By Annisa Phillip. My friends and I visited the Clifton Hill Beach Resort to celebrate two of my friends’ birthdays with lunch and a beach lime. The resort is really quite lovely with its eye-catching water features, plants and restaurant decor. The plan was to chit-chat and old talk over food …
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Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia known as the DMV will feel the energy of Hookie Weekend from June 16 to 20, 2022. Added to the buffet of events during the weekend-long extravaganza are J’ouvert and Mas in DC, Maryland and Virginia. Produced by Hookie Life Entertainment, the events will feature …
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By Nerissa Hosein. My husband and I have known each other almost twenty years but married for ten. In my time, I’ve seen a lot of relationships crumbled around me, including my own parents’ marriage. In this day and age, marriage is under extra pressure with financial burdens, kids getting …
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The Atlanta Caribbean Carnival 2022 took the spotlight this past Memorial Day Weekend. The metropolitan city centre of Georgia’s state capital was filled with the rhythms of Caribbean music, the scents of island cuisine and the undeniable energy of an enthusiastic audience. The weekend of events produced by the Atlanta …
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By Jamie Gangoo. Setting down house rules becomes somewhat important when customers may consist of persons with various temperaments, quirky habits, hungry bellies and aggressive behaviours. For maxi drivers, these rules are mostly printed, laminated and stuck at strategic points in their maxis, that make for places the eyes can comfortably …
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What are the chances of success if you live in a poverty-stricken community? We hear people say that they failed at school, work or as parents mainly because they were poor and could never afford the opportunities that successful people were given. Is being poor a viable reason for aggressive …
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By Nerissa Hosein. At the end of last year, I was fired from my job after a disastrous confrontation with my boss. When the argument was over I was shaking with anger and resentment. I immediately took my car keys and left and went for a drive. After four years in …
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By Marika Mohammed. It is nice when family activities involve old school entertainment rather than being wired to modern entertainment. It’s the best time, to see community bonds being rekindle through good food, games and just the all-round socialisation. Nowadays, families are seen doing different things separate from each other at different …
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Hookie Weekend is an annual weekend of events bringing the very best of Caribbean culture and entertainment to the Washington DC metropolitan area. After a three-year hiatus, the vibrations of Caribbean rhythms will be pulsating throughout the Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia area (DMV) from June 16 to 20. The …
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Natalyah, the Trinidad-born, Switzerland-based, Soca artiste recently qualified for the finals of the 2022 Europe United Kingdom Soca Monarch (EUKSM) competition. The event is in celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee and is set for June 5 during the “Big Platinum Festival” in England. Following the release of her up-tempo …
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