Author: Mirissa De Four

Culture, Festivals and Events, Caribbean Diaspora

The forecast is Sunshine: New York’s Sunshine Awards

Gilman T Figaro agrees with Atilla the Hun, who said in 1938 or so, in his calypso “The Banning of Records”: “All local talent, is my...

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Festivals and Events

Happenings (September/October 2009)

Pass the popcorn Caroline Taylor The Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival (TTFF), now in its fourth year, returns to the islands from...

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Culture, Festivals and Events

If you’ve had a few too many…keep walking

“When they drink they rum, they only want roti…” So starts one of the many chutney soca hits of this year, singing the praises of...

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Culture, Environment, Science

Top ten ways to go green

1 Beware of the vampires and phantoms among us- No, I don’t mean the characters that scare us in the movies. There are actual energy...

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Culture, Festivals and Events, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

The nine days of Christmas

Michael Peters prepares for Christmas by waking up at 3 am for nine days to spend his time eating bread, drinking or storytelling....

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Culture, People, Trinidad and Tobago

Andrea de Silva: over the rainbow

Andrea De Silva’s favourite photo, Rainbow Nation, was taken at Salybia, a picturesque beach on the northeastern tip of Trinidad. It...

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Literature, Reviews

Book reviews (July/August 2008)

More than a one-hit wonder This is the story of a man who became famous as a Test batsman who made a century on his debut, and then was...

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Literature, Business, Canada

Buljol, business and books

It started over a plateful of roast bake and buljol and evolved into a business relationship and friendship, which still includes a...

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