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Sun, 05 May 2024 Today's Paper
03 Dec 2021 - 0 - 187
Today’s column is not a lesson on how to poach eggs or fish. It is all about how crafty people poach other peoples’ staff. This is not something new, it has been happening for yonks. The audacity on how the poachers approach the staff is another story. Approaching a domestic aid
19 Nov 2021 - 0 - 248
Being tardy, a common trait amongst us, is an attribute that this country can easily do without. Punctuality is an essential trait. If each and every citizen in the country is punctual, life will be easier all around. Failing to be on time is the heig
12 Nov 2021 - 0 - 158
The world is progressing rapidly and one would expect that manners are in-bred amongst us humans. Sadly, this does not seem to be the case. For example, take the lavish weddings that are common these days. The planning goes into all the intri
05 Nov 2021 - 0 - 136
The growth of streaming and binge-watching during the pandemic have switched more audiences onto foreign cinema
05 Nov 2021 - 0 - 156
Netflix on Tuesday released a set of mobile games playable for free by subscribers of the global streaming service as it strives to be the go-to venue for entertainment. Two of the games are based on the hit Netflix horror series “Stranger Thin
05 Nov 2021 - 0 - 164
The definition of friendship is “a relationship between people who like each other and enjoy each other’s company” and is based on mutual respect and admiration An example of friendship is when you have a buddy with whom you like to do thing
29 Oct 2021 - 0 - 465
Since the current wave of the pandemic has calmed down to an extent, I accepted Trixie’s invitation to spend two days in her tranquil home, a nice and airy house with a beautiful garden. After a good laugh about current events, we decided on a movi
08 Oct 2021 - 0 - 173
A sincere friend is one who gives without expecting anything from you in return. Sincere friendship allows people to embrace and accept each other’s differences and use them to enhance their relationship and allows the freedom to be your unique se
08 Oct 2021 - 0 - 171
Personal Finance in your 20s are a complete rollercoaster. One minute you are 19 and fresh out of school, never having heard the word ‘personal finance’ and suddenly you are somewhere in your 20s, torn between living your best life and experiencing the anxieties of saving for your future and that very, very distant retirement. Add all the uncertainties brought forward by the global pandemic into the mix, most of us in our 20s are now seriously di
01 Oct 2021 - 0 - 222
Personal Finance in your 20s are a complete rollercoaster. One minute you are 19 and fresh out of school, never having heard the word ‘personal finance’ and suddenly you are somewhere in your 20s, torn between living your best life and experie
01 Oct 2021 - 0 - 146
The past 18 months has not been a joy ride since the pandemic began. In our first lockdown we hardly had any deaths and only a few COVID-19 cases. We all stayed put in our homes fearing the virus and lived under very tense circumstances. Here we are 18 months later living in another lockdown, which is so dissimilar to the first. Cases topping the thousa
24 Sep 2021 - 0 - 221
The continuous lockdowns imposed to contain COVID-19 have caused problems for several people. No one is exempt from havin
17 Sep 2021 - 0 - 384
As human beings we take life for granted. Daily, we wake up and carry on regardless getting about with what we must do. The entire world changed in 2019 with the onset of COVID-19, which has not diminished but is seemingly becoming worse.
10 Sep 2021 - 0 - 222
Restaurants are facing huge problems due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, the 20-to-30-year group, the age of the bulk of the waiting staff, kitchen helpers and junior cooks in restaurants, are being vaccinated currently. Restaurant culture will also have to change owing to the pandemic. I had a chat with Jean-Charles, owner of Café Francais, regarding the future of running his restaurant, which happens to be one of my favourite restaurant
10 Sep 2021 - 0 - 363
With less than 30 days to go until the opening of the world’s greatest show, Emirates is inviting visitors to experience
10 Sep 2021 - 0 - 168
A lyric from John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Imagine” has been projected on buildings around the world to mark 50 years since the late Beatle released the famed track and album. From the Houses of Parliament and St Paul’s Cathedral in London to
03 Sep 2021 - 0 - 200
It is all gloom and doom around us; everybody knows of a close friend who has passed from COVID-19 and many close friends who have caught the virus and thankfully survived it. It is all about how to get through the day without feeling down.
06 Aug 2021 - 0 - 234
The pandemic has brought out the true colours of many amongst us. With lockdowns, travel restrictions, and especially with the virus mutating and being able to spread like wildfire, it has put a stop to many social and human interactions.
06 Aug 2021 - 0 - 330
“Jungle Cruise,” Disney’s new nostalgia-soaked adventure film based on a 1950s theme park ride, has an unexpectedly modern twist, one of its main characters comes out as gay. A scene in which Jack
23 Jul 2021 - 0 - 200
With the pandemic that does not seem to have an end date, it has become a real bother for many foreigners who have been regular visitors to this paradise isle to return as often as they used to. Others have be
18 Jun 2021 - 0 - 156
All of us were looking forward to enjoying some form of freedom on Monday,when all hopes were dashed with the extension of the travel restrictions. Here we are stuck in our homes but the roads seem to be full of traffic. Add to that the rains are island wide and we hear of floods, landslides, people displaced, many cases of dengue and the virus still rampant.
09 Apr 2021 - 0 - 247
Is it something in the air that makes all sorts of things good and bad happen in the month of April? Probably because the sun aligns itself to be right on top of our heads. Additionally, the heat is unbearable making everybody bad tempered and many ill mannered. It all started at Be
04 May 2024