By: Staff Writer February 14, 2023 A respected Trinidadian cultural activist is preserving the heroes of Trinidad through the Pantheon 2023 Exhibition on the King and Queen Costume Tradition in…
Category: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
GORDON ROHLEHR, has died.
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan January 31, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com The Caribbean has lost another great son, Professor Emeritus Gordon Rohlehr, who died at the age of 80. His profound grasp and explanation…
TRINIDAD LAUNCHES GIANT AFRICAN SNAIL BOUNTY
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan January 17, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com A $5 bounty has been placed on the Giant African Snail in Trinidad and Tobago. With thousands of snail species wreaking havoc on…
Boogsie’s dream team craft ‘We Come out to Party”
January 13, 2023 Panorama 2023 heralds the first live Carnival since 2020—and Hadco Phase II Pan Groove maestro Dr Len “Boogsie” Sharpe is welcoming it with his own tune, “We…
TIT-E-TAT, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO’s PRESIDENTIAL PREDICAMENT POLITICS AT PLAY
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan January 10, 2022 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com With the term of Trinidad and Tobago’s current head of state, President Paula Mae-Weekes, drawing to a close, there seems to be a…
BLACK STALIN: A CARIBBEAN MAN HAS GONE
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan January 6, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com Just a few days after Christmas, one of sons of the region, transitioned at the age of 81. Black Stalin was his sobriquet,…
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO SUFFERS IMMENSE FLOODING
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan Monday November 29, 2022 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com Twin island state, Trinidad and Tobago is reeling following consecutive days of rain across the nation. While it’s not a hurricane or…
WARNER VOWS TO FIGHT PRIVY COUNCIL RULING TO EXTRADITE TO US!
By: Staff Writer November 18, 2022 A former Trinidadian cabinet minister vows to fight his extradition to the US handed down in a ruling by the Privy Council. Jack Warner,…
TRINIDADIAN AMONG FIVE NOMINATED FOR IDB PRESIDENT POST
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan Tuesday November 15, 2022 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com Trinidadian and Former IDB official Gerard Johnson has been nominated among five candidates for the post of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President. Johnson…
Much-Needed Breakthrough Medical Technology Deployed for the First Time in Trinidad and Tobago
October 28, 2022 The first ever portable hematology analytical instrument by Sight Diagnostics called the OLO has been installed in the Caribbean to provide near-immediate Complete Blood Count (CBC) results to patients…
DIVALI NAGAR REOPENS, LARGEST CELEBRATION OF HINDU FESTIVAL IN WESTERN HEMISPHERE
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com October 25, 2022. Divali, the festival of lights, as celebrated in Trinidad and Tobago on Monday October 24th, saw the week long fair open to the…