Tag: Trinidad and Tobago

I salute and commend Mississippi Senate candidate Scott Colom’s (voluntary) service as an educator in Guyana for 16 months (2005/06). In following the Senate race in the ruby red (and ...

Richmond Hill (Little Guyana, Little Trinidad) and other parts of Queens were transformed into a magnificent spectacle of light, colour, music and devotion as tens of thousands celebrate Diwali, the ...

Those few of us who have been studying, researching, and writing on indentureship (indentured laborers or girmitiyas as they are known in India and the descendants abroad) have been calling ...

The biennial PBD is in January in Kolkata; it will be the 19th PBD. The Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar can make Girmitiyas ...

The President of the Borough of Queens, one of five counties that make up the city, hosted 2026 Diwali celebrated at the Borough Office, Helen Marshall Auditorium, on Tuesday evening, ...

Following last Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections, that has resulted in a rebuke of President Trump and his Republican Party losing both houses of Congress, a wave of political anxiety is ...

SIPARIA, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – The timeless message of Diwali – the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair – resonated with ...

For many Guyanese Americans, Diwali is much more than an annual religious celebration, festival of lights during the darkest moon of the year, falling in late October or early November. ...

Divali, widely known as the Festival of Lights, carries a message that transcends cultures, religions and traditions. Rooted in Hindu beliefs, it celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, good ...

CHAGUANAS, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – Diwali Nagar 2026 opened on Friday evening October 30 with dinner and a spectacular display of electronic and traditional deya lights as well as with ...