Island hopper (March/April 2006)
As March begins, the Carnival season ends in Trinidad. At the stroke of midnight on the first of the month — give or take a few hours —...
Etienne Charles: “Next thing you know, a trumpet arrives in the mail”
I just always liked music from since I was real small, ’cause my mom would come home from work and put on the record player, and I...
Something’s fishy
“Sing, Muse. Sing of Kronos’ son Poseidon, shaker of the earth, brother of Zeus, ruler of the deep.” I can respect someone with that...
Tempo: Gimme more Caribbean
I was chatting with my new buddy Frank the other day about Tempo, the fledgling television channel that was launched recently amid a flurry...
Quiet heroes
Karen Mahy calls FirstCaribbean International Bank’s Unsung Heroes programme “dear to my heart” in one of her emails, and this...
At the Cyrus museum
Meet Dr Cecil Cyrus On leaving the edge of west-central Kingstown, you begin to climb the Montrose Hill, on the road that leads to St...
Hurricane Harold helps out
It’s a grey day in late October, threatening rain. Harold Hosein is standing inside a 40-foot container, in a scruffy warehouse yard on...
Back to Grenada
September 8, 2004: the day after category-4 Hurricane Ivan blasted Grenada. Across the small island, residents emerging from their battered...
