Asten Isaac says, “I don’t really sleep much.”
As a hardcore fan of sleep, this writer is sceptical. We’re talking about the 25-year-old’s first official business venture: a 2008 venture with his then girlfriend, now wife, selling a popular line ofSo get set people my lovely Jamaican First Lady a lady for the poor, downtrodden and Autistically affected will be my patron - save the date
A 15-year old girl lay in a Canadian hospital bed with a tumor wrapped around her spine awaiting surgery, which at the time could not be performed in Trinidad. The surgeon entered her room and, as hospital procedure dictates, warned her of the possi
The Maia Chung Autism and Disabilities Foundation's (MCADF’s) flagship event to promote Autism Awareness, held annually during global Autism Awareness month in April; its Autism and Disabilities Ambassadors Competition…has been enacted and the win
US author Anne Doyle, left, with award recipient Brenda Gopeesingh, vice-president, Hindu Women's organisation and former government minister Joan Yuille Williams, at the Embassy of the United States Public Affairs Section International Women's Day T
Long gone is the era where dishpans and dusting cloths were the focal point of a woman’s day. The period of ‘Susie Homemaker’ groomed to be a good cook and mother, keep a clean house and be a will
By: Roslyn Carrington
“Weddings are great, but it’s a serious job. It’s someone’s memorable moment. You have to make people happy, even beyond what they were expecting. You have to make sure they are totally wowed.” Tobago-based Celeste Hart doesn’t
The winners of the 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards recognizing sporting achievement during 2012 was unveiled at a globally televised awards ceremony hosted by Hollywood stars Morgan Freeman and Eva Longoria in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.
Among the hig
Some of us go through life with a sense that something is missing. Perhaps the paths we chose were dictated by society’s norms or familial tradition, but as time passes, our hearts whisper, “Are you following your passion?” Taking that first courage
CARACAS, Venezuela — In communist Cuba, people remember how painful it was to lose the patronage of the former Soviet Union, their longtime sugar daddy. They certainly d
All about the gravity drip irrigation system - Part I
The gravity drip system is an on-farm drip irrigation technique that relies on gravity to supply energy/power needed to operate it, i.e. no pump is used.
Target Areas:
Farms and potential farms situa
In one of the strongest portents yet of a post-Castro Cuba, President Raul Castro said Sunday that his newly granted five-year term would be his last, and he took on a relatively young vice president who presumably could succeed him.
It was the first
For the past three years, Alvin K Henry has been working with the rapso group 3canal as the photographer for their Carnival production. Henry’s gig with 3canal culminates on Carnival Monday when he immerses himself in the 3canal J’Ouvert band. The ph
So guys the books are here! By next week we LMH and I rolling out all the info.
I am not "an award winning photographer" but I know readers and even light readers will like it.
So I took a few shots of the inside... So here are a few shots from the ins
She’s a self-confessed ‘Caribbean woman” who has worn the hats of daughter, wife, mother, lawyer, advocate for the Arts, business owner and now, the recently appointed Chairman of our National Carnival Commission yet the common denominators Allison
By Claudine Moore, for CNN
(CNN) -- Upon arrival at Kotoka International airport in Ghana's capital city Accra, you are immediately greeted by a sign that says "Akwaaba," which means "Welcome" -- and this is exactly how you will feel when visiting th
Millions of Africans were transported across the Atlantic as slaves
Feast, an ambitious and visually striking play that celebrates West Africa's Yoruba culture and its impact in the Americas and Europe, is showing at the Young Vic theatre in London.
Carnival is freedom, self-expression, release, beauty, sex, madness and mud. And, of course, Carnival is wining, that gyrating, hip-swivelling, bottom-rolling motion that few women not born on this soil can even hope to perfect.
And Carnival, bless
Just over two years after the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) joined forces with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, RADA and the Citrus Protection Agency to reduce the negative impact of citrus greening on the
