Art shows off disabled children’s talent
Paintings created by disabled children from 11 special schools across T&T have been erected in the south city as a source of encouragement and pride for the disabled community.They were sponsored...
View ArticleTeaching needs excellent humans
Marise Warner came on board as an Alta Tutor in 1997 and never left. She has played many different roles at Alta—first as a tutor, then coordinator of one of Alta’s venues, facilitator during the...
View Articlebmobile partners with Fuel to ignite drive in students
Jayden Babb was undoubtedly the star of the inaugural Spelling and Reading Competition as the diminutive nine-year-old received a rousing and heartfelt round of applause when he went onstage at City...
View ArticleMcDonald’s gives SEA students prizes, movie tickets
After receiving their SEA results, two lucky students were treated by McDonald’s to movie passes for a viewing of Despicable Me 3 at MovieTowne, Port-of-Spain.On Wednesday, July 5, SEA students were...
View ArticleFestival of mas bands continues
No one seems to be thinking of Christmas or the festive moments until the end of this year as the attendance continues to be huge at mas band launchings which seem to be scheduled for every weekend....
View ArticleRay Phiri’s passing stuns Emancipation Committee
The Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad & Tobago has expressed sadness at the passing of South African icon and world famous composer, musician and singer Ray Phiri.Phiri whose international...
View ArticleIt’s camp time again
Your children don't have to sit around twiddling their thumbs wondering what to do for the July/August vacation.Nowadays, there is a camp for almost everything your child could think of participating...
View ArticleFor easy meals, plant ‘menu gardens’ of favourite foods
If you’re looking for fresh meal ideas, consider planting “menu gardens.” Grow a few of your favourite foods together in pots or raised beds, following a theme—salad-bar fixings, for example, or pizza...
View ArticleYouth taking pan higher
With most of the old guard of the steelband world in the autumn of their years it is now up to the youth to take the national instrument forward and upward to greener pastures and higher ground. Almost...
View ArticleHow severe, ongoing stress can affect a child’s brain
A quiet, unsmiling little girl with big brown eyes crawls inside a carpeted cubicle, hugs a stuffed teddy bear tight, and turns her head away from the noisy classroom.The safe spaces, quiet times and...
View ArticleThe walls of Carrera Prison
First published March 24, 2013 Last week, Justice Minister Christlyn Moore announced that this year will be the last one for the island prison of Carrera, which is slated to be closed permanently.This...
View ArticlePres boys representing T&T
The love for robotics will take three students of Presentation College in Chaguanas to an inaugural competition in Washington, DC, hosted by a not-for-profit organisation called FIRST Global.The...
View ArticleHALO: climbing for hope in T&T
In the early hours of July 20, T&T national Henry Mungalsingh, who is currently residing in the UK, will begin his second climb to raise funds to support a cause in T&T. Mungalsingh, and his...
View ArticleFilm industry stakeholders talk turkey
Tension filled the air during the FilmTT stakeholder meeting at the auditorium of the Government Campus Plaza, Port-of-Spain, as the memory of past disputes threatened to disrupt the proceedings....
View ArticleUnderstanding Debt: WHEN IT’S OK TO BORROW
ANDRE WORRELLAt some point in our lives most of us will be confronted with the need to borrow. The critical issue with borrowing is not the debt itself, but the purpose for which the debt is incurred....
View ArticleLashes: Flirt & Flutter
START BY LIFTING AND CURLING!• STEP 1: Using a lash curler, place it at the lash base of the upper lashes so lashes fit in between the curler pads.• STEP 2: Press pads together firmly, count to five,...
View ArticleT&T students take part in Robot Olympics
The fifth form students of Presentation College, Chaguanas will be representing T&T at the First Global Challenge in Washington DC from July 14 to July 19.This Olympiad-styled international...
View ArticleWorking with A Millien Concepts
Patrice Millien is a 27-year-old who wears several hats in a company she founded four years ago. Branded as A Millien Concepts, Millien is the company creative director, producer, project manager and...
View ArticleJogie gets Australian plaudits
Trinidadian academic at St Mary’s University, London Dr Melissa Jogie, has been formally awarded a PhD from the Australian National University, and within the same week contracted to produce her first...
View ArticleIsland Crashers’ Tobago Festival boosts economy
Organisers of this year’s Island Crashers’ (IC) Festival in Tobago are recording huge success following the staging of the annual event with a record number participants generating millions in economic...
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