Trinidadian film producer creates waves with New York debut

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Published on February 2nd 2011

MANHATTAN, New York (Sonique Solutions) -- T&T based film producer and director Christopher Anthony Din Chong recently made a big impact in the ‘Big Apple’ with the success of his first North-American presentation which was held at the Trinidad and Tobago Consulate General in Manhattan, NYC.

The presentation entitled “The Economic Evolution Through New Media” sought to illustrate how a vibrant motion picture, television and digital media production industry can make a significant contribution to the economy as well as cultural development of Trinidad & Tobago, the Caribbean Region and Diaspora. This event is in keeping with Din Chong’s current drive to highlight film and its related entities as a feasible alternative to the oil and natural gas industries. This drive is paralleled by the Government of T&T’s current push for diversification of the economy from being mainly dependent on the energy sector.

During the presentation the audience which consisted of corporate and entertainment industry; guests were treated to an in depth teaser of T&T’s first feature length thriller/supernatural horror film, “3 Line” (which is scheduled for release this year) as well as a sneak peak of the new reality series “In the Making” hosted by Synergy TV personality Verena Siblal. Both of those media products were produced by Din Chong’s company Forward Ever Films in collaboration with his associate Mikkell Khan and his company Diamond Films.

For further information on Forward Ever Films, Diamond Films and their projects contact 868-221- 0840 or christopheranthony101@gmail.com

Sir Ellis funeral at NAPA Friday

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Published on January 4th 2011 by Clint Chan Tack

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- The State funeral for this country’s first president, Sir Ellis Clarke, will take place on Friday at 11.30 am at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port-of-Spain. 

The announcement was made in a statement issued yesterday by the Office of the Prime Minister. The statement said Sir Ellis’ family will hold a private funeral service from 9.30 am at the Church of the Assumption in Maraval.

After this service, the State funeral will be held at the NAPA from 11.30 am.

Following the State funeral, there will be a private family service for Sir Ellis at the Lapeyrouse Cemetery where he will be buried. The Office of the Prime Minister also announced that tomorrow and on Thursday, Sir Ellis’ body will lie in State for public viewing in the rotunda of the Red House in Port-of-Spain from 6 am to 6 pm.

Seismologist predicts major earthquake for the Caribbean

 

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Published on December 29th 2010 by Global News Staff

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- The Acting Director of the Seismic Research Centre of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr Joan Latchman, has warned Caribbean countries to be prepared for an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 after Trinidad and Tobago was rocked by a 5.1 magnitude quake on Sunday night. 

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (DPM) said there were no reports of damage or injury from the quake that the National Earthquake Information Center at the United States Geological Survey registered at 5.1 magnitude and located 15 miles west of Port of Spain in Trinidad and 70 miles west of Scarborough in Tobago. It was also felt in some sections of Venezuela. 

The CMC reported that Latchman said while the region has not had a severe earthquake for the last 100 years, she is predicting that one with a magnitude of 8.0 could hit the Caribbean any day. 

"Our largest earthquake close to Trinidad occurred in 1756 which is more than 200 years ago. The largest one in the Eastern Caribbean occurred in 1843 which is more than 100 years ago, the region is posed for a larger earthquake,” she said on a radio programme in Port of Spain. 

On January 12 this year, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 hit Haiti, killing an estimated 300,000 people and leaving more than one million homeless. 

Latchman said that, while the Caribbean has recorded earthquakes in the magnitude 7.1 to 7.5 range in the Eastern Caribbean, "every 20 to 30 years we have not had that one in the magnitude eight range, that we expect every 100 years. 

"So that is what we are saying and we have been saying it now for many years, that the region is posed to experience one of the great earthquakes and as a region and as a country we need to be prepared. 

"We need to take it seriously ... we need to take the earthquake hazard very seriously,” she said.