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Aisha Spencer had it all — a happy marriage, a spa business and a baby on the way. Then last July, her world started caving in. “I was at work and I kept going to the door but I felt like I couldn’t leave the room,” said Mrs Spencer, 34. She didn’t ...

Ginny Ferson’s knees were knocking. A busy ambassador had asked her to fill in for him at a meeting and it was only once she got there she discovered she had to make a speech. It was 1994 and she was second secretary at the Luxembourg British Embass...

The talk of the Island this weekend? Jason “D’General” Sukdeo and his four-day party. It kicked off with a massive turnout on Front Street on Friday when soca bands played before a crowd of about 5,000. The 35-year-old DJ, who got his nickname becaus...

“I am going to die.” That was Amani Flood’s first thought when she received a cancer diagnosis. “I fell ill one day and thought I had the flu,” she said. “It turned out to be something much more serious — non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer orig...

A couple hit hard by cancer are giving back to the community that helped them through their illnesses. Jenna Martin, 41, spent eight months battling ovarian cancer. Her 36-year-old husband John was diagnosed with a brain tumour only two days after...

If there is one thing Fajr Bashir knows, it’s how to get people moving. The 29-year-old is a fitness instructor and an aspiring singer. “With fitness training you have to know how to motivate people to feel enthusiastic and keep moving,” she said. “...

What woman wouldn’t want to drop three dress sizes in a flash? Tannel Lambe knows the secret. It’s not a diet, but a garment called the Ardyss Body Magic Shaper. It’s an all-over body sleeve that helps to tuck in the stomach, pull up the bum and st...

Karen Dyer was a little bit reluctant when PALS asked her to come on board as executive director. She’d just started a doctoral degree, which she hoped would support the work she was doing as a nurse, bereavement counsellor and art therapist. Then sh...

Judy Smith-Lee has had a lot to complain about in the past three years. She’s had two bouts of breast cancer, and lost her 35-year-old daughter, Jurina Smith, in a car accident. Rather than turning inward, the senior citizen found peace by maintainin...

Sometimes when you’re going through an emotional crisis, you need to retreat. That’s what Ruth-Anne Outerbridge found when her youngest son went off to boarding school. She was 44, and suddenly her house was empty of children. “All of a sudden I was...