Tour of Siparia, Trinidad – the City of Sand
Sipari Mai
Sometimes tourists to our shores end up seeing and knowing more details about our islands than most of us locals!
Out of the four sites we visited during my recent trip to Siparia, I had heard about one and was pleasantly surprised to learn that another site was even a part of our history. The latter, mind you, has been a popular stop for tourists for years!
Thanks to my mother, who had to go to Siparia as part of a project she was doing, I learnt a great deal about this community and our islands’ history. I was pleased that Angelo, a historian among many other things, was there to explain each site turning our visit into a very informative tour! Read more 
PSA: the Caribbean Men’s Internet Survey (CARIMIS)
A frequent contributor to Caribbean Beat, Cedriann J Martin, works with UNAIDS and shared this information with us about an important online study called the Caribbean Men’s Internet Survey (CARIMIS).
It’s a controversial and therefore often misunderstood and improperly documented area of social and health research – hence its critical importance for the region, not least in the effort to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS and care for those already infected. Spearheaded by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Caribbean Regional Support Team (RST), the initiative involves several individuals, non-governmental organisations and partner agencies throughout the region. UNAIDS is an innovative United Nations partnership whose goal is achieving universal global access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support for those who need it. Read more
Behind the scenes: Caribbean Beat Carnival Issue cover shoot with Machel Montano & K2K
For the January/February issue (#113) of Caribbean Beat, Soca super star Machel Montano graces the cover wearing a design from the new Carnival band K2K Alliance. Read more
Job opportunities with Caribbean Beat & more!
Ready for a change in 2012? MEP currently has openings for Sales & Marketing Representatives for Caribbean Beat, as well as for editors and interns.
MEP partners with Piranha for full-scale recycling programme
We’re fairly tree-huggy at MEP. Over the last few years, we’ve slowly moved closer and closer to being as green a publishing company as one can be in Trinidad and Tobago. We donate as many working electronic items as we can to schools and nonprofits. We’ve recycled paper for several years with ACE Recycling (and used “draft” mode and printed on both sides as much as possible). We try to keep run the airconditioning as tepidly as possible. We’ve switched to using printing partners for our books and magazines that use more sustainable materials (paper, ink, machinery) and processes (literally saving millions of pages of paper each year).
Piranha: recycling beacon
And now, through a partnership with Piranha International – the only company in Trinidad, as far as I know, that handles virtually every form of recyclable and e-waste – we can now extend that to recycling glass, plastics, aluminium, e-waste and more.
Piranha is a company that people probably have read about in the newspapers, as they’ve formed several partnerships with other local businesses – Plastikeep, Guardian Holdings, the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival, Brian MacFarlane, the Tourism Development Company, and others. Read more
