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Arrive, Community, Culture, Travel, History, Lifestyle

First things first: the Caribbean’s First Peoples

Long, long, long before the first Old World visitors arrived in the Caribbean at the end of the fifteenth century — triggering the huge...

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Engage, Community, Trinidad and Tobago

Ark of hope

Since last April, Simone de la Bastide, president and founder of the charity The Children’s Ark, has spent every other Saturday morning...

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Engage, Community, People, Suriname

Eid-ul-Fitr: the end of the fast

Celebrating the end of the Ramadan fast, Muslim women prepare to pray in the Onafhankelijksplein, the park at the heart of Paramaribo’s...

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Community, Lifestyle, Trinidad and Tobago

Breaking 
the barriers

We in the Caribbean are a family split up. We live in our separate islands, separate in terms of policy and philosophy, as well as...

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Engage, Community, Environment, Science

Once bitten: Chikungunya in the Caribbean

One Panadol, one Panadol! One Panadol, one Panadol! The catchy hook line is the latest “lick” in Jamaica, where up-and-coming dancehall...

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Community, Culture, Lifestyle

The Brave and the Bold

You had to know when it was nine o’clock. If you didn’t hear the school bell ring, you would surely see the children running,...

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Arts and Architecture, Community, Travel, Festivals and Events, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago

Anton Gabriel: the man with the golden boots

Boots on the ground. That’s where it all started for Anton Gabriel. The 63-year-old accountant retired from his corporate job two years...

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Community, Culture, Lifestyle, Trinidad and Tobago

The struggle for serenity

The door creaked closed. She slid forward and stared through the slit. Her three-year-old was performing a ritual: ready match, crack pipe...

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