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Chocolate Delight
Wendy RahamutSaturday, February 15, 2014Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, a day on which we were supposed to celebrate our significant other. Restaurants were probably packed, chocolates, teddy bears and...
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Rudder stays on top
Nasser KhanSunday, February 16, 2014Ever since he burst onto the calypso stage in 1986 and became a household name in T&T, calypsonian David Rudder has maintained his place among the top...
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The power of money
Angelo BissessarsinghSunday, February 16, 2014The purchasing power of this blue dollar note when printed in 1939 was significantly more than a blue hundred dollar bill is in 2014.My uncle Julius...
View ArticleEducating young men could expand ‘morning after pill’ use
Monday, February 17, 2014Young men know even less about emergency contraception than young women do, which may be limiting access to an effective means of preventing unwanted pregnancies, researchers...
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Study shows - Effects of bullying may add up in children
Tuesday, February 18, 2014The researchers found that about a third of the students had been regularly bullied at some point during the course of the study.The negative physical and mental effects tied...
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A Brand New You
Roslyn CarringtonTuesday, February 18, 2014Author and artist Rajendra Shepherd’s exhibit is an invitation that’s sure to excite the latent graffiti artist inside all of us. PHOTO: KIBWE BRATHWAITEA...
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School of Bois
Joshua SurteesWednesday, February 19, 2014The T&T Guardian’s Joshua Surtees, right, learns stick with Keegan Taylor, left and Rondel Benjamin, centre, who is keeping time with the drum at...
View ArticleHarsh tag for otherwise happy nation
Caroline C RavelloWednesday, February 19, 2014Oodles of derision were dropping from my heart and the proposal kept grating on my nerves.
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A Hallow for Stuart Hall
Simon LeeThursday, February 20, 2014Stuart Hall in a scene from the John Akomfrah film, The Stuart Hall Project. The death on February 10 of Jamaica-born organic/public intellectual Stuart Hall cannot...
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A place where no one fails
Thursday, February 20, 2014Albert Einstein, the most influential physicist of the 20th century was known to be dyslexic. In Alta, we evaluate students’ progress not by how much of a task they cannot...
View ArticleLovelace talks about Carnival ‘rebellion’ today
Thursday, February 20, 2014Award-winning author Earl Lovelace will speak on the idea of Reclaiming Rebellion at Martin’s Piano Bar at 6 pm today.
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Test could predict which teen boys get depression
Wednesday, February 19, 2014Joe Herbert, emeritus professor of Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, and Barbara Sahakian, professor of Clinical Neurophychology at the same university, pose for...
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Legalise marijuana and ban drinking?
Joshua SurteesWednesday, February 19, 2014Earlier this week, the Daily Mail in England published a rather tragic story about a 20-year-old British man, Bradley Eames, who downed two pints of neat gin,...
View ArticleStudents excel in Plastikeep recycling drive
Friday, February 21, 2014The enthusiasm of students across T&T has made this year’s Plastikeep Plasti-thon the biggest since its inception two years ago.
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Vitamin C linked with reduced stroke risk
Friday, February 21, 2014OrangesMaking sure you get enough vitamin C could help protect you from stroke, a small new study suggests.
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Pigeon peas pick of the crop
Wendy RahamutSaturday, February 22, 2014I have to admit, recently I have become a clean food junkie. I shop at the farmers market every Sunday to load up on farm fresh produce.
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Time to save our sharks
Bobbie-Lee DixonSaturday, February 22, 2014“In 2011, our shark fin export tripled, from more than 100,000 kilograms in 2010, to more than 300,000 kilograms.” —Marc de VerteuilIf you are on your way to...
View ArticleDangerous traffic secrets
Sunday, February 23, 2014There are three secrets about traffic and highways that the Government refuse to tell.
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Hindus pay homage to Lord Shiva
Paras RamoutarMonday, February 24, 2014Shiva Raatri is the night of the great awakening of Lord Shiva.While the rest of the national community dance to the soca, chutney music and calypsoes, devout...
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Sitting tied to disability in older people
Monday, February 24, 2014Older adults who sit for more hours each day are more likely to be disabled according to a recent study.Regardless of how much time older Americans spend being active, those...
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