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PM: Carnival 2021 is NOT on ... (update) COVID kills Carnival 2021 season -- ah love the alliteration and the picture plenty nicer ...

Guardian September 28, 2020

"Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says Carnival 2021 has been cancelled. The reason the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speaking at the Hyatt today, the prime minister said it will be madness to stage what has been dubbed the greatest s

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CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES -- Incentives will be provided for increasing the percentage of local music played on local music stations

Madam Speaker, the creative and cultural industries are emerging as a critical engine of growth and development. However, the COVID-19 pandemic impact on these industries has been unquestionable. This sector will be among the last to re-open fully.In

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THA launches virtual vintage calypso competition (Ah really want to see this show -- as a CALYPSO LOVER)

Newsday October 13, 2020

Stephon Nicholas

"To celebrate Calypso History Month, the THA Division of Tourism, Culture and Transportation is hosting a virtual vintage calypso impersonation competition.

Calypsonians are encouraged to assume the characte

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Rudolph Commissiong, a pioneer of steelband music recalls his life and times as a pan man

Rudolph Commissiong, a pioneer of #steelband music recalls his life and times as a pan man played against a backdrop of revolution and segregation.

One day during rehearsals I took a break and walked through the terrace, which was part of the buildin

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EVERY WEEK I read the TRINIDAD NEWSPAPERS (and ah talking about decades now) some new STAR is promising to TAKE SOCA or PAN GLOBAL. Right now is KES and NAILAH ...

Well, I have been waiting since MACHEL and RUDDER. Although MACHEL was a MAJOR BUST, DAVID RUDDER did come close ... very close in my estimation. And for those who don't know it, 1986 was a REVOLUTIONARY YEAR for CALYPSO/SOCA -- but that is ANOTHER S

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Just when I thought that KEITH DIAZ (and PAN TRINBAGO) was the KING OF FRAUD, Mark Bassant come and bus' another BIG MARK: "TRUTH ABOUT THE HOME OF FOOTBALL"

Guardian 9/11/2020

Mark Bassant

Lead Editor, Investigative

"A financial trail of secret Panama deals, a hidden Panamanian bank account and a hefty CONCACAF loan no one had an inkling about are just some of the things unearthed during a year-and-a-hal

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My VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK lays it all out on the line ...

"What I would bring is almost 20 years of deep experience at the senior most ranks of the executive branch, getting things done for the American people, wrestling with crises and dealing with the solutions we need," she said. "So that's my background

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2020 USA ELECTION DEMOGRAPHICS!!! Don't UNDERESTIMATE THE DONALD!!!

One study projects that Whites will comprise 66.7 percent of eligible voters; Hispanics, 13.3 percent; Blacks, 12.5 percent; and Asians, 4.7 percent.

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PNM WINS!!!

NO SURPRISE TO ME!!!

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My Soca Birthday Party with Jollof Rice and Steel Pans

Yolanda.T.Marshall

As Anne’s birthday drew close, her friends prepared a soca party. Anne loves the sound of Caribbean soca music played on steel pans and West Africa’s spicy jollof rice. Hence, her friends planned to celebrate her special day with

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Ah warn BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE about the MALE STEELBAND CULTURE in TRINIDAD but she think she couldah handle DEM FELLAHS -- now she learning some HARD LESSONS

A little more than half her term is gone and the executive is mired in BACKSTABBING and MAJOR CUSSOUTS, as is and has been so typical of the STEELBAND CULTURE. (Well, every culture -- really -- but ah talking about the PAN WORLD now.)

Still, I am say

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GYPSY FALLING BEHIND EARLY!!! The man get so CONFIDENT he think that he could run in any constituency and WIN!!!

LIVE TT ELECTION RESULTS

LIVE RADIO

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‘The Social Dilemma’ Review: Unplug and Run

This documentary from Jeff Orlowski explores how addiction and privacy breaches are features, not bugs, of social media platforms.

That social media can be addictive and creepy isn’t a revelation to anyone who uses Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and t

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If BIDEN pick KAMALA HARRIS this week -- ah going and JUMP OFF the GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE ... NO LIE!!!

Ah hope that DODD and RENDELL save MY LIFE!!!

Otherwise ah calling bugs to do a DOCUMENTARY called TWENTY MINUTE RIDE!!!

KAMALA has too much SAN FRANCISCO BAGGAGE

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JAMAICA!!! JAMAICA!!! bugs: See if you could FIGURE OUT THIS PICTURE ...

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BP Renegades builds a business model

CARLA BRIDGLAL Newsday 

In January, Renegades celebrated 50 years of sponsorship by BPTT with a free concert at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s featuring its touring players who performed at la Folle Journey classical music concert in Nantes, France. In phot

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Condolences to the family and friends of Panist and administrator Trevor Emanuel Cooper

When Steel Talks extends our sincere condolence to the family and friends of long time WST Forum member Trevor Emanuel Cooper.

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If you are a TRINI, this very recent picture PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS!!!

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North America’s Biggest Caribbean Carnival Is Also Going Virtual

Brooklyn West Indian American Day Carnival. (Hayden Roger Celestin image)

By NAN ET Editor

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Aug. 21, 2020: North America’s biggest Caribbean carnival is also going virtual this year, just like London’s Notting Hill Ca

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Is this REALLY THE NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE IN TRINIDAD -- or did I smoke too much HUMBOLT KUSH?

Please correct me somebody and tell me that THIS IS NOT THE NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO!!!

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