Exactly 150 years ago, in April 1869, John Jacob Thomas wrote the preface to his first book, The Theory and Practice of Creole Grammar, which was published in Port of Spain later that year. This remarkable book, by an equally remarkable man, deserves to be remembered.
Lorsque Reyna Cumberbatch est sortie d'un bateau pour se rendre sur une plage déserte de Trinité-et-Tobago, deux îles des Caraïbes, elle était nerveuse mais profondément soulagée.
De retour dans son pays d'origine, le Venezuela, Cumberbatch, 23 ans, était épuisée par l'hyperinflation, la criminalité de rue et la lutte quotidienne pour se nourrir dans un pays aux prises avec une pénurie alimentaire chronique. Elle dit que la dernière goutte a été l'annulation de ses cours de programmation informatique dans une école technique après que presque tous les professeurs ont émigré.
La Trinité-et-Tobago est classée deuxième pays des Caraïbes par l'indice de développement humain établi par le Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday November 25, 2018 – The University of the West Indies (UWI) and the University of Glasgow have to come to an agreement that will see the Caribbean institution benefit from £200 million (US $256 million) worth of reparations linked to slavery.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart – Nelson Mandela
We are pleased to announce an exciting series events for International Creole Month, right here in T&T! October is Calypso History Month, and Patois is the root language of Kaiso!
Nou kontan di zòt i ni anpil bagay pou sélébwé Mwa Kwéyòl Toupatou asou Latè-a, isit a Latwinité épi Tabag. Òktòb sé Mwa Listwa Kayso, épi Kwéyòl sé lanng wasin Kayso!
Moun Latrinité ka kontinié gloriyé lang kréyol la abo disparet pres pwan'y nan péyi-a, sof yonndé koté kontel Maraval, Morne Coco oben Paramin. Yo pa lé léritaj-tala anni déchèpiyé ek yo ka pòté mannev adan légliz, lékol, linivèsité kisasayésa...pou viré ba'y balan.
Anlo moun pa sav ki jik nan sé lanné 1930 la, primié lang Trinidad (ki an kréyol yo ka kriyé "Latwinité") té kréyol. An kréyol ki ka sanm anlo kréyol Matinik ek Sent-Lisi. Dayè, primié moun ki matjé an gramè kréyol, "The Theory and Practice of Creole Grammar", sé an met-lékol trinidadien, John Jacob THOMAS nan l'anné 1869.
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley and Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro have signed a historic gas deal, which will allow T&T to access gas from Venezuela’s Dragon Gas Field.
Kon anlo moun pa sav, Trinidad (ki an kréyol yo té ka kriyé "Latwinité") té ni yon sel lang nan tout 19è ek koumansman 20è siek-la : kréyol. Sé an kalté model kréyol ki ka sanm anlo ta Sent-Lisi ek soutou ta Matinik. Anmizi-anmizi, anglé koumansé vréyé kréyol alé pa koté mitan 20è siek-la, mé magré sa an chantè kalipso kon Migthy SPARROW chanté anlo chanté an kréyol.
We are pleased to announce an exciting series of events for International Creole Month, right here in T&T! Nou kontan di zòt i ni anpil bagay pou sélébwé Mwa Kwéyòl Toupatou asou Latè-a, isit a Latwinité épi Tabag.
A day after Prime Minister Keith Rowley urged citizens to open their homes and hearts to Dominicans in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Secretary General of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha Satnarayan Maharaj yesterday insisted doors to the homes of locals should remain closed to their distressed Caribbean neighbours.
If you live on a small island in the Caribbean like me, and you have a Masters degree, MBA or similar designation, you may feel it isn't worth as much as it did a few years ago. You would be right. Programs such as Dollar for Dollar and GATE have meant that in Trinidad and Tobago, since the early 00's, many, many people have first and second degrees- in a market where there are just so many jobs.
A former minister of health says there are simply too many obese people in this country. Dr Fuad Khan told News Power Now that the situation is getting out of hand. On Wednesday the Joint Select Committee for foreign affairs expressed concern with obesity, particularly in children.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Sunday December 11, 2016 – It’s no secret that several Trinidadian Muslims have left the country to join Islamic group ISIS. But in a candid interview, one of them, a sniper in the organization, admitted to killings in his homeland and urged Muslims still living there to wage jihad in the twin-island republic.
Why did Trinidad and Tobago's 6.1 magnitude earthquake leave only negligible damage, but that same day, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake devastate Indonesia, killing more than 100 and destroying buildings. It has to do with location, magnitude and geological factors, says head of UWI's Seismic Research Centre, seismologist Dr Joan Latchman, who explained why this country was not ruined yesterday.
Docteur en linguistique de l'Université de Strasbourg dans les années 70, le Trinidadien Mervyn C. Alleyne fut l'une des grandes figures de la créolistique internationale. Il est décédé ce mercredi 23 novembre 2016. Le texte ci-après décrit sa carrière et ses recherches...
The Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts of Trinidad and Tobago placed a full-page, full-colour advertisement in the daily newspapers (e.g. Guardian June 14, 2016. Page A43). A similar version of the notice was posted on the Ministry’s website (see attached). The advertisement was captioned “Our Calendar of Arts, Culture and Community Events” for June, 2016.
Les langues meurent aussi. Regardez la vidéo ci-après de Holly BETAUDIER, un vieux monsieur trinidadien de 87 ans, qui vient de décéder. Il parle un créole très proche du créole martiniquais tout comme un petit millier d'habitants des villages de Morne Coco, Paramine et Blanchisseuse situés dans le nord de l'île de Trinidad.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Thursday March 10, 2016 – Caribbean countries are among the biggest generators of trash in the world, per capita, and Trinidad and Tobago has the unenviable distinction of being at the top of that list. World Bank statistics show that the twin-island nation generates 14.4 kilogrammes of municipal solid waste per capita per day – 12 times the world average of 1.2 kg.