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· July, 2008

Stories about Trinidad & Tobago from July, 2008

Trinidad & Tobago: Flambeaux

Trinidadian blogger Attillah Springer takes a walk through the Croisee a few days after a known drug dealer is killed: “The flambeaux extend much further than you would expect. Love...

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco
28 July 2008

Trinidad & Tobago: Question Time

“So as to avoid heartache, stress, stalking or late night non-returning of flaky text messages,” Trinidadian blogger Attillah Springer has compiled a must-read questionnaire for potential dates.

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco
25 July 2008

Trinidad & Tobago: Line Up

Trinidadian Andre Bagoo notices that he spends much of his life in a line: “This is the fate of a society dominated by industrial forces, forces that literally turn us...

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco
21 July 2008

Trinidad & Tobago: Now Hair This!

“I’m a twenty-something overachieving chick with dreadlocks and a predilection for wearing Converse to work”: Trinidadian blogger The Liming House says her hair “is about defying stereotypes.”

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco
17 July 2008

Trinidad & Tobago: Polluted Olympics

Looking ahead to the Olympics next month, Trinidad's Life from a caffeine hyped point of view says pollution is a sobering reality of these Games. Seeing photos of pollution, she...

Written by Skye Hernandez
14 July 2008

Trinidad & Tobago: Survival Strategy

Trinidadian blogger, The Coffee Wallah, isn't impressed by the G8 leaders’ tree-planting exercise, and says our approach to the environment reminds her of a Hollywood action movie. “Are we really...

Written by Skye Hernandez
11 July 2008

Barbados: Trini Invasion

As Barbados gears up for its annual “Crop Over” carnival, Boyce Voice protests the inclusion of several Trinidadian performers as headliners in the festival's biggest event.

Written by Skye Hernandez
11 July 2008

Trinidad & Tobago: Fashion forward?

Afrobella comments on the highly publicised all-black issue of Italian Vogue, and wonders whether it's a “one-time-only bone” to placate the increasingly loud chorus of complaints from women of colour.

Written by Skye Hernandez
8 July 2008

Barbados: Tourism Threat?

Barbados Underground comments on a recent newspaper article headlined “No tourism threat from Trinidad”, and suggests the reality may soon be very different.

Written by Skye Hernandez
7 July 2008

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