At first, the gift sets look like over-sized ice cream sundaes, rich cakes, swiss rolls and cupcakes. On closer inspection, you realise that these yummy-looking treats aren’t edible. But that doesn’t mean that
you want them any less.Shelley-Ann Harri
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MONTREAL — Twenty-four hours after being skewered by a coalition of non-government organizations for not doing more to help ordinary Haitians in the wake of last year’s devastating earthquake, International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda has announced
Former National Calypso Monarch Denyse Plummer is declaring her love affair with the steelpan—the national musical instrument of T&T—like never before. The multiple National Calypso Queen credits her rise as an entertainer to her association with th
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday January 7, 2011 – The northwestern parish of Trelawny is poised to be the site for the construction of Jamaica’s first artisan village.
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett said the village will be established on lands which h
Ladies of T&T, can you handle a peek inside The Box? This new estrogen-charged talk show, set to premier on Gayelle next week, rose from the fertile imaginations of producers Cedriann Martin and Isoke
Edwards Najeeullah. Martin is well known to local
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Monday January 3, 2011 – China and Antigua and Barbuda have signed four bilateral agreements for the construction of a new airport terminal in the twin-island republic and cooperation in a wide range of areas.
The four agreement
Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Rene Lecour's plan started out simple: Take his son on a skateboarding trip to someplace "epic."
While he and his son, Kaya, were searching the internet, they saw videos of Cuba's skateboarders making do with beaten-up and jerry
By Mark Brown, Wired UK
Paleontologists at Yale University have discovered that a prehistoric bird with club-like bludgeons for hands likely used its powerful wings to beat up monkeys, snakes and other predators.
The fowl, named Xenicibis xympithecus
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, Monday January 3, 2011 – Plans to reduce the drop-out rate in schools will be implemented this year and a new and upgraded police post to serve the southern areas of Frigate Bay and Southeast Peninsula are among strategies to de
When life is complex and complicated, it may seem as if bigger, bolder and faster is the way to go, if we want to achieve goals and live better lives. However, in the grand scheme of life in the
21st century, often, the simplest and gentlest approach
It is a
Brazil's first female president was sworn in Saturday amid cheers and tears from supporters, many of whom followed her rise from freedom fighter brutally persecuted in the 1960s to leader of her country.
Addressing the nation as president for the fi
ONE of the must-stop stores for the TEEN, who will be party-hopping or looking for a night-on-the town, this New Year's Eve is Kerry Kay's. Kerry Christian has captured the essense of a sophisticated and edgy boutique in her stylish clothing haven.
Nine secondary schools in South West Trinidad presented the future of energy technology at a special exhibition hosted recently by Atlantic at Paria Suites, La Romaine. The occasion was the presentation ceremony for the Atlantic organised and spons
Christmas has come and gone, and as soon as we get a moment to exhale, we realise another deadline is looming: New Year’s Day. And with it comes the chance to start over, reinvent ourselves.
Stop rolling your eyes! Okay, so last year you planned
Do you know the Ice Cream Man?
Fearing that the obscure xylophone-like instrument could be a casualty as Afro-Colombian traditions disperse amid migration and other pressures, officials are taking steps to preserve and promote the unique music
