The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.
Fonclaire set to take social media by storm
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Darren Sheppard, managing director of the NLCB Fonclaire Steel Orchestra, is known to be a no-nonsense man with a big heart and far-reaching vision.
He and the band weathered the storm of the 1990 National Panorama controversy when they were bypassed for the title with their rendition of Pan by Storm.
Now they are enduring another type of storm with the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Sheppard, the band is facing up to this latest challenge “knowing that surviving as a creative community under these conditions will be no small task, and still acknowledging the band’s ability as being part of a movement to revitalise and reform their physical community.”
Daly Bread: Thinking about Dukes… and Wasa
There is Watson Duke and Winston Duke, both Tobago born. Watson is famous in Trinidad and Tobago. As the star of Black Panther, the fame of Winston is international.
While we are thinking entertainment, we cannot forget the much-loved calypsonian the Mighty Duke, the late Kelvin Pope.
Photo: Tobagonian actor Winston Duke plays the role of M’baku in the hit movie Black Panther.
One might regard Watson also as an entertainer, but Watson is not Oscar material. However, he may have received an award if he had completed his protest swim from Tobago to Trinidad, without the assistance of boat in 2017 when there were difficulties with the air and sea bridge.
NJAC Rededication: How the People’s Revolution defied the gov’t and transformed the T&T economy
“[…] The role of the masses is also seen in their response to NJAC’s call for the transformation of the Trinidad and Tobago economy […] where for the first time Africans and Indians began to set up businesses right across the nation, which they also supported to guarantee their success.
“Up to 1970, African and Indian participation was only 3.8% and 4% respectively even though together they comprised 80% of the population their total ownership was only 7.8%.
“[…] The records are there to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the very people who have been consistently denied their space in the sun over the years (both before and after Independence), when given one small window of opportunity under the right leadership, were able to set the nation on a pathway to national transformation in every sector and sphere of endeavour…”
the t.a.c. the central florida golden knights against the mercer bears. the t.a.c. was a small basketball conference a bunch of schools you ve never heard of, they never get on tv, they play in tiny gyms that fit like 500 people. the beautiful thing about college basketball is that it is the most democratic with a small d, big time sports. more than 300 teams play it and every single one of them from mighty duke and kentucky to no-names like texas pan america and southern utah, you they have the same opportunity. you win the conference, you play the ncaa tournament. you win the ncaa and claim national title. every time, no matter how big or small has the same theoretical chance to win it all. what happened in march 1986, the championship game of the tvment t.a.c. conference tournament. the winner would get the automatic bid to the ncaa tournament. espn was there.