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LAST SHIP WITH INDENTURED IMMIGRANTS – 106 YEARS AGOLAST SHIP WITH INDENTURED IMMIGRANTS – 106 YEARS AGO

LAST SHIP WITH INDENTURED IMMIGRANTS – 106 YEARS AGO

The vessel was SS Ganges, which docked at Nelson Island on April 22, 1917 with 421 labourers, seven having died…

2 years ago
GOBAR IN OUR MODERN WORLDGOBAR IN OUR MODERN WORLD

GOBAR IN OUR MODERN WORLD

COW dung, commonly known as gobar, has a crucial value in the modern world. Many rural families in Trinidad and…

2 years ago
DOUBLES AND DIPLOMACYDOUBLES AND DIPLOMACY

DOUBLES AND DIPLOMACY

WHAT do doubles, the hugely-popular Trinidad and Tobago-created street food, have in common with high-stakes international diplomacy?

2 years ago
WITH SLIGHT PEPPER, T&T’S DOUBLES RISES AGAINWITH SLIGHT PEPPER, T&T’S DOUBLES RISES AGAIN

WITH SLIGHT PEPPER, T&T’S DOUBLES RISES AGAIN

THE sight of basketball television commentators savouring doubles during a recent high-profile game is yet another indication of the appeal…

2 years ago
WHAT MACHEL DIDN’T LEARN FROM SADHGURUWHAT MACHEL DIDN’T LEARN FROM SADHGURU

WHAT MACHEL DIDN’T LEARN FROM SADHGURU

HINDU sage Sadhguru frequently talks about apologising for errors and misjudgments. Machel Montano clearly missed that advice.

2 years ago
CHUTNEY-SOCA TAKES A TURNCHUTNEY-SOCA TAKES A TURN

CHUTNEY-SOCA TAKES A TURN

The pre-Carnival event named a song on national unity, “We are One,” by veteran Daddy Chinee, as the overall winner…

2 years ago
MACHEL: TM, YOGA AND MEMACHEL: TM, YOGA AND ME

MACHEL: TM, YOGA AND ME

SOCA superstar Machel Montano has been speaking of the impact that transcendental meditation has had on him. Montano said he…

2 years ago
MACHEL AND THE ‘MOTHER OF ALL MAS’MACHEL AND THE ‘MOTHER OF ALL MAS’

MACHEL AND THE ‘MOTHER OF ALL MAS’

THEY said it would be the mother of all Carnivals. They said there would be rich creativity, innovative productions, and…

2 years ago
<strong>ACCLAIMED HINDU LEADER VISITS T&T</strong><strong>ACCLAIMED HINDU LEADER VISITS T&T</strong>

<strong>ACCLAIMED HINDU LEADER VISITS T&T</strong>

Trinidadian-born Canadian citizen Dr Balliram Chadee, 60, has thousands throughout the world listening to his lectures and following his charities.

2 years ago
WHAT ROHLEHR DIDN’T TELL USWHAT ROHLEHR DIDN’T TELL US

WHAT ROHLEHR DIDN’T TELL US

NOW that the breathless tributes to Professor Gordon Rohlehr have subsided, I feel safe to emerge with a sober view.…

2 years ago