SACO presents Blessed with the Sound of Music
On Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd August 2015, the St. Augustine Chamber Orchestra (SACO) and the Trinidad and Tobago Youth Philharmonic (TTYP) hosted their 11th annual three week music workshop concert titled “Blessed with the Sound of Music” at Queen’s Hall, St. Ann’s, Port of Spain at 7:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. respectively.
Party 67 2015 hosted by Mr. Rowland Hopley
On Saturday 01st August, 2015, Mr. Rowland Hopley hosted his annual “Party 67” event at One Woodbrook Place Towers, Port of Spain. This event is now an established platform which allows people who wish to provide sixty-seven minutes of their time to helping others in honour of Nelson Mandela International Day.
Mansions of Rastafari hosts Dr. Julius Garvey
On Thursday 30th July, 2015, the All Mansions of Rastafari organization in association with the Emancipation Support Committee (ESC) hosted Dr. Julius Garvey, son of renowned Pan Africanist Marcus Garvey, in a special education event at the Twelve Tribes of Israel Headquarters in Sea Trace, Diego Martin.
TTARP Belmont B’s 10th Anniversary Celebration
On Saturday 27th June, 2015, the Trinidad and Tobago Association for Retired Persons (TTARP) Belmont B’s hosted their tenth anniversary at the Belmont Secondary School, Belmont Circular Road, Belmont.
Lilliput Theatre 40th Anniversary Production “BIG”
The Lilliput Children’s Theatre’s 40th Anniversary Production titled “BIG” was hosted at Queen’s Hall, St. Ann’s Port of Spain from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th May, 2015.
Maureen Searles on the Nelson Island Experience
I came here yesterday, but it was not enough; I had to come back today. One of the things that stands out for me and makes this occasion very important is the fact that, for most of my mother’s life and up until very close to his death, my grandfather wasn’t seen as a national hero or an icon officially.
Activist Clive Nunez on the Nelson Island Experience
Butler was fiery, a great orator. [He] was born on January 21st 1897, and he died on February 20th 1977. At that time, I was a member of the Butler Labour Party (BLP) in the sixties. I was at his side on February 19th 1977, down at Strikers Village in Point Fortin…
Professor Winston Suite on the Nelson Island Experience
Nelson Island is one of what we call “The Five Islands” which is just about fifteen minutes by boat off the wharf here, or the port. Nelson Island has an interesting history in that it was used first as a recreation or vacation setting for the so-called wealthy of the society many years ago in its early history, like most of the other five islands.
Tubal Uriah Butler: Nelson Island Experience
On Monday 29th June, 2015, the water taxi terminal on Wrightson Road, Port of Spain, was filled with students from nine primary and secondary schools, eager to journey across to Nelson Island to attend the Tubal Uriah Butler: The Nelson Island Experience event.
Launch of Chinese Photographic Exhibition at Piarco International Airport
The Chinese Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago held a photographic exhibition to commemorate forty-one years of diplomatic relations between China and Trinidad and Tobago on Friday 12th June, 2015, at the Piarco International Airport. This photographic exhibition consisted of images depicting the establishment of ties between China and Trinidad and Tobago including H. E. President Xi Jinping’s first state visit to Trinidad and Tobago in 2013…