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IPI vice-chair to T&T journalists: Push for more press freedom
International Press Institute (IPI) vice-chair and award-winning Trinidad-born journalist John Yearwood says while this country’s press freedom remains “very much alive,” local journalists must...
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Become breast aware
Breast health is currently a much talked about topic. As women, and to a lesser extent men, being able to understand the importance of breast health and the concerns, signs or symptoms that you may...
View ArticleDog Control legislation—Part 1: Getting the facts
Over the past 16 years various governments have been attempting to pass “dangerous dogs” legislation in response to an increase in media reports of dog-bite related injuries and fatalities. Scientific...
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Chaguanas Rotary awards media practitioners
In commemoration of its 30th anniversary, the Chaguanas Rotary Club has recognised members of the local media fraternity. Media practitioners were commended for carrying out the legacy of their...
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Coach Hart sets goal to take Soca Warriors to the World Cup again
After honing his football coaching skills in Canada for a number of years, his last assignment as that country’s national men’s senior team coach, 54-year-old Stephen Hart has been in the unenviable...
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Arthritis pain, lost sleep may lead to disability
Having sleep problems in addition to osteoarthritis may lead to greater disability over time, according to a new study. “If your pain is keeping you awake today, you’re at risk of functional decline in...
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A kinda legacy
A review of We Kind ah People by George Tang and Ray Funk by Mark Lyndersay It’s hard to fault George Tang and Ray Funk for their ambitions here. We Kind ah People, a new book documenting ten of the...
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Kunle’s art perseveres despite crime
Veteran artist Makemba Kunle says the scourge of crime now gripping T&T was proof that works of art no longer speak to the consciousness of citizens, towards shaping a better society. “I am not...
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Ebola airport checks ‘likely to fail’ in stopping spread
After Texas reported its second case of Ebola on Sunday, experts told CNBC that airport screening was unlikely to prevent another potential victim of the killer disease from entering the US.Last week,...
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You can’t thrive if you don’t adapt
It’s really all about perspective. I concentrated on focusing past the rain droplets that beaded off the now fogging up visor of my helmet, well aware that the narrow smooth cobblestone streets under...
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Marcia Miranda: Accentuating the positive
October is Breast Cancer Prevention month and the emphasis is on getting women to get tested early. One of the champions for Breast Cancer Awareness is singer and broadcaster Marcia Miranda who is...
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Madness is recorded in the Bible
King Saul may well be the first recorded mental health patient of our times. Jealousy is the trigger for Saul’s malaise: a slipping into a state of madness as recorded nowhere else in the Bible among...
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Buy a funky rock and help our heritage
Would you purchase beautifully painted rocks if the money was going towards the preservation of aspects of T&T’s heritage? If you’re interested, then on October 21 and 22 Citizens For Conservation...
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Grandparents, our forgotten heroes
They say that raising children is the responsibility of parents but I think that we will all agree that in today’s high-tech and challenging environment, trying to raise children right requires all...
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Time to get serious
Kyle Cox “Do the right thing because it is the right thing to do,” a quote taken from President Anthony Carmona’s speech. A statement that is simple yet profound. Simple yet profound epitomises the...
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Sir Gary ‘batting for children’ at charity auction
Cricketing legend Sir Gary Sobers is coming to T&T to auction one of his prized cricket bats. Sir Gary was invited to be the guest of honour at a sports/business luncheon called Batting for...
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The First Peoples - Our foundation
Do crimes against humanity really matter, if they happened 500 years ago?For 59-year-old Ricardo Bharath Hernandez, the answer is an unequivocal yes.Hernandez is chief of the Santa Rosa First People’s...
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Hajj, a life-changing event for Muslims
Millions of devout Muslims from around the world have just completed the Islamic pilgrimage called Hajj. The Hajj is an annual pilgrimage to Mecca, and it is compulsory for Muslims to do it at least...
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Cudjoe lectures on slave-owner Burnley
Dr Selwyn Cudjoe, Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, will deliver a lecture at UWI this evening. Cudjoe delivered this lecture in the UK at University College of London,...
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A nation, a movement, committed to literacy
There is so much more to literacy than reading and writing. This message was very clear at the 2014 T&T Film Festival screening of two films on literacy, Maestra and Las Analfabetas. The first film...
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