It’s a hot Sunday afternoon and attorney, Eleanor Bridgeman-Volney is driving her SUV through the hills of Paramin. I am the passenger, conscious of the bumps and sharp bends. Read More »

Every year on Mother’s Day weekend there is a concert to mark the weekend and potential patrons are encouraged to bring their mothers as a sign of their appreciation. Read More »

Mothers bring us all into the world and for most moms, there’s no prouder occasion than the day when they see their daughter or son begin a life of marital bliss with their significant other. Read More »

Dr Shirin Haque is the first woman to have been a head of the Department of Physics at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine. She is at present a deputy dean in the Faculty of Science and Technology (UWI). Read More »

INSPIRING — it's one of the most overused words in the English dictionary but when I first learned of Phiona Mutesi, I struggled to find a better word to describe the incredible story about a young girl who fought against all odds to become the remarkable person she is today. Read More »

After revealing to the world that she recently underwent a preventative double mastectomy, actress Angelina Jolie gave her doctor permission to describe her treatment and surgeries in detail in the hope of helping other women. Read More »

There are some women who still think that the world’s ocean of younger men should remain as unchartered waters. Engaging in cougar activities, giving people the leeway to call then a ‘cougar’ is not desired. Read More »

It is wonderful to have expectations of what you want in a man and in your relationship. I have previously stated that not having either can potentially cause you to accept any man willing to invest his time in you. Read More »

Two weeks ago in my column dated April 28th; I answered two of three questions asked of me by a very pleasant lady, whom I met for the first time at a mall. Read More »

“The other evening I dined at the newest and probably one of the more chic options in the Trinbago restaurant world…Aioli Restaurant in Maraval Read More »

Funny that I had stumbled upon the article "No Need to Marry Young" by Kathleen Gerson a few weeks ago on cnn.com. It was written in response to Princeton alumna Susan Patton’s recent rants that Princeton coeds find a husband before leaving college. Read More »

Heidi Walcott is not only beautiful; she's extremely talented and is showcasing that talent once again in Part Two of the film A Story of Wendy due out in August. Read More »

Scene Three Take One: Wendy feeling out of place at her best friend Gisele's stoosh soiree, ditches mid-party to go gallivanting with her new “bad ting” friend Sylvia at some random bar “Past the Light House”. Read More »

Many of us don’t understand our mother’s instruction, command, demand or vision when we’re young. As a pre-teen or adolescent, we question what she thinks, wants, does and feels. Read More »

I love learning new ways to work out. It's one of the main reasons why I'm in the fitness business. That being said, when I found out I would get to review Addicted to Sweat (ATS), Read More »

Smiling faces adorned the screen for several Mother’s Day sale commercials, and as I watched those smiles, a sombre thought occurred. There were millions around the world who wouldn’t have their mothers to hug or talk to on Mother’s Day. Read More »

Her passion for music and her dream of one day sharing the stage with local greats, including Chutney Soca Monarch Raymond Ramnarine, propelled young Radha Renuka Mahabir into becoming one of this country's newest singing sensations. Read More »

"Love is lovelier the second time around," Frank Sinatra once sang idealistically. (Never mind that second marriages have a higher divorce rate than first marriages Read More »

Doula, childbirth educator, birth counsellor and hypnosis for childbirth practitioner, Shantelle Sandiford, has a very interesting story. I had the pleasure of interviewing this fascinating young woman last Tuesday, and discovered someone who had just, when one thinks about it, bumped into her destiny. Read More »

Two Sundays ago I answered two out of three questions asked of me at a mall by a very pleasant lady. The questions were: Question 1. Is the dress code on an invitation really addressed to the man, and if so, what on earth does a lady wear when the invitation reads “Elegantly casual?” And Question 2. “Do you not think that many men need guidance about the colour combinations th Read More »

HER name is Verna Edwards, but she might as well be 'Wonder Woman'. These days she goes by the alias 'Sport Mom' at least that's what the children at the St Mary's Children's Home Track and Field club call her. Read More »

As a child growing up appreciation used to come through songs and poems. We used to celebrate occasions not with material things but through entertainment from our galleries and back yards. Read More »

Forty may be the new 30, but considering the misconceptions about women’s sexuality and desirability after a “certain age,” you’d think 40 was the new 80! Whether you blame advertising portrayals of what’s “sexy” (Victoria’s Secret models, anyone?), Read More »

Shelley-Ann Clarke-Hinds had started off her life at a disadvantage. She is the product of a single parent home. However, fate has been kind to this resolute and focused now 46-year-old woman. Read More »

Unless you live under a rock, it’s rather difficult to avoid the news about celebrities whose relationships have ended because of an unfaithful spouse. Additionally, we all know someone or we know someone who knows someone whose relationship ended as a result of unfaithfulness. Infidelity is all around us. Read More »