Secretary General of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS), Satnarayan Maharaj, has died. He passed away shortly before midnight last Friday. Maharaj, 88, suffered a stroke in early November. Maharaj was one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most easily recognised personalities. This is owed to his prolific public speaking on matters he believed negatively impacted Hindus […]
By Stephen Weir Author André Alexis is the toast of English Canada. Last Tuesday in Toronto the Trinidadian Canadian won the prestigious $50,000 Writer’s Trust fiction prize for his English language novel “Days by Moonlight”. This is the fourth time Alexis has been nominated for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and second time he […]
Keeping parang soca alive in Canada Whoever said that parang soca is a dying art form, should have attended the 19th annual Lime put on by Joan Alexander and Friends on Sunday at the Metropolitan Centre in Scarborough. Hundreds filled the hall for what is arguably the biggest annual parang soca show in Canada. […]
Sharlan Bailey, aka Dread Wizard, son of the late Winston “Shadow” Bailey, released his first 2020 offering, Shadow Son, last Friday. The song, in which the Dread Wizard identifies who he is, has a haunting bass line reminiscent of Shadow’s Dat Soca Boat. It was recorded at Nexrise studios, produced by Bailey and mixed by […]
The first thing that strikes you about the Chinatown arch is how huge it is, four stories high, spanning Charlotte Street at the corner of Park Street, in Port of Spain. The second thing is how upset, nay outraged, local residents, vendors and passers-by are at the structure. The many comments overheard largely suggested that […]
My name is Sleepy and I’ve been selling doubles for over 42 years. Just say, “Sleepy Doubles, St Helena,” and everybody know me. My real name is Balram Colai but if people read in the papers about Balram, they wouldn’t know is Sleepy. I started off selling doubles under the planes in Piarco International Airport, […]
St. Lucia St Lucia is one of the most picturesque and romantic Caribbean destinations. It’s the perfect place to come for a luxury holiday to lose all sense of time. Stay in some of the best high end resorts where your every whim is catered to and you’ll find yourself blissfully sipping on cocktails with […]
Tobago-born actors Winston Duke and Dominique Jackson are raising their stock with new TV roles. Duke and Jackson will both be appearing in new shows on screens in the near future. Duke, who broke out with his role as M’baku in the ‘Black Panther’ and Avengers movies and in the Jordan Peele thriller ‘Us’, will […]
Divali, which will be celebrated this Sunday October 27th, is a Hindu festival that celebrates the triumph of light over darkness. According to one tradition, the festival, also called Diwali or Deepavali, tells the legend of Hindu God Rama and his wife Sita returning to their kingdom in northern India after being exiled following the […]
Trinidad and Tobago’s Hummingbird population has just expanded by one with the recent addition of a new species. The glittering-throated Emerald, Amazilia Fimbriata, was discovered on October 8 at Yerrete, a Hummingbird attraction in the Maracas Valley, in the Northern Range of Trinidad. Theodore Ferguson, who owns the facility with his wife, Gloria, said the […]
