Gun problems in US a lesson for T&T
Published: Wednesday, February 10, 2016In a very recent article by the well-known international magazine, Newsweek (February 5), it shared very interesting information on gun-related murders in the USA...
View ArticlePolice need to implement loitering laws
Published: Wednesday, February 10, 2016I find with great dissatisfaction that the authority enshrined in our laws to uphold all laws of the land, that is, the police service, choose which law to uphold...
View ArticleThe Drag Queen can dance
Published: Wednesday, February 10, 2016I was quite surprised to hear the opinions of veteran mas designers of Minshall’s Carnival king costume. I was not surprised that they did not like it, but rather...
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Student drowns at Guayaguayare river
Alana SurajPublished: Wednesday, February 10, 2016A church camp at Guayaguayare turned tragic for a Tableland family on Carnival Tuesday. Maria Modeste, 15, who was camping with the church group and...
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Body of masquerader found in Queen’s Park Savannah
Derek AchongPublished: Wednesday, February 10, 2016The body of a Carnival masquerader was been found under a tree in the Queen’s Park Savannah this morning.According to the police, Cepep workers...
View ArticleGabriel wins again with Another Day In Paradise
Kalifa ClynePublished: Thursday, February 11, 2016Veteran mas designer Rosalind Gabriel says she is happy with her band placing first in the Junior Bands category (Large) of the NCC Band of the Year...
View ArticleFour more guns seized
Jensen La VendePublished: Thursday, February 11, 2016With 12 guns recovered for the year, four during the Carnival period and over 300 in the past two years, the head of the Northern Division Senior...
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Time for Panorama review?
Wesley GibbingsPublished: Thursday, February 11, 2016Desperadoes’ undisputed Panorama win on February 6 marked the 11th time the band has won the contest which essentially declares for it the title of...
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Contesting the Carnival
Simon LeePublished: Thursday, February 11, 2016By the time you get to read this, it’ll all be over, officially that is. Although as we all know, until the fat lady stretches her vocal chords and wind...
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Not all narratives have equal value
Published: Thursday, February 11, 2016Kevin BaldeosinghA book about an academic controversy might seem esoteric and irrelevant to even the intelligent lay reader in T&T, but this account by Mary...
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The benefits of volunteering
Published: Thursday, February 11, 2016Part 1 While on the surface volunteering may seem to be a time consuming effort with no reward to be gained, ask anyone who has volunteered before and they will...
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Business Guardian 2016-02-11
BGPublished: Thursday, February 11, 2016URL: http://digital.guardian.co.tt/?iid=136886#folio=88
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Death to our darkest selves
Gabrielle HoseinPublished: Friday, February 12, 2016Diary of a Mothering Worker For J’Ouvert, I was Death playing mas in Trinidad. Roaming the road, sharp silver scythe in hand, culling those closest...
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Sex crimes and young people
(Part 1 of 2)Published: Friday, February 12, 2016Schools and homes are becoming hot spots for many sex crimes committed against and by youths in T&T. Let us take a crisp look at the relevant laws...
View ArticleWorld needs to see our children’s mas
Published: Friday, February 12, 2016It was extremely disappointing that there was absolutely no television coverage of one of the best elements of our Carnival—the Children’s Parade of the Bands on...
View ArticleShut up and let the music play
Published: Friday, February 12, 2016Fete promoters, there is nothing more annoying than hearing the loud shouting and carryings-on of these hype men at a fete. I can’t figure out their purpose. I’ve...
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From Hummingbird to Dying Swan
BC PiresPublished: Friday, February 12, 2016In 1990, Judy Raymond, considering Minshall’s King of Carnival, Saga Boy (I think it was), wrote: I knew it was art because it made the hair on my body stand...
View ArticleMr Tim Kee’s terrible tone-deafness
Published: Friday, February 12, 2016The remarks, effectively victim-blaming, would be controversial at any time. The surprisingly oft-expressed notion that a woman who is sexually assaulted and...
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