Bigger southern festival starts Carnival
Published: Tuesday, February 17, 2015Carnival 2015 Thousands of masqueraders flooded the streets of San Fernando yesterday making it the largest showing in recent years.However, infrastructure for both...
View ArticleChaguanas J’Ouvert free of violence
Shastri BoodanPublished: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 Chaguanas J’Ouvert celebrations were smooth and free from violent incidents, according to Senior Superintendent Johnny Abraham.Speaking with the...
View Article‘The beauty of my craft’
Shaliza HassanaliPublished: Tuesday, February 17, 2015Carnival 2015: Defending monarch steals the showCovering his face in disbelief while being hoisted by jubilant fans, Roderick Gordon (Chucky) was...
View Article2015 Calypso Monarch seals place in history
Chucky joins the elite fiveDavid CuffyPublished: Tuesday, February 17, 2015Carnival 2015When he won the 2015 National Calypso Monarch title on Carnival Sunday night, Chucky (Roderick Gordon) joined an...
View ArticleDCP Hackett praises officers
Anna-Lisa Paul Anna-Lisa PaulPublished: Tuesday, February 17, 2015Carnival 2015Deputy Police Commissioner, Operations, Glen Hackett, yesterday heaped praises on law enforcement officers for their...
View ArticleT&T lose to Panama
Published: Wednesday, February 18, 2015T&T’s Under 17 team went under 4-0 to Panama’s U-17s in their first training match in Panama City on Monday evening as they fine tuned for the upcoming...
View ArticleSancho lifts U17s on eve of qualifiers
Published: Wednesday, February 18, 2015Minister of Sport, Brent Sancho paid a visit to the national Under 17s final training session at the Ato Boldon Stadium on Saturday to provide some motivation...
View ArticleCouva calypso monarchs score hat-tricks
Published: Wednesday, February 18, 2015Carnival 2015History was created in double measure in Couva Carnival on Friday night when Helon Francis and N’Janella Duncan-Regis delivered command performances...
View ArticleDon’t change who you are, be who you are
Caroline C RavelloPublished: Wednesday, February 18, 2015MENTAL HEALTH MATTERSIf you have read my last instalment and from that positively, self-affirming declaration concluded that I am lonely, alone,...
View ArticleA silent threat to women’s hearts many don’t recognise
Published: Wednesday, February 18, 2015Your Daily HealthHeart disease is the leading cause of death for Americans. It kills more women and men each year than all types of cancer combined. The latest...
View ArticleChaguanas Carnival Winners Row
Shastri BoodanPublished: Wednesday, February 18, 2015Carnival 2015House of Jaqui’s 2015 presentation Look De Band Coming won the Kiddies Large Band title at the Chaguanas Carnival celebrations. Placing...
View ArticleDon’t be too proud to beg
Monica StarkePublished: Wednesday, February 18, 2015How many times have you and your partner lost precious minutes, hours, even days together because one or the other was too proud to back down or too...
View ArticleARCHER: KATHLEEN JOAN
Published: Wednesday, February 18, 2015ARCHER: KATHLEEN JOAN passed away peacefully on 5th February 2015 in Antigua, at the age of 96. She was the daughter of the late Jack and Lilian Goellnicht and...
View ArticleNAIMOOL: WILFRED SHEIKH
Published: Wednesday, February 18, 2015NAIMOOL: WILFRED SHEIKH beloved husband of Jocelyn, father of Roger and Nigel, grandfather of Nicholas, Dominic, Aidan and Benjamin, and great-grandfather of...
View ArticleAgeing in the Caribbean
...Valuable insights into senior issuesShereen AliPublished: Thursday, February 19, 2015By 2050, fully a quarter of Caribbean people will be 60 and over. When we look out our windows, instead of...
View ArticleTammico Moore puts the spice in calypso
Bobie-Lee DixonPublished: Thursday, February 19, 2015Tammico Moore was recently showcased at the annual National Women’s Action Committee (NWAC), Calypso Queen competition where she placed ninth,...
View ArticleThe other side of Selma’s Oscar snub
Published: Thursday, February 19, 2015Even before the silver screen learned to talk, black actors and filmmakers were producing, directing and acting in their own movies. The contemporary contributions...
View ArticleMake progress in your own life
George Bovell IIIPublished: Thursday, February 19, 2015Reflections off the WaterWaking up on Ash Wednesday, hopefully the distraction will all be over. Believe it or not, life goes on after Carnival....
View ArticleMy Carnival tabanca
Joshua SurteesPublished: Thursday, February 19, 2015London CallingIt’s approaching midday in London on Carnival Tuesday (aka Shrove Tuesday, aka Pancake Day) and Trinidad Carnival Diary Facebook page...
View ArticleDear future volunteer, do something that matters
Published: Thursday, February 19, 2015Lauri Chan, a first-year volunteer tutor at Alta’s Maraval Assumption Parish Centre class, writes:Dear future volunteer,Like you, I already knew I wanted to do...
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