Stewart, who recently returned from Japan after completing a documentary on him done by a Japan sports media, for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games, said the trip has given him an insight of his strengths and weakness, according to his health and body type.

Stewart added that he knows what he has to do to become a better athlete, after enduring several tests in Japan, but says he cannot achieve this improvement in Tobago.

Speaking in an interview on Monday, Stewart was unable to state exactly when he will be leaving or where he will be going to, but insists he must leave the island.

He said, “I went through a number of tests like a strength test, mobility test, ultrasound, X-ray and MRI. At the end of these I discovered what I have been doing to contribute to my strength and power and my weaknesses. I have to do more strength training which I doubt I can do in here; the way things are going for athletes in Tobago where the necessary resources are unavailable.

“The stadium has the equipment but I do not have access to it. That will create a whole series of problems for me all at once because there is nowhere to train. My next step is to leave Tobago very soon and go elsewhere to train.” Stewart’s document will tell the story of his journey from the beginning of his career in Tobago to becoming a two-time record holder and double-medallist, at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (gold in the men’s javelin and silver in the men’s discus) and at the 2017 World Para-Athletic Championships in London, England (gold in both javelin and shot put).

During his time in Japan, between August 17 and 28, Stewart toured three universities and a high-technology science lab where he was introduced to biomechanics; the study of body movements and of the forces acting on the musculoskeletal system.

“The reason why I am able to throw far distances with little to no effort is mostly because the lengths of my arms are longer than usual,” said Stewart. “Also I understand now, what are some of the things that cause me to get injured during the competition.

“Last year I got a back injury because I was mostly focusing on working on my arms without putting in as much work on my legs, and that caused the injury.

Now I know what to do to prevent injuries, what I could work on to improve my performance.” He said he also interacted with a number of javelin throwers in Japan, and was able to take away advice to improve his technique

This game on August 24, took place at the Tyro Sports Club in Bourg Mulatresse, Santa Cruz and Madrid showed no mercy on their ‘special’ opponents, with Kevin Peters also getting his name on the scoresheet.

This win was Madrid’s second in successive days, as they blanked Central Old Boys 2–0, with goals from Peters and Dale Roach. There was a double-header on August 21, with San Juan San Juan edging Tornadoes 1-0, with Richard de Couteau on target, while Friends trounced Massive and Crew 6-0, courtesy of two goals apiece from Kendall Velox and Ferdinand Deylapsingh, and one each from Keston King and Gary Glasgow.

Other Results –

Open Division – August 19: SAN JUAN YOUTHS (2) – Kyle Thomas 2 vs TORNADOES (0); MASSIVE AND CREW (0) vs LOCAL YOUTHS (0); LIMITED EDITION (3) vs LAW BREAKERS (0) by default; TOP STRIKERS (3) vs ORG (0) by default.

August 22: FUTURE (2) – Christon Mitchell, Logie St Rose vs BARCELONA SQUAD (0); TOP STRIKERS (3) – Jason Monroe, Jordan Britto, Darion Findley vs DESTROYERS (1) – Hakeem Skinner; OLD SCHOOL (2) – Monty Carmona, Elijah Reuben vs UNRULY (0).

August 23: MASSIVE AND CREW (3) vs SKHY FC (0) by default.

August 24: FUTURE (3) – Christon Mitchell, Mickel Walkes, Kevon Alexander vs WE SIDE (2) – Keshawn Suarez, Elijah Grant; YOUNG GUNS (3) – Kevon Halls, Randy Britto vs SWEATERS (0).

Keep in mind some of the challenges you may probably encounter such as a lack of support from your household, food dislikes, emotional issues, higher food prices, unemployment, shortened work hours and cooking skills among others.

The willingness of individuals to work together whether through choosing nutritious foods, preparing healthy dishes and snacks with local produce, can be helpful in achieving success.

Perhaps, being motivated again can help you to achieve your goal. This process is quite simple –make small changes daily – aim to drink more water, cut back on sugary beverages and energy drinks; add veggies to your daily menu; participate in physical activities such as walking, running, aerobics, cricket, football and so on weekly.

Eat fresh fruit, less concentrated sweets and incorporate more fibre-rich foods in the diet, such as peas and beans, ground provision, starchy fruits, whole grains and whole grain products.

Opting to make one change at a time can help you to get one step closer to replacing unhealthy practices with healthy ones.

Dietary habits To adopt and maintain a healthy lifestyle include not only dietary habits but physical activity habits, as well as economic, social and environmental factors.

The total diet or an individual’s dietary pattern is the primary focus of healthy eating.

Eating practices can be powerful, some practices may be very good but some will need to change –such as skipping breakfast and other meals, crashed dieting and so on. Dietary habits may be influenced by several factors including weight management, time, availability of food, media messaging, cultural attitudes and beliefs.

Eating habits The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested that to improve eating habits, people should reflect on their eating habits both good and not so good, and what might possibility trigger poor food choices. You can create a list and highlight what causes you to overeat. Make the effort to swap unhealthy eating habits for healthy ones and reinforce the new healthy eating habits.

Therefore, in working with individuals, the following can be looked at: even though guidance is provided, include their ideas – always allow them to have input and work with the recipes. Make it fun and focus on variety, moderation and proportionality in the context of a healthy lifestyle.

The aim is to plan well-balanced meals and show them how to include foods from the different food groups. Ensure that people understand meal planning –how to choose nutritious foods and prepare them. Schedule a visit with a registered dietitian or nutritionist and work with them on meal planning and grocery shopping. Practical nutrition messages can be much more beneficial in helping people to make lifestyle changes.

You can win Studies show that adopting a healthy lifestyle may lower one’s potential risk for chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) or even help those already diagnosed. This, of course, may help them to improve their quality of life and to better manage their weight, improve blood pressure, blood glucose (blood sugar) and cholesterol levels. In addition, stress management at home and at work is also essential.

You should take time to relax, considering work-life balance-time. Add downtime to your schedule, include physical activity but first check with your medical doctor, dialogue with managers and adjust work schedule if possible. Be sure to take a few minutes to relax at lunchtime. Enjoy family time and special events with colleagues.

Be sure to catch up on sleep as it is vital throughout the life cycle in maintaining good health.

Getting adequate sleep at the right times can aid in protecting mental and physical health, quality of life and safety. Sleep deficiency can increase your risk for some chronic health problems; it can affect how you think, react, learn, work, and get along with others. So, then be determined, make the commitment to improve your health, and enjoy life.

Claudette Mitchell, PhD, RD – Assistant Professor, University of the Southern Caribbean, School of Science, Technology and Allied Health

The three were released after attorneys filed a writ of Habeas Corpus in the High Courts, petitioning a judge to compel the police to explain the continued detention without charge, of the youthful suspects.

When officers could give no reason in law for the detention, the judge ordered the three to be immediately released.

The first thing the female 17-year-old prime suspect in the murder did on being released was to accompany her relatives to church to pray.

The teen’s mother told Newsday that her child, who is a Christian, asked to go to church immediately on her release from police custody.

Two Mondays ago, Richards was stabbed to death and her daughter seriously wounded during a fracas.

A video recording of the stabbing which took place in front a house in Sixth Avenue, Malick was uploaded to social media and quickly went viral. The prime suspect’s mother yesterday claimed it was her daughter who was attacked by Richards and other adult women.

“It was three grown women who pulled my daughter out of her home to beat her up. When you see a gang coming to attack you, won’t you defend yourself and fight for your life? None of my children had any weapon at the time,” said the suspect’s mother yesterday.

Richards’ daughter has since been discharged from hospital after spending several days in intensive care recovering from multiple stab wounds.

Rowley returned home early yesterday morning on a red eye Caribbean Airlines flight out of New York.

Rowley was supposed to return home on Monday but, his return was delayed because of the closure of Miami International Airport due to the passage of Hurricane Irma.

Government officials said Rowley was not in office yesterday but has been keeping abreast of developments which took place during his absence.

Confirmation of Rowley’s return was given in a statement issued yesterday by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).

The OPM has been handling the administrative functions of the Public Administrations and Communications Ministry since regular line minister Maxie Cuffie fell ill last Tuesday.

Cuffie is recuperating at St Clair Medical Centre and his family has asked for privacy while he recuperates.

On Sunday, officials said Rowley will “attend to further interim arrangements for that portfolio” when he returns.

Newsday understands a decision may be taken after Thursday’s weekly Cabinet meeting at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s.

The OPM said the objective of “Conversations with the Prime Minister” forum is to, “engage the national community as we continue to work together and navigate our challenging circumstances towards a brighter future.” Among the issues which Rowley may deal with tonight is an allegation made by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar about a fake oil scandal at Petrotrin.

Per s ad-Bi s s es s ar claimed a lease operator had defrauded Petrotrin of almost $100 million by inflating the figures for oil it was supplying to the company.

She also claimed the operator was a People’s National Movement (PNM) financier.

Energy Minister and PNM chairman Franklin Khan rejected Persad- Bissessar’s allegations at a news conference on Monday.

Rowley may also respond to a threat of legal action against him from Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal.

At a news conference at Piarco International Airport on September 1, before he left for California for a medical check-up, Rowley said Moonilal may have questions to answer in connection with the alleged mishandling of more than $400 million at the Estate Management and Business Development Company Limited (EMBD) in August 2015, just before the last election. Moonilal has threatened legal action against Rowley because of these remarks.

Senior government officials have since indicated, “While Dr Moonilal is free to approach any court, he will be met with all the necessary responses when required.”

De Gannes Street is especially earmarked for this insult. We have letters from as far back as when Morris Marshall was minister of public utilities. Pennelope Beckles, then MP for Arima, picketed the WASA office with residents of De Gannes Street but 20 years or so later there’s still no water.

This perennial lack of professionalism is ridiculous. Time to privatise WASA and instal meters in all homes.

COLIN FORTUNE Arima

Ricardo Bennet, 53, of Five Rivers, Arouca; Stephan Francois, 35, of Tacarigua, a baggage handler with 15 years service with Swissport; Sean Carter, 31, a security guard with Intercept Security Services and Swissport customer service representative Yakini Bowen, 27, of La Horquetta appeared before Senior Magistrate Gillian David- Scotland on Monday.

The four were remanded overnight since their criminal record tracing was not yet available to the court. When the four returned to court yesterday, the prosecution did not object to bail being granted since there was no criminal record for any of the accused men. In granting bail to be approved by a Clerk of the Peace, Magistrate Gillian David-Scotland also ordered that the four surrender their passports to the court.

They were charged with conspiring to traffic 40 kilos of cocaine valued $18.4 million into the United States. Bennett and Francois were represented by attorney Fareed Ali while Carter was represented by Ravi Rajcoomar and Bowen by Candice Wilson.

The men were charged by Sgt Russell of the Organised Crime, Narcotics and Firearms Unit (OCNFU). They were arrested on Friday last.

According to reports, the cocaine was intercepted at the JFK International Airport in New York and checks revealed it originated from a flight which left Piarco International Airport.

The arrest came after ten months of surveillance by both the US and local police. It is likely extradition proceedings may commence to have the men answer similar charges in the US.

The four are to return to the Arima Magistrates Court on November 9.

Facebook commentators say the five-day suspension instituted by his principal, during the first week of school, was unwarranted and called for the Ministry of Education to take action against the principal. The Ministry of Education has confirmed it is investigating the suspension and will also be providing assistance to the student through the student support unit of the ministry. “We have forwarded the posting and spoken to the school supervisor and they are interacting with the principal.” However, officials said it is unlikely there will be any significant action taken against the principal based on the structure of the public service regulations.

The student whose identity is being protected, wrote on line, “The school is being dismissed at 11:30 am since the beginning of the term. That’s barely enough time to hand in homework and receive new assignments.

How long will this go on for?” United National Congress (UNC) Senator Khadijah Ameen in an online post questioned what he did wrong asking, “Did this post bring the school into disrepute? Did the student chastise the principal or teachers? What is the ‘offence’ here? This cannot be right. I am seeking guidance on this.” She called for the reinstatement of the student and for the Minister of Education Anthony Garcia, to deal with the real problem of hundreds of students being deprived of an education due to no fault of their own.

The Ministry also confirmed that the child is back in school and that the principal and his parents are engaged in dealing with the situation.

President of the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) Lynsley Doodhai, who has been highlighting the problems at this school for a long time, said he did not want to rush to make any comments with respect to the suspension as he did not have all the details..

“What I can say is that this school has had some serious air condition issues going on for years and it needs to be fixed.” He said the school was designed to operate with this central air condition unit which has been experiencing no shortage of problems. He said for the entire April to July term, classes were continuously disrupted resulting in teachers leaving school at 9 am almost on a daily basis.

Doodhai said because of this problem the school population has dwindled to about 400 students with a staff of about 50.

“Teaches complained of rashes on their skin, skin abrasions and even sought medical attention and received medical certificates attesting to that.” He said it is his understanding that the ministry owes the contractor and the contractor is refusing to do any work unless he is paid.

Carmona, who presented the school with an official Presidential portrait, a picture of Pope Francis and a national flag, visited each of the 23 classes where he engaged the students in discussion about their life at the school.

But it was at the Form 1 H class where he told the students, who had just entered the secondary school system after passing the SE A examinations, to hold onto their values of hard work, love, discipline and order saying these values tend to be eroded while in secondary school. He said while social media and the internet could be both additions to their studies at times they offer an outlet into a dangerous world where adults could be seen “misbehaving in a terrible way.’ He said they should instead become child advocates who had the power to change the world and once against exhorted them to be careful about their posts on social media.

“Whatever you post on Facebook is there forever and some universities look at your Facebook page when considering your admission to their university,” he said.

The President also advised them to listen to their teachers whenever corrected adding that this was not done because they “do not like you but because they want you to go further.” Earlier, after presenting the picture of Pope Francis to school principal, Sharon Francois, he recalled that during his visit to the Vatican he had intended to ask the Pope to offer prayers for him but “he beat me to it and told me- pray for him.” “So I got a little worried there because I internalised, if he has a direct line to the man upstairs and he is asking me to pray for him, I have to be worried, but I recognised that as the humility of the man,” Carmona said.

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management’s (ODPM) Public Information Unit said there were reports of flooding in Mt Lambert, near the Carib factory and on Saddle Road in Santa Cruz near the School for the Blind.

Land slips also occurred in same area in Santa Cruz and on the North Coast Road in the vicinity of the lookout. The ODPM told Newsday the San Juan / Laventille Regional Corporation was working with the Ministry of Works and Transport in the clean up and repair work.

At 5 pm, teams were still on the ground working to clear both roads although parts of Saddle Road was still flooded.

The Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission was also working on restoring electricity to the affected part of Santa Cruz.