Stories about Trinidad & Tobago from May, 2007
Trinidad & Tobago: Poverty Down?
“The sense of damnation hanging over this country gets heavier every day–how the hell could any sane person living in Trinidad and Tobago in 2007 say $655 per month is an income anyone could live on?” Nicholas Laughlin is sceptical about the claims of the Poverty Reduction Unit.
Trinidad & Tobago: Painting in her Mother Tongue
Caribbean Beat Blog reviews the debut exhibition of Caribbean artist Victoria Len-Oi Lee, which “featured vibrant watercolours and photographs of uniquely Trinidadian scenes and landscapes – with a twist.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Preserving Architecture
Thebookmann, concerned about the disappearance of architecture with a Caribbean vernacular, posts photos of two old buildings in Trinidad and says: “Aiming to capture the title of the financial hub of the Caribbean, common landmarks in the city are being sold for the almighty dollar, and are being replaced by...
Trinidad & Tobago: Fruit In Season
A range of mouth-watering fruit is in-season in Trinidad – Lifespan of a Chennette samples them wholeheartedly. (Posted with appetizing photos!)
Trinidad & Tobago: Asa Wright Photos
DeidreAnne posts a flickr photoset of images from the Asa Wright Nature Centre in Trinidad.
Trinidad & Tobago: Public Art
The bookmann compares a termite treatment process commonly seen in Trinidad and Tobago to the public art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
Trinidad & Tobago: The Enigma of V.S. Naipaul
Recently, Nobel-prize-winning author Sir VS Naipaul paid a visit to Trinidad and Tobago, the country of his birth, the place from which he migrated as a young man to England, where he has lived ever since. He was in Trinidad as a guest of the University of the West Indies for a week of celebrations (April 16 to 20) in honour of the 75th year of his birth.
Trinidad & Tobago: Backyard Paradise
Laura Dowrich-Phillips of Caribbean Beat Blog went to Tobago for the Plymouth Jazz Festival and came away with a new appreciation of the island.
Trinidad & Tobago: Verizon Cuts Ties with Akon
The Manicou Report, IZATRINI and ttgapers.com are all talking about the latest fallout over rapper Akon's simulated sex dance with a Trinidadian teen – Verizon Wireless has ended its association with the singer.
Caribbean: A Deep, Almost Visceral Love
“If one recurring theme seems to run through the works, it is probably a deep, almost visceral love for the landscapes of the Caribbean, a fierce and nostalgic longing for the place which many regard as home.” Antilles weblog quotes James Ferguson on The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse.
Trinidad & Tobago: Shopping Blog
“Now it's not as if this is the most mindblowing thing that someone has done in e-commerce. But I just can't help but love the idea of a shop blog.” Caribbean Public Relations makes a happy online discovery.
Trinidad & Tobago: Urban Planning
“Why is Trinidad so lost on the urban planning front?” asks Club Soda and Salt. “It’s time to really put some thought into improving the capital city.”
Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago: Photographic Journeys
Stet goes on a photographic journey into downtown Kingston, while a Triniview.com team chronicles the route from San Fernando to Icacos in South Trinidad.
Trinidad & Tobago: Models and Body Image
Trinidad Carnival Diary wishes that the models that advertise Carnival costumes were more representative of the masqueraders themselves: “That way when we work out or diet to fit into our costume it is because we want to be healthy,toned and fit with lots of stamina for Carnival and not because...
Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago: Teachers & Students
Living Guyana has some ideas about teacher training that may also benefit the Caribbean region. And in Trinidad, The Manicou Report shares his thoughts about student protests.
Trinidad & Tobago: The Naipaul Circus
On V.S. Naipaul's visit to Trinidad in honour of his 75th birthday year, Jeremy Taylor wonders, “Why did he fall for it…given his well-known disdain for his once-native land? It can only be that he enjoys performing. I hate this idea of the writer as a sort of circus, being...
