Eu­stace and Oma­lo were an­nounced as win­ners of the an­nu­al com­pe­ti­tion at the end of the Di­manche Gras show at the Queen's Park Sa­van­nah, ear­ly this morn­ing.

Tonight is Di­manche Gras, the pre­cur­sor to the cul­mi­na­tion of the Car­ni­val sea­son with Pa­rade of the Bands.

MUM­BAI – Ja­son Hold­er led a ster­ling bowl­ing per­for­mance by the West In­dies that helped to set up a straight­for­ward nine-wick­et vic­to­ry over Nepal and send them sail­ing in­to the Su­per Eight phase of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in In­dia on Sun­day (Feb­ru­ary 15).

Fresh off a sea­son of in­ter­na­tion­al ac­claim and cul­tur­al tri­umph, Trinidad and To­ba­go’s own Kes The Band is prepar­ing to car­ry the sound of the Caribbean across Eu­rope with the launch of their Roots, Rock, So­ca Tour, be­gin­ning April 30.

Not for the first time, the Bar­ba­di­an elec­torate has, on Feb­ru­ary 11, 2026, re­turned Mia Mot­t­ley and her Bar­ba­di­an Labour Par­ty to gov­ern­ment with all 30 seats in the House of As­sem­bly. May 2018 was the first time she was giv­en a clean sweep, fol­lowed three and a half years lat­er by the snap elec­tion of Jan­u­ary 2022, and 2026 was the sec­ond time she was be­ing giv­en a clean sweep af­ter an ab­bre­vi­at­ed term in of­fice.