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Deadly superbug is spreading in US hospitals
Monday, July 28, 2014CRE, is the acronym for Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Because the various strains of the bacteria are mostly resistant to antibiotics, it’s known as a superbug.Cases of...
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Wildfowl Trust reissues book on sea turtles
Wednesday, July 30, 2014Molly Gaskin, president of the Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust, presents the book Sea Turtles to Luis Prado, chairman, Shell Trinidad Ltd, and Mark Regis, head–corporate...
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Intelligence and reading go together — Literacy Myth No 4
Thursday, July 31, 2014This week, we’d like to tackle two myths disguised as one by the fluent reader.
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Strange dogs were barking
Thursday, July 31, 2014Joshua SurteesTwice, the columnist Raoul Pantin has got in the back of my taxi, travelling into Port-of-Spain.
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Beckles takes on NY with kinetic art
Thursday, July 31, 2014Peter Ray BloodArtist Guy Beckles stands in front of his piece titled In a Blind World The One Eye Man is King. As a student at Queen’s Royal College, Guy Beckles was more known...
View ArticleTour operators encourage ‘staycations’
Wednesday, July 30, 2014Experience T&T 2014 Tours, a new campaign aimed at the public, was launched on July 23 by the T&T Incoming Tour Operators’ Association (TTITOA) in partnership with the...
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Cleopatra reigns supreme at Fantasy’s Blockbuster launch
Thursday, July 31, 2014Popular model Soowan Bramble brings her grace to this sensational costume from the section Cleopatra from Fantasy Carnival’s 2015 presentation Blockbuster. This section was...
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The siege of technology
Wednesday, July 23, 2014Monica StarkeIt’s not unusual to see where friends or family members are together but not speaking to each other as each one is using a gadget of some sort. The mother of two...
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Top 5 reasons you will—or won’t—miss Palladium
Thursday, July 31, 2014Superstar Cinema, left, and MovieTowneIn case you missed it, Palladium, that old cinema off the Eastern Main Road in Tunapuna, is closing down. It will show its last movie next...
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Mightily like insurrection
Friday, August 1, 2014Some of Richard Bridgens’s “Negro Heads” (1836), showing a mask and tin collar that could be used as a form of punishment—not only for getting drunk or eating dirt, as Bridgens...
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Embarrassing diseases a real pain in the...
Friday, August 1, 2014It is so important for you to be able to talk to your doctor, because your health is at stake.There are the diseases you don’t want to get because they’ll kill you.
View ArticleBring back idea of bridge to Tobago
Saturday, August 2, 2014Instead of Orville London asking for an airline dedicated to Tobago only, he should be asking for a bridge from Toco to Tobago. It’s not a new idea.
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Ruin of the Colonies Prophesied
Saturday, August 2, 2014Judy RaymondRichard Bridgens’s Negro Dance, published in 1836. Dances were held regularly on the estates during the years of slavery, and no doubt Emancipation would have been...
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Delightful Cakes
Saturday, August 2, 2014Sometimes nothing beats a case of the blues like a delicious slice of cake. Here I’m offering you some delightful options.
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Teen raises funds for World Scrabble Championships
Saturday, August 2, 2014Sharda BeharrylalFrom left, Alissa Noel, English Teacher Karese Toby, Tamia Welllington and Shamiah Charles at the bpTT National Secondary Schools Scrabble Competition awards...
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Cricket Legend Alvin Kallicharran returns to T&T after 20 years
Saturday, August 2, 2014Alvin Kallicharran at the top of his game.The Sunday Guardian had the privilege, courtesy of the T&T Cricket Board, to sit down for a special interview at the Queen’s Park...
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Play your part in reducing carbon footprint
Saturday, August 2, 2014One of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats our planet is facing is climate change.
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Panchoo Campbell The last living former slave
Sunday, August 3, 2014Angelo BissessarsinghLEFT: This 1930 photo shows an ancient waterwheel in Speyside which provided power for a cane mill in William “Panchoo” Campbell’s lifetime. RIGHT: William...
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Number of 9/11-related cancer cases growing
Monday, August 4, 2014The cancers reported to be rising are those the federal government says are thought to be directly related to that effort—cancers like leukemia, myeloma, thyroid and prostate...
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Build communities, not just home units
Sunday, August 3, 2014Joshua SurteesArchitect Jenifer Smith believes in building sustainable communities and engagement with the communities before a development is built. PHOTO: SHIRLEY BAHADUR It has...
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