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First community transfer of COVID-19 in T&T!!! Trini-born principal, 36, dies in Brooklyn of covid19 complications

Guardian March 24, 2020

"Trinidad and Tobago has recorded its first case of community transmission of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.

This means the person contracted the infection while in the country.According to a release sent out by the Ministry

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GECOM (GUYANA ELECTIONS COMMISSION) officials disappear from foreign Observers, country ...

Once they made the unilateral declaration of the Region Four elections results by the Returning Officer (Clairmont Mingo) -- by shouting from a balcony, he and CEO Keith Lowenfied have disappeared from the scene and cannot be found in TOWN or COUNTRY

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Ludacris: TT Carnival one of my 5 best experiences

Newsday February 27, 2020

WHILE the visit of Trinidad-born rapper Nicki Minaj for Carnival has received a lot of attention, her fellow US rapper Ludacris (Christopher Bridges) also visited – and gushed about the experience in a series of tweets.

On

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Government To Provide Grant Financing For Extra-Curricular Activities

Antigua News Room

2018 ACB Schools Secondary Panorama Champions Antigua Girl High School

The government announced a new grant initiative to support programs that assist the development of children outside of the regular school curriculum.

Minister

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Guyana Elections Update: PPP/C leads APNU+AFC by 51,439 with Region Four still to be declared ...

PPP/C (opposition) is leading the incumbent APNU+AFC by over 51,000 with only Demerara-Mahaica to be verified. GRANGER got to pull a FORBES BURNHAM rabbit out of a HAT to win this thing now. And if the numbers suddenly swing his way now -- RIOTING SU

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Takes The Spotlight In Coronavirus Response

NPR March 24th, 2020

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is at the center of attention as the state and New York City have become the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S.

And longtime observers say Cuomo's natural strengths: decisiveness, taking

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Nicki Minaj defends husband after social media backlash [What a BACCHANAL!!!]

Newsday February 26, 2020

"AFTER a video of Neil "Iwer" George being shoved by Kenneth Petty – husband of TT-born US-based rapper Nicki Minaj – went viral, TT citizens showed no mercy.

The video shows George greeting Minaj on a Tribe music truck on C

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NAGICO, DMF partner to take steel pan music beyond classroom

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This is a SCARY VIDEO report out of GUYANA this morning (I am amazed how easy it is to access uptodate information in this modern world)!!!

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Congratulations to Neil Iwer George and Kees Dieffenthaller on winning the 2020 Road March

Congratulations to Neil Iwer George and Kees Dieffenthaller on winning the 2020 Road March Title with their selection “Stage Gone Bad”.

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MEDIA MANIPULATION ON THE CORONA VIRUS ...

Every year about 40,000 AMERICANS die in ROAD ACCIDENTS!!!

Every year about 16,000 AMERICANS die as a result of MURDERS!!!

Every year about 45,000 AMERICANS die taking their OWN LIVES!!!

Every year about 56,000 AMERICANS die from THE FLU (CDC: 80,000

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Validating Naked Mas

Guardian February 26, 2020

"I think that every­body should be able to have the Car­ni­val that they want. That’s what I want for Car­ni­val, for all of us."—El­isha Bar­tels

One of the biggest crit­i­cisms of the mod­ern T&T Car­ni­val has been the

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PanTrinbago keeps pan alive with bomb competition in St James

Newsday

Gary Cardinez

Worldwide Steel Orchestra had everyone dancing at Monday night steelpan bomb competition in St James. PHOTO BY GARY CARDINEZ - Gary Cardinez

With the pressure of the National Panorama competition behind her, Pan Trinbago’s pr

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GUYANA election drama continues: [GRANGER] Police bar observers, stakeholders from RO’s Office in violation of court order

Chief Justice  Roxane George will deliver her ruling tomorrow. And that will determine how the Elections Commission shall proceed in declaring the winner of the 2020 ELECTIONS.

The CARICOM Chairperson and Barbadian Prime Minister (Mia Mottley) will l

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Do arrangers of pan music seek consent of composers?

Newsday

THE EDITOR: Are writers of original musical compositions approached by pan arrangers to rearrange their original compositions? If so, are composers compensated from the prize monies won from the Panorama competition?

Customarily, steel pan arr

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She Was Once the Biggest Star in Jazz. Here’s Why You’ve Never Heard of Her.

Hazel Scott was a piano prodigy who wowed the worlds of music, TV, and film. But when she stood up for her rights, the establishment took her down.

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Well maybe the PAN COMMUNITY will wake up and learn to HONOUR THEM when they are ALIVE instead of wating until DEY DEAD to express all this LOVE and APPRECIATION and SENTIMENT ...

... pick the NEXT PIONEER who is at the end of HIS JOURNEY and HONOR THE MAN while he is STILL ALIVE. Don't wait until THE MAN IS DEAD to suddenly wake up to HIS CONTRIBUTIONS and LOVE THEM TO DEATH!!!

EVEN HELP OUT!!!

I could call names -- but I don

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ALL STARS will be HIGHLY MOTIVATED to PLAY FOR THE WIN ...

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Royal Caribbean testing family steel drum lesson activity

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Pan at Princeton University

Priceton Alumni

Calypso music of Trinidad and Tobago was in the air as the PRINCETON UNIVERSITY STEEL BAND performed in concert Dec. 11. The event was the culmination of MUS 231, a course that instructor Josh Quillen said al

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