Even as Trinidad and Tobago’s Mishael Morgan was triumphantly brandishing her Emmy Award in LA on the night of Saturday June 25, another young talented Trini named Akil Gerard Williams was quietly working a New York stage at this year’s edition of BAMcinemaFest, a vital annual showcase of independent filmmakers. “The Young and the Restless” …
Yes! We doubt that any sane person living in this vibrant twin-island democratic took CPO Daryl Dindial seriously when he recently offered Prison Officers a woeful Two Percent increase for the period 2014 to 2021, to start negotiations for a new collective agreement. Neither did any of us buy the CPO’s limp excuse about the …
Roget Was Right to Call Out Employers For Criminal Exploitation of Workers Read More »
What is your problem, Really? Really? Yes My problem is ME How so? The Government. The Government? Yes. The government gave me too much at one time, so I never had to work hard for nothing. And I became accustomed to looking for: *The next raise of pay without any demand for equivalent improvement in …
Humanity has always used containers. Historically it could have been useful a shell or a pumpkin, but, soon had to find an easier way to transport the fruits of the harvest, hunting and fishing. Baskets allowed people a method to leave hands free. Anthropologists, archaeologists and textile arts specialists agree that basketry was a universal …
Aborigine Basketry in Venezuela’s Handcraft Culture Read More »
By Lennard G. Wilkie (A poem dedicated to “The many Who Dare to Think and Act”) What if, In this world, Where limits Multiply everywhere, You could turn Your everyday steps Into Giant Leap And Scale The highest mountain What if, You could shatter This hidden mountain Of self-doubts And fear of others, Walking in …
A few short days after the NAR routed the PNM out of political power for the first time in 1986, only a few eyebrows were raised when South Express Chief Harry Partap was slipped in as a minister in the new government. In recent times, a significant number of media practitioners have continued to be …
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Opportunity Marketing Assistant- Short Term POSITION DESCRIPTION SHORT TERM – MARKETING ASSISTANT REPORTING TO: SENIOR ADVISOR – PR AND MARKETING LOCATION: HEAD OFFICE, BARBADOS SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES The Short Term – Marketing Assistant will support the communications department with a range of administrative duties and marketing activities. Reporting to the Senior Advisor – PR and …
What yellow demon could have dazzled the mind of T+T’s usually straight-thinking PM Dr Keith Rowley to make him suddenly kilkitay on the Morvant stage last Tuesday May 24 and hammer Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar leader to a pulp? And why were the alarm bells of our churches silent as media reports simultaneously flew fast and …
It was early on a Monday morning, as I dropped in at Cephas’ Bar on my way to collect my Pension Cheque, when I had the rare chance to enjoy some quality conversation with Cephas himself for a short while. Cephas is usually too busy behind his bar to have any time to talk in …
Nowhere in T+T to find a Peaceful Place to Retire Read More »
In the teeming eye of the storm of violence that keeps tormenting Sweet T+T with every heartbeat in time, I was pleasantly shocked to see a beautifully fresh and innocent piece of writing by Rishi Williams jumping out of Facebook. Rishi’s piece about the wonderful challenges which man and woman must deal with if they …
