Recently I was having a conversation with a friend; her parents had recently made a trip to Trinidad & Tobago, as they often do. I asked her about their trip and she replied with the often heard “lots of rain, weather is hot, crime is everywhere”; I said “yeah, that about sounds right”; then she said […]
Aripo Savannah & The Roosevelt Highway To Manzanilla
Recently there’s been a lot of talk about the Aripo Savannah & The Roosevelt Highway To Manzanilla. The project isn’t something new, it’s been a part of the National Highways Program since 1997. A quick search on the ttparliment.org brought up a document containing a house debate in 2004. Franklin Khan who was The Minister […]
What you say online might be defamation
It might be is against the law in Trinidad & Tobago to post statements online, such as Facebook and Twitter, whereas such statements are considered libel or defamation. Section 8 of Trinidad & Tobago’s Libel and Defamation Act states: “If any person maliciously publishes any defamatory libel, knowing the same to be false, he is liable on […]
How long should we be storing our food?
Ever wondered if that zip lock bag of frozen peas sitting in your freezer for the past six months is still good food? Turns out, it just might be. I recently wrote about an experiment I did in visualising historical agricultural prices in Trinidad & Tobago. I had briefly touched on an article I had […]