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UWI: My Academic Connections

What we need is the relevant environment, role models and students willing to improve their knowledge… By Bongs Lainjo Many Caribbean readers from the diaspora will resonate with the...

Community Events May 10, 2018
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Community Events May 10, 2018

Come enjoy String Band, Smoked Food, Drums and Dance  SPICE ISLAND MAROON AND MUSIC FESTIVAL Contact Staff Staged mainly on the island of Carriacou, the Maroon Festival is a...

Trinis feted hard at “borough Day” down south
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Trinis feted hard at “borough Day” down south

Event marred by Soca man Blaxx cussing out Machel Montano This year, Trinidad’s most southernmost borough, Point Fortin, celebrated its 38th Anniversary “Borough Day” for 5-10 days, from April...

Big People Ting was big
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Big People Ting was big

Thank You for making my b-day bash a success Some say only it’s only when you’re not around anymore that people will show or express their  appreciation for you....

Martin Albino helps organize monumental  moment in T&T steelband
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Martin Albino helps organize monumental moment in T&T steelband

Trinidad All Stars’ Minuet In G at the 1958 Bomb competition Contact Staff Martin Albino’s involvement in the steelpan movement reaches back to well over six and a half...

The Path to True Forgiveness
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The Path to True Forgiveness

Egbert Gaye It took a lot of life’s lessons for Rev. Jennifer McSween to come to terms with the concept of true forgiveness, and when it happened it unleashed...

Buju Eying T&T for first Concert
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Buju Eying T&T for first Concert

While I’ve been a bit overwhelmed by my trip to Trinidad and Tobago carnival, a lot have been happening on the reggae/dancehall scene around the world. Big news announced...

This Spring: Montreal is Soca
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This Spring: Montreal is Soca

The weather in Montreal can be a nuisance and the winter’s cold may kill our partying spirit, but have no fear as Spring is here, even though you couldn’t...

Move out the way
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Move out the way

Carnival 2018: Young stars take their place at the top Egbert Gaye Veteran calypsonian Austin “Super Blue” Lyons teamed up with Soca’s most seasoned superstar, Machel Montano, to make...

Crime and desperation now part of the mix in T&T
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Crime and desperation now part of the mix in T&T

Witnessing a culture shift  in the land of calypso, Soca, chutney and steelpan Egbert Gaye It’s not by chance that a significant chunk of Trinidadians gave little though about...