Local Ting än Ting

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Local Street Talk ~ Carnival 2016 On The Avenue

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Local Street Food ~ Rolie Polie - Chacon St

Rolie Polie is a Dhalpourie is all the same thing u get in your Doubles

3 for $20.00

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Local Recession


1. By Tim Teemal




2. By Tony Bedassie


What does being in a recession mean for the average citizen?

The recession of the 80's saw many a multi national closing down operations here and leaving.

Many a fast food establishment closed because people didn't have money to buy.

Those of you who remember Woolworth and Johnson and Johnson on High street in San Fernando. Both closed and left.

Bata, a shoe manufacturer which had retail outlets throughout the island also closed down.

Dunlop our local tyre manufacturing company did likewise.

These are just a few that come to mind.

Being in a recession means that your buying power is significantly reduced.

Wages and salaries remain the same or fall while the cost of goods and services increases.

Many persons who had been gainfully employed suddenly find themselves on the bread line much as what has happened with the workers at Arcelor Mittal. The spin off or trickle down effect goes way beyond the 700 employees who have lost their jobs. It is a chain reaction. 700 direct employees yes, but how many more indirect ones via service companies, suppliers and contractors.

These workers themselves would also be providers of employment, hiring masons, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, grass cutters and so on.

With the impact of all these negatives the economy contracts meaning that economic activity slows down, we experience negative growth.

Government is then forced to cut it's social spending concentrating instead on basic necessities. Hence the public outcry when projects such as the Tarouba stadium which has the potential to become a burden on the tax payer while adding no value to the economy at this time or anytime in the near future.

With the stagnation and indeed retraction of the economy the value of our currency depreciates, we are already seeing this being manifested. Over the weekend trading online was at a rate of $7TT to $1US.

Your country becomes bleak with many empty buildings where once existed thriving businesses.

Many a family lose their homes as loss of jobs result in their inability to pay their mortgages.

The central bank has already began increasing the MMR which will result in an increase in your mortgage interest in the very near future. Remember a bank operates to make a profit and with declining economic activity they too will be feeling the pinch. Their responsibility is to their stockholders/shareholders first and their customers after. They will be forced into foreclosures.

This is fast becoming our reality and should things not change we will be forced to make adjustments to the way we live.

The need to diversify the economy which is normally given lip service during times of prosperity becomes ever more apparent during these times. Civil society would do well to look beyond their racial and party lines and insist that their representatives work toward achieving this objective.

How do you diversify however when you are cashed strapped. The time to diversify is when things are normal, when money is flowing.

Successive governments have failed in this regard opting instead for pie in the sky dreams which never bear fruit. A country which can feed itself is well on the way to success.

Growing locally and buying locally is one way in which we can keep our much needed foreign exchange within the country.

Some of you would remember the mid to late 80's when certain things were put on the negative list, meaning we just couldn't import them in order to preserve our foreign exchange.

I am not trying to scare you just speaking from experience. You must be prepared for what's ahead. One hopes that it does not come to that and things turn around in the near future, however our dependence on oil revenues continues to land us in this position time and time again. Will we ever learn?



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Local Trinidad and Tobago Powerboat Association


2nd Regatta - Sunday20thMarch2016 - Highlites of the Day

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Local Rally Trinidad 2016





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Local Tobago Pro Surfing - 2

Sunday20thMarch2016 - Mt.Irvine

1. Beautiful Morning at Mt.Irvine

2. Simon Washington

3. New Recruit

4. Simon Washington

5. Jason Apparicio

6. First place winner of Tobago Pro Legends Division Masters Craig 'Barney' Evelyn (blue)
with Second Place Surfer Barry St.George (Rast)

7. Womens Divison Finalists - Kimy Milne (Right) was the overall winner of the division

8. Andre Stewart winner of the Tobago Pro 2016 Open Mens Division

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Local Point Fortin

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^^Real mad ppl yes

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horn is essential

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Local Kite Flying


That time of the year

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Local Trinidad and Tobago Powerboat Association - 3


2nd Regatta - Sunday20thMarch2016 - Highlites

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Local Tobago Pro Surfing - 3

Sunday20thMarch2016 - Mt.Irvine


1. Andre Dre

2. Barry St George

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Local Trinidad Rally 2016


Reform Mega Jumps - Over 25 feet from John Powell in the R5





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Chaguaramas

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Local Aerial Drone ~ Caura Hospital



Silent

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Local Model ~ Vanessa Hill Milyva

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Local Ting än Ting ~ Easter Weekend and Beyond



Easter Honey Festival - San Antonio Green Market - Saddle Road - Santa Cruz
Saturday26thMarch - 8am - 12pm

FIFA PS4 Tournament - Gulf City Mall
Saturday26thMarch - 10am - 5pm

Anime Expo T&T - Centre of Excellence
Saturday26thMarch 10am - 8pm

Wine and Cheese - The University of the West Indies (UWI) - Watts Street
Saturday26thMarch - 230pm - 6pm

Easter Fun Day - MovieTowne - Port Of Spain
Saturday26thMarch - 3pm - 6pm

ABHIJEET LIVE - Centre of Excellence
Saturday26thMarch - 8pm - 11pm

2016 Phagwa Celebrations - Pierre Road Recreation Ground - 21 Pierre Road, Charlieville
Sunday27thMarch - 8am - 6pm

Market Deh' - The Shade - 15 Mount Pleasant Boulevard - Tobago
Sunday27thMarch - 10am - 3pm

Radio 90.5's 17th Annual Easter Kite Flying Contest - Queen's Park Savannah
Sunday27thMarch - 2pm - 6pm

Shurwayne Winchester Fun Day 2016 - Signal Hill Secondary School - Tobago
Sunday27thMarch 2pm - 6pm

The San Fernando Reggae Festival 2016 - Skinner Park
Sunday27thMarch - Monday28thMarch 10pm - 5pm

Gag Order - The Shade - 15 Mount Pleasant Boulevard - Tobago
Sunday27thMarch - Monday28thMarch 10pm - 5pm

Spring Break 2016 - Westside - Chaguaramas
Monday28thMarch - 12am - 9am

Easter Egg Hunt and Family Fun Day - Lopinot Complex - Lopinot Road
Monday28thMarch - 11am-6pm

2018 World Cup Qualifier: Trinidad & Tobago vs St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Hasely Crawford Stadium
Tuesday29thMarch - 7pm-10pm

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Local Litter Bug

So leaving Brasso Seco last week Sunday and returning to the highway via the Arima Blanchisseuse road, this white pickup (TDH1532)roars past me and has the audacity to throw out all his fast food containers onto the roadway whilst driving in front of me ...

I promptly took a picture of his vehicle and started to give him lights of course so he could see that I saw what he did and was pissed accordingly... he slows down eventually and crawls so I can pass him and then keeps his pace behind me for the rest of the leg on the Bye pass road, knowing full well he has done wrong!!!!!!

Yes I got your licence number after you did your deed.

I may not have posted online if you had turned around to pick up YOUR trash...but know you obviously are accustom to doing this wherever you go!!!!...

I have no qualms in posting your vehicle so others will know that you DO NOT CARE for our environment!!!!


Jeffrey Wong Sang

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Local Announcer ~ Colin Chambers


Not only is he an announcer but he's also a pretty awesome saxophonist

Colin Chambers entertains the crowd in honour of Lennox "Moby" Parris at the Barracuda Track League.

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Local Street Talk



Political Humor Commentary

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Local Tableland ~ Pineland


Pineapple Farmers and Assessing the Prospects for Local Pineapple

Where your Local Pine comes From

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Local Trinidad and Tobago Model Power Boats


Sunday20thMarch - Foreshore - Highlites of the Day

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Local Aerial Drone ~ St. Augustine

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Local Black Power Revolution ~ 1970's Trailer

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2016 Rally Trinidad ~ Sunday

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Local St Ann ~ Fondes Amandes Hills


By the river side.

Someone lit a fire within minutes it took the hills, by the time we got to the fire was too high

We can easily fight a small fire once detected early.

The place is really dry and the wind is strong

Really need to have tighter control over river users.

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Local Rotaract Club of Piarco UWI

The aim of Hungry to help is to provide approximately 200 persons residing on the streets,
Alongside the East- West corridor, with a hot meal, water, a light snack and a care packages,
Containing toiletries and hygiene products.

This is the third installment of Hungry to Help

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Local Announcer ~ Colin Chambers


Not only is he an announcer but he's also a pretty awesome saxophonist

Colin Chambers entertains the crowd in honour of Lennox "Moby" Parris at the Barracuda Track League.

know him well. was my music teacher Arima Boys RC....man real eccentric....but he is a great saxophonist....

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