billy, quite simply. Dizzanne Billy is a young UWI graduate who is a passionate advocate for...
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French steelband undeterred by attacks
Despite the horrors of the terrorist attack on their city, the great Paris-based steelband Calypsociation is continuing to offer music and harmony in these tough times. The band is one of the largest...
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Dreaming to live
In our swiftly fragmenting world where the homogeneity of hegemony is sliced and shattered daily, we are all prospective refugees. Monoliths we have lived with for centuries unaccountably shift, like...
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My first year at Alta Arima
Alta tutors who have completed their first year teaching are sharing their experiences to encourage others to come volunteer their time to teaching adults to read. Here is one of our tutor...
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