It was more than a decade ago, but Der­ron Sandy still re­mem­bers per­form­ing his very first po­em as if it were yes­ter­day. The year was 2009, and the stage was UWe Speak, the long-run­ning open mic at the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies.

For many, trav­el­ling the world re­mains a dis­tant dream—an ac­tiv­i­ty re­served for those with deep pock­ets. But for Shan­non Sal­ick and Zed Brady, all it took was a back­pack, a tight bud­get, and a lit­tle bold­ness to make it a re­al­i­ty.

“Al­low the spir­it of God to lead you, and live in love.” These are among the guid­ing mes­sages of Laven­tille’s own Genelle Bharat, a mul­ti-tal­ent­ed per­former, fire­fight­er, and com­mu­ni­ty fig­ure whose life em­bod­ies pur­pose, faith, and per­se­ver­ance.

Lo­cal so­ca cou­ple Bun­ji Gar­lin and Fay-Ann Lyons are of­fi­cial­ly co-own­ers of Bar­ba­dos’ newest Crop Over band, Mondé Mas, and they are ex­cit­ed.

Courts, a brand of the Uni­com­er Group, has an­nounced its ti­tle spon­sor­ship of the Caribbean Beach­food Fes­ti­val 2026, an ini­tia­tive cel­e­brat­ing Caribbean culi­nary cre­ativ­i­ty while pro­mot­ing sus­tain­abil­i­ty and food se­cu­ri­ty.

Dozens of lawyers trad­ed their robes for aprons dur­ing the Crim­i­nal Bar As­so­ci­a­tion’s (CBA) Lawyers Could Cook event on Sat­ur­day.

Na­pari­ma Bowl is set to come alive with the sounds, flavours and art of Trinidad and To­ba­go on April 12, as the Crème Brûlée Fes­ti­val of Arts and Mu­sic re­turns for its sec­ond stag­ing. This time, the show will ho­n­our the late, leg­endary ca­lyp­son­ian Win­ston “The Mighty Shad­ow” Bai­ley.

The low, un­mis­tak­able rum­ble of V8 en­gines rolled across the Brent­wood Mall car park in Ch­agua­nas on Sun­day, as a care­ful­ly cu­rat­ed col­lec­tion of clas­sic cars trans­port­ed vis­i­tors back to the gold­en age of mo­tor­ing. Be­neath the af­ter­noon sun, chrome gleamed and pol­ished body­work re­flect­ed not just pride of own­er­ship, but a shared rev­er­ence for a by­gone era.

In 1994, Pel­ham God­dard was award­ed the Hum­ming­bird Medal (Sil­ver), and in 2019, he re­ceived a Na­tion­al and Aca­d­e­m­ic Hon­orary Doc­tor­ate from The Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies, Trinidad.

Crossover singer Sasha Melody is turn­ing heads with a fresh twist on her hit sin­gle Mix You Up. The Car­ni­val 2026 re­lease brings a live­ly chut­ney remix that fus­es fete-bub­bling so­ca en­er­gy with the rich har­monies of In­do-Caribbean mu­sic, re­flect­ing the vi­brant cul­tur­al ta­pes­try that has shaped her artistry.

Af­ter an un­for­get­table week­end of au­di­tions, 18 con­tenders have ad­vanced to the semi­fi­nal of the Na­tion­al Po­et­ry Slam 2026, fol­low­ing pow­er­ful per­for­mances from over 70 per­for­mance po­ets from across Trinidad and To­ba­go. The se­lect­ed po­ets will per­form at the Na­tion­al Po­et­ry Slam semi­fi­nal, on Sun­day, March 29, at the Cen­tral Bank Au­di­to­ri­um.

Many of us ei­ther par­tic­i­pat­ed in fast­ing dur­ing the month of Ra­madan or are aware of it and have been on a type of fast at some point in their life. Eid is a time for cel­e­bra­tion. For women, I’d like to fo­cus on reg­u­lat­ing our eat­ing habits and re­turn­ing to reg­u­lar meals af­ter on­ly eat­ing with­in cer­tain hours and fast­ing from dawn to sun­set. Due to this, the temp­ta­tion to in­dulge in rich fes­tive foods might in­crease or might be dif­fi­cult at first, but then re­turn to nor­mal over time and even lead to over-in­dulging as hor­mones be­come ir­reg­u­lar.