Discover Trinidad & Tobago open photo call 2012
It’s that time of year again! We already have our list of treasured photographers we reach out to, but since there’s new talent emerging every day we like to make sure we don’t miss anyone – or any photo – that’s fabulous! Read more
MEP founder and MD Jeremy Taylor on 21 years of MEP, and publishing in Trinidad &Tobago
CT: How did you first become involved in journalism?
Jeremy Taylor as a young journalist in Trinidad
JT: By 1975, I’d done almost five years’ teaching at Fatima College in Trinidad. I knew that pedagogy was not my calling in life. I knew I had to find some other way of making a living. But what? My degree was in English, which did not qualify me to do anything except — well, teach.
But I liked writing. A couple of years before, I’d been asked to fill in for the Trinidad Express’ music critic while she was on holiday. The editor at the time — David Renwick — must have liked the pieces I gave him, because he kept me on to write about other arts events as they came up. He gave me a television column to write. It came out on Mondays and was called “TV with Taylor” (my classes loved that, as you can imagine). Radio Trinidad asked me to do a weekly five-minute scripted commentary, on anything topical. Read more 
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
Happy Holidays from MEP & see you in 2012!
The MEP staff in the garden outside our offices. Standing (left to right): Jeremy Taylor, Denise Chin, Halcyon Salazar, Hazel Mansing, Jacqueline Smith, Judy Raymond, and Caroline Taylor. Seated (left to right): Ariann Thompson, Kevon Webster, Joanne Mendes, Helen Shair-Singh, and Bridget van Dongen. Photo: Ariann Thompson.
First of all: thank you to all of you – our loyal magazine subscribers and readers; our advertising and publication clients; our industry partners and vendors; our writers and photographers; our blog and social media followers; and all of the people who’ve worked with us to keep learning, growing and thriving over the last year, against all the odds in these troubled times. We hope the holiday season has begun beautifully for you! Read more
Last-minute gift ideas from MEP
No traffic, no wrapping paper, no mailing costs, no hassle. Order an MEP magazine or book title online, and leave the rest to us!
Magazine Gift Subscriptions
Order a gift subscription to one of our magazines, and we’ll send them a beautiful e-card on Christmas day letting them know of your wonderful gift (including any gift text you’d like us to include) and when to expect their first magazine. Relax at home with the knowledge that you’ve given an outstanding gift that will last all year long!
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