I got the impression that with or without the $500,000,000 allocation to THE ARTS from the NEW BUDGET -- this production was in FULL SWING ...
The 2021 Virtual Carnival is On
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CBS
It all started with an adrenaline-pumping zip line over the turquoise waters of Macqueripe Bay back in 2018. Now two years later, the world is getting another chance to see T&T's cultural and environmental splendour on CBS's reality game show,
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
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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…"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
Read more…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.
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
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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When Steel Talks extends our sincere condolence to the family and friends of long time WST Forum member Trevor Emanuel Cooper.
