Carol Quash

At a time when the need for a good laugh is evident, the members of Cheerful Company have come through for the people of Trinidad and Tobago.

TWENTY years ago, President Christine Carla Kangaloo came face to face with her mortality in the form of breast cancer.

NICOLE DYER-GRIFFITH has always approached life with confidence – from her beauty pageant days, her entry into politics, as head of her non-profit organisation the O2N Foundation and everything else in between. The foundation aims to create forums for the public to learn from people who have shaped the past of TT.

THE World Health Organization has ranked TT among the top ten countries in the world for obesity in children under the age of five – something that is very concerning to International Sports Sciences Association-certified master trainer Rain Harper, primary care sports medicine physician Dr Nailah Adams, and artistic gymnast Thema Williams.

Divali is the celebration of light over darkness, and artist Samantha Seebalack has been adding her own beauty to the Hindu festival of lights.

IF there is one thing Beverly Morson understands about drug rehabilitation, it's the importance of the continuum of support.

Kaya Weekes juggles work, studies and a number of other things that she loves doing. But around Christmas time, there is one activity that takes priority.

SCHOOL DAYS were difficult for Drexel Joseph while he was in the classroom. But it was a different story when he went outside.

The weather outside was frightful, but the atmosphere inside the Trinidad and Tobago's Consulate General, New York was culturally cosy – tropical even.

Patrice Matthews may still be considered a baby in the TT art world, but her work was recently shown on an international platform – in Manhattan, New York.