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Blu-Vino aims to educate on wines
Did you know there are special ways of holding a wine glass, according to the wine you are drinking? This and other information will all be a part of the Blu-Vino Trinidad wine-tasting event which...
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Sparrow’s son ties the knot
Sancho Francisco, son of the Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) and Margaret Francisco, married O’neka Thomas, daughter of Allyson and O’neal Thomas. Francisco is a professional fashion photographer...
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Breast health: Learn about your lumps
Dr Shashta Sawh Breast physician—Pink Hibiscus Breast Health SpecialistAs we move through breast cancer awareness month, there is no doubt a lot of hustling and bustling occurs with events raising...
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'By Calypso our Stories are told'
T&T is the “Land of Calypso.” We have heard the often used statement, “By calypso our stories are told,” more so in the month of October which was officially declared “Calypso History Month” in...
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MusicTT, stakeholders raise industry issues
That the funding for CreativeTT had been severely cut in the national budget was one of the more startling bits of information to come out of the MusicTT Stakeholder Engagement Session held at the...
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Things to drink
“He cycled down the High Street. Just past the shop with the Red Rose Tea Is Good Tea sign, he looked back. Anand was still under the arcade, next to one of the thick white pillars with the...
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For the first time, the T&T Film Company Limited (FilmTT) will be a supporting partner of the Sustain T&T-hosted event, Green Screen The Environmental Film Festival. The sixth edition of Green...
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Birth of a Nation
Close your eyes, imagine going back to August 31, 1962, seated in the Red House in Port-of-Spain in the presence of the Princess Royal as then prime minister Dr Eric Williams gave his iconic...
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White Trini finds Caribbean identity
Land surveyor Ivan Laughlin has designed and overseen urban planning projects for several decades. Laughlin believes in sustainable development and expansion of villages to inspire communal...
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A ‘fine’ way to live
VINODE MAMCHAN (DUBAI, UAE)A lot of people admire Dubai as a country for its economic wealth, massive infrastructure, cosmopolitan ways, security and safety. Well, after being here for the past few...
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The challenges of the Data Protection Bill
During Saturday’s Media Association talk, I posted a particularly provocative statement by Ria Mohammed-Davidson about the thorny issues that surround the pending passage into law of the remaining...
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Sinkholes, faulty electrical issues won’t stop QRC
Queen’s Royal College principal David Simon did not hold back punches at the hosting of the school’s Achievement Day ceremony held at Queen’s Hall in St Ann’s, Port-of-Spain, on October 13, where he...
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Suicide can be prevented
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately one million people die each year from suicide. That staggering figure makes the prospect of preventing suicides daunting. But suicides...
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Vitas House gets support from Payless ShoeSource
This year, Payless ShoeSource has donated the net profit from the sale of its 2016 Payless Bracelets and limited edition pink socks and Champion sneakers to The Cancer Society of T&T. The bracelets...
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Losing both parents to cancer, Gary Griffith describes the pain:...
His Cabinet appointment to the post of this country’s Minister of National Security in September 2013 was a victorious and proud moment. It was one Gary Griffith would have loved to share with his...
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Hindu fundamentalism at odds with traditions, argues author
Kevin BaldeosinghWendy Doniger is one of the leading Western experts on Hinduism or, put another way, one of the world’s leading experts on Hinduism. This collection of essays is an excellent general...
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Tribute to Lee Wah at NGC Sanfest
The National Gas Company of T&T Limited (NGC) is proud once again to be partnering as the title sponsor with the San Fernando Arts Council for NGC Sanfest 2016. Now in its 46th year of existence,...
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Pan Legend honored
Although it’s long overdue, living steelband icon Anthony Williams was bestowed an Honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) from the University of the West Indies last Saturday, at the St Augustine Campus of...
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Mas section ‘misrepresents the African enslaved’, says artiste
Last Tuesday, Brian Mac Farlane hosted an online Facebook Heritage Talk to respond to detractors of his Carnival 2017 mas presentation Cazabon: The Art of Living and the furore one of its 14 sections...
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Sustained by Spirit
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneFor Agnes Abdool and her family, spiritual strength has been able to sustain them when physical strength wavered. What has emerged out of their trying times is the tale of how one...
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