Experts suggest new runners take it slow
Thursday, April 17, 2014As the days lengthen and the weather warms and novice runners cast an eye outdoors, fitness experts suggest they take a slow start to find their outdoor rhythm and pace to avoid...
View ArticleBig People Party in New York
Friday, April 18, 2014A smiling Darryl “Farmer Nappy” Henry signs autographs for fans in New York.Internationally-acclaimed Trinidadian soca star Darryl “Farmer Nappy” Henry officially launched his new...
View ArticleLosing sleep may increase risk of stroke
Friday, April 18, 2014People with insomnia may be more likely to have a stroke than people who don’t have trouble sleeping, according to a new study.
View ArticlePulse on Easter
Peter Ray BloodFriday, April 18, 2014The Easter Bunny poses for a photo with pupils from Anstey Memorial AC Primary School during the Easter Parade in San Fernando on April 6. PHOTO: TONY HOWELLFor the...
View ArticleTrini styles Pan Am Games in Canada
Peter Ray BloodSaturday, April 19, 2014Trinidad-born Joan Pierre has been commissioned to produce three fashion shows for the cultural segment of the 2015 Pan Am Games, to be held in Toronto, Canada.
View ArticleLloyd Best Institute remembers Girvan
Saturday, April 19, 2014The Lloyd Best Institute of the West Indies is hosting an evening dedicated to the memory of Professor Norman Girvan who passed away on April 9 in Cuba. Head of the Institute,...
View ArticleIce Cream and Cake for Easter
Wendy RahamutSaturday, April 19, 2014It’s the long Easter weekend and I know the beach houses and resorts on both islands are overflowing with families. If you are looking for a quick and easy treat,...
View ArticlePART 1 The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Angelo BissessarsinghSunday, April 20, 2014The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in the 1880s.In early 2013, His Grace Archbishop Joseph Harris took the momentous decision to close the Cathedral...
View ArticleLink between autism and antidepressant drugs
Monday, April 21, 2014New research shows selective serotonin inhibitors (SSRI) use during pregnancy, especially in the first trimester, may elevate the risk of autism spectrum disorders.New research...
View ArticleBlooming billboards controversy
Joshua SurteesMonday, April 21, 2014Advertising billboards along the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway. PHOTO: RISHI RAGOONATH The “visual pollution” of advertising is defacing some of Trinidad’s areas of...
View ArticleToyota hosts Earth Day events
Monday, April 21, 2014Global climate change is happening at an accelerating rate, and the impacts of this are all around.
View ArticleJust say yes? The rise of ‘study drugs’ in college
Tuesday, April 22, 2014After taking Adderall, says one university student, “I just feel very alive and awake and ready for challenges that come my way.”Around this time of year, you’re more likely to...
View ArticleBillboard battle
Joshua SurteesTuesday, April 22, 2014Residents of St Ann’s and Cascade took to social media sites and wrote letters to the newspapers in protest at this billboard at Queen’s Hall. PHOTOS: KEITH...
View ArticleNew book highlights writings of ‘expert in holiness’
Joshua SurteesTuesday, April 22, 2014Terrence Farrell, Fr Martin Sirju, Fr Herbert Charles and Maria Neilson read from Ongoing Conversion: From Good to Better at the launch at the Assumption Parish...
View ArticleJunior Achievement kept alive by bpTT
Tuesday, April 22, 2014At right: A student from Junior Achievement company Lift’d Quotivations tries his sales pitch at the JA Trade Fair at Woodford Square, Port of Spain. Showing interest are JA...
View ArticleWorthy Whatlessness
Thursday, April 24, 2014Robert Antoni won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize with his first novel Divina Trace. The 2014 Bocas Lit Fest Fiction prizewinner, As Flies to Whatless Boys by Robert Antoni,...
View ArticleNothing to fear except fear itself
Joshua SurteesThursday, April 24, 2014An attractive couple strolls along the banks of the river Seine in Paris holding hands, stopping to kiss in the evening sun.
View ArticleMoving can be mentally tough for children
Thursday, April 24, 2014Children between the ages of six and 11 who had moved had about three per cent higher odds of having an office visit for mental health reasons, according to research.Moving to a...
View ArticleMarijuana use linked to brain changes
Friday, April 25, 2014A study of casual marijuana smokers has turned up evidence of changes in the brain, a possible sign of trouble ahead, researchers say. AP photoA small study of casual marijuana...
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