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Puppet show teaches students about disaster preparedness
Students from the Tobago School for the Deaf, Speech and Language Impaired were treated to an instructional puppet show, on disaster preparedness specifically designed for people with special needs on...
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Africa Film T&T is back for 2017
The annual film festival that focuses on the work of African filmmakers all around the world returns on July 21.There’s a movie for everyone in this year’s festival: from comedy to drama, action and...
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Why are these countries the most obese?
The world is in the middle of a major obesity epidemic, and current trends indicate that it’s only going to get worse.Today we conclude with the results of a recent study that found that more than two...
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Building strong children
The National Gas Company of T&T Limited (NGC) announced the launch of its sponsorship of the Mayaro Police Youth Club, and the continued sponsorship of four other clubs namely Laventille Road,...
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Celebrating the legacy of Lancelot Layne
The life and work of the late musician and cultural activist Lancelot Layne will be celebrated with two days of performances, discussion and film on Sunday, July 30 and Monday, July 31 at the Big Black...
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You’re not yourself when you’re sleepy
Growing evidence suggests that lack of sleep is not only taking a toll on some people’s physical health through heart disease, diabetes, stroke, or other conditions, but hurting their mental health as...
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Workplace prejudices are damaging
Speaking with an individual one day about coping skills and interpersonal relations at work, she exclaimed, “Me? I would never tell those people on work about my health!”I imagine what she imagines...
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Remembering characters from old San Fernando
San Fernando Mayor Junia Regrello and San Fernando City Corporation acting CEO Yvette Rousseau took guests in a lively trip down memory lane as they reminisced about old San Fernando during the launch...
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Ninth Floor re-opens issues of student strife in Canada
The incident which took place on the ninth floor of Sir George Williams University, Canada, in February 1969 still carries mixed emotions among Trinidadians. For some, it was an event which should not...
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The ones who missed out
Marise Warner came on board as an Alta Tutor in 1997 and never left. She has played many different roles at Alta – first as a tutor, then coordinator of one Alta’s venues, facilitator during the annual...
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Rapid Fire Kidz marks fifth anniversary
Attorney Kevin Ratiram, who launched the Rapid Fire Kidz Foundation in 2012 to help vulnerable youth, says it has been an uplifting, emotional journey. During a July 15 gala dinner event to mark the...
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We could make it
Second runner-up in this year’s International Soca Monarch competition, Matthews died of a heart attack minutes after he began his performance at the band launch, held at St Mary’s College Grounds in...
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Tobago Heritage Festival opening gets the green light
After weeks of speculation and doubts due to budget cuts and late preparations, the Tobago Heritage Festival 2017 got off to an impressive start, with an Opening Night production that left patrons...
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Whaling in T&T: ‘There she blows’
Whaling, the bloody pursuit of the leviathan, is something more often associated with Nantucket and the epic novel, Moby Dick.Trinidad too has a history of whaling until synthetic petroleum-based oils...
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AFTT film festival brings Nollywood to T&T screen
In just its third edition, the increasingly popular film festival brings Nollywood for the first time to theatrical screens in T&T.African Film Trinidad and Tobago, the pioneering and increasingly...
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Bad roads, poor drainage irk South Oropouche residents
You can even head to places such as Rousillac, Sobo Village, La Brea and Point Fortin.With the new highway, access to those locations will perhaps be easier and faster.Most people call the general area...
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Ivy Phillip turns 94...
Ivy Phillip celebrated her 94th birthday on Wednesday with her children Daphne, Elvira, Learie, Hugh, Barry and grandchildren including Dexter Parsons also known in the calypso world as “Stinger” at...
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Thinking in Place with Alicia Milne
Born in T&T, Alicia Milne is a multi-disciplinary artist working mostly in ceramics. Her work has showed in galleries and spaces both locally and abroad, namely: Medulla Art Gallery, the Los...
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Local website shows off creative wares
Local website plentytalent.com was founded in 2014 based on the perceived need for a regional database of emerging talent in all areas of the creative industries.Three years later, expansion plans are...
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Fashion dreams and business realities
On day one of the FashionTT Business of Fashion Workshop, session facilitator Dr Suzanne Burke told participants that entrepreneurship means “taking resources from a place where there is nothing and...
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