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‘St Ann’s’ is a psychiatric hospital, not an insult
In any manifesto for change towards a comprehensive mental healthcare system some changes are easier than others. There are blueprints for changing laws, ratifying conventions, accessibility for...
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Taking a look at Gestational diabetes
Professor Bharat Bassaw is a senior lecturer in the Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences, head of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit at UWI’s Faculty of Medical Sciences and consultant at the Mt...
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The lure of Sans Souci
I met an acquaintance in the grocery this morning who declared her invisibility; a condition she willingly embraces because she wants to stay far from people. I smiled wryly, not only as her statement...
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Getting the key to unlocking possibilities
“Each student is like a book, with so many stories lost in the pages between each cover but when they learn to read and write, they begin to tell their own story and unlock their possibilities,”...
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A Blissful leverage
After Lil Hart died in October 1990, her children took over the running of the iconic Carnival band, Harts. Pragmatic by nature, her son Luis was always looking for ways for the band to up the ante....
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A question of choice
“Imagine if Mary had to abort Jesus,” is what the nihilist in me wants to say to the Christian pro-lifers I walk past each morning standing outside the Marie Stopes Centre, Britain’s first family...
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Chucky Gordon Europe bound
National Calypso Monarch Roderick “Chucky” Gordon is taking calypso and soca music to Europe. Chucky will participate in both Aalborg (May 22) and Copenhagen (May 23) Carnival celebrations in Denmark,...
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Trini artist on show in NY
Local artist Jason Sebastian de Lancey was among a group of rising stars from around the world to be featured at the Art Love New York global art fair, last week, in Manhattan, New York.An honours...
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Caribbean vibes at Neighbour Neighbour
A musical production showcasing the Caribbean’s melting pot of cultures and ethnicities brought thunderous applause from an appreciative audience last Friday during a stellar performance by students...
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Exploring our heritage
Nelson Island is one of six small islands west of Port-of-Spain in the Gulf of Paria. For thousands of our Indian migrant family forebears, it was their very first taste of Trinidad. After a...
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Vytamin expresses peace, love, unity through reggae
A Jamaican star is about to make the kind of debut, all of the Caribbean will forever remember. The reggae love-rockers vocalist, Oneil Allen, has a story unlike any other breakthrough artiste on the...
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Alumni, steelbands come out for some fun
Last Sunday, St James Secondary School Alumni (SJSA) held an amazing reunion brunch at the school’s Panka Street location in St James. Attended by more than 100 past students, the day’s programme...
View ArticleFIVE WAYS TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOUR POKER GAME
Keeping score in poker couldn't be any more straightforward: You are either winning money or losing it.The people who play tournament and cash games at the highest limits get the most attention, for...
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Tea time Cakes
Everybody loves cake, this delightful sweet treat has spawned multi-million dollar industries worldwide, both in the bakery business and packaged cake mixes. But there is something to be said for a...
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Puerto Rico meets Cuba
“Hurry up with those appetisers, you can’t let them get cold!” “That customer is allergic, he can’t drink the pina colada.” “We have unexpected guests at the door, and not enough seating for them!…But...
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Arbor/Rosewood: We want to be your best neighbours
Tomorrow will make it 257 days that the doors of the Arbor/ Rosewood schools remain closed and this situation is negatively affecting more than 200 students. The parents are locked in battle on several...
View ArticleBreast health: Thinking out loud!
For many women, breast health includes many common concerns such as breast lumps, breast pain and the most important, breast cancer. Added to which, there are so many “old wives’ tales” as to the...
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The relevance of biological diversity
Humanity’s fate is tightly linked with biological diversity. Biodiversity is essential for sustainable development and human well-being. Many are not aware of the many benefits of biodiversity and it...
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Women of nature and night
A review by Marsha PearceThe blue-black night sky takes female, human form in Brianna McCarthy’s third solo exhibition Vétiver Night Women. The sky, however, is not reduced to physicality. It is the...
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Multi-ethnic population the real wealth
The 1920s saw Siparia expand as a commercial centre, especially with the steep rise in the price of cocoa which still occupied considerable acreages around Siparia. By this time, most of the old...
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