Celebrating Caribbean Culture: 50 Years of Trinidad & Tobago’s Best Village Competition
By Tishanna Williams, From Large Up One year after celebrating 50 years of Independence, Trinidad and Tobago is in the midst of commemorating another half century with the 50th Anniversary of the Prime Minister’s Best Village Trophy Competition. To be…
Queensland family finds winged holiday guest in the tree outside
by Laura Simpson From Care2 The Tilbury family in Queensland, Australia had the most unusual Christmas morning two years ago when they found a special gift not under the holiday tree, but way up high in one in their…
Stand up paddleboarding (SUP) for SUP(er) kids
On October 12th, Chatterbox is presenting an afternoon where children with special needs can try out Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) on the beautiful Seven Mile Beach, absolutely FREE! SUP is one of the fastest growing recreational water sports and can…
Incident at East End Primary School
Tuesday morning (10), staff, students and parents at East End Primary School arrived at school to find that the gates to the school had been padlocked by an unknown individual, preventing access to the school facility. The Department of Education…
10 Pioneering women changing the field of communications
By Stacy Martinet From Mashable There’s a huge conversation about female leadership taking place, especially in the digital space. That’s one of the reason we partnered with New York Women in Communications for its inaugural WiCi Awards — to help…
High time CARICOM discuss legalising marijuana – Gonsalves
From Caribbean360 Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves in his letter made a plea for “a reasoned debate” led by CARICOM political and civic leadership in the context of the legislation of marijuana. KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Tuesday September 10, 2013 –…
CONCACAF WEEKLY UPDATE
www.CONCACAF.com Tuesday, September 17, 2013 • CONCACAF Champions League – Sporting Kansas City vs Real Estelí – 08:00 pm ET @ Kansas City, Kansas, USA – Sporting Park – Club America vs Sporting San Miguelito – 10:00 pm ET @…
Social media wills — will you be covered after death?
By Vanessa Schrum From Appleby The emergence of the Internet, and social media websites in particular, as indispensable communication tools has raised the question of what happens to our electronic information and data when we die. Who will have access…
Diversity, excitement in TTFF Panorama features
From Guardian Media Twenty-six feature films from beyond the Caribbean will screen in the Panorama section of the 2013 T&T Film Festival (TTFF). The Festival, now in its eighth year, takes place from September 17 to October 1, and screens…
Apple iPhone 5S and 5C handsets unveiled in California
By Leo Kelion Technology reporter From BBC Apple has unveiled two new handsets: the top-end iPhone 5S and a cheaper iPhone 5C at an event in California. The 5S introduces a fingerprint sensor built into the phone’s main button to…
