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It’s no wonder “jump” is frequently heard in Fay-Ann Lyons-Alvarez’s lyrics. The soca queen is energetic, to put it mildly. She won the International Soca Monarch competition just six days before giving birth to her daughter Syri in 2009; her husband...

Dianna Adams laughs at the idea of slowing down after retirement. The 70-year-old teaches exercise classes, grows vegetables, constructs furniture and makes household repairs. “I’m busier than ever,” she said. She got interested in fitness while wor...

Some actors get 15 minutes of fame, Owain Johnston has had an hour. He won the BMDS Famous for 15 Minutes play-writing competition on Saturday evening — his fourth time. The prize was the much-coveted Golden Inkwell, and $250. Six 15-minute plays are...

Even marine pollution has a bright side. Well, it does if you are Tara Cassidy. She has a line of jewellery made from plastic beach debris cast in resin. “Many people are in disbelief that it isn’t a stone,” she said. “Some people have been irritate...

Booking a date with actor David Hasselhoff is easier than you think. That is what 24-year-old Kharis Brooks learnt during an internship with a British cellphone company, Vodafone. “It started as a joke,” Ms Brooks said. “We were planning a campaign ...

Vicki Abraham was addicted to sugar. She couldn’t quit it no matter what she tried. Things got worse when she fell into a major depression 18 months ago while living in Sydney, Australia. She turned to liquorice drops and ice cream to help deal with...

Wilma Bristol Scruggs wanted to see the world, but just going to the beach was hard. She was a child, living on Pembroke’s Curving Avenue, and plagued by asthma. “Going to the beach seemed to trigger it,” the 73-year-old. “I think it was brought on ...

Competitive paddleboarder Joanna Bilancieri didn’t expect Bermuda’s waters would provide such a challenge. The 41-year-old from Oahu, Hawaii had faced everything from enormous sharks, to 20ft waves in her paddles at home. The Bermuda experience, how...

Tania Stafford used to make dog treats for fun, now she’s using them to rebuild earthquake-torn Nepal. Violent tremors killed 9,000 people in the region in April, and left many more without shelter and food. According to the United Nations, roughly 2...

If you think you have a lot of Cup Match cooking to do, think again. Wilbur “McLaren” Lowe III will cook more than half a ton of fish this week. That doesn’t include all the shrimp, shark hash and fried mussels he expects to serve at Wellington Oval...