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Galleryyuhself - Hello Maggi

For decades MAGGI has been an integral part of T&T’s best food moments. From sumptuous Sunday lunches to flavourful Vegetarian Talkaries, the MAGGI range continues to be an essential partner in the kitchen daily.

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Galleryyuhself - minute by minute

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Galleryyuhself - Daddy day approaches.

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Galleryyuhself - hot topic

There is something interesting being stated here. Our Piarco Airport does feature more local foods and souvenirs than not. This space that the senator is talking about was the kiosk for Starbucks.

So, is the Senator saying that American companies like the coffee giant are now persona non grata? I am confused.

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Galleryyuhself - Wha' goin' orn dred! Even online tings like dis happening?

Well… this is a post we honestly weren’t sure we’d ever get to make!

After a long stretch of technical and administrative challenges, we’re happy to finally be reconnecting with everyone here on our original TTFF page.

As we celebrate 20 years of the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival, we’ll gradually be reactivating this page and sharing updates, screenings, announcements, throwbacks, and more.

Thanks to everyone who stayed with us – even quietly – over the years.

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Galleryyuhself - Please also WRITE ' Teach fact based African history', Indian history and ALL history as it pertains to our multiculturalism. Thanks.

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Galleryyuhself - This keeps expanding and we cannot look away!

June 3rd, 2026

MEDIA RELEASE

TTPS Issues Advisory to the Public Ahead of Proposed ‘Walk for Peace’

The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) is aware of a flyer currently circulating on social media promoting a proposed “Walk for Peace” in Port of Spain, at 3 pm, today, Wednesday 3rd June, 2026.

The TTPS fully supports legitimate initiatives aimed at fostering peace, reducing violence, and encouraging positive community engagement. These are objectives that align with our own commitment to building safer communities throughout Trinidad and Tobago.

However, it is important to remind members of the public that the country remains under a State of Emergency, and as such, all public gatherings, marches, processions, and assemblies are subject to strict legal requirements, security assessments, and operational considerations.

At this time, no authorization has been granted for any public march or procession associated with this event. Consequently, any attempt to organize or participate in an unauthorized march along public roadways may constitute a breach of the applicable laws and regulations currently in force.

The TTPS remains particularly concerned about several factors, including:

-The proposed assembly point at Piccadilly Street, an area that presents significant public safety and traffic management challenges;

-The potential for large, uncoordinated gatherings, which may create risks for participants, motorists, businesses, and the wider public;

-The current State of Emergency environment, which requires law enforcement to maintain heightened vigilance and exercise appropriate control measures in the interest of public safety and national security.

Accordingly, members of the public are advised to:

-Refrain from participating in any unauthorized march or road procession;

-Comply promptly with all lawful instructions issued by police officers;

-Utilize lawful and approved avenues to promote advocacy, community engagement, and peace-building initiatives.

The TTPS remains committed to working collaboratively with community groups, civil society organizations and other stakeholders. Any organization wishing to host a public event is encouraged to engage the relevant authorities and obtain the necessary approvals prior to the event being conducted.

The TTPS will continue to monitor the situation closely and will take all lawful, proportionate and necessary action to maintain public order, protect life and property, and safeguard national security.

Public safety remains our highest priority.

Thank you.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, 'Operations'

Suzette Martin

Corporate Communications Unit

June 3rd, 2026

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Galleryyuhself - leaving this one here

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Galleryyuhself - What's in a name? Plenty!

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Galleryyuhself - when media and politics shake up in a blender.

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Galleryyuhself - June starts with a STOP.

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Galleryyuhself - What seems to be becoming a normal week in T&T.

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Galleryyuhself - The Day the Dream of a United Caribbean Died: May 31, 1962

​On May 31, 1962, a bold political experiment came to a quiet, definitive end. The West Indies Federation—a political union established just four years earlier in 1958—was officially dissolved. It was envisioned by pan-Caribbean nationalists and encouraged by a retreating British Empire as the ultimate vehicle to shepherd ten island colonies into full, collective independence as a single, powerful sovereign state. Instead, local anxieties, bitter political feuds, and a fragile constitutional framework tore the union apart before it could ever truly stand on its own feet.

​The structural foundations of the Federation were notoriously weak from the start. Despite being an internally self-governing federal state, it possessed an incredibly small central budget and lacked the power to levy direct taxes, leaving it heavily dependent on grants from the UK and its wealthiest members. Furthermore, the territories failed to implement a unified customs union or allow complete freedom of movement. The larger islands worried about mass migration from smaller, poorer neighbors, while the smaller provinces feared their fragile economies would be entirely swallowed by industrial hubs like Trinidad.

​The fatal blow to the union was struck not by the British, but by internal democratic dissent. In September 1961, Jamaica—the largest member territory, accounting for nearly half the Federation’s population—held a national referendum. Fueled by growing frustration over what many perceived as an unfair financial drain to subsidize smaller islands and inadequate representation in the federal parliament, 54% of Jamaican voters chose to secede.

Following Jamaica's exit, the political math of the region shifted instantly. Dr. Eric Williams, the brilliant premier of Trinidad and Tobago, famously declared that "one from ten leaves nought," indicating that a federation without its largest partner was a financial impossibility. Trinidad chose to withdraw soon after, sealing the fate of the remaining "Little Eight" islands, who lacked the resources to sustain the federal structure alone.

​By midnight on May 31, the federal flag was lowered for the last time. The dissolution fragmentation left a lasting scar on regional integration, steering the Caribbean toward island-by-island independence—with Jamaica and Trinidad achieving full sovereignty later that same year. While the dream of a singular West Indian nation died that day, the ashes of the Federation eventually paved the way for more practical, economic functional cooperation, ultimately giving rise to the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) and, eventually, CARICOM.

​Sources:

​CARICOM Archive: Historical overview of the West Indies Federation.

​The West Indies Federation, Black History Month UK Historical Records.

​The University of the West Indies (UWI) Today: "The Moving Finger of History"

retrospective analyses.

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Galleryyuhself - Happy Holiday!

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Galleryyuhself - adding to legacy

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Galleryyuhself - Today.

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Galleryyuhself - They have arrived.