Designer Neil Phillips has returned to the local clothing market with the brand The Pallet Stick. The menswear clothing brand was launched online on December 15. Phillips said his clothing is targeted towards people living in tropical climates, as a lot of the clothing produced seems to be geared towards the North American market. “I’ve … Continue reading
Arts and culture magazine and creative agency Culturego celebrated its fifth year of existence in November. Founders Patrick Rasoanaivo and Adeline Gregoire said the journey has been an eventful and fulfilling one. The couple launched their website, http://www.culturegomag.com, in 2013 to fill what they perceived as a gap for a go-to space of non-mainstream arts … Continue reading
Eating yogurt has a host of health benefits. However, most people find it too acidic to consume regularly and commercially produced yogurt is expensive.Local entrepreneur Nolan Jones has created his own formula under the name Yogood which is smooth, creamy, sumptuous and affordable. Jones, who is Trinidad-born but grew up in Venezuela, has been tweaking … Continue reading
Are you a vegetarian but watch enviously as others dive into their hams at Christmas? Entrepreneur Phillip Cox has come up with a solution to the dilemma – a fish ham made out of tuna. Cox, who also makes sausage and pepperoni from tuna, said he came up with the idea to make the products … Continue reading
Khadine Ali-Rajah is the first ever psychologist to be certified in Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) in T&T. A branch of behavioural psychology, ABA is a research-based form of therapy which focuses on using positive strategies to change behaviour, and certified ABA therapists are in high demand worldwide. Ali-Rajah said therapists who pass the exam on … Continue reading
The Design Objective organization is a non-profit membership organization created to improve and support the development of design and designers in T&T. The organization was formed by seven founders, Agyei Archer, Melanie Archer, Ayrïd Chandler, Marlon Darbeau, Debbie Estwick, Gareth Jenkins and Joshua Lue Chee Kong, and will be hosting an informal chat with designers … Continue reading
The T&T Film Company (FilmTT) is inviting applications for its 2017 Small Marketing and Development Grants. Film TT General Manager Nneka Luke said the grants are small investments into very specific projects based on what the organization is capable of providing at this time. In a release, FilmTT said the grants, which will range from … Continue reading
The latest Trinbagonian culture podcast is T&T Unpacked, produced and hosted by Rochelle Amour and Justin Collymore. The pair started the podcast in July 2016. Collymore said the original idea was to do fake prank calls or skits, but Amour suggested doing a regular talk-show format. She said “we decided to narrow it down to … Continue reading
Musician and sound engineer Navid Lancaster has an impressive list of achievements to his name. This isn’t surprising as he has over 20 years experience in both fields, beginning at age 19 when he played guitar for a band called AK47 and then formed his own band called Broken Mirroz at age 22. Lancaster got … Continue reading
The I Am ME program is returning to Trinidad but on a much larger scale than ever before. The brainchild of T&T-born Dr. Marielle Barrow, the fifth edition of the program aims to train 200 at-risk youth, ages 16 to 32, in fashion, leadership and entrepreneurship and assist them in starting businesses. Barrow said fashion … Continue reading
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