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Big things ahead for Caribbean animated projects
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneFrom an adventurous turtle named Ma’Shell, to regional environmental superheroes, there’s a lot of variety in the package of local animated content to be featured at this year’s...
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Trinis love a ‘lime’ pepper sauce
“Local food production is not without its own challenges but we must find creative, innovative and attractive methods to get greater local content into the national diet. When we consume food grown...
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The Genesis of St Clair
St Clair has long been known as the finest real estate in the island. In a recently bygone era of colonialism it was the preserve exclusively of the uppercrust of the ruling classes where elegant...
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A glass half-empty, or half-full?
The morning began auspiciously. At the Licensing Office in St James, the staff had come to work. The day before, members of the public who had braved the back-to-school traffic and stomped up the...
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A closer look at PPD
As part of Guardian Media’s ongoing focus on postpartum depression, Caroline Ravello writes about the need for T&T to become more sensitised about this debilitating perinatal illness which affects...
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Workplaces should be Mom-Friendly
Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is binding on all governments in the world with the exception of the US and Somalia, says that “women have the right to breastfeed...
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iPhone 7, hits and misses
Last week, Apple announced major revisions to its mobile device line, unveiling a new, agreeably waterproofed Apple Watch and a new iPhone with revamped software for both. I’ll confess to being quite...
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The anatomy of a suicide
We continuously engage death, but last week was different. Abigail Ragoobar, said to be in a postpartum depressive state, died from injuries sustained after falling 40 feet from a building....
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Embracing our differences
In this land of many peoples and people of many ancestries, how do people see their ethnic heritage? How do they practice it, ignore it, or celebrate it? On the occasion of our 54th year of...
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‘Race our biggest issue’
Basdeo Panday Lawyer and constitution reform advocate After 33 years of independence, Panday became the first Prime Minister of Indian ancestry to lead a T&T government (from 1995 to 2001) in an...
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Roy Ashby is not what you think of as your average deportee: he’s a US war veteran and trained chef with a degree, laconic but courteous. But that’s not enough to save him when he pleads guilty to...
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Saint or sinner?
Review by Kevin Baldeosingh There have been several scholarly studies since this book was published 21 years ago, and a longer more in-depth examination by Aroup Chattejee of Mother Teresa, who was...
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Carpet queen Malene Barnett to feature at Forward 40 woman’s event
A child of Caribbean immigrants to the US, and born in New York City, Malene Barnett is now a globe-trotting business owner whose luxury carpet designs have graced the floors of fashion gurus, media...
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I didn’t like school, now I love learning
As a part of our 2016 anti-stigma campaign, My Story, which aims to reduce stigma associated with non-readers in T&T, we reached out to a number of our students who were willing to tell their...
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Tobago youth urged to be trailblazers
Hundreds of young adults recently met at the John Dial Community Centre in Bacolet/Mt St George, Tobago recently, seeking to explore future career opportunities at the first annual career fair...
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Teaching the value of our special old buildings
Architect Rudylynn De Four Roberts believes we don’t appreciate classic architecture enough, even though T&T has many old buildings reflecting our rich, diverse past. De Four Roberts, who is...
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South Coterie of Social Workers receives new oven
The Coterie of Social Workers recently received a new Bakers Pride oven for its Meal Centre, located on Carib Street, San Fernando, thanks to the generous donation of Asian energy company Sapurakencana...
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De parang start
Christmas day is exactly 100 days away but parang, the indigenous music of the season, is in full swing. Parang got off to a serious start last Saturday at Lions Civic Centre in Port-of-Spain when...
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Premier learning institution
Elizabeth Mowser was one of the first pupils to attend St Andrew’s Private School. She entered the school in September 1946 when her surname was still Boos. At that time, the school was situated...
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‘A very cosmopolitan group’
As the St Andrew’s Private School in Maraval prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary gala at MovieTowne on September 23, one of the school’s alumni, Tara Lisa Persaud, Business Climate co-ordinator,...
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