The Friday before Carnival, dubbed Fantastic Friday, is the date of the annual International Soca Monarch (ISM) finals. It is viewed also as the unofficial start of the festive Carnival weekend. International Soca Monarch has become a staple of the Carnival season with performers from around the world vying for …
Read More »Family trip to serene Tyrico Beach
By Felesha Parboo. Tyrico Beach provides a calm and serene experience because the beach is more rural than urban. It is known by many as Tyrico Bay. It is in the vicinity of Port of Spain and a few miles east of Maracas Bay. There is a small access road that …
Read More »Musician Juliet Robin’s story
I am Juliet Robin, daughter of former Director of Culture Melville Robin and Rosalind Robin. I am a musician, vocalist, composer, arranger, producer, teacher and radio host, classically trained in string, woodwind and keyboard instruments and I am specialised in the violin, clarinet and piano. I have been involved with …
Read More »Winta from Africa just loving Trinidad
By Kielon Hilaire. Her name is Winta Ghidei and she was born and raised in the country of Eritrea, and if you are one of the few who know of Eritrea then it would be no secret that the country is located in the Horn of Africa. Winta grew up in the …
Read More »Rum chow for feters to enjoy
By Kielon Hilaire. Trinbagonians are naturally so creative that they tend to go out of their way to make chow with almost any fruit imaginable. They make guava chow, pomerac chow, pineapple chow, portugal chow and more by repeatedly slicing away as though playing an active game of Fruit Ninja. They …
Read More »Download Go Trinbago App and be amazed!
“Whatever you are looking for, there’s always something to do in Trinidad and Tobago,” says Ms Shamfa Cudjoe, Minister of Tourism at the launch of the Go Trinbago App at National Academy for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, February 7, 2017. This is the motivation behind the development of the …
Read More »Relaxing at Scarborough Botanical Gardens
By Kielon Hilaire. I have always known about the Botanical Gardens located next to the Emperor Valley Zoo in Port of Spain in Trinidad. Recently, I was most surprised when I found out that there was another Botanical Gardens located in the sister isle, Tobago. I was able to visit …
Read More »PornHub targets young adults
Unfortunately for many young people, pornography is the closest they would come to sex ed. With this in mind, the porn juggernaut PornHub has decided to take the bull by the horns by creating a “sub-site” just for young adults. This platform is known as PornHub Sexual Wellness Center. PornHub …
Read More »HOMTOM HT10 the most secure budget phone
Security is a major issue in these modern times. It is such a big deal that smartphone manufacturers have made fingerprint scanners one of their major selling points during 2016. This feature however has some flaws. Mobile devices that depend on fingerprint scanners have been accessed by clone prints in …
Read More »Caiman basking in my backyard
Caiman in the backyard. By Nadia Ali. Living in the Caribbean you expect to see tropical birds and creepy insects that are larger than life in the garden. I often run outside when I hear the familiar squawk of wild parrots flying above, but when the bushes rustle on the border …
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