Category: Essay


  • Trinidad and Tobago has officially modified its Coat of Arms to include the steelpan where the three ships of Christopher Columbus used to be. Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley made the announcement, a national one, at his party’s convention: a political event. He said then, “You see them three Columbus boats in the emblem, they…

  • Après Carnival-la and we are here in T&T reminiscing on what we’ve just experienced. This was a different season for me, a returning to centre because I was never a big masquerader. All I did this year on Monday and Tuesday was J’Ouvert with 3Canal which was special. My first was their last as the…

  • I went to the Monday Night Theatre Forum (MNTF) as a reporter with the Caribbean New Media Group (CNMG) in June 2016. I went to report on the talk that veteran actor, director and member of the rapso group 3Canal Wendell Manwarren had to say about his creative life in Trinidad and Tobago. Formed by…