Opposition MP calls for sex registry
In light of the death of alleged child molester Chea Callender, Princes Town MP Barry Padarath joins the chorus of activists to lobby Government for the establishment of a sex offender’s registry.In a...
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Cops keep close eye on junior masqueraders
Hundreds of children had their second day of fun in the sun with another day of Kiddies Carnival in Downtown Port-of-Spain yesterday. From toddlers to babies in strollers to teens they all came out,...
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Kiddies in Nostalgia
Traditional mas came to life as a host of Carnival characters took part in the Nostalgia Parade, which started at the Piccadilly Greens, Port-of-Spain and made its way uptown to the Adam Smith Square...
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18 bands in jubilance
With more colours, characters and clean fun than modern mas, hundreds of children flooded parts of San Fernando as it was their turn to revel on the Carnival stage.Despite the hot sun yesterday,...
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Anthropology grad rescues abused dogs
Young anthropology graduate Renae John has been going to the Lapeyrouse Cemetery, Port-of-Spain, every single day, including holidays, for the past eight months. But there is no sinister motive behind...
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NSITT chairman Prince gets letter of appointment
Chairman of the Cabinet-appointed task force for the establishment of the National Statistical Institute of T&T (NSITT) Dr John Prince said Chief Justice Ivor Archie was among three leaders who...
View ArticleHealth officials: Don’t get bite for Carnival
A “serious threat to Trinidad and Tobago.” That’s how secretary of the Division of Health and Social Services Claudia Groome-Duke described the Zika virus, which has impacted most of South and Central...
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Butch Stewart makes second visit to Tobago
Less than two weeks after an initial visit, chairman of Sandals Resorts International Gordon “Butch” Stewart was in Tobago again on Saturday to undertake an extensive aerial tour of the western...
View ArticleGuyana defends decision to close down sugar factory
GEORGETOWN—The Guyana government Friday dismissed suggestions that all the workers at two financially strapped sugar estates would be made redundant accusing the Guyana Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU)...
View ArticleManufacturing truths
Noel Kalicharan’s column of February 2 entitled, No need to worry about Zika, makes for interesting reading for it suggests that far from the local and world-wide panic about Zika as the cause for...
View ArticleThe recession: to panic or not to panic?
I recently heard two seemingly different points of view from respected experts on the topic of recession in T&T. The first was from the President of the Chaguanas Chamber, Mr Richie Sookhai, who...
View ArticleCalypso Fiesta reflects a bankruptcy of ideas
When I turned on my television to see the Calypso Fiesta at Skinner Park last Saturday 30, and heard all the bantering, I thought I was looking at the wrong TV station and that it was a PNM political...
View ArticleMinshall’s Pavlova—a new horizon created
When my eyes wafted past the TV screen, they jerked back. They spotted something different, singular, rare. Art. The hand of the Master. Innovation, creation, concept, a stroke of genius. Performance....
View ArticleThey will copy Minshall
For quite some years there has been no Peter Minshall king or queen costume that could have been used as a blueprint. Why bother to say which of his king and queen designs that were the most copied?...
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Cooler Park Carnival delivers for the masses
Green House Entertainment, which recently saw the debut of its ultra premium inclusive event Finesse in La Vega, outdid themselves with their annual cooler fete experience (Cooler Park) and attracted a...
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11-time finalist takes the crown
After 11 attempts at trying to capture the Calypso Monarch crown, Devon Seale yesterday snatched the coveted title and $1 million first prize from his 11 rivals.Seale, who sang Spirit of Carnival and...
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Canadian visitor killed in hit-and-run accident
Relatives of Canadian visitor Leon Williams who was struck and killed by a car yesterday morning were left feeling even more distraught after they learnt that the driver never stopped.Leon Williams,...
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Smooth flow of bands in downtown venue
Carnival Monday 2016 kicked off yesterday with some of the bigger bands crossing the judging point at South Quay with no major hiccups.Downtown Port-of-Spain was a sea of colour and excitement as...
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The greatest SME show on Earth
It took an absurdly long time for me to realise it, but by following the script of Carnival coverage I met all the way back in the 1980s; I was actually missing the entire point of the festival...
View ArticleRevellers hurt in J’Ouvert fracas
A heavy presence of police officers on foot and in vehicles throughout Port-of-Spain did not prevent violence in the city, as a group of non-paying masqueraders threw bottles at J’Ouvert revellers in a...
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