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Divine interventions
Marsha PearceSunday, May 26, 2013The Rebirth of Kimpa Vita.Brianna McCarthy’s second solo exhibition, Saints + Jumbies, opened on May 22 at Medulla Art Gallery, Woodbrook.
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Rodell Warner’s moving images
Shivanee RamlochanSunday, May 26, 2013Portrait of Brianna McCarthy from the installation at Year of the Snake Eating Itself. Image courtesy Rodell WarnerOn May 1, Rodell Warner held his new interactive...
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Better with age
BC PiresSunday, May 26, 2013John “The Duke” Wayne in a Western that seems to have improved with age.Two weeks in a row of wide-ranging film choice; you just know next week is going to be all Vin Diesel!
View ArticleTips for hosting a morning wedding
Simone Sant-GhuranSunday, May 26, 2013Some folks just aren’t “morning people” so if that’s the case, a brunch or luncheon wedding may not be for you. If, however, you enjoy the morning air, perhaps you...
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Actress Tova Miller Singing’s my food
Nasser KhanSunday, May 26, 2013Tova Miller, centre, performs on stage at Napa, Port-of-Spain, for the local production of the King and I. Tova Miller made her stage debut in the 2006 production of...
View ArticleTen most frequently misused words in everyday speech
Marlene DavisSunday, May 26, 20131. Presently: I am presently trying to upgrade our English usage. (Incorrect) In Standard English, the word “presently” means soon, in a short while. (US it means now).
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The dark side of the upper crust
Debbie JacobSunday, May 26, 2013To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery, by Gail MacColl and Carol McD Wallace (sic) is a real-life chronicle of obscene wealth, soc
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Jamaica, the unchanging nation
Lisa Allen-AgostiniSunday, May 26, 2013In Huracan, author Diana McCaulay explores Jamaica’s history and its present as it plays out in the ghettoes of Kingston and the countryside of Trelawny, finding dis
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To India with love
Dianne JohnSunday, May 26, 2013Indian born Ira Mathur provides inspiration for many Indian women in Trinidad as a journalist working in various forms of media: radio, television and print.
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My Grandfather My Mahatma
Bavina SookdeoSunday, May 26, 2013You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them. — Desmond Tutu
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Bledman places third Adidas 100m
Sunday, May 26, 2013T&T sprinter Keston BledmanNEW YORK—T&T sprinter Keston Bledman copped the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the Adidas Grand Prix, New York Diamond League meet at Icahn...
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Four ways to shake up drug policy
Mark WilsonSunday, May 26, 2013Marijuana plants are burned during an anti-drug operation in Guatemala.Time for a drug policy shake-up? Maybe.
View ArticleVintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668,000
Sunday, May 26, 2013BERLIN—An auctioneer says one of Apple's first computers—a functioning 1976 model—has been sold for a record 516,000 euros ($668,000). German auction house Breker said yesterday an
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Trade Wars
Suzanne SheppardSunday, May 26, 2013The packed container terminal at the Port of Port-of-Spain stands as evidence of the level of trade activity in T&T.The build-up to the latest battle in the...
View ArticleEasing up trade challenges
Sunday, May 26, 2013In an initiative driven by the T&T Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA), a Trade Facilitation Desk was established between T&T and Jamaica in October 2011 and became...
View ArticleT&T records US$407 surplus
Sunday, May 26, 2013Latest data from the Central Bank shows that T&T recorded a trade surplus of US$407.60 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. Historically, from 1995 until 2012, T&T’s...
View ArticleRefocused FAO leads Caribbean fight against hunger
Sunday, May 26, 2013A revitalised Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has recommitted itself to the sustainable development of agriculture and the fight against hunger in the...
View ArticleT&T needs stricter laws to protect wildlife
Sunday, May 26, 2013In our last article we discussed two recommendations for improving the proposed Wildlife Policy Draft: increasing the quantity and improving the quality of fieldwork to better...
View ArticleRCs celebrate Feast of Corpus Christi
Vernon KhelawanSunday, May 26, 2013“It is invaluable to converse with Christ and leaning against Jesus’ breast like his beloved disciple, we can feel the infinite love of His heart.
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