By Kielon Hilaire. “It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Superville!” His first name is Emmerson and he is from Arima. He bears no reference to the once popular TV series Smallville despite his fancy name and the ring he wears with the Superman “S” logo. He works in the construction industry …

“Nuts, nuts, salt and fresh,” is the call of the Rastafarian nuts vendors on the streets of Trinidad and Tobago. They can be seen walking in between vehicles at red traffic lights on the main road and highway selling their snacks to commuters. Some even offer the goodies on the …

By Marissa Armoogam. I have lived in Trinidad my entire life, and when I go on road trips and family vacations or other various adventures in Trinidad I am always in awe of the abundance of the beauty of this island. A while back my family and I along with some …

Racquel Charles and Nicole Abraham offer Charmed (I can’t believe it’s not Pandora) Jewelry. This is a “build your own design” costume jewelry selection featuring beautiful charm bracelets, earrings, rings and watches. You can either select your own beads and charms to build your own designs or they can be customised …

Gezelle Morle’s AI NATURALS produces a line of locally crafted and handmade artisan skincare products infused with natural and indigenous ingredients. Available are soaps, scrubs, candles, hair and skin oil sand other natural products. For skincare needs and therapeutic relief AI NATURALS captures our country’s multicultural and vibrant aesthetic needs …

Vanessa Dalla Costa offers designs of beautifully, hand-crafted glass, ceramic or clay items to suit any budget. She designs small/medium items such as bowls, cheese plates, boxes, lanterns, spoon rests, and bird houses. Designs of larger items are like mirrors, tables, and trays. Mural and pool designs You may also …

Being positive is a powerful tool that can be used to fight negative behaviour. Your compliments, polite actions, and kind words can transform the most pessimistic manager and change a hostile work environment. Some people who believe they are being positive but feel as though the tension at the work …

The team at Launch RockIt hosted the local leg of Startup Weekend at the Abercrombie Tea House from Friday, November 25 to Sunday 27 where participants learned how to start up a business in 54 hours. The event had participants from all age groups even as young as 10 years …

Stop dreaming about your ideas and start building them. We at Launch RockIt offer out-of-the-box entrepreneurship boot camps to help entrepreneurs launch businesses faster with less risk and help companies develop internally. Startup Weekend is one of the successful entrepreneurship boot camps that we host. This is a global 54-hour event/competition where …

By Nadia Ali. In my opinion, they are the prettiest simple flower. In the flower shops, you can see them great, big bursts of bright yellow petals encircling a head of brown seeds, namely sunflowers. “How much!” I responded, thinking they were overpriced. If she can grow them, I can grow …

By Nerissa Hosein. So ladies, wives and mothers, we sit and watch the soaps and the award shows and laugh at how housewives prance around on heels and fully made-up faces while making the five-star meal all while not chipping their perfect nails. Unrealistic but that’s television for you! Wives and …

By Omilla Mungroo. This is in tribute to the retired teachers of the St Joseph Government Primary School who taught between 1972 and 1978: Mrs P Belmar, Ms Martin, Ms D Punch, Ms M Grenaway, Ms Chase, Ms Peters, Mr Gill, and then principal Mr Martin (deceased). A tribute to all …

By Nadia Ali. They say dreams come true if you only try. This is true for Katrina Khan whose three environmental essays qualified her to represent Trinidad and Tobago at an international symposium in Punta Cana. Katrina is a HSE professional and UWI student As a guest of Jetblue Airlines, she …

By Kielon Hilaire. Ask UWI degree holder and principal Kezia Reece, “So what do you do for a living?“ and she’ll simply tell you, “I own my own school.” Kezia graduated from the University of the West Indies with a BA degree in English Language and Literature with Education. Principal Reece followed …

By Candida Khan. I’ve had the most amazing and challenging experiences during the years 2003 to 2008. You may be wondering what I could be possibly speaking about. Well, my family and I moved from our home land to a foreign country, you could even say that it was on the …