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Time running out for domestic violence victim: ‘I need an affordable home’
Time is running out for domestic violence victim Shanti Rampersad. The 40-year-old struggling mother of five children and two grandchildren is searching for a place to call home. The one-year lease for...
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T&T children told to Speak Up
Martine PowersIt’s not a message you often see delivered to children: Speak up. Make your feelings known. Your parents are not always right. But that’s exactly the advice that officials from the...
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THE ECCLES TRAGEDY OF WORLD WAR I
Among the dozens of T&T men who registered to fight in Europe during World War I (1914-18), there are many who never returned to their homeland. Their stories were quickly forgotten and their names...
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Anaesthetic awareness—a terrifying possibility
“I was awake but paralysed,” says Carol Weihrer as she recalls undergoing eye surgery in 1998.“I could hear the surgeon telling his trainee to ‘cut deeper into the eye,’” she says. “I was screaming,...
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Making strides against HIV discrimination
What would your reaction be if a co-worker, who is also your close friend, reveals to you that they have HIV/Aids? While people in T&T have made immense strides in the way that they treat people...
View ArticleMore work needed on sex education for youth
Sex education is not officially taught in schools in T&T because there isn’t a comprehensive approach or the professionals available. An Aids-free generation is the message for this year’s...
View ArticleCaregivers seek better future for Cyril Ross children
Christmas glitter sparkled on her bare feet as the affectionate little girl in corn-row plaits sat on the verandah floor, observing the greenery placed there. Wearing a pink and white dress, she was...
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Wickham fulfils lifelong dream
She has been writing since the age of six and Lisa Wickham has fulfilled a lifelong dream, writing a book—On a Positive Note! Words of Inspiration, to be launched on December 11, at Luce, Hilton...
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A look into author Hackshaw’s first novel Mrs B
Arnold RampersadEmma Bovary, the leading lady of Gustave Flaubert’s sensational first novel Madame Bovary (1856), had only one child, a girl; but in her restless life and grim death Emma gave birth to...
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Transforming the lives of gangsters through Esperanza
It wasn’t what I expected from a bunch of gangsters in Panama City’s worst slum. I immediately felt ashamed of my biased preconceived notions. “Fortaleza” was emblazoned on the bright blue business...
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West Indian by conviction
“Poetry has been my greatest love,” confessed Dr Ian McDonald.Dressed in a crisp pinstriped shirt, with a shock of white hair flecked with grey and black, this bespectacled poet, retired businessman...
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Arrive Alive president: Live selflessly and good with people
“Too many of our young men are still dying—83 per cent of all fatal crashes in our country are young men under the age of 35 years,” said Arrive Alive president Sharon Inglefield as she welcomed...
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Master dragon boat trainer comes to T&T for coaching clinic
Master dragon boat trainer Connie Flesuras is currently in Trinidad, leading an intense dragon boat coaching and paddling clinic with dozens of students and coaches from the North East. Flesuras is...
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Alfred the Great Destroyer
For two days my phone bleeped constantly with Facebook notifications about the demolition of Greyfriars. Sunday morning was the first I heard of the historic building’s hasty destruction. News spread...
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Share the joy of reading
Last week, Reading, It’s Life shared the words of a volunteer who had recently become an Alta reading guide at the St Anthony’s College venue. This week, fellow reading guide and experienced tutor...
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Williams crowned two pageant titles
Ketisha Williams copped two titles—Miss Commonwealth Caribbean and Miss Commonwealth Culture 2014-15—at the just concluded Miss Commonwealth International Pageant, held last month at the Park Inn Hotel...
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Little Scipio gets Christmas wish
Last Sunday was an evening filled with surprises and Christmas come early for eight-year-old Zion Scipio, lover of trucks, when he was granted his Christmas wish of meeting Junior Sammy and being...
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Young writer strives for excellence
At age 12 most girls would be dealing with the complexities of becoming an adolescent, but Ayana John was too busy writing her first book to even think about her physical and psychological changes....
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Broken hips: Preventing a fall can save your life
Last October, Jeanette Mariani was an independent 87-year-old, living alone in Dallas and getting around with a walker. Then one night she switched off the light and tried to make her way into bed. A...
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Ways to curb your calorie intake
Exactly how much weight we gain over the festive season is open to debate. Some studies claim it’s a mere one pound, while others say it’s as many as five. But one thing’s for sure: the scales are...
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