Leacock leads young council
The swearing ceremony for the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Aldermen of the Tunapuna Piarco regional Corporation (TPRC) took place last Thursday before a packed audience at the Tunapuna Community Centre,...
View ArticleSFC Caribbean alumni give back
Earlier this year some Caribbean Alumni from St Francis College in Brooklyn, New York reconnected via the popular social media platforms of Facebook and WhatsApp.Most of them attended the institution...
View ArticleJA teams with RBC to inspire young men
Some 400 young men from secondary schools across Trinidad received a rare, first-hand glimpse into the personal lives of several public figures when they attended the 2016 Annual Junior Achievement...
View ArticleA Merry Christmas to all
It is the eve of the eve of Christmas Day so you should be well prepared for the very long, holiday weekend.With the Christmas tree and curtains already up, tonight might be the time of final...
View ArticleMcLean Lights Up Williamsville
Now, his light shows have become one of the most highly-anticipated events in Williamsville every year for the Christmas season.Mc Lean uses computer programming to create the stunning light shows,...
View ArticleThe King of Monos Island I
Monos Island is now best known as a holiday resort, but for the latter part of the 18th century and well into the 1920s it was an actual community with public officers, a chapel, and families who...
View ArticleHealing with Music
Classical, jazz, soul, blues and Caribbean spirituals will take the spotlight at An Evening of Healing with Music-Vol I, on December 28.This fundraising concert aims to foster wellbeing through music...
View ArticleFor 2017, I wish you good mental health
More than any other year, in 2016 I have come to know so many people who live with a mental illness or who have had to support a family member with a condition. Of course, it is no surprise to me...
View ArticleFlow to sponsor T&T Film Festival for three more years
Flow has announced that it will spend $5,730,060.00 over the next three years as the presenting sponsor for the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival (TTFF).A release said the continued partnership which...
View Article‘Improve our airbridge’
From the onset of the recession, we at the T&T Chamber were adamant that it could not be “business as usual” in 2016.As it stands, GDP estimates show a decline of 6.7 per cent for the first six...
View Article‘Let’s have honest debate on real issues’
We in the Natuc view economics, politics, productivity and religion as people-centred and therefore our discourse on the current state of the nation, recommendations for improvement and our plans for...
View ArticleRecession presents great opportunities
The Trinidad & Tobago Contractors Association (TTCA) views itself as a responsible developmental partner integral to not only the development but the success of T&T.We recognise that our...
View ArticleHelp our girls
We cannot go backward. “The measure of any society is how it treats its women and girls,” said Michelle Obama.The deteriorating state of our social, economic and political condition is, according to...
View ArticleWand pledges continued support for its community projects
Women in Action for the Needy and Destitute (Wand) was formed as a charitable organisation back in 1998 to assist members and groups in depressed and often crime-ridden areas; to bring some measure of...
View ArticleAdd tutor volunteering to New Year’s resolutions
As 2016 comes to a close, many people are reminiscing on the past 12 months and looking forward to 2017. Around this time many of us start making New Year’s resolutions by thinking about ways we can...
View ArticleAgreeing to disagree
REVIEW BY KEVIN BALDEOSINGHThis book is an argument on the virtue of disagreement. “We have, I believe, given far too little attention to the dangers of conformity and agreement itself,” writes legal...
View ArticlePan in danger, calypso in the city
Veteran pan musician Dane Gulston was one of the many outspoken members who told Pulse: “What Pan Trinbago has displayed to its membership is total disrespect.“My main concern with the president and...
View ArticleWand makes its mark
Spending time assisting communities, people in need and contributing to your country is no easy feat as the ladies in charge of Women in Action for the Needy and Destitute (Wand) know well.It is a task...
View ArticleThe King Of Monos Island—Part 2
The rapture which Kingsley felt over the Morrison clan at Monos must have been real indeed for a generation later he was still at its full pace. Morrison died in 1904 and was buried in the sandy soils...
View ArticleA very good year
Of the 11 writers, six are from T&T.In 2016, a year that was promising and trailblazing for T&T writers, this felt like less of a coincidence and more of a portent of powerful, locally-made...
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