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Pleasantville unveils mural to honour cultural leaders


Pleasantville unveils mural to honour cultural leaders
6 Hrs Ago
From left, Mayor of San Fernando Junia Regrello, Mckivin Foster, son of Loderick Foster, Councilor Robert Parris, representative of the Mohammed family Deron Attzs, Chairman of the PNM San Fernando East Constituency Patricia Alexis and artist Jason Sealey near the mural in honour of Torrence Mohammed and Loderick Foster on Chaconia Avenue in Pleasntville, San Fernando. - Photo by Ayanna Kinsale
AGAINST the backdrop of moko jumbies dressed in the national colours, dancing to the rhythm of the drum, a mural of two cultural figures – the late Torrance Iqbal Mohammed and Lodrick “Rollo” Foster – was unveiled on the Pleasantville Wall of Fame at Chaconia Avenue, San Fernando on Monday morning. ....

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11 dead, 615 more cases reported – TT sinking deeper


11 dead, 615 more cases reported – TT sinking deeper
3 Hrs Ago
GRIM STATS: This graphic image shows the daily covid19 death rate for May, starting fromo May 1 on the left right up to May 12 at right. GRAPHIC IMAGING BY MELANIE WAITHE -
The nation sank deeper into the grip of the covid19 pandemic on Wednesday as the Ministry of Health reported 11 more people dead from the virus (a new daily high) and a whopping 615 more infected over a previous five-day period from Friday last to Tuesday May 11.
This reflects the worst daily report of both deaths and new infections since records of the pandemic began last year March. It eclipsed the previous grim record, last Sunday of nine deaths reported in a day, plus last Saturday’s hitherto record rate of infections of 402 people. ....

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Local theatre actors struggle during pandemic


Local theatre actors struggle during pandemic
4 Hrs Ago
Wendell Manwarren of 3Canal agrees that the local entertainment industry has taken a real hit from the pandemic. Photo by Sureash Cholai
Globally, the entertainment sector has been one of the hardest hit by the pandemic.
Although vaccines have begun rolling out worldwide, second and third waves of infections plus vaccine shortages have delayed the reopening of the sector.
New York mayor Bill de Blasio plans to have the city fully reopened in July, with Broadway (the theatrical district in midtown Manhattan) reopened by September. In TT, the situation seems not as hopeful. ....

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Children's stories come alive at Bocas Lit Fest – Repeating Islands


AS the NGC Bocas Lit Fest rolls out a second year of an all-virtual festival, from April 23-25, young ones can look forward to dynamic and engaging online content on two days of the festival.
The children’s sessions will come alive in myriad exciting ways for a fresh crop of young readers and writers as it features some of the best storytellers, local talent, and stories written by children during the past ten years of the NGC Children’s Storytelling Caravan.
While the pandemic has paused the traditional caravan that toured communities across the country, actors and technical producers have translated the caravan’s published tales into animations, dramatisations and learning content, to be shown on the Saturday and Sunday mornings of the Bocas Lit Fest’s 11th annual festival, the largest literary festival in the Caribbean, said a media release from the festival. ....

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Children's stories come alive at Bocas Lit Fest


Children’s stories come alive at Bocas Lit Fest
2 Hrs Ago
New stories in the Dragonzilla’s Storytime series premiere during the 2021 NGC Children’s Bocas Lit Fest. Actor Farouk Jr brings The Mystery of the Seaweed to life. -
AS the NGC Bocas Lit Fest rolls out a second year of an all-virtual festival, from April 23-25, young ones can look forward to dynamic and engaging online content on two days of the festival.
The children’s sessions will come alive in myriad exciting ways for a fresh crop of young readers and writers as it features some of the best storytellers, local talent, and stories written by children during the past ten years of the NGC Children’s Storytelling Caravan. ....

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