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Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the author(s) do not represent the official position of Barbados TODAY. by Keith Holder In responding to questions at a media conference on Wednesday relating to the selection of the 15-member West Indies squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia next month, lead selector The Most Honourable […]
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\"Everybody on social media does just take everything for a joke.\" She said she did not get any useful information about her missing pet and is constantly at edge wondering if Peep is in pain or worse, dead.
\"Some people love materialistic things and they don't how to value life. I'm not looking for attention or fame, I just want my chicken back.\"
Khan said her mother has been a rock of support and even though she was at first sceptical about posting the missing poster on Facebook, she relented so that \"the person who took Peep will realise just how much that chicken is of value to me.\"
This newspaper decided to not use Khan's image to protect her from further trauma.
The soft-spoken woman was emotional and on the verge of tears as she recalled her time with Peep. She said her pet lived indoors, watched television, and was at her side for most of the day whenever she is at home.
[caption id=\"attachment_952299\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"480\"] The missing poster pleading for people to help find the missing chicken. -[/caption]
On April 24, she let Peep outside to mingle with her companions, Springs and Browns, two other layers she bought to keep her beloved chicken company. Sometime between noon and 3 pm, Peep went missing and led to a frantic search in the rural community where hunting is a vocation. She could not find any feathers or even a trail of blood in the days that followed but still clings on to hope that someone stole her chicken and may have her pet alive in captivity.
\"Even if she is not alive, I still want her,\" Khan said. She said the first day without Peep was the hardest as she could not eat or sleep.
Every time Khan goes home she is reminded of the emptiness and silence without the happy chirping of her pet.
Last April, Khan was diagnosed with covid19 which knocked her off her feet.
She said Peep helped her cope during the pandemic an
There will be no Barbados Reggae Festival in 2022, producers, FAS7STAR announced Saturday. Having already been placed on an indefinite hiatus since 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, producers were initially hopeful of having a 2022 restart given the lifting of several COVID restrictions. However, during their update on the situation, producers cited the lack […]
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A debut novel described by the judges as “rollicking, enjoyable, and at times incredibly moving” is named the outstanding Caribbean book of the past year.
Pleasantview, the first book by TT’s Celeste Mohammed, is the winner of the overall 2022 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, which comes with a cash award of US$10,000, sponsored by One Caribbean Media.
\"This is only the second time in twelve years that a debut author has won the most prestigious international award for Caribbean writing. Pleasantview, a 'novel in stories' set in contemporary Trinidad, was published in the US by Ig Publishing and in the UK by Jacaranda Books,\" Bocas Lit Fest, the organisers of the top regional writing award said.
Trinidadian-British writer Roger Robinson, chief judge for the prize, made the announcement at the virtual award ceremony on Saturday, during this year’s NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Four Days to Change the World, livestreamed on the Bocas Lit Fest website, YouTube, and Facebook.
Robinson — himself the winner of the 2019 T.S. Eliot Prize — was joined on the final judging panel by Puerto Rican poet and academic Mayra Santos Febres; British academic and broadcaster Shahidha Bari, and Belizean biographer and attorney Godfrey Smith.
[caption id=\"attachment_952447\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"683\"] Pleasantview, the novel by writer Celeste Mohammed. -[/caption]
They named Pleasantview the winner from a shortlist of the three books previously named the genre category winners of the 2022 OCM Bocas Prize. Jamaican Jason Allen-Paisant’s debut book Thinking with Trees was the poetry winner, and Jamaican Kei Miller’s essay collection Things I Have Withheld the non-fiction winner.
In his judge’s remarks, Robinson said, “Mohammed troubles our sense of an island as a place of good-time celebration. The characters seem so bound to place and class, so clearly portrayed, that it could feel like these events were real or that the book could be documentary in its scope, making the reader remind themselves that the book is a work of fiction.
“Pleasantview is also innovative in its form; the interlocking landscape of the stories giving us an overview of love, struggle, and dilemma; but never seeming forced or contrived…
\"Pleasantview is a great feat for any novel, far less a first novel, and the judges were unanimous in their decision.”
Celeste Mohammed is a lawyer-turned-writer. She was the recipient of a 2018 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. She was also awarded the 2019 Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction, and the 2017 John D Gardner Memorial Prize for Fiction.
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As almost everyone connected with the sport in even the remotest manner would have heard by now, West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard has announced his immediate retirement from international cricket. Pollard’s April 20th announcement, which would have come as a major surprise to most, has now created some very interesting possibilities for the structure of West Indies’ white-ball cricket teams in the immediate future. At the time of his resignation, Pollard was, of course, the incumbent West Indies white-ball captain, having led the team in both formats since his October 2019 appointment as Jason Holder’s replacement. During his fifteen-year international career, Pollard established himself as a legendary trailblazer for West Indies’ white-ball cricket. He became the first-ever player to represent the West Indies in 100 T20I matches and also donned the maroon colours in a total of 123 ODI matches.
Two Barbadian entrepreneurs, Angelina Sinckler of Angelina Affiliate and Bryan Cummings, owner of In Phi HD, are partnering to ensure that this Mothers’ Day Barbadian mothers can have a crate of fresh produce at their door in their latest Mothers’ Day Promotion. Sinckler said that the beauty of Mothers’ Day is that the act of […]
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After 14 nominations, SZA finally took home her first Grammy earlier this month as a featured artist in Doja Cat ‘s “Kiss Me More.” The equally funny and heartwarming acceptance speech between her and Doja just solidified what we knew already: SZA is one of the most relatable and charming artists we’ve seen in a while. The daughter of CNN and AT&T executives, SZA got her start writing for some of your faves before dropping her debut album Ctrl in 2017. Though music is her area of expertise, there is a lot more to SZA than chart-topping singles. Scroll on to find five things you likely didn’t know about the New Jersey-raised songstress.
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News File photo A man from south Trinidad who was allowed to plead guilty to a charge of attempting to murder the mother of his child in a domestic violence attack in 2010 has been ordered to pay a fine of $5,000 and compensate her. Anthony Farrow entered into plea discussions with the State in March and it was agreed he would plead guilty to the attempted murder, which took place […]
Growing up as a gymnast, cheerleader, and athletically built Black woman, Danyele didn’t often see bodies like hers represented in fitness or competing alongside her on her sports teams. As a teenager and young adult, Danyele struggled to accept her 5-foot-11 frame and defined muscles, and eventually fell out of love with fitness after leaving … Continued
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Families need to have discussions surrounding not only saving money but also financial literacy, which would help family members, especially the youth, understand key financial concepts that would assist in the building and continuity of generational wealth among Barbadian families. Minister in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Ryan Straughn, made those comments as […]
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THE NGC Children’s Bocas Lit Fest is launching an exciting new resource this weekend – Bocas Storytime, a dedicated YouTube channel for viewers aged 12 and under.
Bocas Storytime promises a diverse range of videos available on demand – read-alouds, animations, storytelling, and fun workshops – all inspired by Caribbean books and culture, a media release said. Youngsters can tune in by computer, mobile phone, tablet, or TV.
The new YouTube channel goes live on April 30, with new content added regularly in the weeks ahead. Viewers can search for Bocas Storytime on YouTube and click the “subscribe” button for notifications about new content.
The Bocas Storytime launch coincides with the 2022 NGC Bocas Lit Fest, aimed at adult readers and viewers, which runs from April 28 to May 1. Since the launch of Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival in 2011, children’s events have been an integral part of the programme, the release said.
Festival director Nicholas Laughlin said the children's events are important and help to create future readers and writers.
[caption id=\"attachment_952064\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"] Aaron Duncan will perform during a read-aloud from a children's book during the NGC Bocas Lit Fest's Bocas Storytime event. - SUREASH CHOLAI[/caption]
“In some ways, this is the most important part of what we do. The NGC Children’s Bocas Lit Fest offers fun and entertainment, but it also helps create a future generation of readers and writers, opening their eyes to the creative potential of words and stories. Our new YouTube channel will make our video content for under-12s even more convenient for children and parents to access – they can watch their favourites any day and time, as often as they like,” Laughlin said in the release.
\"Bocas Storytime will nurture young viewers’ language skills and improve their understanding of the world around us, through topics such as Carnival, folklore, and the environment. It also features inspiring young writers, like six-year-old Coryn Clarke, TT’s youngest published author, and nine-year-old Josh Hansraj, two-time winner of Dragonzilla’s Short Story Writing Challenge. Other young authors sharing their work include Kai-De Alexis, Naila Baynes, and Mila Smith, all of whom have recently published their own books,\" the Lit Fest said in the release.
Music also comes into the mix, in the video How to Become a Calypsonian, with a read-aloud from a children’s book by Antigua and Barbuda author Desryn Collins, featuring an appearance by young performer Aaron Duncan. Jamaica’s “royal family” of reggae also make an appearance with a read-aloud by Ziggy Marley and his wife, Orly, who have co-written Little John Crow, a heartwarming story with a lesson about accepting our differences, the release said.
Other Bocas Storytime videos offer read-alouds by popular TT children’s authors Tracey Baptiste, Jeunanne Alkins, Neala Bhagwansingh, Liseanne Martin-Subero, and Gail Morong. A special video produced in association with the TT Association for the Hearing Imp
