Stories about Trinidad & Tobago from May, 2010
Trinidad & Tobago: By Their Actions
“Leader of the Opposition coalition…reminded her audience on a campaign platform recently that you should judge a person by what they do.” KnowTnT.com has a reminder of its own: “The adage cuts both ways, and if applied to the UNC element of the coalition, there is also a glaring concern.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Cozier is Film Festival Artist
ARTZPUB reports that Christopher Cozier has been selected as “the official artist of the trinidad+tobago film festival 2010…”
Trinidad & Tobago: Immature
The news making headlines in the lead-up to the Trinidad and Tobago elections convinces diaspora blogger Jumbie's Watch that “Trinbago remains an immature society.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Reality Elections
This Beach Called Life says: “The election results on May 24th, regardless of who wins, will be interesting as it will show what the country isn’t willing to tolerate …”, while KnowTnT.com offers this gem: “‘You know what de difference is between de election an’ reality television?’ Wait for it…...
Trinidad & Tobago: All That Jazz
MEP Caribbean Publishers reviews the recently-concluded 2010 Tobago Jazz Festival.
Trinidad & Tobago: On Volney
Trinidadian diaspora blogger Jumbie's Watch questions former Justice-turned-political candidate Herbert Volney's decision in a case while B.C. Pires says: “It’s difficult to say which is harder to understand: Herbie’s stunned reaction that people should be protesting today when he attempts to speak at election platforms; or the UNC’s decision to...
Trinidad & Tobago: CRB Online
“At long last the trail-blazing online version of the Caribbean Review of Books is on stream!”: Trinidad and Tobago's Pleasure calls this “a very, very pleasing development.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Early Days
Trinidadian bloggers are on election watch.
Trinidad & Tobago: You Know Who
KnowTnT.com‘s Edmund Gall compares Calder Hart's expected return to Trinidad today “to be formally charged with perjury” (which is apparently accompanied by an “ex parte gag order”) to J.K. Rowling's reference to the evil Voldemort “as ‘He Who Must Not Be Named'…”