Bernadette Coutain-Plair: Lady of the Blue and Gold
It was worth the long drive from Port of Spain to the east Trinidad hamlet of Plum Mitan, one Friday morning in March, to witness a...
By Maura Imbert ● Issue 60 (March/April 2003)
He was so overcome by the destruction he saw following the eruption of the Soufrière volcano on the island of St Vincent on May 7, 1902...
Culture, Environment, Dominica, Guyana
By Dylan Kerrigan, Nicholas Laughlin and Simon Lee ● Issue 60 (March/April 2003)
Think of a Caribbean vacation, and the pictures that come to mind are of pristine white sand beaches, clear blue water, shady palm trees,...
Culture, Environment, People, Science, Trinidad and Tobago
By Maura Imbert ● Issue 61 (May/June 2003)
So what is a bug? A micro-organism, especially one causing disease, is one of the definitions for bug in the dictionary, and in general...
Culture, Environment, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Natasha Ramnauth ● Issue 62 (July/August 2003)
It was worth the long drive from Port of Spain to the east Trinidad hamlet of Plum Mitan, one Friday morning in March, to witness a...
Culture, Environment, Lifestyle, Trinidad and Tobago
By Maura Imbert ● Issue 62 (July/August 2003)
I’m looking at a photograph of three pelicans perched on top of the mud volcanic island in Trinidad’s Chatham Bay, which erupted on May...
By Simon Lee ● Issue 64 (November/December 2003)
Sure you’ve heard about Vesuvius, and how it blew away Pompeii, but what about Soufrière? And exactly which Soufrière are we talking...