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PASSING OF A CARIBBEAN STORYTELLERPASSING OF A CARIBBEAN STORYTELLER

PASSING OF A CARIBBEAN STORYTELLER

FOR a generation, Dave Martins portrayed Caribbean society like few others. Martins was a regionalist, a storyteller, and a musical…

11 months ago
VYBZ KARTEL’S ‘INHUMANE’ PRISON CONDITIONSVYBZ KARTEL’S ‘INHUMANE’ PRISON CONDITIONS

VYBZ KARTEL’S ‘INHUMANE’ PRISON CONDITIONS

VYBZ Kartel, the hugely popular and prolific Jamaican dancehall singer, endured a tough prison life since his 2011 jailing.

11 months ago
PAN HONOURED 94 YEARS AFTER INVENTIONPAN HONOURED 94 YEARS AFTER INVENTION

PAN HONOURED 94 YEARS AFTER INVENTION

SENIOR Government officials gloated last week over the passage of a law that names the steelband as the national instrument…

12 months ago
DENYSE PLUMMER, PATRIOTDENYSE PLUMMER, PATRIOT

DENYSE PLUMMER, PATRIOT

Ms. Plummer stayed loyal to her craft and her country – “Nah Leaving,” she pronounced – and later won the…

2 years ago
8 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT HOSAY8 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT HOSAY

8 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT HOSAY

HOSAY, a remembrance festival observed by Shi’a, or Shiite, Muslims, was brought to Trinidad and Tobago in 1845 and takes…

2 years ago
WE STILL CAN’T GO ON THIS WAY, EXPLAINER WE STILL CAN’T GO ON THIS WAY, EXPLAINER 

WE STILL CAN’T GO ON THIS WAY, EXPLAINER

“LORRAINE” is the immortal anthem of lonely heart Trinis abroad during Carnival. But Explainer was also in the last batch of…

3 years ago