Held on Sunday October 16th - L'Anse Fourmi Bloody Bay Recreation Ground
"Now in its 18th year, this annual festival in the coastal village of Bloody Bay, on the Caribbean island of Tobago, focuses on dishes using dasheen,"
"This is a root plant of the taro variety, eaten in abundance in the Caribbean because it can be cultivated in flooded conditions.
"The mid-October festival gets its name from the dasheen itself, which, when ground and cooked turns blue -- not normally a color associated with an edible foodstuff.
"The weekend-long festival attracts thousands of participants, rich and poor, all keen to cook inventive dishes using the root.
There have been numerous reports of of a woman (w/possible mental health issues) who is going around throwing stones at individual cars, breaking their windshields and in some cases walking up to random people and slapping them around the contention street area.
Please contact the Princes Town Police if you see this person (shown below).
As a reminder, section 3(2) of the Criminal Law Act, Chap. 10:04, grants the power to any person to arrest without warrant anyone who is, or who she/he, with reasonable cause, suspects to be, IN THE ACT OF COMMITTING AN ARRESTABLE OFFENSE.
DerronEllies Steelpannist performing at the Vice Chancellor's Awards for Excellence at The University of the West Indies, UWI St. Augustine on Wednesday 19th, October. Song: Have Yourself A Merry Liitle Christmas.
He is playing the P.H.I. - Percussive.Harmonic.Instrument co-invented by UWI, St. Augustine Principal, Professor Brian Copeland
We always like to take a look back at graduation ceremonies in years gone by.
This photograph shows HRH Princess Alice, then Chancellor of The UWI seated and shaking the hands of a graduate during a graduation ceremony at the St. Augustine campus.
Also in the picture is Dr. Dudley Huggins, then Principal and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the St. Augustine Campus (far left) and Dr. Eric Williams, then Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and Pro-Chancellor of St. Augustine Campus (far right),
Born in Trinidad, Eric Williams (1911-81) founded the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago's first modern political party in 1956, led the country to independence from the British culminating in 1962, and became the nation's first prime minister.
Before entering politics, he was a professor at Howard University and wrote several books, including the classic Capitalism and Slavery.
In the first scholarly biography of Williams, Colin Palmer provides insights into Williams's personality that illuminate his life as a scholar and politician and his tremendous influence on the historiography and politics of the Caribbean.
Palmer focuses primarily on the fourteen-year period of struggles for independence in the Anglophone Caribbean.
From 1956, when Williams became the chief minister of Trinidad and Tobago, to 1970, when the Black Power-inspired February Revolution brought his administration face to face with a younger generation intellectually indebted to his revolutionary thought, Williams was at the center of most of the conflicts and challenges that defined the region.
He was most aggressive in advocating the creation of a West Indies federation to help the region assert itself in international political and economic arenas.
Looking at the ideas of Williams as well as those of his Caribbean and African peers, Palmer demonstrates how the development of the modern Caribbean was inextricably intertwined with the evolution of a regional anticolonial consciousness.born in Trinidad, Eric Williams (1911-81) founded the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago's first modern political party in 1956, led the country to independence from the British culminating in 1962, and became the nation's first prime minister.
Before entering politics, he was a professor at Howard University and wrote several books, including the classic Capitalism and Slavery. In the first scholarly biography of Williams, Colin Palmer provides insights into Williams's personality that illuminate his life as a scholar and politician and his tremendous influence on the historiography and politics of the Caribbean.
Palmer focuses primarily on the fourteen-year period of struggles for independence in the Anglophone Caribbean, when Williams was at the center of most of the conflicts and challenges that defined the region
The Caiman had gone behind his house in a pond a long while ago and it was very young then, he used to feed at as he would feel sorry for the animal however the caiman had now grown a lot and had gotten aggressive.
This is usual behavior for a while animal which was being fed by humans as it now associates humans with food and shows aggression to them.
We strongly urge the public to refrain from feeding the wild animals before themselves or the animal gets hurt
The caiman was then released into a wildlife sanctuary shortly after.
Caribbean Gooseberry (Phyllanthus Acidus) known as the Otaheite Gooseberry or Sour Cherry, is an edible small yellow berry fruit in the Phyllanthaceae family.
Despite its name, the plant does not resemble the Gooseberry, except for its acidity.
It is mostly cultivated for ornamentation in many countries.
In Trinidad and Tobago, this fruit is used to make a variety of tasty treats such as jams, 'chows', wines and preserved snack
Passionfruit Curd - $25 - Fresh passionfruit juice is cooked with farm fresh eggs, butter and sugar to make this wonderful treat. Only 6 jars this week so come early before they're gone
Shadon Beni Jelly - $25 - Thanks to a lady named after a herb, we had tons of shadon beni so we made this one-of-a-kind condiment.
Lemon Marmalade - $20 - Just 3 left
Pepper Sauce - $20 - Scotch Bonnet Peppers blended with lime juice, wild caraili and seasonings.
Lime Pickle - $25 - Tobago limes cooked in the sun with spices and then tempered using mustard oil. We are currently using this dry spell to sun-cook more limes for pickle; even the sun is a resource
Dried Herbs - Sage, Rosemary or Thyme - $15 - Also passively dried using the sun.
Tulsi Vinegar - $35 - Just 1 left
Mosquito Repellent & Body Oil - $25 - Repels various types of mosquitoes while moisturizing your skin. Safe for babies and contains fresh aloe vera to help relieve bites. Bring your bottle back to us and we'll refill it for you for just $20
This week we will also have chilled Mauby (from Bark) and fresh squeezed Lime Juice for $30 (1.5L). Both drinks are sweetened with Demerara Sugar.
As usual, we'll have tastes of our jarred products and a sample of our repellent on hand so that you can try before you buy.
Due to a high pressure system sitting in place over the Caribbean, record high temperatures have been recorded at Piarco International Airport.
This hot and dry air mass continues to produce life threateningly high temperatures and heat indices.
While the peak of these hot temperatures seems to have passed earlier this week, a gradual cooling is expected with the passage of a tropical wave over the weekend.
However, temperatures between 33.0˚C to 36.0˚ with high heat indices are expected.
As a result of the Petit Carême, new records have been set of daily high temperatures for every day this week dating back to 1997.
A new all time high temperature was set for the month of October as well as this past week, October 16th, 17th and 19th ranks in the top 10 hottest days in Trinidad at Piarco International Airport
