TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - culture, politics, history

This Sea Stallion helicopter, attached to the United States Marines, currently on a visit to Trinidad and Tobago, scouts out the area over Barataria yesterday. From one of Trinidad’s news dailies, Newsday , this very disappointing piece from Sunday, 26 October, 2008: US Marines in TT Sunday, October 26 2008 Members of the public in Laventille, Curepe, certain parts of the East and Central were jolted out of their beds early yesterday by the roaring sounds of two marine helicopters flying over their homes. Some of the concerned persons even telephoned Sunday Newsday to ascertain if the United States Marine Corps were carrying out ... Read Full Story

U.S. Marine Sea Stallion flies low over Barataria on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008 The Mayor of Arima, Adrian Cabralis, and presumably the Deputy Mayor as well (Ricardo Bharath, who is also the head of the Santa Rosa Carib Community) played host to a contingent of U.S. Marines who are in Trinidad for "Operation Continuing Promise" (CP 2008). This mission comes with little in the way of an advance public announcement, most Trinidadians being very surprised to see two U.S. Marine Sea Stallions flying low and scouting areas along the East-West Corridor on Sunday morning. The government of Patrick Manning is aligned with the Bush ... Read Full Story

Innovative design by Trinidadian artist and blogger Marlon Darbeau, here . Read Full Story

Performed by Joanne Foster (2004) Composed by Christophe Grant Dem is patriots [patriots] De soca warriors dey back See dem wave dey red, white and black All dem patriots [patriots] Some does even paint up dey face Like de cascadou dey done taste. If you probe past de superficial Dey bound to leave you amazed Shocked, bewildered and in a daze Cause de same ones who are so vocal Time to put their heads on a block Long ago abandoned dis rock 'Cause when it down to the nitty gritty [Trini to we bone] Dey done fly out to New York city [Trini to ... Read Full Story

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. The name of my song is "Odorous Woman." Now it's not a woman bashing song. It's about one particular woman who, my Prime Minister say, going to come before the end of the year so I trust and hope that you all listen to it and come together at the end of the song and we could stop her from coming. OK? OK? My name is Trinidad, I have real money to spend And when you have money, yuh doesn't want it to end So I seek some advice on how I should invest So when years to come, ... Read Full Story