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Is there a sexist data crisis?
There is a black hole in our knowledge of women and girls around the world. They are often missing from official statistics, and areas of their lives are ignored completely. So campaigners say—but what...
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Trini art headlines in Amsterdam
Two Trinidadians have been literally painting Europe. Attorney Justin Sobion, son of late AG Keith Sobion, and the Carnival/Island scenery of Netherlands-based photographer Kerron Riley are getting...
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World Music alive at Kaiso Blues Cafe
Returning to his homeland Trinidad, after 27 years in the United States, Carl Jacobs is living a dream he has nurtured since his early days as an artiste and performer. After 12 months, his Kaiso Blues...
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Soca, pan and dance on spot
The A Team Band will take its versatile stage show to three international carnival celebrations this summer.A Team, best known as the official backing band of the International Soca Monarch...
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Harder They Come to screen at San Fernando Hill
After playing to sold out audiences at the T&T Film Festival (TTFF) last September, the Caribbean classic film, The Harder They Come, will once again be screened by the TTFF in an open-air...
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Ballet company celebrates 20th anniversary
The Cascade Festival Ballet, the performing company of the Bentley Potter School of Dance, named for its studios in the heart of Cascade, brings to local audiences traditional classical ballet as well...
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T&T's Animal Rescue pleads for help
The US has its Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan, while T&T has its Animal Rescuer Terrance Aleong. Despite threats and harassment, for more than ten years animal activist Aleong has been rescuing dogs...
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Guests open hearts, cheque books to WAND
The Red Carpet Ball fund raiser hosted by the Women in Action for the Needy and Destitute (WAND) has raised thousands for the construction of the NGO’s Transition Home at Coora Camp, Siparia, and...
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UWI certificate show plays it safe
“An essential element of any art is risk,” says acclaimed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola in an interview for the 99U creative blog. According to him, risk-taking can lead to the creation of something...
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After living on the streets, Johann Mohammed is Coming up with fashion
If you’ve been to local craft markets, you’ve likely seen fashion and jewelry designer Johann Mohammed. His eclectic sense of style and use of African fabrics make him stand out. Mohammed said his...
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One more shot for Amaya Ellis
The holder of dual citizenship (US/T&T)—her dad is Trinidadian Mark Ellis who captained QRC in 1989—16-year-old football player Amaya Ellis chose to try out for T&T some years ago and has...
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The milk sellers of Port-of-Spain
It was primarily the labour needs of the sugar industry, particularly those of the extremely powerful William Hardin Burnley of Orange Grove Estate that provided the impetus for the importation of...
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From steel to cocoa Rebuilding the Cocoa Kingdom
The steel industry may have fallen but one of T&T’s main players in the industry, Kampta Persaud, is now now making his mark in the production of fine-flavoured cocoa beans.Persaud, who is the CEO...
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Carl’s happy to sing the ‘blues’
Carl Jacobs was born on Pashley Street, Success Village, Laventille, 63 years ago, and from a child music has been like a source of life to him. “Music has always been a part of my existence,” said...
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Give me Liberty
On Monday last week, another seismic shift in the local telecommunications industry happened. In a quiet room at Flow’s Port-of-Spain office, yet another name was added to the list of owners of the...
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More of us are outside than inside
Often, when we think of the mistreatment of the mentally ill and the violation of their rights we focus on institutional exploitation of those who are incarcerated. That is an appropriate place to make...
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The cycle of human civilisation
He is one of the most decorated astrophysicists ever, has launched more than a dozen satellites, led the team that sent the Hubble Space Telescope into space and is the recipient of Nasa’s Outstanding...
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Rambharat urges farmers to start succession planning
Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries Clarence Rambharat has identified succession planning and enhanced primary school agricultural education as two key success factors for development of the...
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Birds, bugs, bats
Pygmy owls, sharp-eyed hawks, an explosion of bats, gentle manatees, raccoons, mysterious mushrooms, fishes and frogs are just a small fraction of the biodiverse life in T&T, which is home to some...
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How Alta’s Spelling Programme helps
Both reading and spelling require you to connect letters to speech sounds and to develop a visual memory of the letters in words. However, when you read, you see the letters and have to work out what...
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