MANY yachting fanatics, boatyard owners and trade officials were present at the official opening of Fortress Marine, a boat building company situated in New Guinea.Douglas Brookes, Manager and co-owner of Fortress Marine, has been building boats since 1973. In 1987, his boat building business, originally called Brookes’ Boats, was renamed Indigo Yachts which thereafter led him to build boats in Trinidad and St. Martin.  [ Read More... ]

WITH the onset of tropical storms and hurricanes hitting the Caribbean, the coastal line at Old Road Bay is being threatened. The constant swells and rolls of the Caribbean Sea parallel to the road are beating against the retaining wall and a lot of water been seen to cover over half of the thoroughfare.At the same time, the hill on the other side of the road has it equal share of being a hazard to traffic below.  [ Read More... ]

Local pharmacist Isabelle ‘Joy’ Pompey-Carr made an indelible mark at the 2008 Caribbean Association of Pharmacists Convention held recently in Trinidad & Tobago.The convention took place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Trinidad between August 11 and 16, and allowed for regional pharmacists to network and to exchange ideas and experiences. Several representatives of pharmaceutical companies participated in the convention and had booths where their existing products were displayed and new products were unveiled.  [ Read More... ]

THE Chief Executive Officer of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Dr. Donald Peters, made a call this week for territorial cricket associations to “take an active part in the development of West Indies cricket” throughout the coming years. With West Indies Cricket at an all time low on the international stage, Peters outlined several programmes that the board has decided would boost the overall development of the Windies.  [ Read More... ]

CONTESTANTS for the Miss Silver Jubilee Pageant were officially introduced to the public and given their sashes on Friday evening during a special ceremony at Independence Square.The six beauties, all dressed in white and silver, were well-received by a large crowd that gathered in the square at around 7:00 p.m.Janetta Shoy, the contestant representing Sandy Point, is Miss Hospitality while Venetta Zakers of St. Paul’s is Miss Unity.  [ Read More... ]

My name -  Kimani - is indeed unique.  It is of African-American origin and means - One who is beautiful and sweet - . There is also my ability to adapt easily to new or unfamiliar situations...to change my colors like a chameleon. Where are you from? If you were to use two adjectives that describe your community and which also describe you as a person, what would those adjectives be?