Category : Features

  By Sue-Ann Wayow AN innocent woman is dead. Her body lies on the ground cloaked in a black bag. Two police officers who are partners at the crime scene are at each other’s throats over evidence or lack thereof. These are the scenes played out in the short action film, Evoke directed by Aaron Abelto, Miami-based film director, actor and writer […]Read More

  ‘Long time had more extended families so you would have more grandchildren and everyone to cooperate to have help to top up the deeya and put around the household’ – Donny Benny   By Annamarie Bourne FOR three generations, the family of Donny Benny has been making deeyas. Benny is the owner of Donny’s […]Read More

  By Sue-Ann Wayow AFTER a two-year hiatus, the Divali Nagar site in Chaguanas is once again filled with lights and activities in celebration of the largest Hindu festival in the world-Divali. The popular Divali Nagar (Hindu Panth) which gets almost 100,000 visitors annually was not held since 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Although […]Read More

By Sue-Ann Wayow CREATING history once again at the First Citizens National Poetry Slam (FCNPS) is poet and educator Alexandra Stewart. Stewart, 24, toppled last year’s winner Derron Sandy for the first place position and the $50,000 cash prize at the finals of the poetry slam which took place last Sunday at the Naparima Bowl in […]Read More

By Sue-Ann Wayow FOR seven years, Member of Parliament for Mayaro Rushton Paray has been submitting names to the Cabinet-appointed National Awards Committee in the hope that those individuals would be awarded nationally for their contribution to Trinidad and Tobago’s development.  To date, none of those persons from the constituency of Mayaro were selected for […]Read More