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· August, 2006

Stories about Trinidad & Tobago from August, 2006

Trinidad & Tobago: Independence Day

“Does anyone really ‘celebrate’ our Independence as a nation?” wonders Elspeth Duncan, as Trinidad and Tobago observes the 44th anniversary of its independence from Great Britain.

Written by Georgia Popplewell
31 August 2006

Trinidad & Tobago: Port of Stain

Walking through Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago's capital city, The Manicou expresses despair at the amount of litter in the streets, but has little hope that this will ever...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
28 August 2006

Trinidad & Tobago: Parliament TV

“I'm wholly in favour of wasting a TV channel on this, because it will show just how absurdly tedious parliamentary affairs have become,” writes Jeremy Taylor, reporting on Trinidad &...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
25 August 2006

Caribbean: Exporting Carnival

“. . . it's interesting how these festivals have echoed, in a small way, the evolution of their original model in Trinidad, as a vehicle of solidarity, an assertion of...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
25 August 2006

Trinidad & Tobago: Tourism truth

Asks Trinidadian Elspeth Duncan: “Can our ‘tourism truth’ continue to lie in pretty cliches, unchanging statistics and glossy, tropical images Photoshopped to seduce foreigners?“

Written by Georgia Popplewell
23 August 2006

Jamaica, USA: Harry Belafonte

Jeremy Taylor considers the career of Harry Belafonte in relation to the latter's Caribbean roots and political activism: “. . . people should be judged for what they are, rather...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
18 August 2006

Trinidad & Tobago: Men!

Attillah Springer has had it with the heckling and cat-calling to which women are subjected daily in Trinidad: “Why do men think that we need their reassurance? Why do they...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
18 August 2006

Trinidad & Tobago: CSME politics

Jamaican Francis Wade is disturbed at the Trinidad and Tobago opposition leader's efforts to politicise the Caricom Single Market and Economy and tries to discern the thinking behind it.

Written by Georgia Popplewell
17 August 2006

Trinidad & Tobago: 72 medals

The Manicou reports that Trinidad & Tobago has won 72 medals in the World Championship of Performing Arts in Hollywood, California, adding “I have to admit though, I've never heard...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
16 August 2006

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