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10 goals for Trinidad and Tobago’s next 50.
by Dennis Ramdeen|25 August 2012|Blog, Off-Topic
Local Content on Radio and TV of at least 50%; legislated at first, but then market driven Agriculture is 5 - 10% of GDP We make the finals of at least 3 football World Cups and a female national wins...
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Celebrating our 50th – Flag bearers abroad
by Eric Barry|23 July 2012|Blog, Off-Topic
As we approach our nation's golden milestone and celebrate our achievements, I take a look at four children of the soil who have gone abroad and shone brilliantly. For a tiny nation, Trinidad and Tobago has achieved a considerable amount...
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Why should we hire you?
by Dennis Ramdeen|13 July 2012|Blog, Off-Topic
Pepper has been doing some interviews lately.  I find many interviewees can't answer one critical question, as clearly as they should:  Why should we hire you?  As this helpful link from Miriam Salpiter indicates, you need to have some idea...
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Celebrating our 50th – FIFA World Cup
by Eric Barry|09 July 2012|Blog, Off-Topic
In 1973, Trinidad and Tobago came close to qualifying to play in the 1974 football World Cup final in West Germany. Just two points away from making the cut, we played against Haiti on 4th December 1973 in a very...
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Lord Kitchener
Celebrating our 50th – Jerico
by Eric Barry|02 July 2012|Blog, Off-Topic
The black power uprising in Trinidad during the early 1970's was a troubling time for our young nation. Our first elected government faced a group of idealistic young men and women who in their youthful prime dared to challenge them,...
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The top 25 positive songs of popular music of all time….
by Dennis Ramdeen|18 June 2012|Blog, Off-Topic
Here's someone's list...any you would add?...."What a wonderful world" does it for me. “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen “Hold On Tight” by ELO “Everyday People” by Sly & The Family Stone “Dancing In The Streets” by Martha and the...
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Celebrating our 50th – Crawfie
by Eric Barry|18 June 2012|Blog, Off-Topic
We are almost 50 years old as a nation and today in my celebratory series, I reminisce on 1976 when Hasely Crawford brought home gold to Trinidad and Tobago in the 100 metres sprint at the Olympics held in Montreal,...
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Why don’t Trinis like to line up?
by Dennis Ramdeen|16 June 2012|Blog, Off-Topic
I'm in Toronto attending the Toronto Wine and Spirits Festival and I'm amazed, as I always am when I travel, by how people line up.  We not so lucky with lining up in Trinidad, including me.  So I started thinking...
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Meet Mrs Ramdeen…32 years ago today
by Dennis Ramdeen|15 June 2012|Blog, Off-Topic
Lump of Clay Take a lump of clay, Wet it, pat it Make a statue of you And a statue of me. Then shatter them, clatter them Add some water, And break them and mold them Into a statue of...
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Celebrating our 50th – Penny
by Eric Barry|11 June 2012|Blog, Off-Topic
As our nation approaches its 50th birthday, I share Lord Kitchener's tribute to Janelle Commissiong when in 1977 she became the first woman of colour to win the Miss Universe title. What a proud day it was for Trinidad and...
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50 years have gone T&T. How yuh feel?
by Dennis Ramdeen|10 June 2012|Blog, Off-Topic
Twenty five years ago Calypsonian Funny asked the question "How yuh feel?" at the Stag/Vat 19 25th Anniversary Calypso Competition.  Vashty Maharaj was there and years later she recalled the following in the Newsday: "At the time of the first...
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Clive Bradley was in St James last night.
by Dennis Ramdeen|08 June 2012|Blog, Off-Topic
Bradley was in St James last night at We Beat.  Despers opened with "In My House" in a set that included "Rebecca" and "Ordinary People" and I stayed past mid-night, mesmerized by Rudolph's children.  There is something about pan that...
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