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Citizens will soon have a rare opportunity to explore the ancient spiritual discipline of Kriya Yoga through a series of transformative workshops, scheduled to take place from tomorrow to Sunday. The sessions will be led by Swami Purnatmananda Giri, a highly respected teacher from the United States who has walked the Kriya path since 1992 and committed his life to spiritual service after joining an ashram in 2005.
On July 20, the stage at the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts (SAPA) came alive with vibrant colour, rhythm, and artistry as Brian Mangaroo’s Khalnayak Academy of Dance took centre stage in a spectacular live concert.
It took a father’s love and a Trinidadian surgeon’s steady hands to come together in a special moment that not only saved a life, but also made medical history in the Caribbean.
At just 21 years old, Isabelle Laquis is already leaving a legacy of impact across Trinidad and Tobago. Now going into her fourth year at the University of Miami, Laquis is the co-founder of Let’s Give Back, a nonprofit born at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of World Mangrove Day–a UNESCO-adopted day aiming to raise awareness about the importance of mangrove ecosystems and promote their sustainable management, conservation, and use.
Janice Learmond-Criqui has never been one to follow a traditional script. A certified professional life coach, she is set to release her book entitled He Said the Right Things but Did He Mean Them–A Woman’s Guide to Understanding the Game, Guarding Her Heart and Growing Her Worth. She has devoted many years to shaping, supporting, and inspiring people. However, her story has taken various unprecedented twists and turns, and her ability to surmount challenges with grace and poise has been an inspiration in and of itself.
Now, I’m not saying rain can’t be dangerous—it can be. But so is crossing the highway, and people still do that every day. Hiking in the rain just means you have to be smart. That’s all. Hike Club—that’s our little crew of nature-loving fellas and gyals—knows when and where to go, wet or dry. Over the years, we’ve learned which trails are best for sun, and which ones come alive when the rain falls.
The story of Amina Blake-Foreman begins on the southern tip of Trinidad, in Fyzabad, where entrepreneurial sparks were already flying by the time she turned seven. Back then, she was selling spices from Grenada—an early sign of a girl who would grow into a woman determined to do more than just make a living. She was on a path to create opportunity.
For more than three decades, Natalie Rogers-Cropper has embodied a style, a discipline, and a legacy. Actor, educator, director and multiple-award-winning dancer, she has spent her life moving—across countries, across generations, and across stages — with the Fagan technique pulsing through every step.
Cathi Hanauer was married to a man she loved, raising a daughter she adored, and sustaining a writing life earned word by word, yet beneath the surface of that carefully stitched domesticity something soured—an unease that never exploded yet gathered silently, like steam behind a closed door, rising from a thousand small concessions, compromises, and swallowed sentences.
When Brandon Beckwith set out to create the most culturally diverse album ever made, he didn’t expect to stumble upon a celebration that would reshape his worldview: Emancipation Day.
Motivational speaker Pastor Luke Quamina believes the upcoming CeCe Winans: More Than This Trinidad concert is arriving at exactly the right moment for a nation in need of hope.
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