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Professor gets $1M to write a report THE five-member Committee appointed by Cabinet to “enquire into the root causes of the problems identified and shown by crime statistics, particularly as it affects Trinidadian males, and to suggest solutions to problems they identify” has hit a snag over money. The delivery read more…

Clothes thief gets four-year jail sentence
January 8th 2012 5:24 PMA man from of Brazil Village, Arima is now to serve four years in prison after he robbed a clothing store at Arima. Richard Fredrick was sentenced on Tuesday January 3 by Magistrate Seemungal Ramcharan in the Arima First Court. It was alleged that Fredrick broke into Kelly’s Fashion Clothing read more…

10-year old marac player makes Carapo proud
December 9th 2011 11:47 PMNATIONAL Primary Schools Parang co-champion Carapo RC is bubbling with excitement. On November 20 at St. Augustine Secondary School Auditorium, Carapo RC was tied for first place with St. Joseph RC. Thanks to the zesty talents of ten-year-old lead singer and marac-player Best Vocalist Andrea Williams, the village of Carapo, read more…

Holly B’s parang beats the curfew in ‘hotspot’ Arima
November 4th 2011 11:30 PMHolly “The Arima Kid” Betaudier’s Parang Bandwagon got rolling last Saturday at the carpark of the Princess Royal Park, Arima. And like all other cultural festivities, the stipulations of the curfew hours gave rise to daytime paranging and the 86-year-old Betaudier was quick to adjust. As early as 3 pm, read more…

Musical explosion in the East
October 16th 2011 1:17 AMJoey Rivers and his graduates A MUSICAL explosion is taking place in East Trinidad and this is being nurtured by musicologist Joseph Rivers. Last Sunday evening a graduation exercise of guitarists and cuatristas was held at Jeishanaz Sports Bar, Sorzano Street, Arima. Along with Carlton Louison, Rivers combined with developing read more…




