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Forces of nature bound in words
Hurricanes and Wakes, the inaugural NGC Bocas Lit Fest event for 2016, featured readings of previously published work from Andre Bagoo, Shivanee Ramlochan and winner of the 2012 OCM Bocas Prize for...
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5M2M looks to South by Southwest
A review by Janine Charles-FarrayWhen musical acts make it on an international stage, diehard fans always go back into the history of the band “before they were famous” to dig for buried treasure to...
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Natasha Joseph, Pan Ambassador
Arranger, composer, producer, teacher Natasha Joseph has been an ambassador for the steelpan, representing T&T in many countries such as USA, London and Japan, Tobago Jazz, Barbados Jazz, St Lucia...
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Pan genius don’t walk the trail no more
Tribute delivered by Rev Daniel Teelucksingh at the funeral service for Dr Jit Samaroo at the Armalaya Presbyterian Church—January 9, 2016The hills of Laventille missed the late panman Rudolph Charles...
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The Borough Power Station, San Fernando
In 1895, Port-of-Spain was illuminated with electricity by the Trinidad Electric Company under the directorship of Edgar Tripp. This was not extended to San Fernando, which remained with darkness well...
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Is there still room for the griot?
President of the Chaguanas Chamber of Industry and Commerce Richie Sookhai yesterday warned that the imposition of value added tax (VAT) on books and computers will have a negative impact on literacy,...
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The posh up and comer
This is the second of Huawei’s premium smartphones that I’ve been able to try, and there’s no doubt that the company is committed to raising its game with its mobile communications offerings. The...
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Happiness is in the journey
The goal, the goal, the gold! It’s so easy to get carried away, especially for athletes in an Olympic year. Every four years there is a mass neurosis in elite sport as the looming Olympics Games are...
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Fixing Panorama
The T&T Guardian is running a two-part series that explores the viability of the steelband movement and of the Carnival staple, Panorama. Today, music critic and analyst Nigel A Campbell looks at...
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A recession-proof Kalypso Revue
The idea and word “recession” may be on lips and minds all over the country, but it was notably absent from the Kalypso Revue tent on Saturday night at SWWTU Hall on Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain....
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Sink or swim
We’re not in a recession, we’re in denial—which might be the best mode for handling daily life in sweet T&T. So while some party poopers are adamant that the bottom has dropped out of the oil...
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QRC fete to welcome Royalty
Let me get right into our discussion. What are some of the plans for Fete Royal 2016, scheduled for Saturday evening at the college?This is the third year since we took over the reins of the fete and I...
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Steel on the Savannah
Panorama is outgrowing the Queen’s Park Savannah but there’s no alternative venue to stage this premier annual steelband competition, which was born at this venue in 1963. This and other challenges...
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Fixing Panorama: pan movement must embrace modernisation
This is the conclusion of a two-part series that explores the viability of the steelband movement and of the Carnival staple, Panorama. Today, cultural analyst and journalist Joanne Briggs looks at how...
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Chucky goes for the hat-trick
Roderick “Chucky” Gordon is aiming for a hat-trick in the 2016 Calypso Monarch competition. On February 7, Chucky, 29, will challenge 11 other finalists at the Dimanche Gras show for the coveted title...
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Spoilt Rotten Kids
Spoilt Rotten Kids will hit the stage in the small band category of the first Junior Carnival competition to be held today at St Anthony’s College Grounds, Westmoorings, from 12.Their 2016...
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Brides almost always choose their sisters, best friends and favourite cousins to complete their circle of bridesmaids. In retrospect, some brides complain that their bridesmaids simply did not live up...
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3 Canal 'duttying up' the Black Box
“I hope they come away from the show having experienced something visceral.” Wendell Manwarren of 3Canal expressed this following the Backyard Jam where the group’s new music for 2016 was launched,...
View ArticlePoems fresh from the North Coast
Imagine a group of 15 writers who have come from three Caribbean islands to the North Coast of Trinidad in order to get a good start on the year 2016— to relax, converse, read and work intensively on...
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The Cocorite Leprosarium —Part I
Few people are aware that within the great dystopia that is the Ministry of Health, there is a small department known as the Hansen’s Disease Control Unit which is dedicated to monitoring the presence...
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