Charlie Coosingh, a retired Custom’s employee, walks to the San Juan market every day from his Aranguez home where he sells his cocoyea brooms for $20 each. He sits under his coconut tree in Aranguez and cleans the branches that would later become a brand new cocoyea broom. In San …
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Women’s safety is a growing concern in Trinidad and Tobago. Learning self defense helps to empower women and enable them to recognise risks. “Blackout” is a women empowerment program that offers free self defense classes. It is geared at helping women in T&T mainly those affected by domestic violence. Currently, …
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By Taye Antoine. ‘The self-lacing shoes electronically adjust to the shape of your feet to get the right fit, but that is not where it ends. They connect to an app on your phone…’ Have you ever watched the famous movie Back to the Future, saw that Marty Mcfly wore …
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By Taye Antoine. ‘I am a 17-year-old boy from Trinidad who like dancehall music. The artistes can make a crowd jump in joy and rock their heads in excitement.’ Many people like me use music as an escape from the world. Maybe you’re an introvert, maybe you have ADHD and …
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By Felesha Parboo. Photos by A Williams Photography. We decided to do a traditional Hindu wedding. It just seemed so much more intriguing. I prepared day and night with his family and mine. I left Boston approximately three years ago to be with my love Ashook Parboo. Every day I thank …
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When you are planning to take a hike weeks in advance, your greatest wish is for the day to be sunny and bright. Indeed, it was a great day for hikers who trekked the hills of Matura all the way to Mermaid Pool on an adventure with the Surge Katalyst team on Sunday, September 10, …
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Planning a wedding can be both stressful and expensive. One item that may incur the most stress and expense is the wedding dress. After all, on this day, the bride would be the center of attention and what she is wearing would also be the center of attention. Here is …
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By Nadia Ali. Living on a twin island there’s so much fun to be had in the water, under the water and on the water. Needless to say, the best on the water fun is definitely cruising to the Bocas Islands which lie between Trinidad and Venezuela and are locally known …
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With no end in sight to the global pandemic caused by COVID-19, it looks like we would be wearing masks for quite some time to come. One of the more popular New Year’s resolutions is either to join a gym or to start an exercise regiment. There are some concerns …
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The Dry Season is here and we need to conserve water while meeting our personal needs and those of our pets and plants. Here are some conservation tips on how you can make it through the Dry Season. Conservation tip #1 Make sure you have no leaking hoses and/or faucets. …
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