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Dance teacher eyes three beauty titles
Afeya Aneisha Jeffrey, 23, exemplifies the saying, “beauty with brains.”The dancer, former schoolteacher and recently crowned Miss T&T Carnival Queen is expected to leave next week, to participate...
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Carmona honours president of Howard University
President Anthony Carmona and his wife Reema Carmona hosted a cocktail reception at the Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, on June 17, in honour of Trinidadian Dr Wayne A I Frederick who was named the 17th...
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Flautist on fluteboxing journey
What do you get when a skilled flautist decides he wants to enhance a performance with simultaneous vocal percussion? You get—fluteboxing—a portmanteau word blending of the elements of flute and...
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Calypso battle on in South
As a popular politician recently quipped, “this is just the tip of the iceberg,” the just held Political Calypso Convention, held at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, is but the tip of the...
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Everybody does it
The Classical Music Development Foundation of T&T (CMDFTT) launched its Opera Festival and tenth anniversary celebrations last Friday night at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, with a production of Mozart’s...
View ArticleCity and Guild awards top performers
On Thursday, City and Guild/ILM T&T held its annual celebration of City and Guilds Medal of Excellence/ILM Fellowship and Membership Awards 2015 at the residence of the British High Commissioner in...
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Hosein, Rou feed the needy
Aschille Clarke-MendesFeed The Needy, a programme spearheaded by the Revival of the Ummah (Rou), plans to spend the month of Ramadhan donating food and clothing to impoverished families across...
View ArticleLumps and bumps—naughty or nice?
Dr Shashta SawhAs breast cancer awareness and breast health education increases through the use of television, Internet and other forms of social media, it is not surprising that I am encountering many...
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Colin Borde: Franchise cricket the way to go
Among the many hats Colin Borde wears, one of them is that of the manager of the T&T Red Steel T20 cricket franchise (as he has been since the inaugural tournament in 2013). The other hats he wears...
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Wildlife species management —Part 2 Enforcement, socio-economic and cultural...
Socio-economic and cultural aspects of hunting We frequently encounter stories in the newspapers about citizens being arrested and charged for hunting offences. One such story is an account of two...
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Dancing across Generations
Two generations of dance came together for a second time on June 20 at the Little Carib Theatre for Generations II, a dance recital of five solos and one duet, programmed and danced by Paul Dennis and...
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Rachel the Runner
One unanswered question lingers, like last night’s undigested lumpy corn pie—would poser Rachel Dolezal have been able to fool us in Trinidad? The woman pulled off a huge lifetime hoax by pretending...
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Fresh Dressed: New
NEW YORK—From slave-era church outfits and Little Richard to the South Bronx and Dapper Dan the knockoff king of Harlem, the roots of hip-hop culture stretch beyond the music. They stretch to “fresh,”...
View ArticleOnline education, upgraded
Dr Paul Kim had an interesting proposition for local educators on the third day of UWI’s three-day seminar series on Institutionalizing Best Practice in Higher Education at the university’s Centre for...
View ArticlePursue sport for its own sake
I was there, but yet I wasn’t there. My arm threw itself over the lane rope, while my feet reflexively kicked up so that my mouth remained above the surging waves that followed me into the wall. It...
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Honesty on the record
It is not clear whether discussants at the TEDx inspired Taboo Conversations in Woodbrook were aware of the US Supreme Court ruling to come down on marriage equality in the United States the following...
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Alta Online aids delivery of classroom instruction
For 23 years, the Adult Literacy Tutors Association (Alta) has continued to thrive, thanks to the work of our committed volunteers and the passion of Alta’s founder and CEO, Paula Lucie-Smith. This was...
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Arrival of the Hispaniolan zombie
When Haiti was devastated by the 2010 earthquake, T&T responded with financial, material and human aid. Disregarding the $750,000 Fifa donated, which was deposited in a local Concacaf account only...
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Black homophobia betrays history, religion
“All fags, lesbos and fag churches. As u burn with lust four human waste so shall u burn in hell. As waste is god’s sewer of fire.”That was the last thing I expected to read on a sign outside a church...
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Parched Caribbean faces widespread drought
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—The worst drought in five years is creeping across the Caribbean, prompting officials around the region to brace for a bone dry summer.From Puerto Rico to Cuba to the eastern...
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