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Dear future volunteer, I’m writing to you
If you have thought about becoming a volunteer but worry that you’ll be getting into unchartered waters in the classroom, this article is for you. First year volunteers, now in their second term of...
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A night of Miss-shapes and Miss-stakes
“Is Germany a protest vote?” my sister asked, struggling to contain her cynicism as she trawled through the photographs of Miss Universe contestants dressed in what was described as their “national...
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University students prefer walking classes
A university lecturer who carried out a survey of his students and asked them what they thought of “walking” seminars compared with “sitting” seminars, found they preferred the walking seminars because...
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Ebola virus mutating, scientists warn
Scientists tracking the Ebola outbreak in Guinea say the virus has mutated. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur in France, which first identified the outbreak last March, are investigating whether it...
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Bedtime ‘has huge impact on sport’
Our internal body clock has such a dramatic impact on sporting ability that it could alter the chances of Olympic gold, say researchers. The team, at the University of Birmingham, showed performance...
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Savannah Pan Snacks
The visitors have started to arrive, eager to get away from the freezing cold and even more eager to start partying. The first thing they stop for is doubles, then it’s a wrap roti, and of course a...
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Committed to Law and Order
Retiring from the T&T Coast Guard/Defence Force in 2011 after almost 30 years, visions of relaxing and taking it easy with his family were just a dream for Lieutenant Commander Garvin Heerah.Called...
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India to provide museum planner to help preserve local culture
India has promised to provide a museum planner, exhibition specialist to support this country's efforts in preserving and displaying diverse historical cultural heritage, according to Acting Minster of...
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Whoa, donkey!
It is a very rare sight these days to see a live donkey (the four-footed kind). Motorised transportation has almost totally eclipsed an animal which though deemed stubborn and recalcitrant, provided an...
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‘Women just as culpable for demeaning themselves’
There is empirical evidence that in T&T our women are exploited, demeaned and abused daily, yet it seems that little is being done to reduce this situation or better still, eliminate it...
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Caring for the aged - When patience, comfort and love prevail
I did not truly understand the saying “Old age is a b!tch until I crossed 50. In my twenties, I would hear my older friends talk about their parents suffering from aches and pains or being bedridden or...
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Why sleep apnea shouldn’t be ignored
People who snore may think that their partners or roommates are the ones most affected by their nightly symphonies—after all, they’re the ones who are kept awake while the noisemaker remains, for the...
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‘No children in mas’
The National Carnival Bands Association (NCBA) is adamant about enforcing Rules 2.1 and 2.4 for Carnival competition which clearly state that all masqueraders must be 18 years old and over. The first...
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Building bridges through mas
“We miss the point if we see ancestry only in terms of blood,” said Sunity Maharaj on January 22, speaking at The Cloth Propaganda Space at the event Unconquered, part of a series of informal talks on...
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Clay J’Ouvert launches at La Habana
When clay meets abeer, you get a very colourful masquerade, with hints of Phagwah, the Hindu festival of renewal, as well as genesis, the messy, joyful birth of new life from raw clay. Both these...
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What’s the best diet for men vs women?
Jay Rishel, 34, still dreams of tater tots. But that’s about all the computer systems administrator in York, Pennsylvania, misses about his old, carb-heavy lifestyle. Since going on a ketogenic diet...
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Ray's fight to save his brain
“I am living a second life,” said 27-year-old Ray Mohammed, after facing a life-threatening ordeal less than a year ago. Mohammed, a former Naparima Boys’ College student, lived a normal life. He had a...
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Being a misfit makes you unique
Do you agonise about how people see you, what they think when they are with you, what they think about you after they have left your company? Whether they were able to tell you were uncomfortably out...
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Foreplay should begin at breakfast
Technology has changed our world and the way we live. It has also changed the way we love, and how we make love. These changes are not incremental as many experts profess, but rapid and constant. Its...
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The ‘Lady’ is a champ
Elizabeth Montano, is the mother of this country’s biggest and most successful soca artiste, Machel Montano. At one of the early parties during the Carnival season, Machel announced that the woman...
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