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Is Venezuela still a democracy?
Venezuela has installed an all-powerful constituent assembly with the authority to rewrite the constitution, remove public officials and trump all branches of government, raising concerns about the...
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Local film Green Days By the River opens T&T Film Festival
Green Days by the River, a film adaptation of Michael Anthony’s classic 1967 novel of the same name, will open this year’s T&T Film Festival (ttff/17), with a red carpet gala and screening to be...
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The sorry state of renewable energy
Each speaker had a different perspective on the issues, but there was widespread agreement about several core issues. The biggest bear in the room was the cost of energy in T&T. Our energy is...
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CCC students embrace BPTT math incentive
Fifteen determined young men and women attached to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) are now proud graduates of the 2017 Annual BPTT Young Adult Math Experience, having embraced the often-dreaded...
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Collective voice can reduce stigma, prejudice
Stigma remains a major hurdle to health-seeking behaviour for those suspected of or presenting with mental illnesses. While no research is available that has assessed the prevalence of stigma and...
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Things to do in Tobago
Go on a diving safariFrom three different turtle species to giant sand eels, sea horses and shipwrecks, snorkelling here is an enchanting experience. There are a variety of diving companies across the...
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Reading is about not giving up
This week Alta is throwing it back to an interview conducted with Alta student Vincent Valentine in 2013. Vincent joined Alta in September 2010 at the Assumption RC Church Parish Hall, beginning as a...
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A twenty-first century Abraham and a Trini
UK-born T&T novelist Nicholas S Jagdeo’s The First Jew – The Resurrection of Abraham does not, in its storyline at least, travel down entirely familiar Caribbean literary terrain, but there is more...
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A twenty-first century Abraham and a Trini
UK-born T&T novelist Nicholas S Jagdeo’s The First Jew – The Resurrection of Abraham does not, in its storyline at least, travel down entirely familiar Caribbean literary terrain, but there is more...
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September premiere for Green Days by the River
Eleven years ago, Michael Mooleedhar and Christian James met at the University of the West Indies. It was the first time the institution offered a degree in film. By 2014, armed with film degrees and a...
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Digicel donates to special needs fitness
This year, in the spirit of inclusion, the first grant under the Digicel Foundation Extraordinary Projects Impacting Communities (EPIC) initiative, was made to Alfonso Sport and Fitness Events Ltd.The...
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‘Moving Forward’ at TSTT’s Emancipation pageant
Qhubeka, a southern African word meaning “moving forward”, was the theme of TSTT’s recent Mr & Miss Emancipation Day Pageant at the TSTT St Vincent Street car park.The winner of the Miss TSTT...
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Music, music everywhere
Pan on display todayAfter 17 years of being held on a Sunday, last year the organisers—Laventille Steelband Festival Foundation (LSFF) switched it to Saturday and the public’s response has been...
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Yuma takes on Fatal Attraction in 2018
Mas band Yuma says 2018 is the year for a metamorphosis and after seven successful years in Carnival, they are making changes to help fuel more success, not just for the band but for all its endeavours...
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Kayaking at Caroni Bird Sanctuary: An eco-treat beckons
I awoke the day after with intense shoulder pain but shrugged it off. The experience of exploring my country was worth more than any physical pain. Truth be told, I brought the pain on myself. It was...
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The Maker + The Mender: Brianna McCarthy
According to her Instagram bio, local artist Brianna McCarthy “makes things”, but she does so much more. With a following of roughly twenty-thousand, two-hundred people on the social media platform,...
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A ‘tradition of resistance’
Playwright, poet and cultural activist Eintou Pearl Springer’s newly published book encompasses her love of storytelling, history and the children of T&T.Survivor: A Collection of Plays for...
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THE MANY FACES OF COVERGIRL
It’s really that Easy Breezy Beautiful with CoverGirl to match every type of face and look you’re going for. There is a wide range of formulas and shades to best match one’s skin type and skin pigment....
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Myths Money
Many “sayings” have been developed around money that do more harm than good and make it much harder for people to achieve their financial goals. Just because a belief is popular and widespread, doesn’t...
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Helping computers to see
It takes a little while for anyone getting involved in photography to begin to tell the difference between looking at something, and truly seeing it.The realisation is usually a sharp one, and it’s...
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