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Soca artiste Farmer Nappy - AYANNA KINSALE
Darryl “Farmer Nappy” Henry has won the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) and bmobile’s online Road March competition in a year of no march on the road. And for him, it is a win for the people.
Besides winning the online Road March, he also won the Soca Monarch with a prize of $150,000.
Carnival 2021 was cancelled because of the covid19 pandemic.
He was presented with his $100,000 prize at a ceremony at the TSTT suite, Queen’s Park Oval, Tragarete Road, Port of Spain on Wednesday.
Long-time friend and former bandmate Machel Montano congratulated Farmer Nappy on his win saying, “From day one we knew this will come. ‘Darieeeeeeeee’ ah could hear Miss Virgie and Ma Barbs right next to her crying with joy for their son.
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MAJORITY State-owned telecommunications provider, TSTT, is undertaking a âlimited deploymentâ of 5G at the Phoenix Park Industrial Estate in central Trinidad, but is not yet ready to roll out mobile 5G nationally, according to the local telecommunication providerâs chief executive, Lisa Agard.
In her first major interview since her acting appointment as CEO effective October 1, 2020, following the resignation of Ronald Walcot, Agard said the 5G deployment at the Phoenix Park Industrial Estate is part of the 145-acre siteâs development, which is being touted as one of Chinaâs first Belt and Road initiatives in the Caribbean.
TSTTâs chief financial officer, Shiva Ramnarine and its general manager of shared services, Gerard Cooper, were part of the interview with Agard.
TATT: Another internet disruption unlikely
The Telecommunications Authority of TT (TATT) offices at Eighth Street Ext, Barataria. PHOTO BY SUREASH CHOLAI -
CEO of the Telecommunications Authority of TT (TATT) Cynthia Reddock-Downes said the likelihood of another nationwide internet disruption like what occurred on Monday is “low.”
Internet connectivity to several service providers was affected by the disruption of an international cable link via Curacao on Monday morning.
The issue was resolved within a few hours and connectivity restored by Monday afternoon.
Responding to Newsday via Whatsapp, Reddock-Downes said while the primary location of internet traffic was being repaired, the other became overwhelmed.