On the night of January 8, the rain continued to come down. Water coursed along the wood roofs of the slave quarters, drowning their staccato voices with streaming, rushing noise. Twenty-five dark faces looked on as the slave driver turned rebel Ch
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Nineteen students from Delaware University in the United States were given a formal reception last Wednesday, by Deputy Mayor of Arima, Patricia Cedeno-Metivier, who welcomed them at the Arima Town Hall. The students are in this
The rain falls, the wind blows, the sun shines and moss grows. Time and erosion tak
There has been an easing of tension between the US and Cuba since Mr Obama came to power.
US President Barack Obama has said he will ease restrictions on US citizens travelling to Cuba.
The president said he had instructed the relevant government d
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
With a tradition established over three years since inception by the Jamaica Film Academy, the Reggae Film Festival announces the staging of the 2011 event to be held in Montego Bay, Jamaica February 22-26, 2011. The REGGAE FILM FESTIVAL has conti
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
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
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
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
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
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
It is a
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
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
